The operator "Megafon" offers its customers a variety of useful services and services, one of which is the ability to search for another subscriber by his number. This can be a child, relative or close friend who, for whatever reason, wants his number to be tracked. So that a Megafon subscriber can locate a person by a phone number, the operator has developed convenient commands and applications that are selected depending on the device used, be it a regular phone, smartphone, tablet or computer with Internet access.
The "Radar" service from Megafon will help you find the location of a person
Using the "Radar" service, you can locate a person by the phone number of the operators Megafon, MTS and Beeline, while it is enough to get consent from the owner of the number once.
Megafon offers three types of Radar services, each of which has its own terms of use.
1. The "Radar Light" service is free, it allows you to track the location of one subscriber per day, determine your location and is controlled by the following commands: request * 566 * 56 # call - service activation.
2. The "Radar" service assumes payment of 3 rubles per day, an unlimited number of definitions of 5 subscribers and your own location and is controlled as follows:
- service connection: requests * 566 # call, * 111 * 3 # call and * 505 * 192 # call; sending a message to 5166 with one of the text options On On REG REG REGISTRATION or empty SMS; sending a message to number 5051 with a variant of the text 9220 or CEE - service activation;
- disabling the service: request * 505 * 0 * 192 # call, sending SMS to 5166 with one of the commands OFF OFF UNREG; message to number 5051 with the text STOP 9220 or STOP CEE.
3. The service "Radar +" has a cost of 7 rubles per day, it allows you to locate a person by phone number an unlimited number of times, but no more than 5 subscribers. In addition, the user of the service can determine his own location, the route of movement of the tracked number and receive information about its exit or entry into the geographic area. The service can be controlled using the following commands:
- activate the service: combinations * 256 # call, * 566 * 9 # call and * 505 * 3790 # call; SMS to 5166 with one of the commands On + On + Radar + Radar + or +; message to number 5051 with text 3791 or 3789;
- deactivate the service: request * 505 * 0 * 3790 # call; message to number 5166 with commands to choose from Off + OFF + or UNREG +; SMS to 5051 with the text STOP 3791 or STOP 3789.
You can also activate and deactivate the Radar and Radar + services using the Radar mobile application for smartphones with Android and iOS OS, as well as by visiting the website https://radar.megafon.ru/ or the MegaFonPRO SIM portal.
Trace number data can be obtained in different ways:
- text information in an SMS message with a description of the coordinates;
- text information with fragments of cards in an MMS message;
- a fragment of an interactive map with a subscriber's mark on it when using the official website or the Radar application.
How to find out the location of a person with a service from Megafon "Beacon"
To constantly be aware of the location of your child, you need to use the free service "Beacon", which is valid on children's tariff plans. It is possible to determine the location of a person by phone number using this service only after activating the service and identifying the desired child's number.
You can control the "Beacon" service using the following commands and requests:
- * 141 * phone number of the service user # call (for example, * 141 * 79138889991 # call) - sent from the child's number to the phone of one of the parents as consent to locate;
- * 141 # call - a request to locate the child, the answer to which should be a message that includes a fragment of the map and text information or a corresponding SMS in case the required number was not found.
It is possible to locate a person by phone number using the "Beacon" service throughout Russia with a frequency of 1 time per 3 minutes. To use the service, the child must be connected to one of the following tariffs: "Smeshariki", "Dnevnik.ru" or "Ring-Ding". Also, to be able to track the number, the phone number of the person you are looking for must be turned on and have a positive balance in the account.
