i'm not rooted, totally stock. got this as a replacement thru phone insurance for my g2. is it just me or does wifi calling on this phone suck? on my g2, anytime i was near wifi and connected, i would have a perfect call every time. on this phone, calls over wifi break up so bad i can't hear the other person and have to hang up, disconnect from wifi, and then call them back. more than half of my calls on wifi are like this, but not all. i generally haven't had any problems with calls on the regular network, but i tend to be on wifi at all times at work and at home, so you can see how this would be annoying.
any ideas?
Idk maybe the other devices on the network are taking up too much bandwidth, i have a linksys E1500 and i dont have any problems with wifi calling. What router d you have?
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Back in December I used Wi-Fi calling extensively without any problem. I was even surprised that a call I was on that originated on cellular network got handed off to Wi-Fi seamlessly. I didn't think it would do that, but it did. It was only after I hung up from the call that it dawned on me what happened as I got back home and walked into the house.
it really shouldn't be a bandwith problem.. i have a linksys wrt160n here at work with just 2 laptops connected. at home i have an asus rt16 i think its called... i forget the exact model number. but yea, same setup i had just a couple weeks ago with my g2 before it broke and wifi always made for perfect calls. i feel almost like theres something wrong with this mytouch4gslide becuase the signal over wifi calling is THAT bad. completely garbled. again not every time but at least 50% of my calls over wifi calling.
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it really shouldn't be a bandwith problem.. i have a linksys wrt160n here at work with just 2 laptops connected. at home i have an asus rt16 i think its called... i forget the exact model number. but yea, same setup i had just a couple weeks ago with my g2 before it broke and wifi always made for perfect calls. i feel almost like theres something wrong with this mytouch4gslide becuase the signal over wifi calling is THAT bad. completely garbled. again not every time but at least 50% of my calls over wifi calling.
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Idk that's weird, try clearing the data for the wifi calling app
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Idk that's weird, try clearing the data for the wifi calling app
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i'll give it a shot today and try it thru the weekend...
I too had an g2 and I get the same reception on wifi calling as I did with the g2. I guess they are handing these mt4gs out like candy when you send in g2's with problems. Makes ya wonder???
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My wife's slide works flawlessly on WiFi calling. The only problems we have had was with the regular mt4g.
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I've been trying to figure out a way to use my smarty phone keep in touch with my kids while in Jamaica this fall. Was hoping I could do a push to talk or walkie talkie app to talk to my kids via wifi. This on Metropcs. Now that I'm here at Tmobile and the G2X, will I be able to call home using the wifi calling via the resorts wifi? Will it work to make a call to the states?
Still really loving this phone!!
I don't see why not. I could call back home using it while in St. Maarten a couple months ago.
I haven't done this personally, you lucky SOB, but I've heard lots of reports that it will work as long as you have an active wifi connection.
I think it is pretty cool. I travel nationally and sometimes I don't get great service if at all but WiFi calling will come in very handy.. I also use it for work... *thumbs down*
@player911 said "you lucky SOB"
I know right...Couples resort Ocho Rios...420 all day everyday!
Yeah Mon!
I'm glad to hear I may be able to comminicate with home.
Yes, you can make and receive calls just like you were in the states via wifi calling. One of the neater things about being on Tmo
The walkies talkies work fine over , WIFI. No matter where You are.
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Yes just did something similar from a resort in Turks and Caicos. Worked perfectly.
ickster said:
I've been trying to figure out a way to use my smarty phone keep in touch with my kids while in Jamaica this fall. Was hoping I could do a push to talk or walkie talkie app to talk to my kids via wifi. This on Metropcs. Now that I'm here at Tmobile and the G2X, will I be able to call home using the wifi calling via the resorts wifi? Will it work to make a call to the states?
Still really loving this phone!!
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T-Mobile doesn't run a check to see if you're on a WiFi network outside the states? I'm surprised.
mobilehavoc said:
Yes just did something similar from a resort in Turks and Caicos. Worked perfectly.
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Something similsr meaning walkie talkie or PTT app? Or wifi calling?
There was a rumor in the blogsphere that we were getting minuteless wifi calling within like the next week.
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mr.frankm said:
There was a rumor in the blogsphere that we were getting minuteless wifi calling within like the next week.
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No rumor....fact.
so say i'm in canada or something and use wifi to call back to california, is that consider long distance or just takes it off regularly from my minutes?
im in jamaica and it doesnt work for me
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im in jamaica and it doesnt work for me
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Thanks for letting me know this....what resort? So the wifi is working but wifi calling isn't? Are there any settings you can check? Did you have a confirmed wifi connection when you tried? Not calling you stupid I promise, just would love some details. I have never even messed with wifi calling yet. I do appreciate you replying. Gives me time to research why it doesn't work and my options.
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im in jamaica and it doesnt work for me
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Have you tried rebooting? Once in a while I'll come home and my phone doesn't enable Wi-Fi Calling, even though it works most of the time, and rebooting fixes that.
The only other thing I can think of is signal strength; it won't enable Wi-Fi Calling unless you have quite a strong wifi signal, although it will hold it once started if the signal strength doesn't get too low.
Turning on my phone with wifi on there has been a few times I tried to use wifi calling in my home and it said I wasn't registered on the network yet. I had to turn off wifi and saw the 4g icon flashing then I turned wifi back on and the wifi calling would work.
I am not sure if T-Mobile will require you to register on the network first prior to using the wifi app. I am curious as I travel out of the country sometimes.
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I've noticed this since I got the phone the other day. I'm connected to wifi and for the first couple of minutes my wifi speeds are what they should be which are around 15-18mbps. Then after about 5 or 6 minutes maybe a little more the download speeds decrease to around .80mbps. Upload speeds remain the same.
Can others test this out.
Connect to wifi
Then run a speedtest via the speedtest app which is available in the market
Then put your phone down for several minutes
Then run another test and see what you get
Doesn't always happen right away but more frequently when the wifi connection is being used. HTC definitely has some bugs with the Sensation. Hopefully they'll be addressed sooner rather than later.
Using T-Mobile USA by the way.
Did you already try this fix? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118017
I haven't had the problem you speak of.
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Did you already try this fix? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118017
I haven't had the problem you speak of.
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Yup, problem still there. I called T-Mobile and they said they are working on an update to address the latency/radio issues. Hopefully that will resolve it.
Have the problem. I think either an.app we have installed is doing it or we have to wait on a fix.
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Yup, problem still there. I called T-Mobile and they said they are working on an update to address the latency/radio issues. Hopefully that will resolve it.
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Mine can't even hang on to wifi for that long, lol
Thank god I don't use wifi much.
I'm in this boat as well. After a while my wifi slows down greatly, restarting the wifi connection being the only method of restoring it to it's proper bandwidth.
On the note of the Slow data latency fix, I'm pretty sure that that menu in its entirety, as well as the ciphering option, only apply to the network data connection, and not wifi.
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It seems to me to be correlated loosely with wifi-calling use.
It certainly isn't instant, but I've been testing it off and on and it seems that if I turn wifi calling off and then restart my wifi the gradual slowdown doesn't occur, but if I turn wifi calling on, then it does.
I heard unchecking the using mobile data speeds up wifi as well. And are you guys using the best wifi performance option as well?
Maybe its a certain app you guys are using. Mine stays at a constant 30mb/s down and 10mb/s up whether I'm on WIFI for 10 minutes or 10 hours.
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I disabled WiFi calling and the problem seems to have been stopped. So far so good. It was dropping to 2Mbs and after disabling WiFi calling my speeds jumped back up to 17Mbs.
I talked with T-Mobile tech support about it, and since my phone was recently purchased they gave me another Sensation. The issue is no longer present, all the same apps, all the same settings, same network.
Hello XDA,
Right now I have an Atrix 4G, and while I know I should be happy with it, I truly am not. The battery life is horrendous, the GPS always puts me in a city I'm not in, and many other things (and this is my 4th unit).
But...the one thing that really has me ready to jump ship is that my wifi almost NEVER works. It connects, then disconnects, then connects, and back and fourth, it is very annoying. Is this a problem with the Infuse 4G?
Nope. At least in my case I have perfect wifi signal most of the time.
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Nope. At least in my case I have perfect wifi signal most of the time.
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Yup, once in a while it has flaked out, but all I have to do when that happens is turn wifi off then on again.
Wifi in infuse has pretty poor range but still i get around 2 bars 40ft away though 3 walls and never seen the connection drop. I even sit in my car 50ft away from the modem and get 1 bar.
I have to agree on the poor WiFi quality on the Atrix. Another big issue for me was heat. The Atrix gets extremely hot.
I ended up taking the Atrix back and getting the Infuse. I'm pretty happy with the Infuse, it's a great phone!
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I have had both atrix and infuse. The wifi range is exactly the same. No connection issues however on the infuse.
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I actually did have wifi issues on my infuse. Id be sitting at my pc desk with full wifi bars and it would not connect, either I had to reboot or id have to wait it out before it would connect. Also, id be at my friends house using is wifi without any issues, than when id come home id still be connected to his nexwork, id select my network but the phon would tell me its out of range, reboot. I called att and the rep dug thru notes and call logs and apparently others were having the same issue. Before he connected me to a samsung rep the att guy recommended me going into my routers settings and adding my phones mac id to my router. Once I finally spoke to the samsung guy he told me I need a new router, even tho all other wireless devices work fine in the house. So I did the Mac id bit and the phone was fine. The next day my phone received an update, not sure what it was (wifi fix perhaps) I updated but once I got home non of my other devices would connect. I went backs into router settings and changed it back to how it was and I haven't had an issue since.
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Same problem here too!
I have had the same issues as nash2000. I can sit right next to my router, seems to have a full connection, yet not be in range. Any MMS's coming in would get stuck and stay in that "stuck" mode for days. I have replaced SIMM cards and called AT&T continually. They replaced my phone and nothing has changed.
I notice that no matter where I am - home, another state, etc - that when I with someone who also has AT&&T with an iphone that they always have more bars than I go and better wifi strength - even when we're both sitting next to my router. AT&T claims that my complaint of this is the very first they have heard - HA!
I think a lot of the wifi issues got cleared up with the update ATT pushed. @lasmonster do you have a mirocell?
What update did AT&T push for the Infuse? The Wi-Fi is horrible. Once it's connected it works fine but it usually doesn't scan well. I have to turn off Wi-Fi and turn it back on. Adding about 20 seconds to the time it takes to connect and sometimes it will say Not In Range when I'm obviously in range.
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What update did AT&T push for the Infuse? The Wi-Fi is horrible. Once it's connected it works fine but it usually doesn't scan well. I have to turn off Wi-Fi and turn it back on. Adding about 20 seconds to the time it takes to connect and sometimes it will say Not In Range when I'm obviously in range.
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Sounds like someone didn't get the update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123674
Not sure how to trick your phone into downloading it, mine just got it. I believe all the ROMs available also are built off the update (infused at least for sure)
My wife's and my phone on the same evening, stopped connecting to the tmobile network. We have tried the cycling on and off, APN resets. Yes both IMEI's match and are not blocked. The phones will connect for a moment then they just stop, this is both on the wifi and tmobile networks. However we can still use the phones over wifi and surf the Internet. Yes, I have reset our home router also. Tmobile shows no outages in our area.
Also tried to manually register on the tmobile network, works for a couple of mins then, no more network.
What can I do?
Phone stats:
These are both t-959v's
They will be two years old in Sept.
Gingerbread 2.3.6
New batteries 1 month ago.
One phone is rooted the other is not, problem started the same night with both phones.
Could be an issue with the SIM cards and the work T-Mo is doing to reconcile the merged networks causing weird tower issues. If you go into a store, you should be able to get replacement SIM cards for free.
Seems to be limited to our home and home network. Away from our house my phone, the rooted one,is working fine. Could it be a local cell tower causing all odd or home problems. We had been having no issues with these phones up until a week ago.
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Seems to be limited to our home and home network. Away from our house my phone, the rooted one,is working fine. Could it be a local cell tower causing all odd or home problems. We had been having no issues with these phones up until a week ago.
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Come home and sit in the backyard, wifi has not been turned on since I left. Full bars and text messages will not send again, try to make a call and it will not ring or hang up. Still says it is on the Tmobile network, but nothing works. Is my house cursed, signal jammer?
Also tried it on a friends wifi network and everything was normal.
Sounds like a bad local tower. The two basic choices are:
1) Wait and hope it gets fixed.
2) Get a new SIM card and hope that fixes it.
Also, in a different category, could try forcing the phone to 2G (generally in the mobile data options) and see if that fixes it or lets you avoid the problem while at home. Every now and then, my 4G gets confused or decides it hates a specific tower, but 2G tends to stay way more solid...
Ok, thank you for the tips. I have dumbed down the network, currently testing to see what happens.
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Well switched to GSM only and its like magic, the phones have been working fine.
Thanks for the awesome tips!
Now, how do I explain to Tmobile they have a bad cell tower?
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I've just called customer service and told them I, as well as several other customers in the office were having trouble in that location, bit nowhere else...and it used to work. A couple days later, it was fixed.
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Thanks will try that, seems simple enough.
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Does Verizon Note 5 have wifi calling?
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No
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Not yet, but a Verizon rep told me soon.
Yeah, but we all know that they don't know what they are talking about 98% of the time.
Maybe it will come with marshmallow. Who knows.
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Of course not they Lock everything down
It's in the MM upgrade released today.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-galaxy-note5-update/
I just got the Marshmallow OTA and it does have WiFi calling!
Tested and confirmed working. You can also recieve calls without signal.
Does it work with any WiFi or just the WiFi associated with the same Verizon account?
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Does it work with any WiFi or just the WiFi associated with the same Verizon account?
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Any WiFi!
I've activated it post mm update and I'm making calls while on wifi and it still uses my minutes. Is that cause I'm still on the 450m unlimited data? I tried calling with air plane mode on, wifi on and it wouldn't let me call out
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Does anyone else have a problem on wifi calling where you can hear fine but it's all chopped up on the receiving end? Service in my house can be touchy and this was going to save me that headache. So far it sucks. I hate to do a data wipe.
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Does anyone else have a problem on wifi calling where you can hear fine but it's all chopped up on the receiving end? Service in my house can be touchy and this was going to save me that headache. So far it sucks. I hate to do a data wipe.
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I haven't really tried this new feature since the update. I'm in Chicago and its pretty good coverage almost everywhere I go. I'll try it when I drop to 3G with Wifi nearby