Due to the great response from everyone on the whirlpool forums I have upgraded the Virgin Mobile Gadget. It now works with both Google and Vista Sidebars and with Pre and Post Paid Virgin Mobile accounts. This new version of the gadget is named ‘Virgin Mobile Balance’.
Pre-Paid users will get the same great functionality in both Google and Vista Sidebars. Post-Paid users will now get their current months usage for calls and data!
Hopefully you can use it to optimise your mobile usage and save a few dollars.
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Download for Vista:VirginMobileBalance.gadget
Download for Google: |
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Make sure you right-click the link and choose ‘Save As’ or the file extension may revert to ‘.zip’ and you will need to rename it as noted in the Installation section.Requirements:
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Installation
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Download the gadget for your sidebar of choice above and double click the icon. When prompted click ‘Install’ or ‘OK’.Once installed the Virgin Mobile Credit Gadget will appear in your sidebar.
Note: If your browser changes the extension of the file to ‘.zip’ simply rename the extension to ‘.gadget’ for vista or ‘.gg’ for google. |
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Setup
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In Vista Sidebarsimply place your mouse over the gadget and click the ‘wrench’ icon when it appears.In Google Sidebar simply place your mouse over the gadget and click the ‘down arrow’ icon when it appears. Then select ‘options’. |
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| The setup screen will then be displayed. Put your mobile number in the first box and your mobile account pin in the second box. Then click ‘OK’.Security Note: Vista Sidebar stores your password on your computer. Google gadgets stores your details on your computer unless you enable the web/roaming option in which case the data will be saved on google’s server. The gadget uses google’s encryption options which should protect your |
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Usage: Post-Paid
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Your call usage for the month is always displayed in the red area of the gadget. The data usage is green when less than 25% of the quota has been used. |
| Once you have used more than 25% of your data quota usage is displayed in white. |  |
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When 85% or more of your quota has been used the data usage will be displayed in bright red to warn you that you are nearly over your limit (so you can avoid the hefty over usage fees). |
Usage: Pre-Paid
| When you have new credit the green ‘New Credit’ message is displayed. You can make your credit last longer by trying not to make any calls or send any messages, as your credit will not begin to expire until you start using it. |  |
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Once you have started using your credit the amount left and time remaining to use it are displayed. |
| On the day your credit will expire the red ‘at midnight’ message is displayed. You can make the most of your credit by calling anyone might need to talk to over the next few days so you don’t need to start your next block of credit so soon (Be careful though if you use it all up and you have auto top-up turned on you will start using your next block of credit). |  |
Refresh
The gadget updates your current balance bi-hourly. If you have just made a call and want to update your balance immediately just click on the gadget.
Licence
This gadget is free for personal use and is provided on an ‘As Is’ basis. You may not sell it and should always direct people to this site so they can download the latest version.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to trent77, who made sure that the post-paid functionality was working correctly.
Disclaimer
The only affiliation I have with Virgin Mobile is that I have a mobile phone account with them.
Suggestions & Help
If you have any suggestions or need some help you can email me (address in about section below) however please note if I am busy I may take a while to respond.