Posted by J. Angelo Racoma in Telecoms, Wireless Technology | 80 Comments
Globe Prepaid GSM Roaming Made Easier
I received an SMS the other day from Globe:
Stay in touch even while outside the country with Globe Prepaid Roaming. To activate, txt GROAM ON <start date mm/dd/yyyy> <no . of days> to 2884, 24 hours before departure. Ex. GROAM ON 08/08/2005. P500 credit balance is required before activation. Maintain daily balance of P500 for continuous roaming service. For more info, txt GROAM HELP to 2884.
It used to be that if you wanted to activate roaming on your prepaid Globe SIM, you had to visit a Globe Business center, fill out a prepaid roaming request, attach a copy of your credentials (i.e. ID) and wait a couple of days. For subsequent requests, you can just fax the form.
Now Globe has made it more convenient for its prepaid subscribers to roam.
It’s very much like Smart’s own prepaid roaming system, wherein users can send ROAM ON to 333 to activate or ROAM OFF to 333 to deactivate. The difference is that Globe’s prepaid roaming includes both voice and SMS, while Smart’s is only for SMS.
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i am less than a week here in orlando but i’ve already experienced losing my signal 2x.i still have P151 load.my friends in the Philippines tried calling Globe Customer Service every now and then but they can’t tell the problem..if only i knew nagsmart na lang ako..
How do i send share-a-load to my mom in Philippines? I followed the directions: send amt. to 2+ 10 digit number. It says on my phone : “Message not sent, try again later”. Im in Canada. Is there any way to share-a-load?
twice i brought ofw sim card.but lagi na lang ako na ddismaya.pagdating ko d2 sa saudi arabia(gassim region) tatlong araw lang may signal tapos bigla na lang walang signal till now.i just arived here in saudi last april 5.ngayon ala na service ang globe ko he2 ang # ko 09179763988 lagi tinatawagan ang globe service dyan sa phil.ala din.sana man lang d na kayo mag advertise sa tfc na zero balance nangloloko lang kayo sa mga taong bayan.bulshit kayo.d sana naka pag smart ako.salamat sa pangloloko niyo globe
I’m still in the philippines. I’m trying to activate my roaming, but then it says that your request cannot be processed. Please try again later….what will I do.?
Globe, don’t buy their SIM because the service on roaming is not convenient, imagine you have to activate the rroaming features 24 hours prior to your flight…lot’s of non sense..better stick with SMART activation of your roaming can be done even right before you enter the plane…so much convenient compared to globe.
Globe really sucks. I bought globe sim card here in Batha Riyad as a BACKUP on my smart roaming. I was told to register it thru globe user in the philippines and maintain a 100 peso each month to avoid deactivation, i did all that and yes its all quite all ok. i did used it also as local when i went for a vacation then came back here in riyadh again. it still working fine. but the next month it was out signal while i still have remaining balance and to did loaded with 300 worth card with the same procedure but to no avail until now. So i say globe network is not really good for overseas.
you didnt explained that i ll be charge once i received call from hotline. what the fuck! i was surprised, i had no more top up in my phone.now everytime i asked my family send me load i cant even use it. there is a message always come up like this “unable to send message” bullshit! this roaming service is for gaining money only. come on! do something good for your customer
pkiactivate po no. ko salamt… +639179050591
I’m in China. can someone load my OFW sim from the philippines while I’m here in China?????
I can get texts from my family, just cant send. I need that P100.00 load before I manual activate my ofw sim.
kapag po d kayo makasend ng text patawagan nyo na lng sa fanily nio ung 211 or the hotline kase po un ang ginagawa q pero d q naman masha nid ng load kase natatawagan nila ako anytime without any charges on my part un nga lng para medyo makatipid ang asawa q hes using 232+917n so on mas mababa kase ang charge nun kesa idirect call nya pag dating naman sa text mag sign up kau sa peptalk kase may 30 free txt messages sa globe then pag nagreply katxt mo charge cla ng 250 pero may additional 2 free messages ka sa peptalk mo o dba mas matipid?…
my new globe sim card got in trouble when i arrived here in dammam, KSA.my tex and calls were barred but i can recieve tex msges from the phils but no incoming calls?? my sim was also activated for roaming b4 i leave in manila and my love one can also send load on it even i am here at dammam,,i am also using S.E. k800i fon..pls kindly help me..heres my globe prepaid no:….09165952773…thnx
Help po!
When i buy my Roaming/OFW sim sa Globe somewhere in GreenHills Globe office. The associate did not tell me na activate ko po. When i landed dito sa US i was able to receive and send text messages. Pero noong nakaraan na nag-kaka-problem na ako. Kasi i kept getting an error saying “message sending failed”. I am not sure whats up kasi hindi ko po ma-check ang balance ko kasi everytime i send BAL to 222 the same error din po.
I asked my sister to send me a load worth P500 to see if this is the problem. Can someone please help me or give me a phone number to call just to talk to an agent whom will able to give me some advices.
Much appreciated po talaga.Thank you.
hi,
im here in china,yung globe ko has enough load…pero bigla na lang mag “NOT ALLOWED” when i do the following:
1.reloading
2.balance inquiry
3.sending text messages
ginawa ko na ang mga advices ng globe but still encounter the same problem
anong gagawin ko…sabi ng globe (through email) wala daw problema ang phone ko.
eh, bakit ganito?
just a question…if nag roaming ba ang sim tapos nandon kana sa labas ng RP, same lang din ba yong number? like, hindi na xa madagdagan ng mga area codes, etc? so hindi malalaman ng recepient na roaming sim ang gamit ng sender?
pls tell me the facts..i need to know.
thanks! have a nice day!
I guess GLOBE until now hasn’t able to resolve this problem .. Upon reading all the comments here since last year .. It does still the same nothing has change .. I keep loading on a roaming number with a load balance of P100 above … but still he can’t text back though he can receive msgs from us here in the phlippines … How I wish nagSMART na lang! (china concerns)
Thanks for the info, just what i needed for my sister who is going to return to the US.
how can i reload my prepaid account when I’m in a roaming mode. tnx!
For your prepaid reloading needs..
http://www.all4sale.tk
1- Impossible to share a load with my friend in the philippines WHY?
2- Impossible to send message France to france WHY?
3- The connection to 2884 is charged even the service send a message your request…try later WHY?
This discussion is really helpful sobra, ngpapabili kc ung cousing ko from the states ng roaming sim. I was weighing between smart or globe, so I researched. Sobrang daming bad reviews about globe, so I decided to buy the smart pinoy sim. I hope it works!
We’ve used globe pre-paid sim for roaming and everytime we go back home its a pain to reactivate it. It wont activate upon touchdown in the Philippines and cannot turn off the roam feature and call or text upon arrival. It took globe 1 week before returning the settings to normal use again. So what we did for the recent trips to Hongkong and the US, we purchaged new sims and threw it away upon returning rather go thru the hassle with globe again. I dont want my main globe prepaid line get cut off again for a week after using it for roaming. We’re trying out a smart prepaid sim this week and see if it is any better.
hi,I’d like to activate the roaming of my globe simcard that i brought here from the Philippines,what hotline should i call concerning this stuff? pls help me about this problem. I really want to keep my old number. thanks
Does globe read all this crap?
yesssss… ur all right………! imbis tipid tayo naku frontage lang pala ung mga promotions ng GLOBE … Oh my gush! to Globe management … pls do something worth with integrety on ur business.. we are therefore appealing this to ur end so that babalik parin trust namin sa line of business nyo.. so make sure to eradicate such problems so that any single centavo cost of txtng n calling wll be of great value naman sa aming ofw Now a days, Communication is really a must esp now wer on the computer age mahina ang negosyo kpg mahina rin ang serbisyong komunikasyon…..its just a friendly comment to the management.
this is a nightmare, i am about to buy a prepaid simcard here in new york, and it looks like i made the wrong choice. i am using a nokia E71 and activated my roaming when i left two months ago, those stupid freaks tellers or whoever sold the cards told me to only maintain P100.00, went around to buy a load but no body told me how to or better load it more before leaving… so stupid, i was only able to use it for one text, got one text back, now that i am planning to reload it, ang dami palang problema,,, i will tell my brother who is still in the philippines to file a complaint against this network, he is Hagedorn’s right hand, i will tell him to spread the word. this is unfair to you all… at least ako di pa ako nagkapag load ng 500 pesos, not yet…
^ why didn’t you load it agad after you bought it? Roaming states that you must maintain 100 php balance or roaming will b deactivated which means u need to have 100+php in your balance to be able to send and recv calls nd txts and if you cnt send texts or call you certainly cannot load it while you’re in new york. Use your common sense
BAKIT PO YUNG ROOMING # KO SA GLOBE AYAW GUMA NA DITO SA IBANG BANSA. KAYA NAG SMART NALANG AKO MAS MAGANDA HINDI TULAD NG GLOBE LOAD AKO NG LOAD WALA NAMAN NG YARI SAYANG LANG PIRA KUNG PINANG LOAD.BUTI PA ANG SMART OKEY ANG SIGNAL DITO..NANDITO POH AKO SA HAWAI.
globe sucks!
Been travelling for almost a decade..From europe – middle east back & forth… i have my SMART ROAMING SIM WITH ME… and it never disapoints me in terms of signal and reception….i received all my messages back home on time!!! WITH ZERO PREPAID CREDIT BALANCE!!!!! the only maintenance we need to make is reload your prepaid sim once in every three months for only 15 pesos!!!wow!! how convenient!!!Whereas everytime you hear a kabayan bringing Globe sim… wow!!! its all complain!!!! especially that F**** OFW sim… never-ever use Globe for roaming purposes!!!!!!NEVER….. it will just disapoint you and your family back home!!!!
hi.. i’ve been staying here in canada for almost a year.. globe was working fine for me until there were some problems with their signal wherein delayed ung mga msgs.. & then one day, i checked my phone, wla ng signal.. i thought it’s coz of the prob of the network sa pinas.. i turned it off & then it says UNREGISTERED SIM! wtf! anyone knows what to do??