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I have a google Pixel on Android 7.1.2 on Verizon. I've had wifi calling activated the whole time that I've had the Pixel, on various cell providers, until yesterday. Decided to root my phone to be able to use "Radio Control", an app that will put the phone into Airplane mode when connected to wifi. Did that yesterday, and since then I've not been able to activate wifi calling. My phone is stock other than being rooted...I tried the Radio Control app, and it worked as it should. I've just removed it again, until I can get wifi calling activated. Oh, by the way, rooted by unlocking the bootloader, putting TWRP recovery on the phone, and then installing SuperSu via TWRP.
I've tried:
-Flushing app caches in "Storage", and flushing the phone app cache.
-Having "My Verizon" app on the phone.
-Resetting network settings.
-Activating with and without being in Airplane mode, always with wifi connected, though.
-Removing and restoring "Advanced Calling" setting.
The only thing I haven't tried is that one with the live chicken, a pentagram, and incense. That's my next thing to try.
Any suggestions? I'm really amazed that I can't activate wifi, since Verizon suggests this to stabilize wifi calling for their customers. I guess that they've never actually tried it themselves. Does anyone have wifi calling activated on a rooted Pixel? Do you remember doing anything in particular to get wifi activated, other than trying repeatedly to turn it on in the phone's settings?
By the way, the reason that wifi calling doesn't seem to work well on Verizon isn't wifi calling functionality, wifi calling itself works fine. It's because Verizon only allows the setting "Cellular preferred" for wifi calling. You cannot set "Wifi preferred" for wifi calling. This means that the cell radio is busy nearly all the time in a low cell signal area (like my house), working to make the cell signal usable. I noticed that there was much less battery drain while I was testing "Radio Control" since the phone was in Airplane mode, but I didn't have wifi calling activated at that point. Wifi was connected (of course), but wifi calling was not activated.
I hope that this is all clear, and that someone out there might remember something helpful for me. Or at least be able to tell me that wifi calling can or can't be activated on a rooted phone. If I can't root and get wifi calling activated, I'm going to sell the Pixel, as it doesn't meet my needs. I also have an iPhone that works perfectly with wifi calling on Verizon, but I'd much rather be using the Pixel.
Thanks!
I'm on Verizon and had that happen and found it was because of the theme i was using. Just had to reapply the theme to settings and all fixed. Also, I just checked the settings and you can set it to WiFi preferred.
Droid1019 said:
I'm on Verizon and had that happen and found it was because of the theme i was using. Just had to reapply the theme to settings and all fixed. Also, I just checked the settings and you can set it to WiFi preferred.
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Sounds good, just a couple of questions. First, which theme? Where do you access the particular theme in settings that you're referring to? The only theme that I've changed from default is the keyboard theme.
The other question is how can you change the wifi calling setting to WiFi preferred? Do you click on the wifi calling setting that has "Cellular preferred", and a menu comes up that includes "WiFi preferred"? I don't get that menu when I click on that setting, all I get is a setting for "roaming", and for 911 address, nothing else.
Also, which Android build are you on? I'm on Android 7.1.2, build NHG47K. Are you on that build? Or maybe N2G47E? I was wondering about that.
I'm on the 7.1.2 K build with a downloaded theme-not in settings. I think you have to set up the emergency address for wifi calling to work. And yes it's roaming preferences where you can change to WiFi preferred.
Just did a factory reset to try removing root and then activating wifi calling unrooted. Then add root again and see if wifi calling sticks or goes away....
So I'm currently unrooted and am not able to activate wifi calling. Sounds like time for a call to Verizon...Should be able to activate wifi calling with stock ROM. Have done this one before *smile*.
Things are not going well...looks like the Pixel may be heading out the door, too much time spent for no results.
RogerSC said:
Just did a factory reset to try removing root and then activating wifi calling unrooted. Then add root again and see if wifi calling sticks or goes away....
So I'm currently unrooted and am not able to activate wifi calling. Sounds like time for a call to Verizon...Should be able to activate wifi calling with stock ROM. Have done this one before *smile*.
Things are not going well...looks like the Pixel may be heading out the door, too much time spent for no results.
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Did you update emergency address? That's has to be set up for wifi calling to work. https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-208085/
Any other tips to get wifi calling enable? Whenever I click enable, it just goes to a generic error message and then nothing. So I can't even get to the screen to enter an emergency address. I have a ticket open with Verizon, but since I have an unlocked bootloader, I don't want to do a warranty exchange.
The rest of the story, used iPhone 6S Plus for a couple of months so that I could use wifi calling at home, and sold the Pixel. I did get very tired of the iPhone, even though wifi calling works perfectly on the iPhone on Verizon. So I got the new Verizon 4G/LTE Network Extender so I wouldn't need wifi calling here at home. That's allowed me to get another Pixel phone and use it at home without relying on wifi calling, now have 4/5 bars of cellular signal strength throughout my house. The Network Extender is a really nice piece of hardware, a great upgrade for the old 3G model that had no way to tell what was going on. The new 4G/LTE model has a web admin GUI page that has all kinds of useful status information on it. As well as a one-line display that shows each step in the startup sequence as it comes up.
The new Pixel works just as the old one with wifi calling on Verizon. "Cellular preferred" is the only setting available for wifi calling. Which means that if there's a low cell signal it will generally be used in preference to a strong wifi signal. Don't know why Verizon insists on this setting, I guess that they really don't want to support reliable wifi calling on the Pixel. I've thought about rooting my phone again to see if can get wifi calling working reliably, but now that the Pixel is able to use wifi calling and I don't need wifi calling at home, I'm inclined to leave it alone. In other words, getting wifi calling working perfectly isn't a good enough reason for me to root my phone *smile*. I can root it in the future if I have a good enough reason.
So the bottom line is that I'm pretty happy with the Pixel now, works as I need it to...just tried the Android O Beta, and liked what I saw there. Really glad that I'm back on Android.
Update: found an article here about how to change calling setting to "Wi-Fi preferred" for Pixel on Verizon...tried it and worked for me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/verizon-want-wifi-preferred-wifi-calling-t3622700
My provider (O2 Germany) allows WiFi Calling (voice over WiFi) and I have activated it on my P20.
Is there an option to "Prefer WiFi connections when available?"
At home, the mobile networks only work near the windows. Within the flat, mobile calls often get lost so I am glad to finally have a phone that can use the WiFi network.
By default, the phone prefers the mobile network and only switches to WiFi when the mobile network is lost.
Can I set the phone to prefer WiFi and use that when available and only switch to the mobile network when WiFi is out of range?
I have read somewhere that Samsung phones provide such an option, but cannot find it on the Huawei P20 phone.
The only workaround I have found, is to switch on airplane mode and then manually switch on WiFi. That works and I can still make and receive calls that way.
I looked through Developers Options, but could not find any such setting.
Anyone?
I am searching also for that setting. My mobile network signal is to low to live and to high to die......
Would appreciate if that annoying P20 would give me the ability to decide how it should behave....
Thanks on any help!
The only way I found to force WiFi calling is to switch to airplane mode and then switch WiFi on again. Then the phone will remain constantly in WiFi calling mode. You just need to remember to switch off airplane mode when you leave the house.
I just got angry after my post an treated Google.
For the Moment i found a solution, hope that will persist...
If i go to the dual SIM Config Menu there is an option to activate LTE on both SIM Cards. It is, in my German Branded P20, the last option.
When i disable that option as mentioned on the Internet the phone takes 5s and switches automatically and, for the moment, permanent to WiFi Calling...
Crazy. Hope that solves the issue foe me permanent and maybe helps for you also?
I think there is no bigger disadvantage on deactivating the function when WiFi Calling is now working properly
I just received a new firmware update to EML-L29 8.1.0.165(C432) which adds VoLTE and VoWiFi features - I thought we already had those features, but maybe they have improved them. I have not seen any new settings and even with your suggested settings, I am not getting permanent VoWiFi.
Hi Peter,
after some days testing i have to report, that was happy to early...
Just not reliable, also with my "hack", which also caused me some other troubles in regions were i have the issue that the carrier has just build LTE transmitters and no other frequencies.
Also, WiFi Calling works not really reliable on Huawei P20. Annoying!
So we have to hope that Huawei will bring a fix for that....
I have the european variant LM-V500EM of LG V50 which I was under the impression had a wifi calling / vowifi option. I've used the quickshortcut maker app and can see the option is there in the backend of the settings com.android.settings.Settings$Wifi CallingSettingsActivity. I can even open it and toggle it to on but it doesn't appear to do anything and still won't show in the regular call settings.
I've spoken to a number of UK networks who say it should work and spoken to LG directly who say wifi calling is unavailable for this variant/model and only the EE variant has WIFI calling. It's pretty frustrating that a function which the phone clearly is capable of is unusable.
Has anyone got any workarounds for this as I'm tearing my hair out here and don't want to have to sell the phone as apart from this it's great.
Thanks
I've been in engineering mode *#546368#*500# and SVC Menu / VoWIFI / W-Fi Toggle to ON but wifi calling still doesn't appear in the main settings.
Can this be enabled OTA by the right network carrier eg. EE , 3 etc ?
I've got the same phone, same problem.
Running Android 11, Smarty network
timosui said:
I have the european variant LM-V500EM of LG V50 which I was under the impression had a wifi calling / vowifi option. I've used the quickshortcut maker app and can see the option is there in the backend of the settings com.android.settings.Settings$Wifi CallingSettingsActivity. I can even open it and toggle it to on but it doesn't appear to do anything and still won't show in the regular call settings.
I've spoken to a number of UK networks who say it should work and spoken to LG directly who say wifi calling is unavailable for this variant/model and only the EE variant has WIFI calling. It's pretty frustrating that a function which the phone clearly is capable of is unusable.
Has anyone got any workarounds for this as I'm tearing my hair out here and don't want to have to sell the phone as apart from this it's great.
Thanks
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Hi,
What is EE variant? I never seen it before and I can't find it in net.
I know only those variants:
V450PM
V450VM
V500EM
V500N
Greetings everyone!
Just got my Pixel 6a, love it so far, but i have one problem: Wifi Call doesnt work.
Whenever i try do a wifi call, i just get the message "out of network call"
Im using a german sim card from o2 (telefonica) and the thing is: my prior phone
was a redmi note 10 5g and with this phone (same sim card) wifi calling just worked like a charm.
so my question is: is there any trick to make it work? any explanation why it doesnt work with the 6a?
its a real bummer to go from a cheap a... redmi where this function just works fine to a nice and not so cheap pixel
(love google phones by the way, its my 3rd one), just to realize that something doesnt work as excpected.
i also tried a different os (calyx os), still no wifi-call.
help?
realCyphox said:
Greetings everyone!
Just got my Pixel 6a, love it so far, but i have one problem: Wifi Call doesnt work.
Whenever i try do a wifi call, i just get the message "out of network call"
Im using a german sim card from o2 (telefonica) and the thing is: my prior phone
was a redmi note 10 5g and with this phone (same sim card) wifi calling just worked like a charm.
so my question is: is there any trick to make it work? any explanation why it doesnt work with the 6a?
its a real bummer to go from a cheap a... redmi where this function just works fine to a nice and not so cheap pixel
(love google phones by the way, its my 3rd one), just to realize that something doesnt work as excpected.
i also tried a different os (calyx os), still no wifi-call.
help?
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I'm using the Pixel 6a in Germany with o2 too - I've no issues with VoWifi and VoLTE. Are you shure you've enabled WLAN call in the accordant settings?
I use Google Voice...there an easier way w/o picking up an additional phone #?
On AT&T in the US...which is prolly why...lol
accuphase said:
I'm using the Pixel 6a in Germany with o2 too - I've no issues with VoWifi and VoLTE. Are you shure you've enabled WLAN call in the accordant settings?
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i wrote that i used wifi calling with the redmi just fine, so i guess i know how to set it up, yes. so far i tried two o2 cards, no luck. question is, can you (you) really do phone calls by wifi or are you just using cellular without actually knowing. can you still do phone calls when airplane mode is on but wifi is enabled? do you see the wifi-icon onscreen (below number/name you're calling) when making a call?
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i wrote that i used wifi calling with the redmi just fine, so i guess i know how to set it up, yes. so far i tried two o2 cards, no luck. question is, can you (you) really do phone calls by wifi or are you just using cellular without actually knowing. can you still do phone calls when airplane mode is on but wifi is enabled? do you see the wifi-icon onscreen (below number/name you're calling) when making a call?
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can you really do phone calls by wifi ? Yes
can you still do phone calls when airplane mode is on but wifi is enabled? Yes
do you see the wifi-icon onscreen (below number/name you're calling) when making a call? Yes
realCyphox said:
i wrote that i used wifi calling with the redmi just fine, so i guess i know how to set it up, yes. so far i tried two o2 cards, no luck. question is, can you (you) really do phone calls by wifi or are you just using cellular without actually knowing. can you still do phone calls when airplane mode is on but wifi is enabled? do you see the wifi-icon onscreen (below number/name you're calling) when making a call?
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Hi,
I'm having similar issues with my Pixel 6a, also in Germany. I use it with two SIM cards (o2/Telefonica physical SIM card and Vodafone eSIM). I have enabled Wifi Calling in the SIM card settings for both SIM Cards, but _most_ of the time, it doesn't work. The phone tries to use placing calls over cellular (my home office is in my basement, so cellular reception is pretty bad to non-existent, especially with Vodafone)
Most of the times, because sometimes it does work, then it shows up in the status bar and the wifi symbol is shown when placing a call. I couldn't yet figure out any correlation to when or why it works or doesn't, I have tried restarting the phone, putting it to airplane mode, deactivating and re-activating Wifi-calling - or just using one SIM card.
I'd say ~90% of the time it doesn't work.
btw I have used a Pixel 4a with the exact same setup / SIM cards before and didn't experience any issue whatsoever.
Do you have any workaround in the meantime?
Not sure if this helps any, but when entering *#*#4636#*#* on dialpad, going into 'Phone Information'
Is WIFI Calling Provisioned enabled like in my attachment?
Worth looking into:
How to Enable the Preferred WiFi Calling Option on the Verizon Pixel & Pixel XL
A tutorial on how to enable the Wifi Preferred mode in the WiFi Calling settings on the Verizon Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL.
www.xda-developers.com
andybones said:
Not sure if this helps any, but when entering *#*#4636#*#* on dialpad, going into 'Phone Information'
Is WIFI Calling Provisioned enabled like in my attachment?
Worth looking into:
How to Enable the Preferred WiFi Calling Option on the Verizon Pixel & Pixel XL
A tutorial on how to enable the Wifi Preferred mode in the WiFi Calling settings on the Verizon Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL.
www.xda-developers.com
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Thanks for your answer. It is enabled for both sim cards indeed, though (WLAN-Anrufe eingerichtet is the option in German).
koenichlich said:
Thanks for your answer. It is enabled for both sim cards indeed, though (WLAN-Anrufe eingerichtet is the option in German).
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Very welcome.
I'm sorry, I wish I was able to help with this!
I have found the error - it's actually caused by Blokada. I'm not sure whether it's just after some update of Blokada (I have used Blokada v5 for quite some time and regularly update) or the combination of Pixel 6a with Blokada, though. But Wifi calling always does work, when I disable Blokada.
Than I found this thread and have subsequently added com.android.phone and com.android.providers.telephony as bypass nad it does seem to work until now. Somebody else suggested bypass of Carrier provisioning service, I haven't tested yet, since as said it does seem to work now.
Just wanted to share my findings, if somebody else stumbles upon this thread.
I do not have very good reception where I am, so I started looking for things to help. Got a booster which wasn't much help. I then thought voice over wifi, so I checked if the s8 had it and yes it does, or so I thought. Voice over WiFi did not appear anywhere in my settings, my Telus provider was baffled as I was. We have been on the phone for hours. I with guidance backed up and factory reset my s8. This brought in an app under settings>Apps>more>show system apps and then scroll till I came to WiFi Calling. This appeared with the reset. Apparently something like that should appear in the phone app settings and have a switch, Mine does not. Then I discovered there were codes and service mode. Under code *#9090# I found a setting that reads "VoLTE Weakcell Setting.
My question is please if anyone knows how to implement WiFi Calling on s8 I would be grateful. God bless.
kenmartel said:
I do not have very good reception where I am, so I started looking for things to help. Got a booster which wasn't much help. I then thought voice over wifi, so I checked if the s8 had it and yes it does, or so I thought. Voice over WiFi did not appear anywhere in my settings, my Telus provider was baffled as I was. We have been on the phone for hours. I with guidance backed up and factory reset my s8. This brought in an app under settings>Apps>more>show system apps and then scroll till I came to WiFi Calling. This appeared with the reset. Apparently something like that should appear in the phone app settings and have a switch, Mine does not. Then I discovered there were codes and service mode. Under code *#9090# I found a setting that reads "VoLTE Weakcell Setting.
My question is please if anyone knows how to implement WiFi Calling on s8 I would be grateful. God bless.
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Typically, VoLTE functionality is controlled by your carrier in their system.
This is how it normally works:
1) your device must support/offer VoLTE service
2) your carrier must support VoLTE
3) your carrier must support VoLTE on your specific model number
4) your carrier enables VoLTE service to your device in their system somehow or they send you a specific SIM to enable VoLTE.
In other words, VoLTE support and functionality is more controlled on their end than it is on your end.
Yes I understand, when their tech support says s8 should do wifi calling, and the settings dont appear where they should, and then after a reset an app called "wifi calling" appears in the app list, but nothing anywhere else. Except, as I was able to find, there is a service mode and there is a selection there that is called "Weak Cell Settings". Sadly I dont have service programming manual. Thank you.
kenmartel said:
Yes I understand, when their tech support says s8 should do wifi calling, and the settings dont appear where they should, and then after a reset an app called "wifi calling" appears in the app list, but nothing anywhere else. Except, as I was able to find, there is a service mode and there is a selection there that is called "Weak Cell Settings". Sadly I dont have service programming manual. Thank you.
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It could be that the network supports S8 but doesn't support your specific model number of S8, especially if the S8 that you are using is not the same model number as the specific model of S8 that they offered/sold on their network, if it's from another network and has been unlocked to be used on other networks, it may not be a specific model number that is specifically supported by their network. If this is the case, the specific model number(s) of S8 that they support would have a firmware that has the settings in the correct place but the firmware on your specific model number might not have it. Not all model numbers are equal, the firmware on each of them is designed and built by the specific network that it is branded to, with each if them having differences intentionally chosen by the network that is branded to, including what settings it has or doesn't.
Hi Everyone
Thank you for your help. Problem is solved. It is a service setting that sets the retail company selling you the phone and /or the plan. In my case I had a phone which my provider did not program when I began a new plan with them. all companies are listed and I guess the program for wireless calling is included with your selection of the company....phone responded immediately with all the proper programming. Thanks again for your time and effort
kenmartel said:
Hi Everyone
Thank you for your help. Problem is solved. It is a service setting that sets the retail company selling you the phone and /or the plan. In my case I had a phone which my provider did not program when I began a new plan with them. all companies are listed and I guess the program for wireless calling is included with your selection of the company....phone responded immediately with all the proper programming. Thanks again for your time and effort
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I've never known a device to have that setting. If your device is an international model, it would make sense to have that setting for the various regions/carriers.