Save Your Phone and Sim Contacts With MTN Backup

MTN Backup is a service available to MTN Nigeria subscribers which allows them to save their mobile phone and sim contacts. With MTN Sim Backup, you will make sure that you don't loose your contacts in case of misplacement, theft or damage. The service is cheap and very easy to use.

To backup your MTN Nigeria phone and sim contacts, you will need to get an MTN Backup Sim for 150 Naira. This sim card is available throughout the country and you can get one at any MTN Customer Care Center around you.

After you might have gotten the MTN Backup Sim the next step for you is to go to "MTN Services" on your phone menu. Then click on "MTN Sim Plus", followed by "MTN Backup", then "Back up Sim Contacts".

After doing that you will have to wait for MTN to send you a message welcoming you to the MTN Backup service. The message will contain the MTN Backup web address, login number, i.e. your MTN number, and the password you will use to access that web address.

Alternatively, you can get your phone and sim contacts backed uo and saved using MTN Backup by going to https://mtnonline.weballynis.gemalto.com/gemaltobackup/default/login.vhtml

COST:
The first backup that you will do costs 100 Naira, while the subsequent backups will cost 50 Naira. Restoring your contacts after the sim swap will also cost 50 Naira. These rates apply irrespective of the number of contacts that is backed up.

There are a lot of companies that can provide you with back up services if you are not an MTN Nigeria subscriber or if you don't want to use it. One of them is Optus Zoo - just visit www.mobile.optuszoo.com.au/cocoon/welcome/welcome.do

How To Transfer Airtime From One Phone To Another Using MTN Nigeria Share and Sell

This blog post is meant for the users of MTN Nigeria. It is designed to help the subscribers of MTN Nigeria do transactions by transfering credit from one mobile phone to another.

It is called the MTN Share and Sell. It involves an MTN Nigeria subscriber transfering credit of 50 Naira and above from his/her phone (account) to the phone (account) of another MTN Nigeria subsciber. On a good day, it takes less than 10 minutes for the transaction to take effect, but it can last for several hours.

To transfer airtime from one account to another using the MTN Share and Sell, use the following steps:

1. CHANGE YOUR PIN:
The first step to take is to change your existing (default) MTN Nigeria Share and Sell pin which is usually, but not always 0000. To get a new Share and Sell pin text Defualt (or old) pin (space) New pin (space) New pin again and send it to 777. For example:
0000 4593 4593

2. CONFIRMATION OF THE ALTERATION:
MTN Share and Sell will send a message to you confirming the change if it was successful. Sometimes this message will take a long time to come.

3. DO THE TRANSFER:
Now is the time to do the actual transfer. Just text Transfer (space) The receiver's MTN number (space) The amount (space) Your pin and send it to 777. For example:
Transfer 08010000000 80 4593. MTN Share and Sell will send you a message requesting you to authenticate the transaction. Simply text YES to 777 and the transaction is complete.