The USSD codes they are used for check the balance of prepaid cards mainly, but it is not their only use, since their function when they arrived in the world of telephony (hand in hand with GSM networks) was to communicate with a PC of our smartphone operator. to carry out inquiries and operations related to the operation of our line.
Currently, while being used to check the balance of prepaid cards, they are also used to make diversions, call conditions, offer location services, get the serial number of a terminal ... functions offered by USSD codes of the different operators, let's check their history a bit.
Origin of USSD technology
The unstructured complementary services data (USSD), unstructured complementary services data (making a free translation into Spanish), also known as quick codes or feature codes, They are a communications protocol used by GSM mobiles to communicate with the PCs of your smartphone operator.
Unlike SMS, USSD creates a real-time connection, a connection that remains open and enables a two-way exchange of a data stream. Once this data sequence has been carried out, the requested information is received is displayed on the screen and the connection ends.
USSD codes are not final by any body thus each operator can configure their own code system, even though some of them are common among all, such as the code to know the IMEI of the terminal, hide or show the number in a call, change the PIN
USSD codes to know the balance
Unfortunately, and despite the fact that many USSD codes have the same for all operators, when checking the balance things get complicated, since each operator uses a code totally different.
Check the balance in Movistar
To check the balance of our Movistar card we have two options and it can only be done from the device, being impossible to know the balance of other phones unless we have the respective Movistar application and access data.
- Call 22261
- Enter the code * 133 # and press the Call key
Check the balance in Vodafone
The number of alternatives that the British operator makes available to us to know the balance on the card is 3, and it can only be done from the terminal itself. Knowing the balance of another smartphone line is only possible through the Vodafone application and having the access data for the number in question.
- Enter the code * 131 # and press the Call key
- Enter the code * 134 # and press the Call key
- Send a free message to 22134 with the word "balance" without the quotation marks.
Check the balance in Orange
Orange offers us single method to know the balance of our smartphone, but unlike the previous ones, it allows us to interact with the SMS we receive to recharge, anticipate departure, send a message to another Orange smartphone to call us.
- Enter the code * 111 # and press the Call key
If we want to know the balance of another Orange smartphone, the only way to do it is through the mobile app Orange or its web portal, as long as we know the access data to that account.
Check the balance in Digi Mobil
To understand the balance we have left on our Digi Mobil prepaid card, we just have to open the phone application and type * 100 # and press the call key. Next a menu will be shown in which we will achieve check the balance, request an advance at the same time to consult other services of this operator.
Check your balance on Lycamobile
The Lycamobile operator code to know the balance of our account is * 221 # even though we can also use the code 94 # and press the call key. If we yearn listen to the balance Instead of getting a message on the screen, we can call 221.
Check the balance in LlamaYA
The Llamaya operator offers us two methods to know the balance of our account:
- Enter the code * 113 # and press the Call key
- Send an SMS to the number 22951 with the code "SALDODATOS" without the quotation marks.
The first 30 consultations of each month are free. From query number 31, these will be charged at 0.12 euro cents each.
Check the balance in Lebara
Lebara also offers us two methods to know the balance of our prepaid card:
- Enter the code * 124 # and press the Call key
- By calling 2224.
Another method is through the My Lebara application available in the application stores, even when it is for requires an internet connection, as with the rest of the operators that also offer us this option to know the balance.
Check the balance in Simyo
This operator allows us to know the balance through 3 different methods without any of them requiring an internet connection:
- Enter the code * 126 # and press the Call key
- Calling 1644
- Through the Simyo application, since even when we have no balance or if the data voucher has expired, we can enter the application without any problem, an option that no other operator offers us.
Check the balance in Tuenti Cell phone
Knowing the balance of our prepaid line Tuenti Cell phone is as simple as call 2201 free. From the second daily consultation, the cost is 0.10 euro cents per consultation.
Check balance in PepePhone
The code that PepePhone offers us to know our balance is *# 134 and press the Call key via the mobile app or your web portal.
Check the balance in Republic Cell phone
When calling the number 22960 from a smartphone from the Republic of Cell Phone, we will immediately receive a message with the remaining balance of our prepaid card.
Check the balance in Jazztel Cell phone
This operator offers us two methods depending on the type of rate that we have contracted.
- If we have a flat rate: Enter the code * 167 # and press the call key
- If we do not have a flat rate: We write the code * 169 # and press the call key
In both cases we will receive an SMS with the current consumption and the remaining balance of our card.
Check the balance in MásMóvil
Through the code *# 113 we can know what the balance of our MásMóvil prepaid card is.
Check the balance in Telecable
Two options that Telecable offers us to know what the balance of our card is:
- Calling 342
- Enter the code * 142 # and press the Call key
