The "Friend's balance" option, which works only on the "Mayak" tariff, allows you to check the balance of money on the account of another MTS subscriber. The tariff plan itself is used for telematic services, and the SIM card is used in navigators, alarms and other devices of this type, where there is no way to check the balance.
Service description
The service is used by subscribers to check the account balance of another mobile number. To check a friend's account, he also needs to activate this offer. The operator does not provide for a monthly fee write-off, no connection fees are charged.
There are no other features and pitfalls, but "Friend's balance" can only work in tandem with the "Mayak" tariff. To check the account status, it is enough to make a connection, and after that enter on mobile phone request * 140 * number # .
How to find out the balance of another MTS subscriber
“Friend's balance” can function with another interesting offer called “Other subscriber's balance”. This sentence can show the account status of another person, and the following methods can be used to connect or disconnect:
- If you have the Internet and a computer, it is recommended to use a convenient service - a personal account. The mobile application "My MTS" has similar capabilities. First you need to register or install the application on your smartphone. After authorization, go to the section with services and tariffs, find the service you need and click on the connect button.
- The second activation option will be sending a service code. The procedure is free, does not need the Internet. It is enough to enter the code * 111 * 2137 # on the phone and make a call.
- The last method is to send a message by phone 111. The body of the letter contains a combination of numbers for activation - 2137, for deactivation - 21370.
No fees are charged for using options or connecting.
Connect the service and receive information online about the account balance.
How to balance a number under control
After activation, the balance is set "under control". Any MTS subscriber who is allowed by the owner of the SIM card can monitor the status of the account. To enable you need to drive on mobile device request * 111 * 422 # , make a call and follow the guide that will come in SMS.
"Under control" can be up to 10 contacts who are in the home region and use the services of MTS. The only exception will be subscribers of corporate tariffs. All procedures are free.
How to activate and deactivate the service
Activation or deactivation of the "Friend's Balance" service is carried out using several convenient methods that do not change depending on the operation:
- Use your personal account to quickly enable the service. This requires authorization and registration in the system. In the section with services, find an offer and click the connect button. A similar sequence is carried out in mobile application from MTS.
- Enter a request on the phone * 111 * 422 # and make a call. After enabling, you need to use the command * 140 * check number # .
Disconnection may not be required, since the option is free, and without using an additional code, it will not be possible to find out about the balance of another number.
When connecting, the request must be sent from the phone where the "Mayak" tariff is set. After that, you need to make settings on the SIM card and open access to numbers that can check the balance.
After activation, all instructions come via SMS, they must be completed for normal operation. Up to 10 numbers can be added to the list of telephone contacts.
We do not "peep through the keyhole." We are talking about legal services for controlling someone else's balance, subject to the mandatory consent of the controlled one. Do you need such features, who exactly needs it and how are they implemented by different operators.
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The universal term "Privacy" stands for, inter alia, and as "Protection of confidential information." The data on the state of the user's personal account, of course, is and can be used to his detriment. And even if they are not used, the difference is not fundamental. Why on earth should a "stranger uncle" (or "aunt") know about the current state of my balance? What if I, for example, want to use the service "call at the expense of the interlocutor", while having a lot of money on the account? But you never know what situations there are in which it is extremely undesirable to inform another about the state of your balance.
Operators are required to be sensitive to personal information their clients. And in most cases, this is exactly how they are treated. There are the concepts of "owner of the number" and "user of the number", it is not always the same person. Details of conversations, information about payments, expenses and the current balance in the operator's office can be obtained only by the owner of the number, and he must be given this information in any case. What jealous husbands / wives willingly use when presenting a spouse with a SIM card issued for themselves. Some employers also do not hesitate to view detailed reports of their employees, by the way. Through self-service systems, everything happens much easier, for a curious person it is enough to get a phone with a SIM card for a couple of minutes and set a password to enter your personal account. However, the "control levers" in any case remain in the hands of the person to whom the number is issued: in extreme cases, you can set a code word (in MTS), and then passport data will not be enough to receive information on a call to the contact center. And self-service systems can be turned off altogether, and then only the owner of the number in the service office can extract information from the billing.
The exact opposite situation occurs no less often. Elderly people, addicted kids and just disorderly relatives who do not know how or do not want to monitor the state of their account. The credit form of settlements (post-payment) solves the problem, but the ability to spend on debt often leads to a significant increase in costs. In such cases, monitoring someone else's balance is useful and even necessary, for this services such as "Balance of loved ones" are being introduced. Operators are interested in such control mechanisms, since a zero balance does not bring them money, and the service encourages them to replenish their account and spend more.
Beeline: "Balance of loved ones"
We read relatively fresh news, a detailed description of the service on the Beeline website -. Several important quotes:
“With the service“ Balance of loved ones ”you will always know when it’s time to replenish the account of a loved one:“ Beeline ”will inform you about the decrease in the balance to 60 rubles in SMS, or you yourself can make a request about its current state. Only a Beeline subscriber can make a request about the current balance of a loved one.
Please note that subscribers of any mobile operator in Russia, users of any payment system, individuals and legal entities can find out the state of your balance. No more than 3 subscribers can find out your balance. The service is provided both in the home zone and in intranet roaming.
Connection of the service is available to individuals and legal entities - subscribers of "Beeline" prepaid payment system. By adding another person's phone number, the subscriber agrees to provide such person with information about the balance of his personal account by means of automatic SMS-notifications or a reply SMS to a one-time request. "
The main commands for managing the service are in the screenshot above. Key features service work:
- You can find out the balance of another subscriber only with his consent, the service is easily disabled by the USSD command.
- Two main modes: automatic and on demand. In automatic mode, the controller receives an SMS message upon reaching the controlled balance level of 60 rubles. In addition to the automatic notification mode, a scheme of one-time SMS requests for the controlled balance works, but only Beeline subscribers can send such requests. USS requests are not charged, the answer comes in an SMS message.
- In automatic mode (SMS notifications about the threshold), the service works with subscribers of any networks, this is an important plus of the Beeline version.
- The service itself is free of charge, but when the controlling number is connected, 5 rubles are debited at a time. You can connect no more than three control numbers.
The scheme, in my opinion, is implemented almost optimally. One can only complain about the impossibility of setting an arbitrary threshold for SMS notification. It's no secret that kids tend to recklessly use content services, and keeping the balance low is, albeit incomplete, but at least some kind of insurance against stupid spending.
MTS: "Balance of another subscriber"
You can read the description of the service. Initially, the service was valid only for subscribers tariff plan "Cool", but then the service was made available to subscribers and other tariff plans. On Klassny, the service is included in starter pack, and the user of the SIM card cannot turn it off on his own, which is quite logical: the tariff is designed specifically for children.
The service "Balance of another subscriber" does not provide for auto-informing about reaching the threshold balance value. Information is provided only in response to a request * 140 * #. The service must be activated (free of charge), requests are not charged, there is no monthly fee. The answer to the request comes in the form of an SMS message. Quote from the service description:
“All users of the“ Favorite Number ”service can open access to information about their balance for“ favorite ”numbers. With the help of the “Balance of Another Subscriber” service, your friends and family will be able to check the status of your personal account at any time and, if necessary, top up it. To do this, you need to activate the service "Balance of another subscriber".
Some financial inconvenience is that it is impossible to set an arbitrary number as a "controller", this number must be "favorite". So with all the declared free service, spend 35 rubles. you will have to connect your “favorite number” in any case. Most non-archived tariffs do not provide subscription fees for two favorite numbers, but there are exceptions. For example, on the “Caring” tariff there are three free “favorites”, and on the “Guest” and “Regional” tariffs the monthly fee for each “favorite number” is 33 rubles / month. The “Many calls” tariff has two “favorite numbers” without a subscriber, but calls to these numbers are counted in a separate battery, which can lead to additional costs. By the way, it would be harmless to correct the description of the "Favorite number" service on the site, otherwise all links to the terms of provision at different tariffs lead to the popular page "Error 404".
I didn’t like the fact that when the “Balance of another subscriber” service is connected, the owners of all “favorite numbers” can request the balance, this is not entirely correct. According to the girl from the contact center, it is technically impossible to leave the service connected only for one “favorite number”.
In the capital "MegaFon" such a service is not yet (?) Provided. The girl from the contact center advised to issue the number for herself and call the CC to find out the balance. Of course, the Mobile Balance program will cope with this task no worse, so if you have a computer, the value of such services is only in efficiency and mobility.
Some MTS subscribers, in addition to tracking the personal state of their personal account, need to receive information about the money in the account from other people - friends, relatives. In such situations, monitoring the status of someone else's account is not a secret spy activity, but a real way to provide assistance in a timely manner by replenishing the balance. In order to obtain a solution to the problem, the operator created a large number of methods and options, " how to find out the balance of another MTS subscriber". Consider exclusively legal methods.
First you need to know how. As for tracking the balance of other people, until recently, obtaining information about the balance of money on another number was impossible and inaccessible, but the operator offers many opportunities to correct the situation. Previously, a special USSD command was used, for its successful and productive work, it was only necessary to add a number to the list of "favorites", as you could immediately request balance data. But with the advent of favorable tariffs, the need to use "favorite numbers" has disappeared, so there is a need to find out the balance of another MTS subscriber using other methods.
To request information about the state of the monitored number, you need to use the combination * 140 * (number) #, while the phone number must be marked in a 10-digit format without the combination of +7 or 8. However, the prior consent of the owner is required that his number will be monitored and the balance will be in plain sight of other people. To get it, you should use the digital combination * 111 * 442 #, and then, following the prompts, solve this problem.
Child under control function
The balance of another subscriber may be relevant to you if your child is represented in his person. You will be able to receive up-to-date and reliable information about its location and always be aware of the state of its balance, study statistics and receive information about other services using SMS requests.
Please note that this service is paid and the cost is 100 rubles per month... The operator offers the use of the trial period free of charge, after which it will offer to continue using the services.
Dedicated mobile application
It is quite simple to find out information on how to track the balance of another person; developers of specialized software for computer and telephone devices have also joined in solving this problem. Today they offer many interesting and useful programs and applications for MTS.
For computer device
For this, a small program is designed, named as Mobile Balance , it is used by PC owners and allows you to track balances in real time. The advantage is the ability to work with most of the mobile operators in Russia, including MTS. The program is offered in a paid and free version, the second option is suitable for home use.
For mobile provision
For smartphones running on Android, an optimal solution is offered - Balance BY and Any Balance ... These applications can check phone balances, help you get information about the remaining traffic, minutes and messages, and also help you track the current account status at bank details.
Many of us from time to time or constantly replenish not only our phone balance, but also the balance of a child, retired parents or phones registered to your company.
In order to track the expense of funds by these numbers, mobile operators have provided a special service that allows you to find out the balance of another subscriber.
How to find out the balance of another subscriber in MTS?
MTS provides an opportunity to find out the account status of another subscriber whose number is connected to the tariff plan "Lighthouse"... Previously, from this number, you must assign phone numbers from which it is allowed to check its balance. Dial the request from the number on the "Mayak" tariff * 111 * 422 # (call), then follow the USSD menu items. You can assign up to ten numbers registered in the MTS of your region, from which it will be allowed to control the balance of this number.
To be able to control, you first need to connect a free service to your phone "Friend's balance"... It's easy to do on request * 111 * 422 # (call) either in Personal account MTS... To check the balance of the number on "Mayak" dial the request from your number * 140 * his phone number # (call)... Information about the balance of the other phone is provided free of charge.
How to check the balance of another subscriber in Beeline?
The ability to check the balance of another number in Beeline is implemented through the "Balance of loved ones" option. Information is provided free of charge, however, 5 rubles are debited from the account for connecting one number to the check list.
- Request to connect a number to the list of checked * 131 * 5 * checked phone number # (call)
- Request to connect a verification number * 131 * 1 * testing phone number # (call)
- Requesting the consent of the person being checked * 131 * 5 * number of the verified subscriber Beeline without 8 # (call)
- Balance status request for the verified number * 131 * 6 * number of the verified subscriber # (call)
- Prevent checking your number balance * 131 * 0 * checking subscriber number # (call)
In addition to receiving information about the balance of your loved one, with the service "Balance of loved ones" you will receive an alert when the amount on his balance becomes less than 60 rubles.
How to find out the balance of another number in Megafon?
You can receive information about the balance of a loved one free of charge through the “Balance of loved ones” service. To do this, the person whose balance you want to control (the ward) must set for his number a list of numbers from which requests for his balance are allowed. The service "Balance of loved ones" is also connected to the ward's number. To do this, requests are sent from his number to connect guardians' numbers.
- * 438 * 1 * number # (call) - connection of the guardian's number;
- * 438 * 2 * number # (call) - removal of the guardian's number from the list;
- * 438 * 3 # (call) - resetting the entire list of guardians;
- * 438 * 4 # * (call) - request for a list of guardians' numbers.
To obtain information about the status of the ward's account, you need to dial a request from your phone * 100 * number of the ward without 8 # (call)... The service will be automatically disabled when the ward's phone list is reset.
How can I find out the balance of another subscriber in Tele2?
Tele2 subscribers do not have a special service that allows them to control the balance of another number. If the phone number belongs to one of your loved ones, you can call the reference number of Tele2 611 and pass the check, during which you will have to give the passport details of the person for whom the verified number is registered or the PUK code of his SIM card.
In addition, you can get the necessary information in the Tele2 service salon if you come there with documents that certify your right to control the number.
You can find out the balance of another MTS subscriber using two options. Thus, it is possible to obtain information about the status of someone else's account, just using a special command. Let's consider the features and limitations of the service.
The option allows you to find out how much money a specific contact has left, that is, by a SIM card that belongs to and is issued to a stranger. This is extremely convenient if, for example, you need to replenish the account of relatives and friends, always having information about whether they will have enough funds to pay for the operator's communications.
Features:
- no subscription fee is charged;
- you can find out the balance by the number of both a friend and a selected contact;
- manual configuration of access to personal information.
You can set up the list of trusted persons who, in turn, can also access the subscriber's personal data, using the command * 111 * 422 #. Next, you need to follow clear instructions.
When setting up the list, it is possible to add nine contacts, the balance of which will become open. They, in turn, will also be able to familiarize themselves with similar data of the subscriber in whose list they are.
To request information, dial * 140 * [XXXXXX] #.
How to activate the service
There are two options, one of them allows you to request information about the balance using a friend's number. In order to know the balance of close friends, you need:
- dial the combination * 111 * 422 #;
- go to the LC on the operator's website and select a function from the list of available ones.
It is connected only when the "Mayak" tariff plan is activated. In other cases, you will not be able to check the account of someone else's number.
How to find out the balance of another MTS subscriber
Service activation in order to check the balance of funds of a specific contact:
- command * 111 * 2137 #;
- message with the text "2137" to 111;
- Personal account in the corresponding section.
With this option it is possible to get information about the subscriber from your phone. Moreover, it is completely free.
MTS offers a convenient service for those who have friends and relatives, such information about whom you need to know on an ongoing basis. For example, to replenish it by borrowing a certain amount of funds. The option is activated free of charge and no payment or activation of additional functions is required.
