I have a ZTE MiFi device with an EE PAYG sim with a zero balance.
Short of putting it in a phone I can think of no way of topping it up. Attempting to do so on WiFi fails, because it insists on using mobile
data. Understandably. But you can't access the top-up pages with no
data allowance remaining!
I've tried to top up from another device online, and to register a
card for text-based topup, but it seems that I failed to copy/past the
last digit of the phone number when I captured it, and the device's
web interface doesn't see to want to tell me that.
Anyone have an insight?
I have a ZTE MiFi device with an EE PAYG sim with a zero balance.
Short of putting it in a phone I can think of no way of topping it up. Attempting to do so on WiFi fails, because it insists on using mobile
data. Understandably. But you can't access the top-up pages with no
data allowance remaining!
I've tried to top up from another device online, and to register a
card for text-based topup, but it seems that I failed to copy/past the
last digit of the phone number when I captured it, and the device's
web interface doesn't see to want to tell me that.
Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> wrote:
I have a ZTE MiFi device with an EE PAYG sim with a zero balance.
Short of putting it in a phone I can think of no way of topping it up.
Attempting to do so on WiFi fails, because it insists on using mobile
data. Understandably. But you can't access the top-up pages with no
data allowance remaining!
I've tried to top up from another device online, and to register a
card for text-based topup, but it seems that I failed to copy/past the
last digit of the phone number when I captured it, and the device's
web interface doesn't see to want to tell me that.
Apparently if you text NUMBER to 150 it'll tell you your number. If your >mobile broadband software doesn't let you do that, you could put the SIM in
a phone to do it.
Once you have the number, you can top up 'someone else's mobile' using a >card, without having to create an account: >https://ee.co.uk/help/mobile/manage-use/pay-as-you-go/top-up-my-phone#article-heading-6
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On 30/11/2025 11:42, Trolleybus wrote:
I have a ZTE MiFi device with an EE PAYG sim with a zero balance.
Short of putting it in a phone I can think of no way of topping it up.
Attempting to do so on WiFi fails, because it insists on using mobile
data. Understandably. But you can't access the top-up pages with no
data allowance remaining!
I've tried to top up from another device online, and to register a
card for text-based topup, but it seems that I failed to copy/past the
last digit of the phone number when I captured it, and the device's
web interface doesn't see to want to tell me that.
Anyone have an insight?
Read this:
https://techxpert.co.uk/mobile/guides/ee-top-up
The easiest way is probably online with a My EE account.
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