What is Globe’s Magic IP and why is it free?

Been getting a lot of comments from readers regarding this certain Magic IP from Globe which allegedly allows users to be able to still surf the net even with zero load. So I sent out a message to @talk2globe if they knew anything about it.

All I got was this answer — @talk2globe: Nope! We don’t have or offer such service. .

However a number of Tweeps replied back to me saying it is possible.

I did a little bit of digging, found a number of instructions in the forums and tried it.

After a couple of tries, I was able to surf the net using a Globe Tattoo and a Globe SIM card with no load in it except for a few hundred free SMS credits. Nope, I’m not teaching you how to do it but if you’re motivated enough, a few Google searches will point you to the right direction.

This is because you can still dial-in and connect to their network without any load credits (what Globe does is cap your bandwidth down to 0kbps until you reload).

It looks like the Magic IPs are a block of IP addresses you can use as a proxy to bypass the bandwidth cap set by the network (or something to that effect).

Turns out that this loophole has been out as early as last year (some says it’s been there since 2009). The Magic IPs actually expire or is eventually blocked by Globe’s network engineers every month so users will look for a new set of IPs.

What’s actually more interesting is that a number of enterprising people who have early access to new sets of Magic IPs would actually peddle them — all for a very low price of Php200. Been seeing comments from some of them here but ignored it for the longest time.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

275 Responses

  1. Avatar for comentados comentados says:

    @jm

    natuwa ako sa feedback mo about magic IP…
    wag mo kalikutan na life is always unfair.my point is,mismong globe nag nanakaw, or let say nanggugulang sa kanilang services. tulad nalang ng UNLISURF nila, sabi unlimited without limits pero actually may limit sya na 800mb per 24hrs na surfing data. eh sa service na plan like wimax tulad ng gamit ko eh 30G per month lang ang data usage allowed after that super pagong ang bayad. bakit di nalang nila sabihing limites internet plan or promo… nyahaha…

    sa mga gumagamit ng mga free gateways like magic ip or others eh libangan yan nila, some of them bawi nila sa kagulangan ni globo… actually kahit naman anu gawin ni globe di mawawala ang mga ganyang free gateway, its a balance of life… Don’t generalized them as stealing kasi you dont really knew who is the one who really steal your money ( malay mo si globe yan),…. ahaha.. imagine nagbabayad ka ng 995php sa globe per month per nakaranas kanaba ng 1mbps na speed mo? siguro oo pero ilang minutes mo nagamit.. nyahaha, pero you paid for it diba na 1mbps dapat…

    sabagay para sayo kaya mong bayaran yan, pero wag mo kalimutan na almost 89% ng Filipino walang sapat na kita o trabaho, eh kung gagawin ng mga network na yan na cheap ang realistic ang connection nila siguro mababawasan ang mga gumagamit ng free gateway.

    Peace! I’m just telling you how life goes…

    hayaan mo nalang sila dyan sila masaya, and besides its networks problems not yours……..

    • Avatar for Tanga Ka Tanga Ka says:

      Isa ka pang tanga. Puro baluktot ang pagrarason. You’re trying to justify other people’s wrong doing by doing illegal activities. Yung mga rason mo na kesyo walang sapat na pera ang mga tao e di hindi na sila dapat maghangad ng serbisyo na di nila kayang bayaran. O mag-avail sila ng serbisyo na kaya nilang bayaran. Hindi solusyon ang paggawa ng ilegal na aktibidades at mang-apekto ng ibang taong nagbabayad ng maayos sa problemang walang pera ang mga tao. Kung talaga gusto mo ang isang bagay, pagsikapan mo. Kung alam mo na may limit pala yung unlisurf ng globe sa prepaid, e di magpostpaid ka o di kaya lumipat ka sa ibang network. Kahit anong sabihin mo, illegal at pagnanakaw pa rin yang mga ginagawa nyo which can never be justified. Sana manakawan kayo o yung mga mahal nyo sa buhay. Karma na ang bahala sa inyo.

    • Avatar for Mahika IPis Mahika IPis says:

      Huwag kang masyadong magmalinis brod… baka lumagpas ka sa langit eh sa impyerno rin ang bagsak mo sa sobrang yabang mo…

      Hindi porke’t illegal ay immoral na kaagad at tatawagin nyo nang mali. Bakit yung Edsa Revolution, legal ba yun? Hindi ba’t sa legal terms ay ninakaw din nito ang gobyerno mula kay Makoy? Pero bakit pinupuri natin ito sa halip na tawaging magnanakaw ang mga nagorchestrate nito?

      Ganun din yung EDSA 2. Sa legal na usapin ay parang mali rin ito… Pero bakit nasa history books na natin?

      Uulitin ko, hindi porke’t illegal ay mali na kaagad at huhusgahan nyo na yung ibang taong gumagamit ng IP. Kasalanan ba nila kung pumapabor sa Globe at iba pang telecoms yung mga batas na pinapasa sa Kongreso at sa Senado kahit na tinatapakan na nito yung basic rights ng isang pinoy na makatanggap ng isang maayos na serbisyo mula sa mga magnanakaw na kinakampihan ninyo? Kahit kayo mismo ay ninanakawan din nila?

      Hindi itong mga gumagamit ng Magic IPs ang nagnanakaw sa inyo. Globe ang ninanakawan nila at kayo naman ang ninanakawan ng Globe dahil porke’t kaya ninyong magbayad ay sunod-sunuran na lang kayo sa ididiktang presyo at serbisyo sa inyo. Mga duwag kayo at parang mga aso na sumusunod sa mga nanlalamang sa inyo!

      Hindi naman ako sobrang yaman, pero kaya kong magbayad ng kahit na 3k per month para sa ISP ko. Pero kung gagaguhin naman ako sa serbisyo na pipilitin akong paniwalain na ang ibig sabihin ng “Unlimited” ay “limited,” eh kayo na lang ang magpakagago. Dahil ako, ako ang manggagago sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng Magic IPis. Bakit ko gagawin yun? Kasi, kung hindi, mas lalo pa nila tayong gagaguhin!

      At huwag ninyong sasabihin na kung mahal eh huwag na lang gumamit. Para nyo na ring sinabihan yung mga maralita na pag mahal ang bigas eh huwag na silang kumain. Necessity na ho ang Internet ngayon at hindi lamang isang luxury.

  2. Avatar for prophexii prophexii says:

    dahil xa pag kwala ng magic IP, crisis ngeun xa globe wap users.lol…for sure, ilang months lng lilipas mi llabas nnamang new fbt/ubt for globe.. kya xa mga networks ba active in wap pra pg my bago ma block nyu agad.. khit beauty queen na wapper kaya mag butingting ng setting pra lng mka free wap connect.haha

  3. Avatar for jm jm says:

    @bryan
    kaya walang pagasang umunlad ang bansa natin halos karamihan ng pinoy umaasa nalang sa libre, sa mga donations, nagiging corrupt.. kung gusto nyo magkaroon ng maayos na buhay at makabayad ng internet buwan buwan magtrabaho kayo, mag aral kayo, magsikap kayo, nasa sarili nyo yung way para kumita kayo at hindi magnakaw.

    sinasabi mo pa purpose ng tao kaya gumagamit ng magic ip, parang sinabi mo narin na okay ang magnakaw at wag sundin kung ano ang legal at mas ikakabuti ng lahat.

    ang akin lang nagbabayad ako ng matino buwan buwan pero naaatraso yung serbisyo ng network na nakasubscribe ako dahil sa mga nagnanakaw.

    dont tell me illegal din connection ng cable at kuryente nyo?

    get life bro.. its about time para magbanat ng buto at hindi mamuhay ng nanlalamang sa kapwa.

    @edramund
    hindi ako mayabang sinasabi ko lang kaya kong magbayad basta legal lahat at walang naaatrasong ibang tao.

    im currently subscribed to

    mysupersurfplan 1799
    smart gold consumable 1800
    globe wired broadband 995

    monthly nagbabayad ako ng 4594 pesos.

    kung kaya ko alam ko naman kaya nating lahat magbayad ng maayos at matino.

    sipag at tyaga lang kase ako rank and file lang position ko at may pamilya pa pero hindi naging dahilan yun para magnakaw ako.

  4. Avatar for otepsphere otepsphere says:

    Actually totoo talagang gumagana ang magic IP…ewan ko lang now ah pero gumagana po talaga ito!

  5. Avatar for globe magic ip globe magic ip says:

    Hahaha nag away away na kayo dito ah hehehe

    nice post bossing you made a war more visits and comments for your blog.

    anyways if you want latest globe magic ip just google

  6. Avatar for ADIK Sa Free ADIK Sa Free says:

    may alam ako ..

  7. Avatar for Jm ungas m0 tlga! Jm ungas m0 tlga! says:

    Ungas tlga yan e. D mu b alam. Sa bwat site na may gant0ng tricks ay mer0n dn member/spy na tga globe at smart. Kya mp0sibleng d nla alam un. Underst0od huh. Kya kung guz2 mu turuan n lan kta lgyan. Ka2awa k n kc e. Haha. Papasikat k b? Pasagasa ka sa mrt. Sureness na sikat ka t0m.

  8. Avatar for brent brent says:

    LOLz .. globe know this for the longest time .. coz only about 5% of users know and use this things ..

  9. Avatar for RedSimba RedSimba says:

    I tried this before both globe and smart.

    Its not stable. Good for casual browsing (e.g. FB, email, web chat).

    It not good for downloading. But its FREE.

    How to do it??? As the man said, Google it. Try adding “forum” in your searches.

  10. Avatar for popoypips popoypips says:

    i think alam naman ng globe ang mga magic ip na yan hinahayaan lang nila kc kumikita rin sila dyan. Example smart me dati nag globe me para maka free net. Every 3 days nagloload me ng 25pesos. Kung maraming free net user na kagaya ko i think tutubo pa rin naman ang globe.

  11. Avatar for Uknowme Uknowme says:

    Haha. Kakatuwa. Hamakin mu tanungin ang globe qng ngooffer ng gnitong serbisyo! Serbisyo n libre! Sbgay may bgong lbs ang globe n free facebook apps. Hayz. Wla lng magawa.

  12. Avatar for Jm ungas m0 Jm ungas m0 says:

    Oy jm. Magl0ad k na. Naka2hiya naman xau. D k makapag reply d2.
    Uu tama un isa d2. Why d0nt u try that. start a thread w/ a title of “Internet using my all m0ney..” Haha. Selfish k kc b0y!
    Bili k n lan ng cp na may wifi para ma2wa k naman dba… Hehe..

  13. Avatar for Slaggard Slaggard says:

    Wag nyo nalang po patulan ang mga comments ng iba. .ang totoo user din me nyan dati kaso nawala din naman, para sakin malaki din naman naitulong nun pero dapat mawala talaga yun kasi nd patas sa nag babayad ng connection sa globe. .peace tayo mga ka symbian ^^

  14. Avatar for hakhak hakhak says:

    marami pako magic ip d2, working at stable.. gs2 nyo mga bitter?waaaahahahaha

  15. Avatar for tapsilog tapsilog says:

    kasama ako sa nagamit ng magic ip… fast, stable and free d2 sa paranaque area… wahaha… basag… :-P

  16. Avatar for Uknowme Uknowme says:

    Well one thing is for sure! Globe magic ip does not work now! But all magic ip users is having a blast of fast connection for free w/o using magic ip. So guys dont get angry because we have ways to make our life easier. Remember we are getting smarter by helping each other trouh sharing. Hehe. Posting a comment here using a free internet why dont u make a separate blog out of it? Makes ur tittle BROWSING W/O USING MAGIC IP.
    Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
    Ay haba ng tawa q este ng comment q pala. Sucker! Phew! And what do u get? A blog full of shit?

  17. Avatar for Jc Jc says:

    I wish they can’t find a solution for this :P VPN’s is the coolest tool you can use for free internet (y).

  18. Avatar for null null says:

    well, MagicIP’s are set of IP addresses that is used on internal network and assigned to their value added web services. You can see this if you visit that what so called “free sites” if you resolve their domains.. youll get a magicIP. (Though you can only possible do this inside your phone… not it PC with normal nslookup or something.)

    Anyway, once you use that MagicIP, you’re telling that “Harmony” Transparent proxy server (the device that used to block connection[s] who doesnt have enough credits/load.) see’s that the the MagicIP that you have’d use is seeing it as one of their internal request.

    Even though, Harmony device had lot of loopholes that can be used to bypass Smart and Globe traffic blocking. Most of them are not fixable without major network re-construction.

  19. Avatar for Name: sallym Name: sallym says:

    I didnt know that globe doesnt know about using proxies? Or maybe globes staff are really left out.

  20. Avatar for Jm ungas m0 tlga Jm ungas m0 tlga says:

    Ang ungas mu! Pde basa basa k muna. Bka frustrated k mapagana yan magic ip… O sadyang tanga ka lang. Maxad0 ng luma balita mu e. Haller..!

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