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A Complete Guide To The SMOK T-Priv Mod

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Where To Buy The T-Priv

There are several stores online where you can buy the T-Priv, however there are a select few that recommend for several reasons. Some of the sites we recommend will be because we’re affiliated with these companies and have recommended them for years. These online stores have worked with us in some way or another and/or they’ve proved to us they are very trustworthy. For an example, we link to direct vapor a lot because I know most of the employees within the company (meaning I trust them), they offer free shipping, great customer service, and they’ll usually have the latest products on the market. Anyhow, here are a few stores we recommend, along with the price of the T-Priv.

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SMOK T-Priv Operation

In this part of the guide we will tell you how to operate the SMOK T-Priv Mod. Many times users will immediately toss the packaging in the trash and lose the user manual, while there have been several users that say it’s difficult to read the user manual provided with these products. We are quite aware of these difficulties so we’re listing all the operations from the most basic to the main operation of the SMOK T-Priv. If this T-Priv guide has helped you in the slightest way, please share it with others on social media so that we can help more users like yourself. At this current time our Complete Guide To The SMOK Alien has received more than 440,000 views with more than 50 comments from users. The guides we write help, so feel free to allow it to continue helping. Thank you!

Basic T-Priv Operation

Verifying The Authenticity of Your T-Priv: To verify the authenticity of your T-Priv, simply use your smart phone or PC and visit the official SMOK website. Once you’ve visited the website navigate to the SMOK support page. Next find the packaging that your SMOK T-Priv Mod came in and scratch off the coating on the security label on the package to reveal the 16 digit authentication code. You will then need to enter it into the input field on the webpage to verify the mod. Wait for a few seconds and the results will be displayed.

How To Correctly Install The Batteries In The T-Priv: Before installing batteries into the SMOK T-Priv, you will first want to make sure that the batteries you are using are of the same type and brand. First slide and open the battery cover, then place the batteries into the device according to the directions provided on the battery warning card that came included with the T-Priv Mod. If you don’t have the battery warning card, look on the battery cover latch and you will see a “+” and “-” symbol. The negative – symbol means the battery should be inserted with the flatted part upwards. The positive + symbol means the battery should be inserted with the open part/head of the battery upwards. Don’t worry, the device won’t fire and will not mess up if you install the batteries incorrectly (thanks to reverse polarity protection equipped on this device).

How To Turn On The T-Priv: Press the fire button down 5 times within 2 seconds of one another. The device will then turn on displaying the SMOK logo, the firmware version number, and then it will immediately display the main screen.

How To Activate and Vape The T-Priv: When the tank is filled with e-liquid and your tank is attached to the T-Priv, first make sure that you are in the correct mode (wattage – VW), adjust the wattage to your preference by pressing up or down on the adjustment buttons, then press the fire button to vape. You should only need to press the fire button for a few seconds or until you get a satisfying amount of vapor. Should you press it more than 12 seconds, the power/wattage will automatically cut off due to a built-in safety feature.

How To Adjust The Wattage: Press up or down on the adjustment buttons while in the wattage mode to adjust the wattage to your preference.

How To Adjust The Temperature: Press up or down on the adjustment buttons while in temp mode to adjust the temperature to your preference.

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Main T-Priv Operation

How To Lock The T-Priv: While the device is turned on, press the fire button 5 times to lock the device.

How To Unlock The T-Priv: While the device is turned on and locked, press the fire button 5 times to unlock the device.

How To Enter The Main Menu: While the device is turned on, you will want to press the fire button 3 times to enter the main menu. When you’re in the main menu you’ll see a list of icons that you can choose.

How To Navigate and Make A Selection Within The Menu: To navigate through the main menu through the icon list, simply use the right or left adjustment buttons to scroll through the menu. To make a selection, scroll to the icon of your choice, then press and hold the fire button.

How To Change VW/TC Modes Quickly: While the device is on, press the fire button and the left adjustment button at the same time. You will then be prompted with “MODE”. Use the adjustment buttons to scroll from “WATT” to “TEMP”. Choose your preference then hold the fire button to make your selection.

How To Change Output Effects Quickly: While the device is on, press the fire button and the right adjustment button at the same time. You will then be prompted with “STRENGTH”. Use the adjustment buttons to scroll through “NORM”, “HARD”, and “SOFT”. Choose your preference then hold the fire button to make your selection.

How To Set The Max Puff Limit: Press the fire button 3 times to enter the main menu. Navigate to the “PUFF” icon and make your selection by holding the fire button down. The next screen will show you how many puffs you’ve already taken and just below that you’ll see the Max Puffs limit. Press the adjustment buttons to adjust the puff limiter up and down. Once finished, hold the fire button down to make your selection.

How To Reset The Puff Counter: When you enter the “PUFF” icon sub-menu and make your adjustments to the puff limiter, you will then hold the fire button down to make your selection. Another screen will then come up IF you currently have more than 0 puffs on the puff counter. It will ask you if you want to reset the puff counter. Simply choose YES or NO by scrolling with your adjustment buttons, then hold the fire button to make your selection.

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  1. My smok alien 220w tc just keeps saying no coil even when I put a brand new one in any suggestions

  2. I recently purchase the t priv kit and I don’t have the numbers anywhere on the box it came in or anyplace else. What are my options to get registered?

  3. Revert to the last firmware…., Uh And where exactly do I get that file?

  4. When I go to the temp settings and go though it says coil n1200 t1 and steel idk which one I should use and if I set my wattage to what the coil says its popping and spitting. On a v8 .15 ohm quadruple coil I can’t get above 30 watts or I’m sucking in juice

  5. I had my mod in. My pocket and a piece of ice got into my pocket now iyt won’t work

  6. T priv mod keeps over heating, batteries were once put in the wrong way and it made a pop noise, since then it gets extremely hot wether or not being hit. The mod gets hot, not the batteries, what can I do to fix this, interesting in fixing it and can take it apart to do so

  7. Is there a way to change the draw length timer. I know it’s set to a default 12 seconds. I would like to reduce that to 4 to 4.5 seconds. Is that possible?

  8. I locked my vape and when I unlock it it unlocks. but, I try to vape and it says it’s locked, try unlocking it again says it unlocked but continues to be locked.

  9. Great review, very informative as I am quite new to vaping. My husband is quite experienced so I had help and suggestions, although he said the T-Priv was too much for a newer user. Bc of the 220w I guess? Though it’s set at 60w with the V8-Q2 coil. Ha I do not yet understand wattage and voltage, it has been a great experience and mod imo. I started with a Sigeli mini book (I do believe that’s the name) but it was old and had been dropped numerous times while my husband was using it at work, a bricklayer on scaffolding all day so no drop could be”okay” lol. Charging port also had been broken so I had to remove the batteries and put them in a charging box thing and wait hours to be able to use it, which led to lighting a cigarette, which is what I was trying to leave behind. I didn’t know SMOK recommended removing the batteries to charge, I like that I can use the T-Priv while charging but try to do so as little as possible. I have many questions and will hopefully eventually understand upon researching and reading. I enjoyed this review very much, learned alot I didn’t know but still not really knowing the difference in wattage, voltage, except obvious power and whatnot, am still in the dark about that stuff for now. We watch The Vaping Bogan ALOT but actually reading this review more informed me than watching a 3-5 min video. I have alot to learn but have been a rather heavy smoker for 22 yrs, decided to try vaping to see if it would satisfy me like a cigarette would and actually enjoy vaping much more and barely a month in, I already can breathe better, taste and smell better. And im already down from 18mgs to 6mgs nicotine. So it’s definitely a mental kinda thing for me, that motion of putting it to my mouth, the feel of the hit to my lungs, but more vapor output doesn’t really matter to me. ??

    • What do I set my settings on my smok prove tpriv I’m the wattage and temperature to coil I need some ideas you can email me at [email protected] please I’m desperate

      • And I just changed the coil and everything and it’s really hard to hit

        • Remove your tank, and hit the fire button till it says no atomizer. Once it says that, release the fire button and screw the tank back on. Hit the fire again and now it will give you the old coil rating and new coil rating. Hit the left/right button to highlight new(even if they are both the same rating) and hit the fire button again. Your mod is now correctly paired with the coil. Happy vaping

  10. I am new to vaping and I have no idea what I am doing. Lol
    But I was messing around with my vape and I accidentally changed the temp and i have bi idea what is was on before. I and Afraid that I messed it up. I have the octuplet coil in and it is 0.15and best between 50-110w. What is the normal temp it should be at?

  11. How do you change the setting for a stainless steel coil

  12. Wanted to know if I can download a Red white and blue setting like the RGB for my Tpriv

  13. What the best tank and coil to use i have the starter kit but what coil or tank can i use to use it at 220 watts

  14. My T-Priv is acting up i got home and got it to smoke and when i pressed the fire button it was at 6.00 and the up and down buttons will not work and when i press the fire button again the mode screen pops up and wont let me do anything

  15. is it normal for the temp control to not match what you set it for?

    say it’s set for 400 degrees.. i fire and you can see temp fluctuating but it only gets up to about 250 degrees.. doesn’t matter if i set the pre-wattage to 60w or 90w..

    strange one if you ask me.. other than that i love the mod

  16. t priv keeps telling me that my ohms are to low but I cant make it any higher wha do I do

  17. I have no idea how to set this beast up. Anyone able to help… I tried following the guide but it just confused me more

  18. My Tpriv was connected to the charger cable charging and shit off and will not come back on even after hitting the fire button 5 times:( suggestions?

  19. My ohms keep jumping up and down and burning my throat. I don’t know what to do!I’ve already tried setting the initial ohms setting. I don’t know what to do

  20. Where do I find screws for the top!? I’m going crazy trying to find them ANYWHERE ….I really don’t want to buy a whole new mod because of two tiny screws! ?

  21. I’m looking for a .PDF version of the User Manual for this unit. Do y’all happen to have a link to that? Thanks

  22. My battery door on my to rid a solutely will not open! Help!

  23. I cant get my tpriv to turn on even when I plug it in and it was just working and charging earlier now it’s doing nothing. What can I do to fix this?

    • your best bet is to disassemble it back to how it came out of the box. (First, Remove both batteries and place them on an external charger so that the chips in the mod have a chance to reset while You’re working on the rest of the assembly! Next remove the tank and proceed to disassemble it down to its core components. Thoroughly Cleaning and drying all parts and connections as you go! Carefully reassemble the tank ensuring that all connection points are in secure contact to each other without over tightening! As the coils assembly is just pressed together at the factory rather than being threaded it is REALLY EASY for the coil to pull itself apart as you assemble the tank! {While it is possible to reassemble, it isn’t AT ALL easy and you may end up scrapping a brand new coil due to being overzealous!} Why throw money away if it isn’t necessary? [If using a rebuild-able coil remove the entire coil assembly and proceed to check that ALL connections are clean, free of any gunk or grime like pocket lint, and securely fastened ensuring that the electricity can freely flow! I recommend investing in a coil tester so that you can always tell immediately after the coil/s have been wrapped and installed into your atomizer build assembly not only whether it is working correctly but also what that coil setup is truly capable of! Since coils can be made of different gauges of wire and wrapped tightly around different sized rods or posts with any # of coils stacked up {The amount of consecutive loops between the positive and negative posts} there are “no exaggeration” innumerable combinations with varying outcomes that you could do the math to figure out what exactly you have made but personally I’d rather have the tester do all the math for me!] Once your atomizer has been thoroughly cleaned and reassembled set it aside and first try to install the freshly charged batteries into the mod and try to turn it on without the atomizer attached if it turns on hold the fire button til it tells you to check atomizer then attach the atomizer hold the fire button again and it will ask if is a new coil select yes regardless to re-pair the atomizer to the mod! If this happens repeatedly then your cord connection on the mod itself is likely fried and you will have to have it repaired replaced! If putting the batteries in first doesn’t let the mod reset itself remove the batteries and atomizer assembly again let sit for 5-10 min then assemble the mod and atomizer plug the mod in before the very last step of actually inserting the batteries! If none of that works try a NEW set of batteries before trying to have the mod repaired or replaced as even if the batteries aren’t the issue by doing this it will give you another set to have in use while the other pair is charging on an external charger! If you still have had no luck try the instructions listed in the FAQS to try and un-brick the device yourself! Should that fail also you have exhausted all of the DIY options and now need to seek manufacturers assistance if device is still under warranty to be repaired and if its not under warranty look into finding a replacement device!!!

  24. Any idea on what size screws t-priv needs?

  25. i have a t priv starter kit and when i go to rest the puffs and wait for it to go into the counter it just goes back to the normal screen please help

  26. I have two Smok vapes, T-Priv 220 and G320. I have up dated the firmware for both. Both will not turn on and the screens will not turn on. Any suggestions?

  27. my t priv is about 6 months old. and now it just keeps shutting off on me. i have to keep powering it back up everytime i want to use it. i’ve tried different batteries. still the same thing. any ideas? is it junk after only 6 months?

  28. I cannot unscrew the bottom to change to atomizer

  29. ohms on my t-priv are constantly changing from .15 to 4.96..sometimes it goes higher and tells me “ohms too high” i unscrew the tank and start the process over again. it will prompt me in the middle of vaping and ask if i have a new or old coil. this is a brand new coil! it doesnt matter if i select old or new…the ohms are doing whatever they please. sometimes it works for a few minutes without any issues..there is nothing on this forum that is helpful and i cannot find anything else online to help!

  30. The screen on my t priv quit working but the mod would still fire and now it has just quit working all together any suggestions?

  31. My t priv isn’t hitting strong enough and it’s on like 60 like there’s barely any cloud

  32. Hi my watts are jumping they are not going up or down like normal i vape my dead rabbit on my tpriv at 90 watts and when i move up from 90 it goes to 9.10 then 9.20 9.30 and so on and there is no vapor production

  33. Hey Man If If You actually know of anywhere in the universe where I can get access to the Older Firmware version to even attempt to unbrick this thing then please let me know because mine and many many many other peoples Smok T Priv mods are bricked within a month or two of owning them , I had mine about a month before it started having some screen problems , so finally I thought Hey I know I’ll just update the firmware, and trust me I have gone through all the steps to supposedly successfully upgrade the firmware to 1.0.8 and I have done it over and over and over again a billion times and All I am left with is a paperweight that at best flashes the lights on the side a few times right after I put batteries in it but will not turn on and will not display a screen and will not vape, I have been looking for the Original Firmware for literally like a year or more because that is how long it has been bricked

  34. How do you unlike the vaping power. It is set on 11 and needs to be increased, but when trying to do this it says locked.

  35. I have a x-priv could someone help me with the correct settings for the coil I’m new to this
    Thankyou

  36. My mod keeps flashing don’t abuse products. I even changed the coil

  37. My mod display went black and it came back on this morning but went back out..how do I fix it?

  38. Thanks for this guide! It has helped me a lot!

  39. My t-PRIV has had no problem for the 6 months that i’ve been using it, then today as i was taking a puff and taking my finger off of the button, it continued to smoke and then it said “TIMEOUT” on the display and it hasn’t worked since. Can’t even get the power to turn it on,..,…..

  40. I install the wrong software on the T-Priv… I want to hardreset the T-Priv or delete the wrong software.
    I had install the VB version and now my Smok dont start… After that i install the second V Version
    (The Tool,hold the Fire button , connect with the usb cable install the software to PASS and release the button)
    It doesnt work …
    I dont like this version of smok

  41. My vape is not working and it’s has 76% battery

  42. My t-priv will click on but I get no puff from it only a display saying max puffs 32908. Any help anybody?c

  43. I’ve developed a problem with my T-Private. I install a tank and go through the new-same tank, it reads the resistance then works fine. Then it will show low resistance and won’t fire.Can you lock the resistance to maintain the ohm reading,it starts at.08 then goes to.05 and says too low and no fire

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