The Megafon message “The number you have dialed is temporarily blocked” can overtake any user - that’s why it’s worth figuring out what it means. Let's look at the reasons for this error? We'll tell you what the solutions are if you hear this message when communicating with another person. We’ll also talk about what to do if the problem hits you personally.
Error “The dialed number is temporarily blocked” - what does it mean on Megafon? It's time to discuss what factors may influence the occurrence of such difficulties.
Negative balance
Such an oversight can cause a Megafon number to be temporarily blocked - this is one of the most common problems that the user faces. What could be causing it?
- The subscriber forgot to top up his account;
- Some communication services remained unpaid;
- The user did not deposit the required amount of funds for using the tariff plan.
Even a small minus can cause a Megafon number to be blocked for a while. You can easily correct this unpleasant situation - just deposit the required amount into your account using convenient tools.
"Blocks" from scammers
In addition to real hang-up signals issued by the network's answering machine, various fraud schemes can also be carried out when the answering machine picks up the phone and then issues a recording of the hang-up message. For example, similar schemes are carried out on paid numbers in order to force a person to dial the number repeatedly and spend money on calls.
Such schemes are quickly blocked by the operator, but can still occur. Therefore, it is important to monitor whether your phone’s stopwatch is counting the call time. If after the call the countdown begins, or you manage to hear a beep before the message about blocking, then this means some kind of fraud.
Voluntary blocking
Often, users independently block communication services for a short time and limit the possibility of communication. What to do in such cases?
- Open your personal account and go to the “Options” tab;
- In the “My” section, check whether the voluntary blocking service has been activated;
- If necessary, disable it there.
There is another not obvious reason why Megafon’s number is temporarily blocked - let’s discuss it in more detail.
Blockings initiated by the mobile operator
- Temporary blocking for financial reasons. Your mobile operator may block a number if the balance is negative. In this case, you will hear that “the subscriber is temporarily blocked.”
- Temporary blocking due to complaints from other subscribers. If a given number is reported as a spam number or suspected of fraud, it may be blocked pending investigation.
- Forced permanent blocking (after its expiration date). For a certain period of time after the number is completely blocked, the network will display the message “subscriber is temporarily blocked.” However, after some time, the hang up signal will change to the standard “Subscriber’s device is turned off...”
Network failure
The voice message “The dialed number is temporarily blocked by Megafon” appears due to technical problems. You won’t be able to influence such factors, but you can try. We recommend doing the following:
- Reboot the device;
- Put your phone into airplane mode for a few seconds;
- Wait a while and resume communication attempts.
This is the most harmless reason possible - just wait a couple of minutes. If necessary, you can call the support service at 0500 or 8 800 550 05 00 and the operator.
Balance
What's next? Perhaps the last scenario is the most common case. Did the caller hear, instead of beeps, “the number you dialed is temporarily blocked”? Beeline, MTS or any other operator is not so important. The main thing is that the reason may be a negative SIM card balance.
The thing is that modern operators automatically block numbers with a certain minus on the account. At such moments, a citizen can neither make nor receive calls. Moreover, even exchanging messages (including receiving them) will not work.
The problem can be solved quite easily. How exactly? If someone heard a message like “the number you dialed is temporarily blocked” (“Beeline”, “Megafon” or any other cellular operator - it doesn’t matter which company the citizen uses), then the caller should tell his future interlocutor about this. A person whose SIM card is not available for calls tops up the balance to zero or positive. Then you will receive an SMS notification in response, which will indicate that the number has been successfully unblocked. Accordingly, this problem will not bother callers. From now on, it is recommended to carefully monitor the balance of your SIM card.
Long term non-use
A subscriber who has not used a SIM card for a long period of time – 90 days – risks being left without any connection at all. The operator will disable the card and limit the possibility of any communication - both voice, SMS or the Internet. There is only one way to correct this situation:
- Contact a company representative by calling technical support;
- Or visit the sales office with a passport with a SIM card;
- Write a standard application for card restoration.
Well, that’s all - the mysterious message “The Megafon number you dialed is temporarily blocked” will no longer bother you, because you can quickly find the causes of the problem.
How to remove the block?
It is possible to correct the situation without the help of company representatives. If you have a debt, you can return your phone to work by topping up your account in any convenient way. In this case, it is important that the number comes out of zero balance and there are enough funds for further use of the network.
Voluntary blocking can be removed in the following ways:
- With your passport and SIM card, go to a communication salon and leave a written request for unblocking.
- Call the hotline number 0890, dictate the required information to the consultant and request service restoration. Once the issue has been resolved, you will receive an SMS message.
- Go to MTS “Personal Account” on the Internet. On the main page, you need to select the “Number Management” tab and remove the block in the corresponding item in the menu that opens.
It is also possible to try to restore plastic that has been inactive for a long time by contacting the sales office. However, in this case it is much easier to purchase a new card. In this case, the number, balance and tariff plan will be saved if necessary.
Actions of callers when a number is blocked
If you hear such a phrase when trying to call your interlocutor, you have no choice but to call later. If you know for sure that this person’s balance has been reset, then you can top up his account - after a while his phone will be unlocked. You can also try to find out the reason for the block through the support service - most often they disclose information about financial blocks. In other cases, you can either wait or try to call the subscriber on his other phone.
Imagine that you are calling your best friend about an important issue, and the words “Subscriber blocked” are heard on the receiver. An unpleasant situation, isn't it?
But if your number specifically is blocked, then it’s doubly unpleasant.
Fortunately, each case has its own logical explanation, since the MTS operator does not do anything so easily and rarely makes mistakes
But, if your number specifically is blocked, then this is doubly unpleasant. Fortunately, in each case there is a logical explanation, since the MTS operator does not do anything so easily and rarely makes mistakes.
Now we will try to figure out what types of number blocking there are and what each message like “Subscriber is temporarily blocked” means.
Blocking an MTS subscriber
In this case, we are talking about the blocking of an MTS number that the subscriber performs himself and involuntarily. The most striking example is the loss of a mobile phone.
Along with the theft of your device, your personal files are stolen, but most of all you feel sorry for your contacts, especially when the device was used for work.
That is why it is urgent to block your number so that unauthorized persons cannot use the connected services or satisfy their malicious purposes. They can block you quickly through the operator’s help desk.
If the phone handset tells you that the called party is temporarily blocked, then there are reasons for this. It will be possible to reach the person only after the block is removed. The procedure for temporarily blocking access to a number can be used in the following cases:
- Due to theft of the device
- During travel and on vacation
- In case the number is no longer needed
Blocking MTS number due to debt
If you often miss the obligation to top up your balance on MTS, then the phrase about temporarily blocking a number will not be news to you. Lack of money in the account results in disconnection of communication services - everything is logical and extremely clear.
If you call a friend, you may hear that he is blocked due to lack of funds. It is not uncommon for money to suddenly disappear from the account (debited from the monthly fee), and then the service of the number may also be terminated on temporary terms.
Forced blocking
If a subscriber does not use his MTS number for a long period of time, then blocking it is inevitable. In the same way, you will hear on the phone that the subscriber is temporarily blocked, because the operator himself takes the number and then sells it to other people.
To avoid getting into such an absurd situation, you need to regularly check the status of your account and periodically use MTS services.
Let us note another situation when a subscriber’s number may be temporarily blocked. We will talk about the so-called judicial blocking, which is often used to investigate the theft of a phone.
Very often, telephone numbers are blocked by court decision at the time of trial for a crime.
What should we do if we hear a message about the caller being blocked? When you try to call your friend, do you hear a message that the number is temporarily unavailable due to blocking? Then you just have to wait for the number to resume again.
If the reason is clear to you, and it is the lack of funds on the balance, then simply top up your friend’s account. To find out the reason for the block, you can contact the help desk (as a rule, there is no secret information here).
What does it mean that the number you dialed is temporarily blocked?
Galant
There can be two options: if after dialing the number the robot says about blocking, it is either blocked due to the balance falling to zero or below, or the person himself blocked his number. - There is such a service, which is very useful for various circumstances.
Ksyushenka
I’ll tell you from my personal experience what the phrase can mean. Once I had a very good tariff, profitable, but, however, with a subscription fee. I didn’t want to lose either the tariff or the number itself, it’s just that at the moment there were problems with finances and it was expensive to stay on unlimited, so I turned to the employees of this company with a request to temporarily block the number. They asked me who the number was registered to, passport details, the reason for temporarily blocking the number, an additional number for contact and that’s it, they temporarily blocked the number. Then, when I checked whether the number was blocked, they answered me: “that the one you dialed...”. Then I unblocked him, after a couple of months. That is, this phrase may also mean that the person has blocked the number of his own free will.
Izovsky
“The number you dialed is temporarily blocked” - this means that the subscriber you are calling has no or insufficient funds on their balance to receive the call. This usually happens if calls are made either from one region to another region of the same country, or between countries (long-distance and international calls), that is, in roaming, and also when calling between subscribers of different operators. On a home network, this subscriber can easily receive a call.
Well, this means that he doesn’t want to load money into his phone, but they blocked it, because he doesn’t care who he or (she) is, pay for the service for money and say, there’s no money and I’m gone. Temporarily waiting for him, someday he will load the money of course. If he doesn’t upload, his number may be sold to someone else.
Yana22
If, when calling another subscriber, you are told: “The number you dialed is temporarily blocked!” then this can only mean that the subscriber has run out of money in his account. If he was not available, then he was either out of network coverage, or he turned off the phone, or he pulled out the SIM card.
Hunter nickname
The subscriber simply ran out of money on his phone and he can no longer call or receive calls. As soon as he puts money on the phone, all these services will be available to him again. If you urgently need this subscription, then put some money into his account.
Mustard
If “temporarily blocked,” that means you need to try to dial again, because it’s temporary, and it’s good that it’s not forever, which means the balance is zero, or has already fallen into the minus, as soon as the money arrives in the account, then that’s it, the blockage will be removed.
Kacevalova
this can only mean one thing: the subscriber/friend/relative/person you are trying to call could: change their phone number, block it through an operator, fail to top up their account with a certain amount and get blocked
Strymbrym
As a rule, this means that you have arrears in payment for communication services. Moreover, in all likelihood, this debt has reached a certain size. Typically, telecom operators block the phone after a warning.
Elden
This basically means for most subscribers that the funds in their account have run out and until the money or the promised payment is made, until then the subscriber will not be a subscriber and will not be able to answer calls...
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Methods for unlocking
Phone lock
under the operator is designed to protect
the phone
from using
the phone
on a network different from the original one.
In this case, when you turn on the phone
with a “foreign” SIM card, an unlock code is requested, otherwise the phone is blocked and it is impossible to use it.
Contact the operator's representative office using the contacts located on its official website. You can find the site address on the SIM card packaging or using a search engine by entering its name. Provide your imei phone
, as well as any additional information that may be required.
You may also encounter a type of protection such as device blocking. It is designed to keep personal files stored on your phone safe in case your phone
.
In this case, when you turn on the phone,
you will be asked for a password that you must enter to unlock it.
To reset it, you can use a reset code or a firmware reset code. The first code will reset all settings to the original ones, while the second will lead to the loss of all your data stored in the phone
.
Contact the manufacturer of your phone
, providing the imei code, as well as any additional data that may be required. To protect the SIM card, without which the use of a cell
phone
is impossible, a PIN code is used that blocks it. If you have forgotten your PIN code, use the PACK code. You can find it on the plastic packaging of the SIM card. If you cannot use this method, contact your operator's representative. Provide your passport details, as well as any additional information that will be requested. You will be provided with a new SIM card to replace the old one. This way you will keep the cell number assigned to you, but all your data stored on the old SIM card will be lost.
Modern mobile phones have a locking feature that prevents you from using the device if it is lost or stolen. To unlock the phone, you must enter a code that only the owner of the phone knows. But sometimes it turns out that he himself forgets the access code.
You will need
- — unlocking utilities;
Instructions
The specific algorithm for unlocking a phone depends on its model. For example, if you use a Sony Ericsson phone, then special unlocking programs will help you: Ultimate unlocker and Sony Ericsson S1 Flasher & Unlocker. Install one of the programs on your computer, connect your phone to the USB connector using the included cable. When the operating system “sees” the phone, launch the program, select the desired option in its menu and unlock the device.
To unlock Nokia phones, use the MyNokiaTool utility. Please note that Nokia PC Suite must be installed on your computer; it is usually supplied on a CD with your phone. If the program is not available, you can download it from this link: https://www.nokia.com/ru-ru/support/downloads/.
After installing Nokia PC Suite, connect your phone, Windows should detect it. After that, install and launch MyNokiaTool. In the program window, click the “Connect” button and wait until the “Phone connected” message appears on the right side of the window. After that, click the “Read code” button, your phone code will appear on the right side of the window. If the phone is not detected by the program, it can also be unlocked, but the technique is quite complicated and requires certain technical skills. A link to the material is given at the end of the article.
Calls
Is your MTS subscriber's number blocked? What to do in this case? You can try to unblock it by contacting your operator. It is enough to indicate your intention and also provide personal information. Relevant for situations in which “Voluntary blocking” occurs.
To call the MTS operator, dial 0890 on mobile devices. The call is free. But for those calling from landline numbers, the combination changes. And then you have to dial 8.
In any case, this is another way to solve the problem. It should be noted that the help of certain services is not always required. In some situations, subscribers are able to solve the problem on their own. But how exactly? What unlocking methods are relevant for MTS today? Of course, with the exception of all the previously listed methods.
Pay attention to the wording
We can hear the phrase mentioned in the title both in the context that our SIM card is not being serviced, and that the number of the potential interlocutor is not being serviced. In the first case, the word “your” will be present, in the second the robot will say “service to this number is temporarily suspended,” the Tele2 system adheres to such wording.” First, let's look at the most common options. Let's start with where we are informed that the interlocutor has been blocked. What does “subscriber service is temporarily suspended” mean in Tele2 when making an outgoing call:
- The subscriber is in an area where the communication signal is very weak, and his device constantly loses the network.
- The subscriber is in international roaming and does not have enough funds in his account to receive incoming calls.
- The owner of the phone intentionally blocked it, temporarily or permanently.
If, when you try to make an outgoing call, the robot reports problems on your side, then this can only be a block due to non-use of the number or a negative balance.
Zero or minus on the account. In general, today a zero or minus balance very rarely causes a SIM card to stop servicing. The “Active zero” option is enabled by default for all subscribers. With it, you still won’t be able to make calls, send SMS or go online, but you will still be able to receive incoming calls and SMS. There is one thing here: “Active zero” is valid for a whole month from the moment the minus balance is reached. Accordingly, in order to receive a message from Tele2 because of this that the service of your number is temporarily suspended, you need to not pay for the phone for at least 30 days. So this option should be considered only if the SIM card has not been used for a long time.
Perhaps some information for you
Every subscriber using the services of cellular operators can detect such a nuisance as number blocking. For what reasons can blocking occur? How can I restore my number? How to make communication services available again? We will help you figure out how to unblock a number in this article. The recommendations below can be applied to a SIM card of any telecom operator operating in our country.
Forced blocking
If a person does not use his phone number on the MTS network for a long time, he may lose it. When you call such a number, you can hear the phrase “Subscriber is temporarily blocked” on the handset. This already happens when the telephone number is finally taken by the MTS operator and blocked until it is transferred for sale - after some time, it will be transferred to another MTS subscriber.
If you hear the phrase “Subscriber is temporarily blocked,” this may mean that the MTS number is subject to judicial blocking. This often happens when dealing with telephone hooligans. Also, the judicial block is used during the investigation when unraveling serious crimes - all this time, callers will hear a message that the MTS number is temporarily blocked.
How to block your number
If you urgently need to block your own starter package, you should study the following deactivation methods:
- Through your personal account or mobile application. The user will need to go to the official MegaFon website and visit their personal account. In the system settings, find the appropriate section and disable the number. The window will display the period for which the card will be blocked.
- By calling the operator using numbers or 0500. The subscriber can dial the operator and ask for subsequent blocking of the number. Deactivation fees will be charged automatically.
- By visiting a service center. The client should contact the manager at the nearest office and request a temporary disabling of the starter package.
It is worth considering that during the blocking, accessing the network, making calls and sending SMS will be unavailable.
Wrong number dialed - what's the problem?
I have a friend. His number is in my phone book, and I was always able to reach him. He recently went to the village, and there is poor phone reception there. Today I tried to call him, but it gives me: “The number is dialed incorrectly...” and so on. This is strange, because before, when he went to the village and his phone did not receive reception, they told me “The subscriber is temporarily unavailable” or “The subscriber’s device is turned off. ". My friend has Beeline, I have MTS. What could be the reason? After all, the number is correct!
Releboy
“Wrong number dialed” - at Beeline this is exactly the answer the operator gives if the phone number no longer exists or is not in service for some reason, for example, your friend changed the number or refused it. For example, if you lose a SIM card or phone, Beeline, at your request (so that no one can use it), may suspend service of the number for a while (10 days) or forever. Wait for your friend to call you and tell you why there was no contact with him. For example, TELE 2 in this case displays the phrase “The number of the called subscriber is not in service.”
Internet to help
What to do if your phone number is blocked? MTS offers another relatively new method for solving this problem. Which one? We are talking about using the “Personal Account” on the official MTS website.
If the number has been blocked, you will have to follow the following algorithm of actions:
- Register on the MTS website. It is advisable to do this in advance. Quite often blocked numbers cannot be registered in the system.
- Log in to your “Personal Account” on the official page of the mobile operator.
- Go to the “Number Management” - “Blocking” menu. An “assistant” will appear on the screen. By following his instructions, you can quickly unblock the number.
Accordingly, nothing else will need to be done. Usually, to unlock, just select the appropriate menu item and confirm the action. Now it’s not so scary if it turns out that the MTS subscriber’s number is blocked. What to do in this case? We have already found out, but with all this it is worth considering a few more situations.
Use call notification services
Mobile operators offer services that automatically send SMS as soon as a subscriber who was “temporarily unavailable” appears on the network. This is a convenient way to track the appearance of the desired subscriber, and the simplest solution to the problem of communication interruptions.
Modern life spoils us. Everyone has already developed the habit that you can contact a person at any moment via mobile phone. Therefore, when the device tells us that the subscriber is out of the network coverage area, there comes a moment of confusion, frustration and even anger. The number is unavailable, not everyone knows what this means at Megafon.
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What does it mean: “The number you dialed is not in service”?
Peresvetik
This is what the robot usually says in response to your call, and it only means that this number is blocked for some reason.
This may be the case if the subscriber himself personally asked to block his SIM card and the number that belongs to it.
More often it happens that the number is blocked by the mobile operator and this happens because the subscriber has not used it for a long time.
It happens that a subscriber is temporarily blocked, but then the phrase sounds to the robot in a different order.
Or the number has already ceased to exist with this mobile operator.
And at the moment this number has already been removed from the database of this mobile operator.
Yulia Muromskaya
- This phrase can be heard in the handset if you call a subscriber who has blocked his SIM card with this number. Or it was blocked by the mobile operator because the number had not been used for a long time.
- When a subscriber is temporarily blocked, the handset says “the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable.”
Yannet
If you hear in response “The number you dialed is not in service,” then you can safely delete the number from the phone’s memory and forget about it forever. This means that you will no longer hear the subscriber you need on this number. As far as I know, this phrase sounds if the contract between the subscriber and the mobile operator is terminated for one reason or another. When the phone is temporarily blocked, the answering machine gives a slightly different message.
Chupakhina Tatyana Borisovna
Perhaps the subscriber had the number, but this subscriber did not use the SIM card, it was blocked, i.e. it has ceased to be active, but has not yet been transferred to another subscriber.
This is just my opinion.
Try contacting the operator by phone or go to the website of the operator of this subscriber and write to the Support Service indicating the number you are interested in.
They will definitely answer you and clarify the situation.
All the best!
Alexander13
The number is blocked. Blocking can occur automatically if the number is not used for a long time, after its balance, after reaching a negative limit, has not been replenished, or at the request of the owner. In the second case, there may be a permanent block (for example, after the phone is lost or stolen) or temporary, with or without indicating the blocking period.
Byearnist
It is difficult, in the absence of more specific data, to answer exactly what reason led to the fact that when you dialed a number you heard a similar answer (and there may be several reasons), but what can be said with 100% certainty is that this You heard the answer because this number is not actually serviced by the telephone company.
Byemon epu
Perhaps the number was blocked for some reason?
Call the operator, tell the number and ask to clarify the reason why the subscriber is not being served
In theory, they should answer you.
Well, then try to find out the new subscriber number
If this is a close friend or acquaintance, the task is not so difficult
Azamatik
If, when you try to call a number, you hear in response: The number you dialed is not in service , then this can only mean one thing: this number is blocked .
The most common reason for blocking is non-use of a number for a certain period of time.
Marlena
If you called someone and they gave you this phrase in response, then most likely the SIM card of the subscriber you called is blocked.
This can happen if a person has not used his SIM card for a long time or has asked to block it.
Adventurer 2000
This means the mobile company has stopped servicing this phone number, most likely the reason is that the subscriber has not performed any actions with this number for a long time. Or he himself initiated this blocking.
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Conditions for blocking numbers
Each operator sets its own conditions under which the SIM card is blocked and the number can no longer be used.
MTS. If the subscriber does not use communication services within 183 days from the moment the positive balance is exhausted, this will mean that the subscriber has unilaterally refused to fulfill the contract. After this day, the operator blocks the number - now you can hear the same phrase “the number is not in service.”
Moreover, 90 days after the last action (sending an SMS or calling) from this number, any tariff automatically changes to “Basic”, the conditions of which can be viewed on the operator’s official website.
Beeline. The obligations of the parties terminate (that is, the contract is terminated) 180 days after purchasing the SIM card, if it is not activated, or if paid actions have not been carried out. Similar to MTS, Beeline also charges a fee for holding a number if the balance is positive after three months.
Megaphone. The blocking conditions are as strict as those of other operators. If a person does not use a SIM card for more than 90 calendar days in a row, a subscription fee of 5 rubles begins to accrue. per day (regardless of what the tariff was before). The subscription fee is charged until the disconnection threshold (zero balance) is reached. Further, if the services are not used over the next 90 days, that is, the subscriber does not call or send SMS, the contract is considered terminated at the initiative of the subscriber.
Tele2. Refusal to use your number is the non-use of paid operator services for six months, or more precisely, 180 days. But if there is money on the balance, but the subscriber does not perform paid actions, then after 120 days the fee for maintaining the number begins to be charged - 3 rubles, until the funds on the balance are exhausted.
So, leading operators have a single period after which the number is not serviced - approximately six months. If during this six months you send at least one SMS or call, a new countdown of 180 days begins from the date of the last paid action
If it is important to keep your number, it is enough to send literally a few SMS a year, or use any other paid services
How to unblock a number if the number has not been used for a long time
If you know that the number has not been used for a long time, that is, no calls have been made from it, no messages have been sent, etc., then most likely the number is lost to you. In accordance with the agreement that the subscriber signs when purchasing a number in a communication salon, in the absence of paid services for a certain period, a block occurs. The established period differs for each operator - for example, in Megafon it is three months, in Beeline it is six months. How to unblock a number in this case? In this case, it will most likely not be possible to restore the ability to use the number. There is a chance for those numbers that have only recently been blocked and have not yet gone on sale. In any case, you can find out whether there is a recovery method through the employees of the salon or the provider’s contact center.
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