Megafon Parental Control: how to connect a Child under Supervision

In this article we will talk about the Megafon “Parental Control” option, analyze the terms of provision and its cost. We will also consider detailed instructions for connecting and disconnecting, and talk about the features of the service. The review will be useful to all users with children who want to take care of the safety of their children and track their location and content viewed on the Internet.

general information

Thanks to Megafon - the child is under supervision, parents will always know where the baby is going and what he is doing at the moment.

Parental Control is an option that includes the following features:

Monitor your mobile balance and top it up if necessary;
Block browsing of unwanted sites;
Block international calls;
Limit the receipt of advertising mailings and block the ability to connect subscriptions;
Track your location on a map.

Users of the Android application Megafon “Where is my child” get control of the following functions:

Monitoring smartphone battery level;
Manage sound, network connection and installed applications.

As you can see, the option allows you not only to track your child’s Megafon phone, but also to restrict access to unwanted content containing information for adults.

What is the cost of the service:

5 rubles subscription fee daily for one children’s profile;
1 ruble additional daily for each new connected profile.

To begin with, we will figure out how to connect the “Child under supervision” Megafon in all available ways.

How the application works on Android and iOS

The application, created specifically for managing and monitoring the “behavior” of a child’s phone, opens up a wide range of functions. Parents can rest assured: the child will not be able to “get rid” of the application without adult permission.

Installing the Android application will allow you to:

Monitor the battery charge level and even change the sound alert profile.
Have access to a more accurate location of your child.
Make changes to manage Internet sites and applications on a minor’s gadget.

The Android operating system is an open system. This means that there is a possibility of finding ways to deactivate the application. This option can be used by children who do not want to comply with adult demands and be supervised.

Connection

You can enable Parental Control on Megafon using several methods. First, let's look at what you need to do to get your seven-day free trial:

Open your smartphone keyboard;
Enter the combination *461*4# ;
Press the call button.

The trial period will help you decide whether to use the option. Please note that connection is only possible if the service has not been activated previously. To find out what other ways you can connect to the service, read our article below.

Operator salon

Visit a communications salon and a specialist;
You can find out the address of the sales office in your personal account or on the operator’s website.

Support

Call customer support on 0500;
Wait for the operators to connect and voice your wishes.

Official site

Open the official website of the service rk.megafon.ru;
Enter your mobile phone number for activation in the special field;

An SMS with a code will be sent to your phone number, which must be entered in the appropriate field.

Please note that you can download the Megafon “Keep an eye on your child” application for Android using a link from the RK interface or in the application store for your smartphone. Now you know how to connect “Parental Control” to Megafon.

How to activate a child's profile so that you can find your child by phone? Read on to find out this information.

Advantages and disadvantages

First, let's list the advantages of the Megafon Parental Control service:

Wide range of possibilities.
Full control over your child's smartphone.
All movements can be tracked.
The web interface for parents is easy to use.
The connection process takes some time.
Affordable prices for this service.
Possibility to try the option for seven days.

There are also many disadvantages:

management permission must be obtained from the subscriber. Since most modern smartphones have a fingerprint scanner for locking, this often becomes a serious problem.
A sharp increase in energy consumption on a children's smartphone due to a working GPS module and mobile Internet.
To get full control over your phone, you need to install a kids app on it. For this reason, the previous disadvantage becomes even more significant.
you can find a way to disable the app and remove Parental Controls. The Android operating system is an open system with many options to bypass any restrictions.
Your child can simply leave the phone at home, thus deceiving even such a cunning system. Of course, in such a situation it is impossible to track the position of the child.

Activation

To access all functions of the application, you must:

Open the RK interface;
Create a new child profile (five profiles are available);
An SMS notification will be sent to your child’s mobile phone, where you must confirm consent to data tracking;

After consent is sent, the profile is activated automatically.

Now we can move on to how to connect the “Child under supervision” Megafon in all available ways.

Also, we believe that information about how you can disable the service if the offer is no longer relevant will be very useful. You will find out in the following text

Determination accuracy

When using location tracking, there are inaccuracies in the counters. For example, if the object you are looking for is located in the city center, you can determine its location within a radius of 100 meters.

If on the outskirts of the city the radius can reach 1 km, then on the highway or in small settlements the accuracy will be within 2 km.

If you want to get a more accurate location, you need to go into the radar app on the phone you're tracking and activate Kids Mode. This manipulation will allow you to determine your location not only by the coverage area of cellular stations, but also by GPS or Glonass, as well as by Wi-Fi access points.

Shutdown

If you are tired of the parental control function - where is the child, you can disable the unnecessary option to save on communication costs. To do this you need:

Open the smartphone keyboard;
Enter code *561*0*9156# ;
Press the call key.

The second method is related to your personal account:

Open your personal account;
Go to the “My Services” tab;
Click on the offer and select "Disable".

That's all, now you know how to enable and disable the service and will be able to use the information at the right time.

Detailed description

allows you to restrict children's access to adult or malicious sites, and using a map, see in real time the location of the child, as well as the nearest zones that children can pass through. After setting up the service, you can receive notifications on your phone when your child arrives at school and other possible places. It is better to use this option after installing the mobile application.

Other service features:

Monitoring the child's account status. At any time, you can check your balance and create settings that will notify you when your balance approaches zero.
Control sounds on your children's phones remotely. You can set or disable a ringtone.
Parents with the option will see the child's battery charge status.
With the “Children's Internet” option, monitor access to Internet resources, limit access to sites, or turn off the Internet on the phone.

These and some other services are available only after activating Parental Control. Before connecting, you need to know the prices for using the service:

When connecting one children's phone, the payment will be 5 rubles per day. Money is written off automatically.
For connecting additional numbers of children, 1 ruble per day for each number is immediately added to the subscription fee.

For example, if there are 2 children in a family who need supervision, then according to the terms of the service, 6 rubles will be debited from the balance every day, and 180 rubles per month will be debited.

Possible problems and solutions

Some users encounter a number of problems. We will tell you about the most typical ones and provide a solution:

Not included in the web interface. Check if you have connected the router to your computer correctly. The OS network settings should automatically obtain IP and DNS. Install/update drivers for the network card.
Can't save settings. Use the export/import item or open the menu through another browser.
The device does not see Wi-Fi. Make sure that you have enabled the Wi-Fi module on your tablet, laptop or other gadget. In the router menu, check whether the wireless point is activated. Try changing the channel or standards (b/g/n to b/g and so on).
Regular network failures or interruptions. Firmware update required.
Low download speed over Wi-Fi. Other devices in your home are jamming the signal. We recommend changing the channel to a less crowded one.

The source of the problem may be the hardware. When used for a long time, the capacitors on the router “swell.” Naturally, Wi-Fi or wired Internet may disappear, and access to the web menu may be blocked. It is impossible to solve the problem programmatically. Specialist intervention will be required.

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How to use. Manage your child's profile

To activate a child’s profile, you need to go to the service application or website. The service allows you to create no more than 5 profiles. After this, a message will be sent to the children’s number with consent to control the phone; after confirmation, the profile will be activated.

Using a mobile application for the service, parents have the opportunity to control:

Children's balance can be replenished quickly and in advance.
Location on the map.
A telephone to block prohibited Internet resources, calls and send messages to unwanted or foreign numbers.

To control, you just need to install the application from the market or MegaFon website. It's free, but requires internet access.

Control methods

If you are interested in the service, then first activate it via the link m.megafonpro.ru - enter your phone number and receive a mobile SMS with the password to the interface in response.

Then create a new child account by following the instructions on the website. If you wish, you can manage not only one department, but also up to 5 such devices. And for each there may be individual conditions that you set.

Obviously, by the letter of the law, the tracked cell phone will receive a request to add service. Therefore, choose a time for this when the baby is nearby. Also note that funds will be debited to the parent's number, and if you work on a prepaid basis, it is also worth topping up your balance in advance.

Once consent is accepted, your personal account will be set up.

There are other ways to add and manage a service:

Operator contact center 8 (800) 5500500;
By USSD code * 461#;
By personal contact at the MegaFon office.

In the last two cases, you will have to spend a little more time and stock up on the passport and contract information of the owner of the number.

Please note that when setting up mobile Internet access on a controlled phone, use the address rk.megafon.ru. For the installed Parental Control app, potentially dangerous resources are limited both via mobile access and via Wi-Fi.

There are many other service options. It's not guaranteed to last when traveling to Russia or abroad, and if it works, the cost of requests for balance, location, and other options can cost you a pretty penny when you factor in roaming surcharges. And even “Parental Control” is provided only to MegaFon subscribers.

If you have used this option but for some reason you no longer need it, remove it by dialing *561*0*9156# or calling the contact center.

Summary. not only saves the nerves and time of parents who are MegaFon subscribers, but also protects their children, who have not yet reached adulthood, from the harmful effects of the entire abundance of information circulating on the Internet, and also checks the balance and charge level. And monitoring will be the icing on the cake in these turbulent times.

How to disable?

The easiest way is to enter the service request *561*0*9156# on your phone and make a call. The method is fast, free, and can be used anytime, anywhere.
If you have Internet access, use your personal account. After authorization, go to the services, go to the section with connected options and click the disable button next to the service.
Install a mobile application on your phone, through which you can disable “Parental Control”, similar to the actions in your personal account. This is a mobile version of the service that completely replicates the functionality.
Call the support service at 0500 to disable the service yourself, using prompts from an automatic informant, or call a “live” operator.
Personally go to the MegaFon salon so that managers can help with the disconnection. To do this, you need to have a passport or other identification documents.

After disabling the option, an SMS report will be sent to your number, and the fee will no longer be debited.

How location data is received

Before checking where the subscriber is now, after connecting, you need to send a request to the subscriber for permission so that you can determine his location, you can do this as follows:

Download the Radar application to your mobile phone and select add a subscriber from the menu (megafon.ru/help/soft/radar.html)
Log in to the radar website and also add your subscriber number (radar.megafon.ru)
Using the SMS service menu, add a number

Using a mobile application to determine location or logging into the radar website, you will see where the subscriber is located, the position will be shown on an interactive map.

Using the option with commands via SMS, the data can come in the form of coordinates, or if the option to receive data via MMS is selected when connecting, you will receive a picture with the geographic location of the subscriber.

Detailed description

Parents of children who use communication services from MegaFon can use this service. Activation of the service is possible on any tariff plan. The service works by determining the location of the desired subscriber relative to the places that are registered on the MegaFon map.

Before connecting, you should know some restrictions on the service. The option cannot be used to monitor persons over 18 years of age, since “Beacon” is distributed only for monitoring children, which is used by MegaFon tariff plans for children. Such tariffs are “Smeshariki”, “Dnevnik.ru”, and also “Ring-Ding”. In addition, having installed such an option on the tariff, you should immediately set a password to use the function. This action will help protect the option from being deleted by the child himself.

Also, the option will only work if the child’s mobile account is positive, and also when the child’s phone is configured to receive and send multimedia messages.

Customers need to be aware that location tracking is limited to once every three minutes. A positive factor is that the option is provided free of charge.

Tariff plans for mobile communications

For communication in Tyumen, MegaFon has a line of “Turn On” tariffs, which provides subscribers with the necessary call minutes, gigabytes of traffic, access to instant messengers and social networks. There is a special tariff for music lovers, it includes a free Boom music subscription and access to music services.

Additional bonuses from MegaFon are:

One free book per month, which can be downloaded from the liters service
NOD32 antivirus system to protect your mobile device and secure communication

For those who like to call and communicate to CIS countries, the “Warm Welcome” line of tariff plans is suitable. Tariffing is provided in three options: with payment for spent packages of minutes and Internet traffic, with minutes and unlimited messengers. And the highest tariff from this line is “Warm Welcome M”, which includes an extended package of minutes, SMS, unlimited access to social networks, instant messengers.

How to use the Beacon service

The “Beacon” option is available for activation only on mobile phones that have an activated tariff plan from the children's series. In order to determine where the child is located, you will need to use the following methods:

Send a service request to the operator from your mobile phone. To do this, enter *141# and then make a call. After this, you will need to wait a few seconds and an MMS message with the necessary data will be sent to your mobile phone.
MegaFon clients can also use text messaging. It should be sent by phone 1410. You don’t have to indicate anything in the body of the letter. The response message will contain information about the child’s whereabouts.

Using one of the activation methods, the response will provide a map with the child's location. The card arrives on the device as a multimedia message.

If we talk about the accuracy of location determination, it directly depends on the mobile device, as well as the operation of the company’s cellular stations. If the parent is not within the coverage area of the LTE/4G network, then it will be impossible to determine where the child is due to technical reasons.

The information provided by the Mayachok service is confidential, and such data cannot be used by other clients. The option is distributed throughout Russia. The service also has a limit on searching for children, which is up to 5 people.

To set a password on your child’s phone, using the “Beacon” option, you will need to enter data in a text message. To do this, you should write “ADD parent phone number password” or “ADD parent number password” in the body of the letter.

Additional terms and restrictions

To use the service as efficiently as possible, a special application must be installed on the child’s phone. The functionality of the service provided includes the following features:

Analyze where the child is now.
Subscriber account control. If necessary, parents can transfer money by bank transfer.
View downloaded applications. Having installed some software on his smartphone, a child does not always realize the appropriateness of his actions.
Get child movement routing and more.
Prohibit the ability to make calls outside the country or region.
Create “safe” containment zones. If you leave this area, your smartphone will signal that you are trespassing and your parents will be alerted.

Despite the advantages of connecting Megafon, there are a number of disadvantages. You can compare the pros and cons of the app in the table below.

Positive feature	Negative feature
Availability of a large list of functions for managing a minor	Battery drains quickly
Full control over your child's phone	The problem with gaining full access to your child's phone: security features of modern smartphones
Monitoring all movements of a young subscriber	If desired, the child can free himself from “surveillance”
Convenience of the information viewing and monitoring interface for the parent audience	Data may be updated untimely or incorrectly
Short waiting time for service connection	Problems with advanced system settings
Acceptable price ranges	The cost of the service may also be higher compared to similar services from other mobile operators.
Opportunity to learn about the service and application within 7 days	This opportunity is available only to those subscribers who have not previously used the parental control services of the Megafon operator

Smartphones use up electricity faster. As a result, the battery drains faster.

To check your child's phone, you need to have access to it. Modern gadgets are equipped with additional barriers to connecting to the phone. Facial or fingerprint scanners will be a barrier to unlocking research capabilities on a child's cell phone.

How to put a Beacon on Megafon

In order to install a beacon, you will need to use a SIM card with one of the children's tariffs, which are described above in the article. To connect to the service, you should follow a convenient activation method:

It is possible to use the service for sending a special request. To do this, you will need to dial *141*parent's phone number# on your phone. After entering, you need to make a call to send the request. After this, the option will be active, and the parent will be able to receive the necessary information.
You can also activate the option by sending a message. To do this, insert the following text into the body of the letter: “ADD phone number” or “ADD phone number.” You should indicate the parent's phone number after 7. You need to send such an SMS to 1410.

Price

It is clear that such amenities, which are available within the framework of the service in question, are not offered to subscribers for use free of charge. Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the prices for using the option:

5 rubles per day – for one user;
5 rubles per day, plus 1 ruble per day for each additional user.

By user we mean the child's device. That is, if you have 2 children and you want to connect both of their devices to the service, you will have to pay 6 rubles daily for this.

Of course, as a result, the monthly cost of using the service will be 150-180 rubles, but this is a completely justified price for such information and a sense of peace of mind for your children.

What can “Parental Control” do?

Parental control is a multifunctional service that combines several useful options for parents. Combine smartwatch and app functionality to block adult content. Here are the features of this service:

Real-time location tracking. On the map in a special application you can see where the child is now. You can also set an alert when visiting certain places - you will know when your child comes to school or to a club.
Block certain sites that are not considered prohibited, but that you do not like.
Control applications on your child's device: You can see what programs are already installed, block access to certain applications, or remove them from the phone.
Ban calls or SMS messages to certain numbers that are fraudulent, foreign, or simply unwanted.
Blocking Internet access for a while.
Monitoring the charge percentage of a “children’s” device.
View on a map all your child’s movements during the day, indicating the exact time.
Balance control on a “children’s” gadget. You can not only view the current account status, but also set up alerts about any withdrawals.
Set restrictions on visiting certain places. If a child is in a prohibited area, you will be notified immediately.
Remote sound control on a smartphone. You can increase the volume and turn on the ringer even if your child has been muted.
View your child's full browser history, both domains and specific pages, indicating the time of visit.
Restricting access to certain content on the Internet. When the function is activated on a “children’s” device, access to malicious and fraudulent sites, as well as resources and videos with “adult” content is blocked.

To fully use the service, you need to install a special application both on the device and on the child’s gadget. But you can use the basic features without the app.

The cost of using the service is 5 rubles per day. When adding another child number, 1 ruble is added to the daily subscription fee. In total, you can connect no more than 5 numbers, that is, the maximum fee will be 9 rubles per day. You will be charged daily, regardless of whether you used the service on a particular day.

Service capabilities

As we have already said, the MegaFon operator’s “Parental Control” service can report not only where the child is, but also other data about the baby’s device. The list of all functions is as follows:

Child location tracking;
The ability to mark zones on the map that it is not advisable for a child to go beyond (if they cross, the parent will be automatically informed);
Ability to track all movements throughout the day;
Monitoring the status of the account balance, setting up notifications in case of a critical decrease in the balance;
Manage sound settings (you can independently turn off or turn on the sound on your child’s phone);
Battery charge monitoring (the function only works on devices with Android 4.4 and older);
Internet connection management (you can limit access to dangerous and unwanted sites, as well as completely disable the Internet on the device). The function is only available on devices with Android 5.0 and higher.

on MTS

The operating principle of this service is based on the creation and constant updating of a “black list” of web resources that are undesirable for a child. At the moment, according to the option, the operator has set a ban on 60 million sites in 23 languages, incl. in Russian. Daily updating of the database allowed it to be replenished by 15 million new pages over the course of a year. Additional functions of the service are the following.

Analysis of incoming traffic and blocking of materials based on their content (for example, photos, videos for adults).
Activating safe search mode in popular search engines (Google and Yandex).

Benefits of the service

Parental Internet control from MTS has the following important features in its work that distinguish it from similar systems from competing companies.

Block access to potentially dangerous websites.
Removing content that is not intended for children.
No need to supervise children when using the Internet.
High degree of protection against harmful information.
Resilience is a complex bypass of blocking that is not accessible without special knowledge.
Low cost of the service.

Features of the option

The service can be connected to any MTS SIM card. Accordingly, it can work on any mobile device with a SIM card - a phone, tablet computer or modem/router with a SIM card from the operator. But for any blocking they always try to find a way to bypass it. Therefore, the mobile operator does not guarantee a 100% ban on access to unwanted resources. Below are several methods for bypassing locks that are most often used in practice.

The easiest one is to connect to your home Wi-Fi network from a mobile device that does not have parental controls. Since the service only works when surfing the Internet via a SIM card, when you switch to another method of accessing the Internet, the option stops working.
Installation of a program for VPN (anonymous work), eliminating the possibility of any blocking.
Replacing a SIM card. The child can simply use another SIM card that does not have traffic control.

Most often, teenagers use VPN to bypass them by downloading a special program from the official application store. After installing such software, the device connects to a foreign proxy server to use the Internet through it, bypassing any prohibitions of the Russian mobile operator. Those. incoming and outgoing traffic passes through a foreign server and MTS filters stop working in this case. Therefore, no one is immune from a child accessing this service independently.

Service capabilities

According to the terms of the service, a parent can control his child via the Internet or special service commands allocated for this by MTS. Parents will be able to view all the pages that the child has visited, as well as track all his navigation movements. But the functions are not limited to this. A full list of service capabilities is given below.

Providing information about the balance of the child’s personal account.
Obtaining information about geo-position.
Access to data about all movements of the owner of the mobile device.
Accurate information about the subscriber's location, thanks to GLONNAS/GPS navigation systems.
Information about the battery level in the child’s smartphone.

Service cost

Regarding the price of the option, we can say that it is small. The subscription fee for Parental Control is only 1.5 rubles/day and is deducted from the parent’s account daily. There is no fee for activating or deactivating the service. There are also some peculiarities.

The daily fee is charged from the moment the option is activated and then charged for each day of using the service.
Here, a day is the time period from 03:00 of the current day to 03:00 of the next day.
Prices include VAT.

Find out the conditions

All MTS clients with any tariff plan used will be able to use this service. For the function to work correctly, you need to check the access point in the smartphone settings and if the value of this parameter differs from “internet.mts.ru”, enter it in this field.

How to enable Parental Control on MegaFon

If you want to try using this service, you must start connecting to it with your parent's phone number. The connection is made according to the following scheme:

Go to the service website using this link.
Enter your phone number in the appropriate field and click on the “Login” button.
Add a child's profile in the service portal interface.
Confirm adding a phone by entering the appropriate code sent via text message to your child's phone.

Completing the described steps ensures that the service is configured correctly. In the future, it will be possible to control a child’s smartphone through the same portal https://rk.megafon.ru

Notifications

you can receive notifications about events:

Low battery (requires the Android app to be installed on your child's device).
Low balance.
Entering/exiting the zone.

Notifications are configured in the WEB interface of the service.

The following types of notifications are available:

SMS. Departure is from 9:00 to 22:00 local time. All notifications that must be sent between 10:00 pm and 9:00 am are sent at 9:00 am.
WEB. The notification will be displayed in the WEB interface of the service.

In order for notifications to be sent to the parents’ phone in the form of SMS, in the service interface, select the “Activity notification via SMS” checkbox in the child’s profile settings.”

The application sends data from the device via the Internet every 4 hours. If, when you try to send data, the device is out of range of Internet access, an SMS with brief information is sent to the service. In this case, the parent is told only the number of events without details. SMS of this type are systemic in nature and are sent no more than once every 24 hours.

The WEB interface displays notifications for the selected child for the last 3 days.