Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Reloading smart bro using a smart buddy card

Reloading smart bro using card
Load smart bro another smart cellphone

You can load a smart bro 3g/3.5g prepaid internet account using another smart cellphone if you use a smart bro prepaid card. Yes we know that works. Other websites have documented it. For completeness, I'll quote the procedure

On any Smart GSM cell phone, text Reload <Smart Bro Prepaid number> and send to 1510.
Okay, what if you DON'T use a smart bro prepaid card. Instead, what happens if you use a smart buddy card, the normal card used for prepaid cellphones? Well lets see. I'll use the term "smart buddy" to refer to any smart prepaid cellphone plans.

I bought a 500 peso smart buddy card (actual cost for me is around 490 pesos) in my local SM from the SM kiosks which sell prepaid cards. Forgive me for the blurry cellphone picture below.


It came with small stapled cardboard strip which contains another PIN number good for 15 pesos load. Sorry but I don't have a picture. This is supposed to be a limited promo according to the saleslady so get one while supplies last. The promo is supposed to be over but there are some left over in my local SM. The text on that small cardboard strip says that the 15 peso load is good for both smart bro prepaid and smart buddy cellphones.

OK. I tried the above procedure with the 15 peso load on my smart bro prepaid. It worked. I later on tried it with the 500 peso card, it didn't work. I got an error as a text message from 1510
VD# 0002 Invalid keyword, cannot be processed. REF: xxxxxxxxxxxx.
I then replaced the smart bro prepaid number with my smart buddy cellphone number. It worked

CONCLUSION:
I am unhappy to report that indeed, the smart buddy prepaid card does not work with smart bro prepaid. I was disappointed since I began the experiment as I was writing this blog post and I fully expected it too work.

I wonder why SMART decided to have 3 kinds of load, one for smart bro prepaid, one for smart buddy and one for both. For efficiency sake, having a universal load might be better. Also, the error message seen is another example of a non-user friendly error message, since it does not give any indication of what the problem is.

So I'll just use PASALOAD to transfer load from my smart buddy to my smart bro or use E-load

the end
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17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi sad to say I saw your post a tad too late. I already bought 2 P100 Smart call and text cards. I haven't tried doing a pasaload from a smart buddy to a smart bro sim. I hope it would work all else my cards would come to waste.

Vince said...

pasaload from smart buddy to smart bro works

Anonymous said...

Very helpful post. Short and direct to the point. :-) Salamat!

Anonymous said...

also wont work on smart broadband simcard which very disappointing because i bought a 500 smart load for it.

murphyx said...

was searching on how to reload call and text card to smartbro...saw this post and got dissappointed...bought 2 100php call and text cards.... it didnt work and its a waste of money..huhuu......

hope smart company would change its reloading policy....
nwei,thanx for the info...god bless

Anonymous said...

how about loading a smart buddy cell using a smart bro prepaid card? Will it work?

BrianT said...

I have a smartbro load card that I don't use anymore, can I pasaload to a smart buddy cell using the card?

BrianT said...

I have a Smartbro plug-in reload card that I won't use anymore, can I load it to a smart buddy cell sim?

Vince said...

I really dont know. Never tried either loading or pasaloading from smart bro to buddy

rinacortez said...

i'm so glad to read your post. it's sad that i bought a 500/P490 smart buddy prepaid card and it won't work on my smart bro sim. thanks to your post, now i know next time which smart prepaid to purchase.

Anonymous said...

napaka-smart naman talaga ng SMART !

Anonymous said...

WHEW!!! WHY IS IT THAT SMART PREPAID CARDS ARE VERY COMPLICATED?! THEY CAN EASILY JUST MAKE 1 KIND OF PREPAID CARD VALID FOR BOTH SMART BRO USERS AND NORMAL SMART PREPAID USERS BUT DIFFERENT CODES AND SO ON!

GOOD THING I FOUND THIS BLOG...THANKS!!

I LOADED THE SMART PREPAID CARD(500) TO ANOTHER SMART SIM CARD AND EASILY MAKE "PASALOAD" THREE TIMES TO MY SMART BRO SIMCARD.

EX. TYPE RELOAD(space)(14digit pin)(space)(11digit normal smart number)send to 1510

then i pasaload it to my smart broadband sim. it worked!!!

Anonymous said...

Kaya pala how many times I tried to load my Smart Bro pocket wifi thru my prepaid smart buddy sim....nakaka highblood...

Thanks for this blog...I'll go buy smart buddy load nalang ang pasaload...

Good tip! thank you..

Unknown said...

Great! Thanks for your tips. I will follow your tips in sending smart load on Smart bro prepaid instead of loading it directly.

Unknown said...

How do I load the BIG299 (send to 9999) data promo on my pocket wifi device? I can easily load it on my mobile phone for mobile phone surfing but I'd like to load it on my pocket wifi device. Please advice how. Thank you.

Vince said...

\\How do I load the BIG299 (send to 9999) data promo on my pocket wifi device? I can easily load it on my mobile phone for mobile phone surfing but I'd like to load it on my pocket wifi device. Please advice how. Thank you.\\

I never owned a pocket wifi so I'm not sure

With a usb wifi dongle you can text using the dongle's software. I dont know if there is such a function (192.168.1.1???) in a pocket wifi.

For smart there is a website where you can control your account including signing up for stuff like that.

I suggest you go to the offices of your telco to ask

Andrew James said...

Is using smart prepaid card still available for loading smart bro?

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