How to disambiguate the meaning of "ricaricare" when talking about mobile phones?

Question

It seems to me that in Italian the word for "carrying out a mobile phone top-up" (UK) or "carrying out a mobile phone refill" (US), i.e., adding credit to a mobile phone's network operator account, is the same as the word for "recharging a mobile phone", i.e., connecting a mobile phone to a source of electricity to make sure the battery has enough charge:- `ricaricare`So, what's the best way to construct a sentence in Italian so as to make it clear whether "ricaricare" means topping up / refilling or recharging?

Answer 1

Devo ricaricare il telefonino= electric charge

Devo fare una ricarica al telefonino= add money to the SIM card

Answer 2

RICARICARE is used for both.

METTERE IN CARICA is used when you refer to the battery

FARE UNA RICARICA when you refer to refill

Piero