How to Check Your Cell Phone Minutes (Sprint or Nextel)

This wikiHow teaches you how to check your Sprint plan's used minutes on your phone.

Method 1
Method 1 of 3:
Using Your Phone

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    Open your phone's Dialer app. It's a white phone on a green background on iPhone, and a blue phone image on Android.
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    Tap the "Keypad" button. This option is the Keypad tab at the bottom of the screen on iPhone, and the array of dots near the middle of the screen on Android.
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    Type *4 into the dialer, then tap the "Call" button. The "Call" button is the phone-shaped icon at the bottom of the screen.
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    Press 4 when prompted. This command will prompt Sprint to begin listing your phone's various usages, including your used minutes.[1]
    • You may first have to enter your account PIN.
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    Listen for the "Minutes" value. This spoken value will tell you how many minutes you've used thus far.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 3:
Using the Sprint App

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    Open My Sprint. This app is white with a yellow Sprint icon on it.
    • If you haven't yet downloaded My Sprint for your iPhone or Android, do so before continuing.
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    Tap the dial icon. It's a tab that's either at the bottom of the screen (iPhone) or at the top of the screen (Android). Doing so will open your usage page.
    • If you aren't already logged in, first enter your username and password, then tap Sign In.
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    Tap the Talk option. This will expand it to show your current minutes and the total number of minutes available.
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    Review your remaining minutes. The number on the left side of the "/" icon is the number of minutes you've used during the current billing cycle, while the number on the right side correlates with your total available minutes.
    • If you have unlimited minutes, you'll see something like "123 / Unlimited" here.
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Method 3
Method 3 of 3:
Using the Sprint Website

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    Go to the Sprint website. It's located at https://www.mysprint.sprint.com/.
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    Click Sign in. This option is in the top-right corner of the page.
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    Enter your username and password. You'll do so in the "Username" and "Password" fields, respectively.
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    Click Sign in. It's a yellow button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
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    Click My Sprint. This tab is near the top of the page.
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    Scroll down and click See all usage. You'll see this option to the right of your current phone.
    • Make sure that you're clicking See all usage next to your phone, not another phone on the plan.
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    View the "Minutes" value. It's at the top of the "Detailed usage" page; you should see a bar here that has "[minutes used]/[total minutes available]" on the far-right side of it.
    • For example, if your plan has 1000 minutes and you used 500 of them, you'd see "500/1000" here.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    How do I check my data usage on a Samsung Galaxy 3 with Sprint prepaid?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    You can go into your settings and scroll down to "data." You will be able to check your data usage here.
  • Question
    How do I find out how long I talked on one call the night before?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Click icon or menu on your phone and it should be under call logs. There, it will show dates and times calls were made.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-2380129/check-data-usage-sprint.html

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Article SummaryX

1. Open your phone's dialer.
2. Type *4 into the dialer.
3. Press the "Call" button.
4. Press 4.
5. Listen for the "Minutes" value.

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