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is there an android app that makes the phone think you are on wifi when on 3g? with the new wifi calling coming i would like to be able to do it via 3g. is there a way to do this?
What in the world are you talking about? The wifi calling app will use your T-Mobile phone number and minutes, emulating your cell signal. Why would you want to emulate something that's emulating what you're trying to emulate with?
I hope you aren't asking about how to falsify your usage, but even if you are it isn't possible through T-Mobile's wifi calling app.
let me explain i want to know wether or not it is possible to make your phone think that its 3G/4G signal is wifi? there is an app that does for the iphone and i was wondering if we could get this also. i asked because if so would it be possible to do the wifi calling over the 3/4G network?
Again... why would you want to do this? If you have 3G/4G use your regular cell radio.
The WiFi calling isn't free... it uses your minutes on your plan. So essentially you would be hurting yourself twice... using minutes as well as eating away at your 5GB limit.
I can see that concept being useful in other situations, such as using skype or frostwire, or something to that effect over 3G, but the man has a point. You use your minutes and your data just to make a phone call? Plus you also get sub-par quality due to the large amount on extra latency introduced?
There are only two situations I can think of that WiFi calling over 3G may be useful. One, you have the [email protected] feature ($9.99/mo) on your plan, making WiFi calls free and unlimited, or two, you have a non-T-Mobile SIM in the phone, and you are, hypothetically, out of the country, and would like to use your cell phone as a cell phone, and not have to be near a WirelessAP.
Lol....wow
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I was jsut using wifi calling as an example. it currently bugs me that we have frostwire working on the phone yet we need to have wifi active to use it. i was just wondering if doing something like that is possible? it would make my life a whole lot easier.
rumitg2 said:
I was jsut using wifi calling as an example. it currently bugs me that we have frostwire working on the phone yet we need to have wifi active to use it. i was just wondering if doing something like that is possible? it would make my life a whole lot easier.
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I saw a cracked Skype app that will call over 3G, but I'm not sure about frostwire.
Another benefit I could see, is that I think if you leave the wifi area you drop the call. But if it would treat the cell signal as still wifi you wouldn't drop the call.
Victor
rex450se said:
Another benefit I could see, is that I think if you leave the wifi area you drop the call. But if it would treat the cell signal as still wifi you wouldn't drop the call.
Victor
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unforgiven512 said:
I can see that concept being useful in other situations, such as using skype or frostwire, or something to that effect over 3G, but the man has a point. You use your minutes and your data just to make a phone call? Plus you also get sub-par quality due to the large amount on extra latency introduced?
There are only two situations I can think of that WiFi calling over 3G may be useful. One, you have the [email protected] feature ($9.99/mo) on your plan, making WiFi calls free and unlimited, or two, you have a non-T-Mobile SIM in the phone, and you are, hypothetically, out of the country, and would like to use your cell phone as a cell phone, and not have to be near a WirelessAP.
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thats what i mean but is this possible?
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thats what i mean but is this possible?
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Nope, cell handoff is the technology that UMA provides, and at a hardware level. The T-Mobile wifi calling app is a software solution and not true UMA, and is not capable of this.
Also if you want to use frostwire or skype or whatever over 3G, you will have to mod the app itself (if it is even possible, but it's more likely T-Mobile has a filter on this sort of traffic)
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Again... why would you want to do this? If you have 3G/4G use your regular cell radio.
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One example: NFL app. If you use 3G it won't let you play videos (probably because they can tell you're not on Verizon).
Apparently per the NFL app thread, it's only T-Mobile users that are getting no video over cell networks. I've seen multiple other carrier users say it works fine for them there. Which kinda sucks...
rumitg2 said:
is there an android app that makes the phone think you are on wifi when on 3g? with the new wifi calling coming i would like to be able to do it via 3g. is there a way to do this?
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Yes. Google Voice. However, you'll be assigned a different number.
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Nope, cell handoff is the technology that UMA provides, and at a hardware level. The T-Mobile wifi calling app is a software solution and not true UMA, and is not capable of this.
Also if you want to use frostwire or skype or whatever over 3G, you will have to mod the app itself (if it is even possible, but it's more likely T-Mobile has a filter on this sort of traffic)
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There is a cracked version of skype that works over 3G/4G. I used it on a 30 min. phone call with a friend in China and the call quality was as good or better than most cell calls I've had within the US
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i got the same question,
i need it for my phone company software,
it can do calls only through WIFI and i whant to use it with 3G.
someone can help?
thanks..
About my3g
Hi everyone, so the issue is why I need to simulate a wifi conection, well there several good reason, but the important one maybe it's the possibility of download app from the PlayStore that requare a wifi signal (my need for speed Shift for example), and everyone knows the 3g network it's faster the wifi, the app my3g it's famous for the iOS users so we where wating for solution.
Thanks
oh man, i wish there was a My 3G for android..... i cant believe guys cant figure out why it would be good to have as well? some apps, like iCam only work over wifi, but with my3g, i could view my webcams at home, from my iPhone, without a wifi connection. awesome.... and nettalk, a voip app that works on wifi, worked great on my 3g!
Anyone found a way yet ?
An app that could simulate a wifi connection would be really usefull ... My3g on iphone is great . Im also thinking about going back with apple . The limitless possibility of android are limited by what I think is way too much dev on ios and not enough on android . So ios have everything and we dont . I dont have internet at home but I have unlimited data on my cell . So with no wifi I cant backup my cell on the cloud because its wifi only . Many games like modern combat 4 doesnt allow to play on cellular data . And someday someone gonna work to crack the game instead of making a my3g equivalent and resolve the problem once and for all . I would pay for that and so would a lot of ppl .
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An app that could simulate a wifi connection would be really usefull ... My3g on iphone is great . Im also thinking about going back with apple . The limitless possibility of android are limited by what I think is way too much dev on ios and not enough on android . So ios have everything and we dont . I dont have internet at home but I have unlimited data on my cell . So with no wifi I cant backup my cell on the cloud because its wifi only . Many games like modern combat 4 doesnt allow to play on cellular data . And someday someone gonna work to crack the game instead of making a my3g equivalent and resolve the problem once and for all . I would pay for that and so would a lot of ppl .
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It would be very useful. It doesn't matter what someone wants to use it for but what matters is they want to know if there is an app for this. The iPhone has 2 jailbroken apps for this so why doesn't android have it? Or do they have one?
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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I love this thing!
Looking to enable wifi calling for CM10. It is obviously there in the default Tmobile stock.
Not possible for CM10 and developers will probably never build it in since most phones/providers don't support wifi calling. Also, unlike phones like my old HTC G2 where wifi calling is a separate app, the SGS2 implements a new version of wifi calling that is built into the ROM.
Bottom line, if you need or want wifi calling, you need to be on a TW ROM, no if's or but's about it.
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Thanks for the info!
Actually, these guys are really misleading you. It's not that it can't or won't be done, it just hasn't been done yet.
There was even a version of T-Mobile WiFi calling that worked great on the HTC HD2 which wasn't even an Android phone, so it's completely false to say "Not possible for CM10", it just hasn't been done yet. They may be correct that it will never be built in, but someone will eventually make a derivative ROM that will have it, or you will have a flashable zip for it.
You can also use voip.
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there are phones out there that have wifi calling on cm9 and cm10. hell they even have it on MIUI
anderroid said:
Looking to enable wifi calling for CM10. It is obviously there in the default Tmobile stock.
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Groove-IP works pretty good
I've seen a lot of people suggesting that we use our Google Voice (GV) number instead of WiFi calling.
If I use GV, and assuming I set it up properly....
When people call my cell number, does it ring when I only have wifi and no cell service?
When I make calls out on WiFi only, so people see my cell number or my GV number?
In what ways is it different than use T-Mobile WiFi calling?
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I've seen a lot of people suggesting that we use our Google Voice (GV) number instead of WiFi calling.
If I use GV, and assuming I set it up properly....
When people call my cell number, does it ring when I only have wifi and no cell service?
When I make calls out on WiFi only, so people see my cell number or my GV number?
In what ways is it different than use T-Mobile WiFi calling?
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You can forward you cell number to your google voice number, when you want wifi calling. I have mine set up to start at 6pm till 8am when I'm home. Works perfectly. I use grooveIP free, with a strong wifi signal, calls are very clear.
wt iz wifi calling app??
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go to this link for download!!!!!!!!
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wt iz wifi calling app??
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go to this link for download!!!!!!!!
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I would be VERY VERY hesitant to flash something made for a different phone, much less different manufacturer. How about you try it and let us know. With screenshots of course.
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Groove-IP works pretty good
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I agree, rarely have problems with Groove-IP and Google Voice..
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can someone explain to me why wifi calling is cool?
WiFi calling is "cool" or useful because it allows for using WiFi as cell phone signal. I've worked in buildings which had no cell phone signal, and without WiFi calling, it would take hours for a text message to find the signal to creep through, so it was very useful.
I've tried GrooveIP and GVoice and they were way too buggy to rely on.
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WiFi calling is "cool" or useful because it allows for using WiFi as cell phone signal. I've worked in buildings which had no cell phone signal, and without WiFi calling, it would take hours for a text message to find the signal to creep through, so it was very useful.
I've tried GrooveIP and GVoice and they were way too buggy to rely on.
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And to add to this...some of us use our voice in certain areas mostly (like home) and Wi-Fi calling allows us to get a low minute plan since Wi-Fi calling doesn't use minutes.
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blackangst said:
And to add to this...some of us use our voice in certain areas mostly (like home) and Wi-Fi calling allows us to get a low minute plan since Wi-Fi calling doesn't use minutes.
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Actually it can or does use your minutes... I know sounds foolish huh. I've seen some discussions on this in a few different places/sites and I still don't have a 100% clear answer. On the TMOUSA site regarding wifi calling, towards the bottom in grey txt it says:
"Capable device and Wi-Fi connection required. Wi-Fi Calling may decrement plan minutes. Except for UMA devices, device will not transition between Wi-Fi and the wireless network."
I think it's a case of if you're using it excessively they would start to deduct it kind of thing, but who knows. It's probably so they can change their minds in the future without any hassle, for instance, if people are using the heck out of it and they are losing as a result.
By default, it will use your minutes but now they have a free WiFi calling feature that you can add which makes calls made over WiFi free + unlimited, at least that's how it was last time I knew.
I would also really love to see the feature added to cm10 someday... It used to come with cm7 when I used it on my G2.
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Been having some issues with callers not hearing me. I tried swapping out the modems (can't remember exactly which ones but can figure it out if necessary), tried different kernels (while I was on TeamSonic rom), and switched from Sonic to FrostyJB and still happening.
I am on wifi calling at my home (crappy signal). It happened on all calls this morning. I made all the above saps and changes this morning as well. I tried a call when I left and was outside of wifi and call worked fine.
This sound like a defect or setting thing? Don't see a lot of settings in the Wifi Calling menu.
Thanks!
There are a few things that could be the problem. You need to determine if it is the phone or the wifi.
What kind of signal are you getting? Are you able to test your wifi for internet? Is this all of a sudden, meaning were you able to use wifi calling without problems prior to this recent problem?
I always had problems with wifi calling so I never use it on my HTC one s and this one too
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There are a few things that could be the problem. You need to determine if it is the phone or the wifi.
What kind of signal are you getting? Are you able to test your wifi for internet? Is this all of a sudden, meaning were you able to use wifi calling without problems prior to this recent problem?
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It has been happening more frequently lately but I am not really sure on a time frame. I don't make gobs of calls. I have had the phone for about a month or so and didn't have any problems early on. I have tried a few different ROMs but I wouldn't call myself a flashaholic.
My wifi signal at home is pretty decent. My speeds are usually around the 18 - 19 range. No problems with internet. The calls connect pretty quickly.
I do have a cell-fi (sp?) unit on the way from t-mobile which my help but I would just like to try and figure out if something is off with the device.
Thanks!
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I just made a call from my office (same no cell signal and decent wifi) and call worked fine. Wifi speeds here are a bit slower, usually around 8-9.
Haven't changed router or modem at home. Time Warner Cable is the provider.
Will check my son's phone tonight. He also has the S3 but being a teenager, I am not entirely sure he knows how to make an actual phone call...
Does the problem seem to happen at the same times of day? Depending on how your isp is set up, heavy network traffic can cause the issue. Also remember that your voice going out is like uploading a file on that upstream data is going to be slower than downstream.
Is your cable modem or router kind of outdated? Last year I upgraded my modem and saw a huge improvement. The DOCSYS 3.0 tech is a lot faster than a DOCSYS 1.0 rated modem can handle.
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Does the problem seem to happen at the same times of day? Depending on how your isp is set up, heavy network traffic can cause the issue. Also remember that your voice going out is like uploading a file on that upstream data is going to be slower than downstream.
Is your cable modem or router kind of outdated? Last year I upgraded my modem and saw a huge improvement. The DOCSYS 3.0 tech is a lot faster than a DOCSYS 1.0 rated modem can handle.
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Today it happened around 8:00 am (EST) and again around noon. I'll check the upload speeds as well.
I swapped out the modem about 4-5 months ago. Not sure of the make. It is the one Time Warner provides. Haven't noticed any major problems with our PC though.
Router does have a few years on it.
I suspect that you're getting one way voice translation... the router is forwarding the incoming voice traffic to your phone but failing to do the same for your outbound traffic. I have a Cisco enterprise class router at my house (I'm an IT geek so I *play* with it) and until I opened up a bunch of ports to a bunch of sites I saw being blocked in the router logs I was having the same issue.
I asked T-Mobile for a list of voice gateway IP addresses at their end but none of the tier 1/2 techs were ever able to give me any useful info regarding IP addresses or ports... The phone keeps finding new IP addresses it wants to connect to so in the end I gave up on getting wifi calling working reliably and have mine set to prefer cellular.
A SOHO or Home router ought to automatically open up the necessary ports but I would suggest looking at the manufacturers web page to see if there's a firmware update for your router. If there is, apply it and see if that fixes the problem. Else buy another one and see if that resolves it. If it doesn't then you can always take it back.
Hope this helps
I thought it was just me that had a wifi problem
One thing to keep in mind is you HAVE to have a cell connection to use wifi calling. It's possible the signal is so weak it's dropping once you have the phone up to your face and it's moving around and stuff. Try using speakerphone with the phone on the desk or wherever you have some signal. You should also try to get a signal booster from tmo.
Definately check to see if there's any firmware updates for your router like ronin said.
Is it a G or N router? If it is N, check your other devices that connect to it as well. If anything connects to it at 802.11G then all connections with the router can be throttled down to G speeds. If so disconnect the G device, reconnect your S3 and try it again.
Also have you restarted the modem and router recently? Unplug them both from power for about 15-30 seconds. Then plug back in and give it a minute or two for everything to reconnect.
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I've been having the same problem all day today. I couldn't quite determine if it's my service or wi-fi, until then, I have it off for now.
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psykhotic said:
One thing to keep in mind is you HAVE to have a cell connection to use wifi calling. It's possible the signal is so weak it's dropping once you have the phone up to your face and it's moving around and stuff. Try using speakerphone with the phone on the desk or wherever you have some signal. You should also try to get a signal booster from tmo.
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Didn't have to do all of this with V2
psykhotic said:
One thing to keep in mind is you HAVE to have a cell connection to use wifi calling. It's possible the signal is so weak it's dropping once you have the phone up to your face and it's moving around and stuff. Try using speakerphone with the phone on the desk or wherever you have some signal. You should also try to get a signal booster from tmo.
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I didn't know about the cell connection requirement. The cell signal at my house is far north of crappy but the signal in my office is bad as well and no issues. I do have the tmo booster (cell-fi?) on the way. Hopefully that will fix it.
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J_Bone said:
I didn't know about the cell connection requirement. The cell signal at my house is far north of crappy but the signal in my office is bad as well and no issues. I do have the tmo booster (cell-fi?) on the way. Hopefully that will fix it.
Thanks!
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Someone told me once they'll send you one for free if you have lousy coverage at your home. Is that true?
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J_Bone said:
I didn't know about the cell connection requirement. The cell signal at my house is far north of crappy but the signal in my office is bad as well and no issues. I do have the tmo booster (cell-fi?) on the way. Hopefully that will fix it.
Thanks!
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Woah.. holding my phone landscape killed my WiFi calling. WiFi went from 3 bars to 1 and WiFi calling disappeared. Holding the phone the other way fixed it.....I just had an iPhone 4 problem
DocHoliday77 said:
Someone told me once they'll send you one for free if you have lousy coverage at your home. Is that true?
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If you had good credit they will and you have to have SOME service. Like 1 bar or w.e.
ronin4740 said:
I suspect that you're getting one way voice translation... the router is forwarding the incoming voice traffic to your phone but failing to do the same for your outbound traffic. I have a Cisco enterprise class router at my house (I'm an IT geek so I *play* with it) and until I opened up a bunch of ports to a bunch of sites I saw being blocked in the router logs I was having the same issue.
I asked T-Mobile for a list of voice gateway IP addresses at their end but none of the tier 1/2 techs were ever able to give me any useful info regarding IP addresses or ports... The phone keeps finding new IP addresses it wants to connect to so in the end I gave up on getting wifi calling working reliably and have mine set to prefer cellular.
A SOHO or Home router ought to automatically open up the necessary ports but I would suggest looking at the manufacturers web page to see if there's a firmware update for your router. If there is, apply it and see if that fixes the problem. Else buy another one and see if that resolves it. If it doesn't then you can always take it back.
Hope this helps
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I believe you are right on. I could not get my Wifi Calling to function properly at work. Text works great, sending and receiving. My phone rings when I receive a call, but I cannot hear anything, neither does the caller. Similarly, when I dial a number, the other phone rings, but no audio is heard on either end. I called TMobile Tech Support and they read me a memo from Samsung that this is a "Known Issue" with "one-way audio" on wifi calling. A salesperson in the store read to me the same memo. Interesting thing is when I got home, everything works, both voice and text. I tried it at another wifi location and everything works also. But not at work. I am convinced it is a problem with the network at work. Puzzle is that Wifi Calling works great on my HD2 with Custom Rom at work using the same enterprise network. But I would hate to keep swapping the micro sim from the S3 into a sim adapter into the HD2 just to get reception at work. I was hoping the upcoming JB upgrade will solve the problem, but reading the above explanation makes me worried now. Anybody out there with any work around?
isaywedoit said:
I believe you are right on. I could not get my Wifi Calling to function properly at work. Text works great, sending and receiving. My phone rings when I receive a call, but I cannot hear anything, neither does the caller. Similarly, when I dial a number, the other phone rings, but no audio is heard on either end. I called TMobile Tech Support and they read me a memo from Samsung that this is a "Known Issue" with "one-way audio" on wifi calling. A salesperson in the store read to me the same memo. Interesting thing is when I got home, everything works, both voice and text. I tried it at another wifi location and everything works also. But not at work. I am convinced it is a problem with the network at work. Puzzle is that Wifi Calling works great on my HD2 with Custom Rom at work using the same enterprise network. But I would hate to keep swapping the micro sim from the S3 into a sim adapter into the HD2 just to get reception at work. I was hoping the upcoming JB upgrade will solve the problem, but reading the above explanation makes me worried now. Anybody out there with any work around?
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You'd have to have access to the networking equipment at your work to really know the answer why... Short version is that Home routers/firewalls reflexively open ports when a device inside the network tries to access an IP address. UPnP is an example of this... Enterprise class routers/firewalls don't do this as it's considered insecure. So, you have to know what ports the traffic is coming from/going to and allow traffic on those ports. You also want to know what outside IP address it's destined for so you can lock down that traffic to just certain destinations, not the whole internet...
So, if it doesn't work at your office then there's likely very little you can do to fix it unless you're in the IT department or have a really good relationship with the Network Administrator of your IT department.
psykhotic said:
One thing to keep in mind is you HAVE to have a cell connection to use wifi calling.
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Lol, really? Show me evidence of this.
What would be the point of Wifi calling if you have a cell connection? I've used Wifi calling since my MT4G and that's a total crock of BS
There would be NO POINT to Wifi calling if you have a cell signal.. common sense...
I go from edge to 3g to h+(I guess it's what the rom calls 4G) but the signal bars are maybe if I'm lucky at 3. Now I would use wifi once everything is set up but call quality Sucks. I know there's wifi calling but I rather not use it. And once I'm on the sidewalk which is on the main road I get full h+ service.. My wife uses that nokia win7 phone and claims she has full service. Anything I can do to at least try to get full bars? Maybe play around with different radios?
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I go from edge to 3g to h+(I guess it's what the rom calls 4G) but the signal bars are maybe if I'm lucky at 3. Now I would use wifi once everything is set up but call quality Sucks. I know there's wifi calling but I rather not use it. And once I'm on the sidewalk which is on the main road I get full h+ service.. My wife uses that nokia win7 phone and claims she has full service. Anything I can do to at least try to get full bars? Maybe play around with different radios?
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You get 3 bars of h+? Dude stop complaining... I get zero to one.
Call quality is prolly due to a setting.. what ROM are you on?
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"So I put my phone into airplane mode and threw it... worst transformer ever. -.-" -My friend
Not really complaining nor am I saying I get 3 bars all the time. Right now I have 0 lol.. My rom is synergyrom
I'd just use a WIFI calling app.
I'm on TW (with a launcher) simply because I have ABSOLUTELY NO signal in my house, anywhere - this isn't a T-Mobile issue for me since it applies to any carrier. TW allows use of their native WIFI-calling.
I've never had an issue with the native WIFI-calling, in fact the call quality is the best I've ever experienced on a cell-phone, period.
If you don't want to go with a TW ROM, just look at other VOIP/etc calling options, pick one, set it up and do some test calls to get the settings right. The advantage of the native WIFI-calling is that you won't miss a call or message - but you can use Google Voice to get something similar from a VOIP service but it's a bit of a hassle (you have to either port your number or accept the VOIP having a different number - which in your case might be okay if you're only using it for occasional outgoing calls).
You could try different radios, it's not going to hurt anything if you do it right. Otherwise, putting a signal repeater on your roof (linked to one broadcasting inside) is an expensive, but surefire way of getting a better signal inside.
I use the factory wifi calling feature 90% of the time. Dont have issues at all. Text and mms no issues either.
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