How to activate Globe Roaming
Here’s how you activate Globe Handyphone Prepaid International Roaming.
Just text GROAM ON [Start Date] [No. of Days] and send to 2884.
For example, if you want to activate your roaming on September 26, 2005 for ten days, just text GROAM ON 09/26/2005 10 send to 2884.
Make sure that you have P100 balance before activating your International Roaming. You also need to maintain P100 daily load while abroad to ensure continuity of your roaming service. You may request for roaming activation 7 days before departure or at least an hour before departure. Maximum number of days for activation is 180 days.
[ Via Globe customer service
Pre-paid International Roaming FAQ ]
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August 19th, 2007 at 12:31 am
what will the best thing to do if the person is unable to roam before leaving?
September 19th, 2007 at 1:48 am
my cellphone number is 09176422438 and was loaded of 300 pesos yesterday from the philippines. I live here in georgia . why is it my cell has no more signals? I was loaded of 1,000 pesos last september 4 and as I understand that will expire for 60 days which I do not make any call just few text messages to the philippines. Where does the rest of my load goes? Anyway I just need some signal back on my cell phone. Could you please check it for me. thanks
September 29th, 2007 at 8:40 am
my cp is deactivated of roaming how can i activate it again?
November 24th, 2007 at 4:26 am
My cellphone roaming no. is 639173817774. Few days ago, I got a text warning that my account was almost insufficient and has to be increased before 4:00 pm that day to increase my balance.
I then asked my brother in the Philippines to pass to my number at least 100 pesos which he did before the deadline, but still my number was deactivited. I asked him again to send another 100 pesos, but nothing happened.
At the moment I am very desperate to ring place Bicol because of the typhoon there.
Can you please activate my roaming cellphone number?
November 26th, 2007 at 8:32 am
my celphone deactivated on roaming how can i activate it again? My cellphone roaming no. is 639179345637. Few days ago, I got a text warning that my account was almost insufficient balanced please reload before nov 25, 2007 16:11:31 PM at philippine time but i forgot to reload on that time because im busy that time. So how can i activate again? thanks
November 26th, 2007 at 9:34 am
hi.. my cellphone has no signal. i did not receive any warnings from globe. i was still able to use it this morning. i asked my sister to load 300 and she already did but still no signal at all. i tried to search for networks but can’t access it.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Youll have to tell your sis to call them from there and have ur number activated again. Also to let them know to oput you on roaming for 6 months they can do it, thats what i do and just put load in it from here in the US using chikka and paypal.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:48 am
i lost my signal this mornin.. so itinawag ko na sa gf ko na itawag sa globe.. so ilang araw po bago bumalik ung signal?? any idea po?? hehe
December 13th, 2007 at 3:38 am
i lost my signal this afternoon.any idea po ba kung bkit nawaa?kung pwede po e activate nyo po ulit here is my number .00639172043866 anf 00639172044181.please po
January 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
i have brought my n70 with OFW card here in japan. before departure, i have activated the roaming and received a message that roaming wil be on the ffg day. unfortunately, til now, there`s no signal. how can i activate kaya/ thanks po…
January 30th, 2008 at 1:50 am
hi!i got a text warning that my account was almost insufficient please reload before 01-29-08 12:01:45 pm at phil.time.so i asked to my sis in law to load me she did but this mornig i was so shock coz it has no signal my roaming no.pls. activate my roaming no.coz this is the only way to get a news everyday to my family.my roaming no is +639167925355….or can u give me any contact no.to the phils. in office.thanx
January 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
From your globe phone dial this number and it should be free *131*6327301212 SEND you should get a message and then your phone will ring and it connects you to the Globe center just let them know that you would like to have ur roaming turned on thats all. If you need to load have someone over there buy you a card and load it to your card if not do what i do and use Chikka to load it through paypal. Hope this helps you
juanitto
;)
February 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hi, i just wanna ask on how to load my cellcard via txt messaging to a roaming cellphone. i recieved message from Globe to dial *123# but how many times i tried still the reply is invalid contact nunber. Is this the right contact no.? Could you pls. assist me on how to do it. Tnx and more power….
March 30th, 2008 at 7:54 am
hi, i would just like to know why there is no signal on my roaming phone?? i know i have at least 200pesos on my roaming, but when i woke up this morning there was no more signal. i live here in canada and this is the first time this has happened. does anyone know what the problem is and how to solve it?? im afraid that it has been deactivated somehow. i would really appreciate the help. thank you.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Melanie - what you might want to do is try to contact a family or friend in PI to call globe and have your phone re activated for roaming it usually takes upto 24 after they call for it to come back on to roaming mode.
Or if you have another globe phone from someone that you know that has one they can call *131*6327301212# and connect to the Globe customer service.
What you would wan tot do is once you have it roaming I pbelive the max they allow is 180 days so as long as you keep your balance above 100p u can call them and tell them to extend the roaming that way u never have to worry about it getting turned off from roaming mode.
Let me know if you need any more help.
juanitto :o)
April 1st, 2008 at 5:56 am
thanks for the advice. i just called globe directly and everything is fine now. i’ll be sure to ask you if i have anymore problems. thanks again =)
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Hello, has anyone experienced loosing thier credits eventhough they havent used thier phones to make or send txt while roaming? This happened to me and my brother twice. I only use my globe sim to recieve txts and I use my Australian sim to reply. But for some reason my globe credits was lost twice. Has this happened to anyone?
I always need to reload when this happens.
Markiko
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 am
Your Load does expire depending on how much you purchase. I know that 1000 Pesos is good for 60 days thats usually what i go with I use them up when it gets close to expiring.
Hope this helps,
juanitto
April 9th, 2008 at 4:53 am
hi!!
i have one blacberry 8100 lock to globe handyphone i want to unlock them
If you have an idea I am taker;
thanks for all
April 15th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Hi, I was wondering can you roam a cell phone from canada? If you can, please tell me how. I’d appreciate the help. Thanks
April 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Depends are you trying to use your phone in PI . Or do you have a Globe phone that u need to use in Canada? If you are using a GSM most likely it will work in PI. otherwise you have to just call your network and ask them if they can roam in PI
April 16th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I have a phone from PI and I have a globe sim card. I want to use both of them. But my phone isn’t the ones that you can use everywhere.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Do you have a Quad-band phone? If you do then you can use it abroad with Globe all you have to do is contact Globe and tell them to turn on your roaming feature.
You can google your phone and find out whether or not u have a quadband phone.
Hope this helps
April 19th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I apply roaming yesterday thru txt while im on the airport philippines, but the network was busy, and there will be no confirmation of my request until I fly, when I reach china and till now I dont have any signal. My cell number 09052417065 have a load more than 400 pesos. Pls activate my roaming.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:36 am
hi was just wondering, if i re-activate my sim.. and it might have a balance of lower than P100, would it still get any signal? because it suddenly lost its signal. im here in the states now.. but my friend said he sent me load.. so would i be able to get that load?
May 4th, 2008 at 8:24 am
the load will be put onto your account but it is not certain that your phone will be activated for roaming. What you’ll have to do is have someone call or call your self to have the roaming turned back on and then you’ll phone should have signal again here in the states. read some previous entries i have put the number you are to call.
Hope this helps.
juanitto
May 6th, 2008 at 7:34 am
thanks juanitto! i have signal again, i called globe directly from my dad’s globe phone!
i have another question though.. my friend bought me a card load in the philippines, is there anyway i can load it up to my globe roaming sim?
May 6th, 2008 at 8:16 am
if you have the card pin number you can just call them directly and tel them to add the load manually for you.
If you have a paypal account what you can also do to send yourself load is use chikka look it up online. You can use chikka to pay for load through paypal and then send to any Globe or Sun account I use it to pay for mine and family that i have over there 1000 pesos for 25US. I can send it to my cell here and i receive the confirmation on my phone here as well.
the load is good for 60 days depending on the amount you paid for. what I do if i don’t make it to PI within 6 months I just call every three months while I still have signal and tell them to extend my roaming. Lucky for me I’m going to PI tomorrow.
hope this helps
juanitto ;o)
May 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
a mesage has sent to my mobile and its telling that i need to reload gain for continue my roaming service.so i ask my brother to send lod to me from philippines before its expiration has come.but even i have lod already stil they cut the line and now for 4 days i dont have signal.why your services is always like that?could u pls activate my roaming,heres my no.09279102318. im here in dubai, uae.thanks.il wait for your response.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:15 am
GI know that Globe is experiencing problems with their roaming network I just got bnack from PI and loaded 2000P. And then it stopped working. I called and they said thier roaming network is currently offline. What you should try doing is to turn off ur cell and then turning it back on.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
guys,
i have the same probs with my roaming, that even there’s a sufficient load the signal’s still not appearing. so i got some work around to get the signal again…
whenever this happens i just do a “Manual Network Search” and there it goes signal is back…
just try it it might work with you…
May 19th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hi’ya there, i tried to turn off my phone but there is no signal at all! i tried to select manual network search but it keeps saying not allowed! i selected each of them trying to connect t- mobile, 302 720 & cingular but it didn’t work out for me…
May 27th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
ei. .ask q lng p0. .h0w l0ng p0 b pra ma-activate ng gl0be ung r0aming?. .ndi xe nr0aming ung no q kya pntwag q bf q s globe nung 25 pra ipa-activate nia ung r0aming. .sv dw s knya w/n 24hrz dw. .pr0 until n0w wla prin cgnal f0ne q. .pntwag q ulit cia khp0n pro gnun prin cnv. .ganu b ktgal bg0 nla mpr0cez?. .mdi0 naasar n xe aq eh. .pls help nmn p0. .tnx p0. .=)
May 28th, 2008 at 4:04 am
i bought two OFW globe sim cards and have them activated a day before departing philippines. hanggang ngayon wala pa ring service. i have P500 worth of load kada sim cards. nakakaiinis na nga eh, sayang lang ang load. i emailed globe for activation but no reply yet. ….sighhhhhhhhh!!!
May 28th, 2008 at 8:52 am
If you have already called them to activate your roaming try turning your cell off and then on. If that doesn’t work try connecting manually with the Network Slection option from your phone.
Hope this helps
juanitto (^_^)
May 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am
no, i didnt call globe for activation, i just texted GROAM [start date][no. of days] to 2884 and have more than P100 load and received a reply that they will activate it in 24 hours. my fones were low bat for a week at kahapon ko na lang ulit na-charged at nabuksan expecting activated na ang roaming but wala pa din. is it true na di raw lahat ng countries covered ng roaming na tu? what countries ba are covered and which are not?
thanks!
May 28th, 2008 at 11:12 am
i had my Roaming activated on my number 09164157498 for more than 12 days now.
i just text GROAM 05/12/2008 12 and sent it to 2884. my problem is how to turn it off since i got back now here in manila and still can’t use my SIM properly. it cannot send messages and i cannot make an outgoing call. isn’t weird?
May 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
i already did that many times..i turned my f0ne on and off but there were still no cgnal..i also put it on manual but its no use..
May 28th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
My phone is Nokia 2310. I’m not sure if it’s a quad-band. I’m just wondering if it is. Please help me. I want my phone to be roaming and be able to call Ph…
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 am
hi,can u help me?I just texted GROAM (start of date) (no.of days) send to 2884.I received a reply coming from 2884 that it will activate in 24 hours but until now it is not activate.please help me.
thanks
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 am
got an email from globe and this is what they tell me:
For the OFW sim holder you need to have at least Php 60 to Php 120 balance to be able to receive calls and at least Php 25 to Php 30 for you to be able to send text messages to your loved ones in the Philippines. The rates vary depending on the location of the roamer.
Kindly try the following basic troubleshoot procedures:
1. Kindly turn your phone off and on to refresh the system.
2. Or you could select manually the network. Just go to the menu, then tools. Select settings and choose network then go to operator selection choose manual. Your phone will then search for the signal. (the procedure may vary depending on the handset model)
3. Please check the message center which can be found in the message settings of your phone, make sure that it is +639170000130
to my dismay, nothing works sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……
June 4th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Hello. Im in Tennessee and my Globe sim is activated for roaming and is fine, but I was just wondering if Globe will ever have a service for roaming cellphones in which we could text unlimited to other globe users?? P25 is quite a lot to spend on one text especially since we have to keep our balance above p100. I know that if there ever was such a thing, that it would cost quite a lot more than the usual cost of p20 if we were in the Philippines. But to me any price (no matter how much) of unlimited texting would be a great help and relief on my part. Anyways, I was just wondering if this is/will ever be considered. Please, let me know.
Thanks bunches.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I dont think their price will go down while on roaming.. What I do is have my friends text me to my globe from PI and I respond on my TMO phone from here comes out to 15cents for an International text. I can check my balance to see where I’m at I usually spend about 5dollars in texting. which isn’t bad considering i don’t have to reload my GLobe.
If any one else has any other Ideas please share.
hope this helps,
juanitto
June 27th, 2008 at 8:24 am
can some one help me? well, i am supposed to send load to a relative abroad but i bought a call and text card. wen i send it to him he said that he doesn’t know how to reload it since his abroad and not in the Philippines… Is it possible to load via call nd text card in abroad? and how will a person abroad reload it? What are the steps?
Please i need to know, it’s very urgent. Thank You.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
did you activate your relative number in roaming service in what country.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
1.To reload: Dial *123* + call card number + PIN + #sign. Do not put spaces in between this sequence. Press SEND.
2.A confirmation message will flash on your screen.
“Please wait while we process your request.”
3.You will receive a message “Reload successful. Your new balance is Pxxx”.
If your roaming in Canada and you want to load credits using Call & Text Card, just text LOAD send to 2215
June 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
it’s already activated here in the Philippines right before he boarded the plane. the problem is how to reload it, now that he is abroad, using a call and text prepaid card. thanks!
June 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
thanks a lot!!!!
June 27th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
hi… can you help me? i’ve been searching the internet if it’s a quad-band. i was wondering if you know… my cellphone unit is Nokia2310. Thanks
June 29th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I just got a Globe roaming phone and am in Canada. I know that load last for 60 days. Is there a way I can text to see when my LOAD EXPIRES? or will it text me to warn me when my Globe Load expires?
How do I give some of my LOAD to a cellphone in the Philippines?
From Canada. Thanks in advance!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
hi, paano po magreload nasa singapore po ako..salamat po
July 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Before you buy a roaming sim card, make sure to check your handset . It should accommodate the roaming services of the country where you intend to stay. For your handset specification check this website: http://www.gsmarena.com.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:24 am
kung gusto nyong magload sa kahit kaninong cp sa phils or kahit may roaming ka dito at kailangan mo ng load just visit this site http://www.aryty.com you can make an account here and u can load anytime..we used this site kahit yong husband ko for a lont time. And additional information if u want to call in the phils. u can visit 1st-usa.com there’s a lot of phonecards u can choose.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:40 am
HI, ill be leaving for China on August 24, 2008 and I just buy a new globe sim for me to use while im there and also for roaming. How will I activate or request for roaming? is there a maintaining balance for load? how about is I go below maintaining balance while im there, would it be de-activated automatically? Whats the best time would you suggest to request for activation to be sure it is activated for roaming?
thanks a lot
August 20th, 2008 at 8:19 am
You can download and use Chikka Messenger to send yourself load before it expires. another thing that you can do is have a friend or family put load on ur cell for you ro give u the number to load yourself. If your going to be in China for a long time then you should call globe, you can find the number here to call while on roaming for free. Once you speak to a rep tell them to extend your roaming.
I hope this helps.
ciao
juanitto
September 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
for being so much busy.. I forgot to activate my roaming while im in the Philippines, can I still activate my globe sim card here in Maryland?
thanks. i hope someone can help me, badly needed.
September 1st, 2008 at 10:49 am
for being so much busy.. I forgot to activate my roaming while im in the Philippines. can I still activate my globe sim card now im here in Maryland,USA?
i hope someone can response/help me ASAP.badly needed:|
thankss.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
My Phone was sent to me from the Philippines with an OFW sim card. The phone was set to roaming and was verified before it was sent to me. to my dismay the phone is not getting any signal. I am in Okinawa . i just cant get any signal. Please help.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 am
@wally: is your phone quadband or at least 3G? my unit is a nokia n70,
what i did before is to turn my unit on and off 5-10 times, then the phone was able to detect a network na.
September 7th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
hi g,
My phone is a samsung SGH-U600 and is a Quadband but I think is a 2G. Please help me. I really appreciate your response.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I have a roaming globe OFW SIM. Can I be tracked anywhere internationally using the Globe tracker services?
September 30th, 2008 at 5:24 am
my cp is deactvated of roaming how can i activate it again
September 30th, 2008 at 5:34 am
what u can do is call the Globe roaming number or have a fam or friend in PI call them. You must have load in ur cell in order to have roaming turned on. let me know if this helps.
thanks
juanitto
October 4th, 2008 at 12:06 am
hi, i just got globe roaming sim and try it on with my siemens phone but its not working it says “phone disabled” network lock, this phone is used for an at&t and i even try it with my blackberry but its still the same. can you help me to unlock it. any help is appreciated. thanks
October 6th, 2008 at 12:39 am
HELP! I AM CURRENTLY IN CALIFORNIA, I BOUGHT A GLOBE SIM HERE, SIGNAL IS GOOD, RELOAD WORKED FINE. MAKAKA RECEIVE AKO NG SMS BUT HOW COME I CANT SEND SMS?
October 6th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Lexie what you need to check is to make sure that you have the right message center number. once you have checked and confirmed it it]s correct you need to make sure that you have load. its costs you 15 pesos to send a text from your roaming Globe cell. u mus keep a minimum balance of 100 pesos in order to keep the phone number operating. hope this helps contact me if you need any additional help
thanks,
juanitto
October 8th, 2008 at 11:29 am
im having the same problem as lex, what should the message center number be? I’m not able to send text messages but i can receive them, I just reloaded my phone 300. My signal is fine im wondering if my roaming is deactivated but i have signal and im able to receive msgs from friends, can u tell me what’s wrong and how do I fix it?
October 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Ok
go to your text message settings in your phone. make sure that the message center number is +639170000130 then what you can do is send a text message to yourself. If you receive it back then you are good to go.
If your roaming was deactivated you would not have signal.
Hope this helps.
ciao
juanitto
October 8th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
i’ve tried sending several times already but still i couldn’t send. It says no ‘network support for messages’
October 8th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Try calling Globe it’s a free call from your Globe phone. Tel them that you need to be set up for raoming sometimes youll have signal but no service. Here in the US im raoming with T-mobile. Well in Houston.
Also try switching networks on your phone, once it reconnects to a new network then maybe itll send out.
Let me know if any of this help.
thanks,
juanitto
October 9th, 2008 at 6:51 am
October 10, 2008
Four days ago , I cannot enter my load following the instruction in your Card as I have done in the previous loading.Will you please inform me if there is some disorder in your net work, that’s why I cannot load it or maybe you have already change the procedure.
Please let me know as soon as possible.
Florencio P Cortez
October 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am
thank you. I called globe and they will be activating my number again(: thanks for the help juanito.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:48 am
hi, i’m carl… my sister is in riyadh she arrived “2:00 am saturday 11, 2008…
she told us that she already activated her phone…
but starting 2:00 am until now we can’t contact her…
somebody please tell me…
she’s the only 1 there.
incase, can somebody teach me how to call from philippines to riyadh (SAUDI ARABIA) thanks a lot…
if it’s not activated, could we still call her???
it’s ok if it cause to much, we really need to contact her…
October 11th, 2008 at 6:07 am
if my sister’s phone was not activated, then how could she activate it again???
please answer…
we’re worried about her…
we can’t still contact her…
please if anyone knows…
please answer my questions and solve my problems…
huhuhuhuuhuhuh…
i’m just 13 year old kid trying to find a way in contacting her…
October 11th, 2008 at 6:26 am
another question…
for example this is her number 09174682760, we will contact this number or there’s a little bit change???
thanks…
October 11th, 2008 at 7:18 am
you can ask globe service center if the # is activated already. you can use the same number.. try also +639174682760. hope you`ll be able contact your sis…
October 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
thanks… g…
if my sister’s phone wasn’t acitivated, then could we still call her???
or send messages???
thanks a lot…