Just for information that may be helpful to any of you guys in the UK, I got myself a Globe SIM for my mobile its saved my wife a fortune in text messages! Just make sure that your set up for roaming! I think you can do the same with SMART also? One point to remember is to keep at least a 300 peso load!
Hope that can help someone
Darren
Did you buy it in the Uk or Phill?
I got the sim card in the Philippines yes, I think though if your loved one is there they can post over to you as long as your mobile is not locked to a particular network! I use a motorola phone that's not locked.
As I said in the first post you do have to maintain a balance of 300 peso but that will last for a long time I will find out more info later when I online with the wife.
It also have in Smart, just make sure the roaming system is on..when they send u a message it will just cost them a peso but of course it will cost more when u replied..
Many including my wife use it so the text alerts the missus and she can phone back go online etc.Originally Posted by kimmi
the same with me..family used to text me and then I will call or come online..
Yes me and the wife do that also, she will send me a text to let me know she is going to online and I use my O2 to text back, so no need to use GLOBE for anything other than receiving texts.
i still might have to do this though i always forget to setup roaming!
The Best Thing To Do Is To Have A Chikka Account.its There In Uk Now.your Love One In Philippines Can Send U Text Msges For Free Using Pc.and U Can Reply For Free Using Your Pc Chikka Account Also.you Can Also Send Load/credit To Your Love Ones Cellphone.
I have a "touch" mobile sim card that I got in Phils. If I put it in an unlocked phone here in UK, will it be cheap for my GF to text me, I think she is on Globe there?
did you ensure that you activated roaming before you left? This needs to be done first... Plus you need to be in credit... but yes it would be
I am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?
no........... sorryI am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?
i now have smart, i find this more convenient as I can top up the load myself online (pldt online), thought it gets to be expensive (around 45p/txt) so use YM to txt the wife
Hi, how much does it cost to txt Phils from YM? Thx
Another thing is advice your Gf/wife to use TEXTWISE cost only 5 pesos per txt. I normally used Ym (I'm on sms status) before but it consume my mobile deposit even im not using it. As I noticed receive txt charge me as well then sometimes I can't receive some text from ym
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So I decided to use another option which is TEXTWISE I can text my BF UK number directly in a cheap rate.
For further details visit local reloading outlet..
Thanks ate Juliet for advising it
No you cant. It should only be activated in the Philippines. I’m using Smart and I have it roaming. You have to maintain P100.00 credit with your Smart sim. Globe, on the other hand has another service offered to OFW, they have a special sim of which you don’t have to maintain a balance.I am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?
I use voipcheap.com for my txt and my phone calls... yes the phone calls are not the cheapest but i get free sms
http://www.voipcheap.com/en/sms-rates.html#letp
it does not cost me anything to send a txt via YM to my wife, she just has to link her ym account to her cell phone (i don't know how she does it though). she also has to txt back to my ym occassionally in order for it to continue working (i think there's a limit), it cost 2.50PHP. otherwise she pays 20PHP for 24 hours unlimited txt to my smart fone.Hi, how much does it cost to txt Phils from YM? Thx
just use chikka from your pc to text to the phils, it saved me ££££ for many years.. stepson still uses it now to text to the phils
years b4 that i sent the misses a cellnet mobile, for years we use to text and it only cost 5p
You can buy roaming-enabled Phils SIMs online in UK ... I'll look up the details if someone is interested.
I would like to get some info on that please PeterB
You can find them on e-Bay also.
Best regards.
Yves
I also need to buy a smart sim card here in the UK that is already roaming enabled... thanks...
Look here: http://www.callingnow.co.uk/store.asp/c=39
i buy a smart roaming sim the last time weve been there[july '08 ] in phils.if my children texting me it is only cost 1 p for them,but if i reply them using my roaming no.my loads are gone.so what i did every time they texting me in my roaming no.i answer them in my ym.
you can now get a globe kapamilya sim at callingnow.co.uk you do not need to have credit to keep it activated, my globe kapamilya sim is now on zero pesos for almost 2 months i still receive txts from back home
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