How to Check Your China Mobile Balance

China Mobile sends out a reminder when your account reaches a particularly low balance, but these messages tend to get lost amongst all the other junk mail. If you missed it, don’t worry. There’s still hope! Write a text message that says Hfcx (and nothing else) and send it to the number 10086. A few seconds later, you’ll get a return message.

This new message is, of course, all in Chinese, but if you scroll down, there will be two numbers followed by a yuan symbol (元). The first number tells you how much you spent last month, and the second number is your current balance. Keep in mind, though, that I’ve only tested this with phones bought in Jiangsu province. The rules may be different in other parts of the country. Feel free to share them if they exist.

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  1. rakel — 29 December 2009 @ 4:13 am

    Clark,it doesn’t apply here in hefei…

  2. Clark — 29 December 2009 @ 8:24 am

    Okay. I was afraid it was a regional trick.

  3. Peter — 27 July 2010 @ 4:10 am

    Hfcx does not work here in Guangdong province but HF returns three numbers the first one is your remaining balance the second is your paid balance and the third your bonus. The last two adding up to your available balance.
    PS This works ok on 2G services still cannot get it to work on 3G services

  4. Peter — 27 July 2010 @ 4:29 am

    Sending YE to 10086 returns your china mobile account balance on both 2G and 3G services here in Guangdong

  5. stars597 — 27 August 2010 @ 12:28 am

    how to check mobile credits in website and on which websites?

  6. Clark — 27 August 2010 @ 9:13 am

    I think you can check your balance on the China Mobile website, but it’s all in Chinese, so I never bothered to figure it out.

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