8ta USSD codes & service numbers - 8ta account information

[SUPERMAN89]

*180# Account menu

1 | Bundle Purchases (Data and SMS/MMS Bundles)

2 | Transfer Airtime

3 | Blackberry

4 | Device Settings *

5 | Tariff Change**


*Device settings tip
SMS the make followed by the model to 185
eg Nokia n8

**Note that not all options maybe available to all customers
eg. "Tariff Change" will not be available to customers who have
2gb+1gb promo sim cards and so on

[SUPERMAN89]

Other useful codes

*188# | Account Balance ( Data and Free Min's will follow via sms)
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*188* pin # | Top up your airtime

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*140* number # | Send a please call me

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*140# 8.ta Call Me Menu
1) Send 8.ta Call Me
2) Add Name to 8.ta Call Me
3) Block/Unblock 8.ta Call Me
4) Disable/Enable Advertisements

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*1# | Your Cell number (Works on Home Network and Telkom Mobile Simcards)

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*2# | Your IMSI (Works on Home Network and Telkom Mobile Simcards)

[RichardG]

Will a moderator please make this sticky

Very useful information Now let the mods look after 8ta / Heita - also I think they should change the Title from Telkom 8ta

[SUPERMAN89]

Yeah i posted internet settings and a speedtest thread that should be made a sticky

[Park@82]

Thanks, *1# not working for me.

[ginggs]

A friend of mine loaned me an 8.ta SIM for testing, it has been RICA'd but hasn't been made non-roaming yet.

When I try and check the balance...

Account Balance - *188#

I get the following:

Your operation has failed, please contact customer care.

Does this just mean there is no airtime?

Neither of the following codes return a response:

Your Cell number - *1#

Your IMSI - *2#

[Telkom Mobile]

Try sending a please call me.

[Reelix]

Try sending a please call me.

In the cases where you need your own number from your own phone, you generally don't have a secondary phone lying around.

*2# works for me, but *1# doesn't.

[dabbler]

Edited.

[ginggs]

In the cases where you need your own number from your own phone, you generally don't have a secondary phone lying around.

Agreed, please take note 8ta, an MSISDN query USSD code is very useful.

*2# works for me, but *1# doesn't.

*2# worked for me yesterday, *1# still not working for me. Has anyone get a response from *1# ? SUPERMAN89?

[Reelix]

*1# has recently started working for me. It only seems to work if you're active on their 2/1GB Data bundle special

[SUPERMAN89]

Agreed, please take note 8ta, an MSISDN query USSD code is very useful.

*2# worked for me yesterday, *1# still not working for me. Has anyone get a response from *1# ? SUPERMAN89?

Sorry for the delay. The codes work if you using 8.ta on their home network.

P.S I updated the information above also

[burisch]

OK so I have the 10Gig + the 10Gig Midnight Surfer Option. *188# resulted in one SMS to me:

"Name:
Number: +2781188
Content:
You have used 8374 MB and have 1866 MB available. 1866 MB will expire on 30/09/2011.
Time: 05/09/2011 19:53:03"

Since this is early evening, I presume this applies only to the 'regular' 10 gigs and not the midnight surfer. Couple of questions:

1) How do I get my midnight surfer balance? Only after midnight?
2) Is there any way to hard-cap my service? I _really_ don't want to pay out-of-bundle rates.

[ginggs]

Sorry for the delay. The codes work if you using 8.ta on their home network.

Confirming that *1# is now working for me since my prepaid SIM was provisioned for the 8ta network.

[SUPERMAN89]

Confirming that *1# is now working for me since my prepaid SIM was provisioned for the 8ta network.