[Q] T-Mobile US Wifi Calling issues (2.2.1) - Defy General

Has anyone else had issues using WiFi calling after applying the OTS 2.2.1 update?
Trying to make a WiFi call seems to be utilizing almost all of the phone's resources and making it hang for a long period of time. Ending the call takes forever, and neither the called party nor the calling party can hear each other at all.
This is acting up regardless of which WiFi network I'm connected to, etc.
I'm downgrading to 2.1 again to see if it still works, but wondered if anyone else ran into this issue.
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d3po

Actually, my wifi calling is much improved since 2.2.1. I have not done a factory reset since the upgrade, maybe you have?

I figured out that the root of the issue seems to be either Milestone OC or SetCPU. I uninstalled them and it's been fine.
I'll see which one is the culprit and post again.

Did you ever figure which was at fault as my wifi calling has degraded.
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My wifi calling has always been poor. There's a consistent 3-4 second lag in voice. Makes taking important calls very difficult. No 3G in my town, and I barely have 1 bar in my house, so I gotta use wifi.

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No signal, T-mobile, WCDMA

So i rooted my phone over a week ago, and tried out many different roms. Everything was going fine, until i noticed yesterday that i kept losing voice and data connection. I tried updating to the latest radio which was out today 5.09.00.20, but still have the issue.
The only workaround i've found so far is to set the network mode to GSM only. But obviously it's not very practical for a phone like the desire. When i have it on GSM/WCDMA Auto, it keeps voice and data on for about a minute, then i lose it. And when it's on, i still can't make any calls. But i can make and receive calls fine on GSM only.
Anybody have a clue what's going on here? I tried calling T-Mobile, but they were as useless as always. Apparently there was an issue on the 29th, which is now resolved, and they refreshed something on my profile. So i dunno if rooting/flashing my Desire has caused this or if it's some network outage.
I'm currently running the latest DeFrost rom. I've tried SenseFroyo (Opendesire), LeeDroid & i'm now running the official 2.2 sense rom.
I've also been having problems when connected via 3G for the past few days, but only when I'm at home (so I think it's a specific cell). The signal indicator shows a good signal but attempting to use the internet over 3G just times out, and my voice calls keep getting dropped.
Like you I can work around the problems by switching to GSM only.
I think it might not be a problem with my phone though, because I've tried putting my SIM card in my Nokia N95 and the internet doesn't work over 3G on that either (internet works using GSM on N95). I did manage to make a call on my N95 when my Desire was dropping both incoming and outgoing calls within seconds though.
Weird! I'm going to give it a few days and report it to T-Mobile if it's still happening.
It's fixed for me now. I guess it was a network outage

[Q] portable wifi hotspot disables 3G ?

had the phone over a year now, never had an issue before.
As soon as you turn on the portable wifi hotspot, i loose the 3g/h symbol from the top of the screen and from that no data conectivity?
and as sopon as you turn the wifi hotspot off, it regains an internet conection
Any ideas, ive not installed any apps recently, as far as i can remember?
Do you get an internet connection when another device connects to your phone's wifi hotspot.
If you are able to connect, then it must be working, as it's the 3G signal that the phone uses to connect the wifi to the internet. It might remove the icon, but if you can connect then it's fine.
nope, can conect my ipad to the DHDs hotspot but no internet.
the same for when i turn the hotspot on, cant brouse anything on the phone as no data conection
still not sorted this, anyone else got a aide or something to sort this?
First post (longtime lurker)
I've got the same problem here although this has only started happening in the last couple of days. The phone's data connection is fine until you enable the wifi hotspot at which point the connection is dropped to the phone, connecting any devices to the phone is fine, they get an IP address and can ping the phone directly, but beyond the phone there's nothing.
Rebooting the phone does not help.
The only app I've installed recently is Google Shopper.
Out of curiosity Fil what ROM are you using? I'm on RCMix3d Runny 3.0 which is based on Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.5. I'm looking at switching to an ICS build pretty soon.
It also looks like we're on the same network although I think that's just coincidence.
yep sounds exactly the same issue,
as for rom, still on t-mobiles original 2.50.110.5 Adroid 2.3.3
was thinking of flashing something custom to see if it solved the problem
I've just flashed IceColdSandwich today at work (it's been a slow day!) and you'll be pleased to know that wireless tethering is working again. I'm on the train home as I type this. It's possibly something in the 2.3 image? I can't really say since we both had different ROMs (mine was a Sensation port). It could just be a bad bit of code in the gingerbread OS that produces this bug on rare occasions.
It may have something to do with the fact that T-Mobile and Orange allow you to roam on eachother's networks. Do you have roaming enabled?
To be honest I'm just stabbing wildly at possible causes here and a flash fixed it anyway. I went ICS but I don't think you'd have to go that extreme but flashing a new ROM overwrites whatever it is that caused this in the first place.
I'm just hoping it's fixed in ICS and won't happen again!
cheers, enabled data roaming, and it now works!
Since the issue, my batterys turned to crap! guessing thats the cause constantly jumping networks, and also data speeds have been very poor lately, was ok when just t-mobile, but orange is poor!
Off to the t-mobile foeums to see if its just me, or others!

Incoming callson WiFi calling goes straight to Voicemail

I love the phone and having the hardest time resisting turning the phone back in. I'm on my 2nd S3 and my third Sim card. Everything appears to be going well but I noticed that when my phone is in WiFi calling mode, incoming calls go straight to voice mail. I don't get an alert or anything. If they leave a voicemail, I get that. I searched other phones that have had this issue not just the S3. I am running stock OS but I am rooted.
Can anyone else verify that there incoming calls are working on Wifi Calling ? Any ideas on what I could try ? outgoing calls work fine.
EDIT: Sometimes calls go through, sometimes it doesn't. When it does go through, I can't swipe the green button to answer. It goes through the swipe motion but nothing happens. When I am off of WiFi calling, I can receive calls correctly and I can properly swipe to answer them
soljaofjesus said:
I love the phone and having the hardest time resisting turning the phone back in. I'm on my 2nd S3 and my third Sim card. Everything appears to be going well but I noticed that when my phone is in WiFi calling mode, incoming calls go straight to voice mail. I don't get an alert or anything. If they leave a voicemail, I get that. I searched other phones that have had this issue not just the S3. I am running stock OS but I am rooted.
Can anyone else verify that there incoming calls are working on Wifi Calling ? Any ideas on what I could try ? outgoing calls work fine.
EDIT: Sometimes calls go through, sometimes it doesn't. When it does go through, I can't swipe the green button to answer. It goes through the swipe motion but nothing happens. When I am off of WiFi calling, I can receive calls correctly and I can properly swipe to answer them
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Ah-ha, you just solved a mystery for me! I like to have my phone automatically connect to any wifi in my usual hangouts to save data. I kept wondering why I was missing calls without hearing my ringtone. I have a theory on what is happening. Back on my old Vibrant, wifi-calling could not work on slower networks. I could get it to initialize but never could it actually make a call. I noticed this when up in the mountains at a lodge that had very slow internet. Maybe it's the same issue? Hopefully others will chime in.
Not sure if this a slow network issue or and ICS issue. My S3 does this also and is frustrating since I auto connect to wifi at home and work. Keep missing damn calls. My S2 started doing the same thing when I updated from GB to ICS. Maybe its a Samsung and ICS thing now that I think about it because the wife and kids all run ICS on HTC Amaze without issue.
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Disappointing. Are you on T-mobile? (I expect yes as this, to my understanding, is the only US network licensed to use wifi calling?)
I am thinking of buying an S3 but I have to have wifi calling working on UK operator orange.
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I think most of these threads are locked because XDA is trying to separate them all. Anyways, this is the only way I could respond. Since my first post, I have had more positive experiences with wifi-calling. I think it may be a little of both, slow connection and this newer implementation. On a slow connection it definitely wont work correctly which is what I would expect. What I mean is you can't successfully answer or make a call as the phone app will just hang. Going straight to Voicemail is another mystery altogether. I have 4g internet at home so there is no reason I can think of for that to happen. But like I said since my first post I have successfully made and answered several calls from home using wifi-calling and even a few from a location that had decent internet. Call quality was decent for what it is.
Guys, take a look at this thread. It concerns wifi signal dropping and re-enabling. That would certainly explain why some of the calls made to me when I was at home on wifi went to Voicemail even though I have 4g. I did notice some of this last week.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790187
Not sure if this a slow network issue or and ICS issue. My S3 does this also and is frustrating since I auto connect to wifi at home and work. Keep missing damn calls. My S2 started doing the same thing when I updated from GB to ICS. Maybe its a Samsung and ICS thing now that I think about it because the wife and kids all run ICS on HTC Amaze without issue.
Wifi Calling
sflagg73 said:
Not sure if this a slow network issue or and ICS issue. My S3 does this also and is frustrating since I auto connect to wifi at home and work. Keep missing damn calls. My S2 started doing the same thing when I updated from GB to ICS. Maybe its a Samsung and ICS thing now that I think about it because the wife and kids all run ICS on HTC Amaze without issue.
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Disappointing. Are you on T-mobile? (I expect yes as this, to my understanding, is the only US network licensed to use wifi calling?)
I am thinking of buying an S3 but I have to have wifi calling working on UK operator orange.
This happens on sprint phones as well...
I see this thread is open again. My experiences with wifi-calling have bore out what I thought: A weak signal will cause problems. I only wish that every call went to voicemail. What happens often with me is that wifi-calling will partially work, as in I can answer a call but the person can't hear me at all and I may catch one or two words from them. If they terminate the call, the phone app is fine, but if I terminate the call, the phone app hangs and freezes everything! Today it was so bad I had to pull the battery and reboot. Maybe wifi calls going to voicemail is an imperfect function that Samsung or rather T-Mobile built into the app. It kinda makes sense as this app could never complete a wifi call if you were connected to slow internet when it was a separate app. In any case I would rather have my wifi calls go straight to voicemail (and get a pop-up notification) than have the app try to work but wind up hanging my phone. What do you guys think?
I don't know about slow networks. I've already exchanged one T-Mobile S III because of Wi-Fi calling problems. My replacement works much better on my work network than it does on my home network and it is much, much slower than my home network is.
dcugooner said:
I don't know about slow networks. I've already exchanged one T-Mobile S III because of Wi-Fi calling problems. My replacement works much better on my work network than it does on my home network and it is much, much slower than my home network is.
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This isn't particularly good news for me. If it isn't software problem that manifests when coupled with a slow network then a future update won't fix it. That's what I was hoping the problem would turn out to be. If its hardware, then the time I have to do something about it is limited as I dropped my first phone and the replacement has a limited warranty, I think. Plus, I've paid to have invisi-shield placed on the front and back and would have to eat that cost if I get another replacement.
Epic Fail
I have this issue and am at my wits end to resolve it. Wifi calling is a major feature that worked fine(except echo) with my Vibrant. However, nothing I have tried will fix my ability to answer calls on WiFi. I have the SIM from the GS3 box. My E911 address exists since my bb8900. WiFi Power Save is off. All routers I use, Linksys E4200 and Linksys WNR1000, Linksys 614. Wireless N and G. T-mo CS could not help. I understand that the WiFi calling changed from UMA to IMS. No separate app. GS2 users with same issue. Anyone with a clue? Please help.
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I have this issue and am at my wits end to resolve it. Wifi calling is a major feature that worked fine(except echo) with my Vibrant. However, nothing I have tried will fix my ability to answer calls on WiFi. I have the SIM from the GS3 box. My E911 address exists since my bb8900. WiFi Power Save is off. All routers I use, Linksys E4200 and Linksys WNR1000, Linksys 614. Wireless N and G. T-mo CS could not help. I understand that the WiFi calling changed from UMA to IMS. No separate app. GS2 users with same issue. Anyone with a clue? Please help.
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how did you turn off the wifi power save?
I experience the bad quality calls on wifi, at my workplace it is perfect, but at my home, its terrible.
my home network is faster than my workplace.
I think this is something to do with the firewall as well.
and I couldn't find the way to turn off firewall on the dam verizon fios actionnet router.
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you can also try to broadcast the wifi on channel 3 only, that helped me in my case.
WPSM
There is a link earlier in this thread to another XDA thread. Phone app --> *#0011# --> menu button --> WiFi--> Press WPSM On/Off button.
My GS3 would drop a WiFi signal 3 inches from the router at work and 3 feet from the router at home. At least THAT is fixed now. However, I don't seem to get the same WiFi signal range as my Vibrant did using the same routers Trying the channel 3. I do have a few setting set to auto at least on my home router.
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how did you turn off the wifi power save?
I experience the bad quality calls on wifi, at my workplace it is perfect, but at my home, its terrible.
my home network is faster than my workplace.
I think this is something to do with the firewall as well.
and I couldn't find the way to turn off firewall on the dam verizon fios actionnet router.
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you can also try to broadcast the wifi on channel 3 only, that helped me in my case.
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when my wifi calling was giving me issues i had to go on the tmobile site and set my area for 911 calls for the wifi calling. after that it worked flawlessly
duhitsrandy said:
when my wifi calling was giving me issues i had to go on the tmobile site and set my area for 911 calls for the wifi calling. after that it worked flawlessly
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Yes, that's required, but not the underlying issue of the thread.
I've had wifi calling weirdness too. I called my sisters Verizon cell and there was no tone but after xx seconds it got her voicemail. When I call my phone on my house phone (Comcast) my phone rings but there's no tone on the house phone!
I NEVER get a ring. Just someone picks up our voicemail does.
Sent from my SGS3 Stock Rooted & Odexed
I love this thing!

WiFi Calling

My WiFi Calling has never worked properly, and attempts to get support from Sprint have only ended in frustration. It works fine on incoming calls, but almost always (its worked once or twice) within 10 seconds of initiating an outgoing call the call is disconnected and my WiFi Calling is disabled for about 30-50 seconds, after that WiFi Calling turns back on. I assume that something is causing me to be disconnected from the WiFi Calling server. Sprint can't even tell me who runs the server if its them or a third party). They have told me it was related to my geographic location, but I've demonstrated it having the same behavior in multiple Sprint stores on their Wifi networks. The latest is that they are telling me to upgrade to Lollipop (which I haven't tried yet). Can anyone enlighten me or anything?
I've noticed that wifi calling is flaky. Sometimes it doesn't work, most of the time it does. Sprint support was able to help me fix it one time. If you've tried to go into Sprint stores for help and called Sprint support, maybe turn it off and wait a week or so and then turn it back on....i know it sounds like a crappy answer but that's what I had to do.
DarkManX4lf said:
I've noticed that wifi calling is flaky. Sometimes it doesn't work, most of the time it does. Sprint support was able to help me fix it one time. If you've tried to go into Sprint stores for help and called Sprint support, maybe turn it off and wait a week or so and then turn it back on....i know it sounds like a crappy answer but that's what I had to do.
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I appreciate the answer, however this problem has been going on for months and it has not been "flaky" for me. All incoming calls work. All outgoing calls (with two exceptions) have been experienced what I previously described. This has been going on for many months. This problem isn't going to fix itself. Now, Sprint claims that the Lollipop release includes "enhancements" to WiFi Calling, so perhaps that might fix something. I doubt it though.

WiFi Calling dropping calls...

Ok, it seems for me the issue with wifi calling not working at all is resolved (I always have the "Wifi calling is ready!" notification) but when I receive a WiFi call it will randomly disconnect after a few minutes. Might be 5 min, might be 20, and after that if I or they call back it might disconnect in as little as 2-3 minutes! Doesn't seem to matter if I answer on my handset or my GearS, still always drops in <20 min.
It's not my internet connection dropping, I also have Skype with In/Out running and can place/receive calls on it without any interruptions (on both my N4 and my PC).
Any suggestions?
Phone is 100% stock, not rooted, Android 4.4.4.
Wi-Fi calling was a PITA on KitKat with my Netgear router. Netgear support and DD-WRT forums for my router were both saying to disable the firewall. Forward porting and setting my phone as DMZ with static address didn't help with UDP packets and maintaining a connection.
Lollipop its better and the reason I'm not going back to KitKat but hardly tolerable without root.
I know this doesn't apply to you but with Adaway, I monitored the DNS requests for Wi-Fi calling and whitelisted them. That seemed to help with the Wi-Fi connection list issues. There's webservicesgateway and vowifi dns requests to look for. Didn't post for security concerns.
Yeah, I'm scared to make the jump to lollipop because right now my GearS is working perfectly and I'm scared to change anything major (spent 2 weeks fighting in on the "compatible" SGN2, finally said "screw it, I'm due for an upgrade" and got the SGN4) as Is aid I've not even rooted my SGN4 for fear of 'breaking' my smartwatch...
Router could be the issue, since it's a brand I've never heard of before ("ComTrend") but It's a router/modem combination that my ISP requires so I cant swap it out... may try the suggestions you mentioned, just in case, but not going to hold my breath...
If anyone else has suggestions, please post them. Right now I'm in a situation where I need VoIP (I literally get 0-1 bars reception, so bad that if I answer a call it drops) and to get Skype to work I have to turn off calls comming to my handset (otherwise the Phone App overtakes skype, then drops the instant I answer) which means I miss calls when NOT at home thanks to skype playing poorly with my cellular data... >.<
Off topic: did you consider asking Sprint for an Airave unit? Bad cell signal.
Mine was free to use and got exchanged/upgraded for newer model a couple of times.
I let mine go with Wi-Fi calling because it conflicts. Had to pick one.
I've had two actually. Back when it was amde by Samsung it worked GREAT, (thought they charged me soemthing like $5/month for it) but now the new "Airvana" version has stopped getting a GPS signal... why I cant program it in I dont get (since WiFi calling works with out constant GPS) It's been sitting around gathering dust for a while, I might get it out and try to make it work again, maybe they upgraded their system enough that it wont turn off... or maybe I'll try sticking it in the attic or something... thanks for the suggestion!

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