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Dropping data on call.

I know you will drop 3g data on a call. That I completely understand. But this is the first device I've used that is dropping my lte data during a call. I'm not sure if this is a rom issue or a modem issue.
I am on sprint, and not sure if this is an isolated issue for sprint customers or across the board.
Another issue I would like to see resolved is patching native tethering. I'm currently stuck using WiFi tether app in ad-hoc mode. Which unfortunately my nexus 7 can't attach to.
In case you're wondering I'm running slim kat currently. I've tried cm and stock before rooting and all formats have dropped LTE on call.

Probably because there is no voice over LTE. Same happens on Rogers too.
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Elisha said:
Probably because there is no voice over LTE. Same happens on Rogers too.
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But I've always had voice over LTE on Sprint. Just not with this phone. Galaxy nexus, and HTC one never had that issue.
If it's something I have to live with, that's fine. I just would like to see this feature implemented if possible.

maybe its the way the radio is designed for this phone?
thats my only guess.

joebags said:
But I've always had voice over LTE on Sprint. Just not with this phone. Galaxy nexus, and HTC one never had that issue.
If it's something I have to live with, that's fine. I just would like to see this feature implemented if possible.
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Nope, not going to happen. It requires a very specific setup with the radios that results in poor battery life. Sprint does not run with voice over LTE, it's simply running calls as normal and keeping LTE active at the same time.
In addition, large portions of Sprint's network outright do not support this functionality anyway.

[Q] T-Mobile wifi calling on Nexus 5?

I recently switched from my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 to a new Nexus 5, but sadly I didn't realize "wifi calling" was a t-mobile post-installed mod only on their branded devices; so Nexus 5 doesn't have that.
Are there any ROMs that contain the T-Mobile wi-fi calling patch? (or something to that effect, though I really appreciate the ability to connect to wifi anywhere in the world and use the phone as if I was in the US)
Thanks!

elwood_j_blues said:
I recently switched from my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 to a new Nexus 5, but sadly I didn't realize "wifi calling" was a t-mobile post-installed mod only on their branded devices; so Nexus 5 doesn't have that.
Are there any ROMs that contain the T-Mobile wi-fi calling patch? (or something to that effect, though I really appreciate the ability to connect to wifi anywhere in the world and use the phone as if I was in the US)
Thanks!
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I believe from what I read that the Tmobile wifi calling app has to be included with the system as there extra files that can't be simply thrown into an APK. If i recall, it had to do with the modems. I ran a rom on my gs2 that didnt have the wifi calling and spent hours searching for it and found all that info out. Basically if the ROM doesn't come from T-Mobile and is AOSP it's not gonna have wifi calling, and it's not as simple as throwing it all in an APK.
Since the Nexus 5 didn't come with it, you can pretty well give up sadly. I'm just as upset as you are, trust me

ptarrant said:
I believe from what I read that the Tmobile wifi calling app has to be included with the system as there extra files that can't be simply thrown into an APK. If i recall, it had to do with the modems. I ran a rom on my gs2 that didnt have the wifi calling and spent hours searching for it and found all that info out. Basically if the ROM doesn't come from T-Mobile and is AOSP it's not gonna have wifi calling, and it's not as simple as throwing it all in an APK.
Since the Nexus 5 didn't come with it, you can pretty well give up sadly. I'm just as upset as you are, trust me
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This is working for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035720

timothyjok said:
This is working for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035720
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Thats a cool work around, i've seen it done for a over a year, however, google voice is dropping SIP support soon from what I heard. There are an app in the market that does this for you. I can't remember exactly what it's called. A buddy of mine showed it to me a few months back. There was a huge notice under the app that said that google voice was dropping support for this setup soon. /rumormill.

TMobile Settings for SIP Accounts?
I noticed in the new KitKat dialer application has settings for Internet calling (SIP) accounts. I hope, in the near future, TMobile will simply publish those settings so Wifi calling will be easily accessible in the system settings (vs trying bake it into the system settings separately for 4.x and newer or that app for 2.x and below).
I know I watched this thread for over a year when I was on my Nexus4 and it never happened:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012468

timothyjok said:
This is working for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035720
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that is not the same thing. please do not assume they are.

sf_smith said:
I noticed in the new KitKat dialer application has settings for Internet calling (SIP) accounts. I hope, in the near future, TMobile will simply publish those settings so Wifi calling will be easily accessible in the system settings (vs trying bake it into the system settings separately for 4.x and newer or that app for 2.x and below).
I know I watched this thread for over a year when I was on my Nexus4 and it never happened:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012468
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Yea I have been watching that thread for a while, but I noticed tmo has improved the towers around my house, so I can make phone calls at least lol

ptarrant said:
I believe from what I read that the Tmobile wifi calling app has to be included with the system as there extra files that can't be simply thrown into an APK. If i recall, it had to do with the modems. I ran a rom on my gs2 that didnt have the wifi calling and spent hours searching for it and found all that info out. Basically if the ROM doesn't come from T-Mobile and is AOSP it's not gonna have wifi calling, and it's not as simple as throwing it all in an APK.
Since the Nexus 5 didn't come with it, you can pretty well give up sadly. I'm just as upset as you are, trust me
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This was true with the original version of T-Mobile WiFi Calling, called UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access). T-Mobile WiFi Calling now uses IMS, which they actually released into the open-source world. Unfortunately no developer has stepped forward to take this open-source information and incorporate it into an N5 rom
https://code.google.com/p/the-ims-open-source-project-for-android/

PaisanNYC said:
This was true with the original version of T-Mobile WiFi Calling, called UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access). T-Mobile WiFi Calling now uses IMS, which they actually released into the open-source world. Unfortunately no developer has stepped forward to take this open-source information and incorporate it into an N5 rom
https://code.google.com/p/the-ims-open-source-project-for-android/
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now that is some good news! Hopefully a dev can pick it up. <strike>I almost wanna try it</strike> Although i'd rather let someone else more experienced give it a shot. Between the 2 year old child, college, and work...i'm a little too stacked ATM to attempt this.
**Update, after looking at the code um.....no...I won't be doing that one **

PaisanNYC said:
This was true with the original version of T-Mobile WiFi Calling, called UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access). T-Mobile WiFi Calling now uses IMS, which they actually released into the open-source world. Unfortunately no developer has stepped forward to take this open-source information and incorporate it into an N5 rom
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This is very useful thank you. Not as awesome an answer as I was hoping but close. I'll search a bit and see what the status is there. Sadly, it doesn't look promising. It appears that code has been released for 2 years now and I haven't seen anyone bundle it into a ROM yet.

elwood_j_blues said:
I recently switched from my T-Mobile Galaxy S3 to a new Nexus 5, but sadly I didn't realize "wifi calling" was a t-mobile post-installed mod only on their branded devices; so Nexus 5 doesn't have that.
Are there any ROMs that contain the T-Mobile wi-fi calling patch? (or something to that effect, though I really appreciate the ability to connect to wifi anywhere in the world and use the phone as if I was in the US)
Thanks!
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New to T-mo so I don't know if this is what you are looking for but if you go into the setting in the phone apk, there is an option for wifi calling. haven't tried it, but thought i'd put it out there.

How would you set up a sip acct to do this?
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ilanzo82 said:
New to T-mo so I don't know if this is what you are looking for but if you go into the setting in the phone apk, there is an option for wifi calling. haven't tried it, but thought i'd put it out there.
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There's Internet Calling, not Wifi. Internet means using a SIP account, like Magicjack or some other VOIP service.

OneMoreBrick said:
There's Internet Calling, not Wifi. Internet means using a SIP account, like Magicjack or some other VOIP service.
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Got it, thanks for clarifying.

[Q] Wi-Fi calling Sprint S5

My S3 died last week and was replaced by the S5. I am in a Spark area and so far am impressed. My issue is that I have been using the Airave to make and receive calls @ home and the office - figures, the 2 places where I spend most of my time there is literally no service. The Airave sorted that. UNTIL, the S5... 4G/Spark isn't compatible with the S5. Unless, I manually switch my phone to 3G. It's not that big of a deal, but it is one more thing to do. The Airave tech support told me that I needed to get the WiFi Calling app. It wasn't on my stock build when I purchased the phone. I did receive an update within a few days, but that didnt have the feature. Sprint told me that an update was coming that offered this feature but didn't know when. I really don't want to wait for months.
Can anyone post/send me the wi-fi calling apk that will work with this thing?? I really dont want to root and rom this handset.
Thanks in advance!

hammerhead007 said:
My S3 died last week and was replaced by the S5. I am in a Spark area and so far am impressed. My issue is that I have been using the Airave to make and receive calls @ home and the office - figures, the 2 places where I spend most of my time there is literally no service. The Airave sorted that. UNTIL, the S5... 4G/Spark isn't compatible with the S5. Unless, I manually switch my phone to 3G. It's not that big of a deal, but it is one more thing to do. The Airave tech support told me that I needed to get the WiFi Calling app. It wasn't on my stock build when I purchased the phone. I did receive an update within a few days, but that didnt have the feature. Sprint told me that an update was coming that offered this feature but didn't know when. I really don't want to wait for months.
Can anyone post/send me the wi-fi calling apk that will work with this thing?? I really dont want to root and rom this handset.
Thanks in advance!
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S3 -> S5 also with poor signal at home. I have Sprints Airvana for a year now. S5 works just fine right out of the box, did nothing. Without the Airvana I have to be upstairs, stand on a chair and hold the phone up in the air to get any signal at all.
You could try and go into settings/network connections/more networks/mobile networks and change to auto in network mode

evoer said:
S3 -> S5 also with poor signal at home. I have Sprints Airvana for a year now. S5 works just fine right out of the box, did nothing. Without the Airvana I have to be upstairs, stand on a chair and hold the phone up in the air to get any signal at all.
You could try and go into settings/network connections/more networks/mobile networks and change to auto in network mode
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Yes, That's what I have to do now. But, I have to remember to do it. I'm not so bright sometimes. Then I have to remember to turn it off when I leave so that I can take advantage of the Spark service in my area. It would be so much easier to remove the Airave and simply activate the wi-fi calling feature.

hammerhead007 said:
Yes, That's what I have to do now. But, I have to remember to do it. I'm not so bright sometimes. Then I have to remember to turn it off when I leave so that I can take advantage of the Spark service in my area. It would be so much easier to remove the Airave and simply activate the wi-fi calling feature.
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Leave it on auto

evoer said:
Leave it on auto
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DO NOT LEAVE IT IN "AUTO".
You will be UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE AIRAVE unless your are in "CDMA ONLY".
Go to
settings/network connections/more networks/mobile networks
and change to CDMA .
( Do NOT select CDMA/LTE until you LEAVE the Airave vicinity)
If you are indeed connected to the Airave, you will hear a recording telling you that you are if you call *99.
You will have to re-enable the CDMA/LTE everytime you leave the vicinity of the Airave to get LTE service.
Sprint Tier II Tech informed be of the above, and I have verified it all by personally testing the above.
Now, here is the real question:
What are the EXACT DIFFERENCES between using the "Wi-Fi Calling Feature" with NO Airave - AND- using the Airave WITHOUT using W-Fi Calling.????

Does the N7 has calls & data simultaneously?

Unlike my N4 I was wondering if the N7 has the option to be on a call and still be able to use data simultaneously... That was the biggest bummer for me with the Note 4.
I wanna upgrade to the N7 but it is a feature that is actually very useful, for when you are on a call and need to send a file or look something up on the internet..
thanks!

kbrn said:
Unlike my N4 I was wondering if the N7 has the option to be on a call and still be able to use data simultaneously... That was the biggest bummer for me with the Note 4.
I wanna upgrade to the N7 but it is a feature that is actually very useful, for when you are on a call and need to send a file or look something up on the internet..
thanks!
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Nope. Sprint will not have this ability until it upgrades it's network to VoLTE. Probably in a few years, as there is not any sort of hint they are beginning to upgrade their towers.

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beezar said:
Nope. Sprint will not have this ability until it upgrades it's network to VoLTE. Probably in a few years, as there is not any sort of hint they are beginning to upgrade their towers.
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aww man!!
I remember when I had my htc Evo 4g LTE and it did work..
I wonder why being a sprint phone it worked ad not on Samsung?

I believe it worked on WiMAX but when Sprint abandoned that and moved to LTE, that functionality disappeared. Beezar is right. Sprint won't have it again for a while.
kbrn said:
Unlike my N4 I was wondering if the N7 has the option to be on a call and still be able to use data simultaneously... That was the biggest bummer for me with the Note 4.
I wanna upgrade to the N7 but it is a feature that is actually very useful, for when you are on a call and need to send a file or look something up on the internet..
thanks!
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Lol welcome to Sprint.

ALooneyGuy said:
I believe it worked on WiMAX but when Sprint abandoned that and moved to LTE, that functionality disappeared. Beezar is right. Sprint won't have it again for a while.
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My note 3 did it but only in 4g areas
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The note 3 had separate antennas for data and voice.

Bluefox is right, sprint phones only have one antenna that the voice and data share. I've looking into this, and that's what I was told.

WiFi calling on Verizon?

Anyone know IF WiFi calling can be enabled on the Verizon network? I know it's enabled through my carrier (coming from Pixel 3 XL)

I am very interested in this as well. Have zero cell coverage at my job, but amazing wifi coverage.
That and a way to do wifi texting, but I think I may have to dig around for that one.

hollovoid said:
I am very interested in this as well. Have zero cell coverage at my job, but amazing wifi coverage.
That and a way to do wifi texting, but I think I may have to dig around for that one.
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i think WiFi texting is tied to WiFi calling they really handicapped the device on Verizon's network. All it can do is essentially make and receive calls...

I know the T-Mobile version can on T-Mobile, but it's there anything that keeps the unlocked version from doing it on T-Mobile? I may switch if that's the case.

I love this phone so much I may have to switch to T-Mobile.
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I did figure out a way to 'make' the option appear using a newer verizon of the Oneplus Logkit apk...(dial *#800#, pick Oneplus Logkit>Function Switch> VoWifi Switch). But after enabling it, it doesn't seem to work yet, and it somehow seems to break MMS if it's on. Not sure if they are actually working on it or not, but I wish someone could see if they could get it working. I think I got the APK from here, but I can't remember from where, so whoever you are, I'm sorry for not crediting you. If someone wants to mess around with it...by all means.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ocJWAxd6CfcHyIso0VNGqvfetTnAdheh

hollovoid said:
I am very interested in this as well. Have zero cell coverage at my job, but amazing wifi coverage.
That and a way to do wifi texting, but I think I may have to dig around for that one.
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Install the Verizon Messages (Message+) and you should be able to do wifi texting. I tried the log kit as well and it doesn't seem like VOWifi is working but it is hard to tell. I can make Wifi calls using Google Voice and that number but only if not in Airplane mode. Seems to be a bug as it says to turn off airplane. Voice then proceeds to make a wifi call. Maybe the same effect with regular VOWifi where it would use wifi if there is no cell signal.

larsdennert said:
Install the Verizon Messages (Message+) and you should be able to do wifi texting. I tried the log kit as well and it doesn't seem like VOWifi is working but it is hard to tell. I can make Wifi calls using Google Voice and that number but only if not in Airplane mode. Seems to be a bug as it says to turn off airplane. Voice then proceeds to make a wifi call. Maybe the same effect with regular VOWifi where it would use wifi if there is no cell signal.
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I actually switched to t-mobile, and voice over wifi, wifi texting and all that showed up and work great. Message+ does not allow wifi texting on Verizon on this phone, tier 2 support said development phones (that's what the OP7 is certified under) are not eligible to use advanced features on the network, including, voice over wifi, video calling and text over wifi using Verizon messages.

I got text over WiFi to work with Verizon messages + and use Google Hangouts over WiFi for the calls. Decent enough work around.
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Can anyone tell me if wifi calling works yet?

klubhead said:
Can anyone tell me if wifi calling works yet?
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It does not. Used my OnePlus 7 Pro for a couple of days and no WiFi calling.