A really close friend of mine has the Galaxy S II (T-mobile) and is on Walmart's Family Mobile plan. It does come with WiFi Calling, but it says "Invalid SIM Card ERO5".
From what I remember, Family-Mobile runs through T-mobile's network and WiFi Calling does not cost T-mobile anything to provide us with Wi-Fi Calling. Any insights or solutions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Your sim card must be of a certain kind to allow the WiFi calling feature to work. For example, if a T-Mobile customer bought the s2 when it came out in 2011 and had an old/incompatible sim card, they would have to activate the new sim card that came with the purchased phone in order to be able to use the WiFi calling feature.
So a reasonable conclusion would be that the sim card you have currently in your device is NOT compatible. Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics, such as the name or kind of sim card you need, if u were to ask customer service for one. A description of your issue should suffice to let them know what it is that you need.
Hope I'm clear. Good luck.
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bzlik88 said:
Your sim card must be of a certain kind to allow the WiFi calling feature to work. For example, if a T-Mobile customer bought the s2 when it came out in 2011 and had an old/incompatible sim card, they would have to activate the new sim card that came with the purchased phone in order to be able to use the WiFi calling feature.
So a reasonable conclusion would be that the sim card you have currently in your device is NOT compatible. Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics, such as the name or kind of sim card you need, if u were to ask customer service for one. A description of your issue should suffice to let them know what it is that you need.
Hope I'm clear. Good luck.
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This is correct though the newer SIMs have been out since the first Samsung galaxy (vibrant) hit tmobile. I will say sometimes when I used to use ics ROM with Wi-Fi calling that some times it would throw an error and I would have to restart to get it running. You also need to usually login to the customer portal or call customer service and set the E911 address before it fully enables on the phone.
Wi-Fi calling is not that great, plenty of lag and other issues that make the call quality pretty bad even on great internet connections.
Especially with tmobile doing the $50 everything unlimited with no contact plan (and similar plans for contract phones), it's worth just going that way (tmobile even accepts customers with pretty bad credit so don't let that stop you).
If you want to stay with Wallys World for whatever reason I bet they also have a similar deal.
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Hello, I am a former Family Mobile service user and i am sorry to inform you that Family Mobile does not offer WiFi calling.
I had a Galaxy S 4G with wifi calling, and when I upgraded to the T989 a couple months ago, wifi calling wouldn't work with my sim card (though everything else worked). I went to the Tmo store and they gave me a new SIM for free, and now everything works.
So if FM does support wifi calling, you may just need a newer sim card.
and wifi calling works great for me. clear, and no echo. It's actually better than every other voip app I tried on the market. I'm on unlimited, but I have a very weak signal at home, and therefore must use wifi calling
I have WFMobile and it seems to keep ER05 on my phone beeps and rings it's annoying. I have WiFi calling turned off. I don't know how to get away from it.
Many retail mobiles have "Wifi Calling" function but not any menu entry to enable , There is a APP can check the hidden function and enable it if can use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.widget7.wifi.calling
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Hey all,
Has anyone figured out how to install T-Mobile's Wifi Calling App on a Rhodium / Touch Pro 2 running Android? If so, what .apk did you use and were there any issues setting it up?
Thanks to all
AFAIK this is only provided in carrier ROM's. Someone might've ripped it out tho.
Don't you have to pay extra for this service? There's free wifi calling solutions. I don't know which work/don't work...(I just use GTalk on my computer) and a lot of people have had very mixed results, probably because of the hardware specs. Not sure, good luck.
T-Mo Wifi Calling is free on post paid plans and does not eat your minutes. It's called "Free Wifi Calling" feature. On Pre-paid plans, it just eats your minutes but again, the service is free. It's a really cool feature of T-Mo when you cell coverage sucks in your home or place of work...
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AFAIK this is only provided in carrier ROM's. Someone might've ripped it out tho.
Don't you have to pay extra for this service? There's free wifi calling solutions. I don't know which work/don't work...(I just use GTalk on my computer) and a lot of people have had very mixed results, probably because of the hardware specs. Not sure, good luck.
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T-Mo Wifi Calling is free on post paid plans and does not eat your minutes. It's called "Free Wifi Calling" feature. On Pre-paid plans, it just eats your minutes but again, the service is free. It's a really cool feature of T-Mo when you cell coverage sucks in your home or place of work...
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My point is there's other free services that don't use minutes and don't require any wacky carrier poop... Good luck with your search.
Struck out with T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling on TP2
T-Mobile WIFI Calling for Android requires more than just the apk to work. It has to be built into the rom (AFAIK), and the apk simply switches it on or off. It's a process of switching the handset off GSM and onto VOIP pointed directly at T-Mobile.
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I'm going to be travelling in Europe and I wondered if anyone had ever heard of an app or hack or anything that would act like a "virtual sim card."
Basically, it would be cool if my phone could think it had one SIM in there, and then at the touch of a button, if it could think it had another. I'm planning on taking my T-Mobile US SIM to Europe to use WiFi calling from there to be able to talk/send and receive SMS for free from people in the US on my US number. When I'm not in a WiFi area, I'd like to be able to switch to a prepaid SIM that I'll purchase in Europe for data access when I'm out and about (and maybe some text/call abilities with a local number would be nice so I could communicate with friends in Europe).
If there's no way to do this with Android I'll probably just purchase a second smartphone and carry one with my T-Mobile SIM and the other with a European prepaid SIM (and that way I could make a WiFi hotspot so I'm always on WiFi calling).
Any suggestions? Has anyone ever heard of something like this? LIke some app that can "remember" a SIM that is inserted into the phone and then make the phone think that SIM is there when it's actually not? Something to make SIM switching a lot easier, or even something that could switch to the Euro SIM once every 10 minutes or so even when I'm on WiFi to check for new messages on the European number, then go back to the T-Mobile number and turn off all mobile radios so it can connect to WiFi calling.
I would also like this. I hate carrying two phones with me. My work phone has only voice. I would like to have my nexus 4 use my work Sim for voice and personal sim for data at same time.
If not then to be able to switch between them so one is active at a time would be cool.. I bet with a rooted and custom build of android this would be possible. But it is beyond my capabilities.
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How about a sim unlock instead? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709
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closest to that is a multiple sim, sim card i have no clue how to get or use them though and you might as well just unlock your phone anyway unless you need to do this without changing the physical sim but you may have to anyway with a multiple sim (probably turn it over or something)
So my Note 3 recently lost the ability to use wifi calling and since wifi calling was set to be enabled, I couldn't make any calls even with wifi turned off on my phone. I had to disable wifi calling completely to make a call. Since I have the JUMP program, they replaced my phone because something was actually wrong with it even after I did an Odin restore back to 4.3 stock. I never unlocked the bootloader or anything and it just stopped randomly. The part I'm curious about is when I went into the store one of the sales guys asked the guy that was assisting me if he had switched the SIM card yet. He hadn't but asked the guy helping me if I had an ISIS SIM card or a regular one. Right away I recognized ISIS as being the tap to pay program Verizon, ATT, TMobile and probably others have adopted over Google Wallet. He went back and got me a normal SIM card but that didn't work either. I got my new phone today and wifi calling is working just fine. But during the conversation the salesman said that the ISIS SIM card WILL NOT work with wifi calling. If they put in a normal SIM card, ISIS wont' work but wifi calling does. Its weird because I've used WIFI calling since I got the phone on launch day but I had an ISIS SIM card in it.
I know there is an issue with the quality of wifi calling for many people. Could the fact that wifi calling was somehow working on the ISIS SIM card causing the issue with wifi calling? I'm going to test the wifi calling for the next few days but for me the issue was the phone never rang on incoming calls with wifi calling. I missed 100% of the calls. I could call out just fine and the quality of the call was just fine.
So why can't an ISIS SIM card do wifi calling? Is this a known thing that I have missed all this time? Why would they put an ISIS SIM card in the phone when wifi calling is a feature so many people use?
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One thing did change actually. I called TMobile support about poor reception where I live even though their coverage map showed I was supposed to have excellent LTE quality. Well, the map was lying, I have no LTE at my house yet, but I should have strong 4G service. The tech reset my sim remotely and it did improve the reception for both calls and data. that may have been when I lost the wifi calling functionality and stopped being able to make outgoing calls.
My WiFi calling works just fine with an ISIS SIM.
I suspect you simply had a phone that was defective.
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I agree, it did go defective very recently but their reaction about the SIM card was said with confidence as it is a known thing. You can see a bunch of wifi calling issues and I wonder if the SIM card has something to do with them if its an ISIS SIM card. I have no intention of using ISIS so I wont' miss that SIM card.
Yeah, sounds like a bad phone and bad advice. Isis sim card works fine with wifi calling. Don't believe everything you hear from customer service, I've found most of those guys have a desire to be right so strong, they'll tell you anything to build trust as an intelligent person. Some are great, others not so much.
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The only SIM card I've had for my T-Mo Note 3 is an ISIS SIM card (it's the one that came with the phone and I didn't have T-Mo before this so I had no other SIM) and WiFi calling works just fine on my phone.
I got my Note3 few months back by mail, so I was using my old SIM card for couple weeks before I bothered to log on to T-mo and switch SIM card to new Isis. The Wifi calling didn't work well with old SIM card and it worked as bad with Isis card. I fixed it by updating the router software. and now it works fine with Isis and all. Unless it's a new bug in KK I don't think Isis has anything to do with WiFi, unless particular card was broken, but then cellular connection should be affected as well.
I can confirm that the ISIS SIM card works just fine with Wifi Calling. Whatever problem you may have had, had nothing to do with the ISIS SIM
As I have experienced first hand, T-Mobile's wifi calling feature works amazing on my Note 3. The problem is, where I live, work and play we do not get any T-Mobile service above 2g, and mostly nothing at all. I'm actually confused as to why local stores are even selling the service. It simply doesn't work here. Anyhow, I had purchased a month of prepaid service with them because I don't get ANY service from any provider at my home (except Verizon, who comes in at 5 bars in my basement). The wifi calling feature was amazing for this one reason. I never missed a call, or text and life was good. Of course, the moment I left the house my $800.00 Note 3 turned into a very expensive makeup mirror for my wife because, like I mentioned, we don't get T-Mobile here, at all. I still have 2 weeks of the service active, and put the sim into my i-747 S3 for testing.
I'm currently running Hyperdrive RLS3.1 (NB4) on AT&T Go-Service on my Note 3.
What I'm asking is simple, or maybe it isn't -
I would like to know where I could find info on a REAL wifi calling service. Not these 3rd party apps that give you a new free #, etc. I'd like something that integrates into the phone, like TM Wifi calling does. After searching this topic on XDA, I found a few threads on SIP VoIP. I'd even be willing to give that a shot. If I have to invest a few dollars, that is also ok. Has anyone else successfully done this? Any better idea's or suggestions? I'm tired of not being able to make calls from my cell phone at home. I have looked into repeaters, extenders, etc, but that is for another thread, I suppose.
I know that the native wifi calling on my Note 3 will not work with AT&T, but there must be something that can work....
Thanks for any info or help anyone can provide.
Real WiFi calling has to be supported on the back end by the carrier.
You are going to be limited to a 3rd party solution.
That's what I use. I have to use magic jack.
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That's what I use. I have to use magic jack.
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I also started using magicjack on my phone. After trying out several voip SIP services with the native android app, I realized that it would never have the sound quality I needed.
This is all null and void now though. I retired my N900T and bought the Verizon Note 3 and never drop signal or lose LTE, even in my basement.
100% not possible. It relies on servers at T-Mobile's end. Plus the settings in the Wifi Calling app are set to T-Mobile's servers on top of that.
Hey so I am having an issue where the Supplementary Services on my N975F/DS are not working with AT&T but seems to work fine with a T-Mobile SIM. Whenever I try to open Supplementary Services with my AT&T SIM inserted it gives me an error "Failed to read data. Something went wrong. Check your SIM card or network connection, then try again."
I have already tried the following:
Replaced my AT&T SIM card twice
Reset Network settings
Spoke with multiple AT&T representatives who allegedly changed some stuff on the "backend" to fix it but in reality it did nothing.
I am on Android 10 running Dr.Ketan rom Q07. Only have 1 SIM card inserted, the other slot has my MicroSD card.
So any ideas on what I could try to get this fixed?
Thanks!
This isn't the answer you want but change carriers. I have the same device and AT&T didn't play nicely with it. Slow data and no wifi calling. I switched to TMobile (and mint for a cheap second line) and it works perfectly.
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This isn't the answer you want but change carriers. I have the same device and AT&T didn't play nicely with it. Slow data and no wifi calling. I switched to TMobile (and mint for a cheap second line) and it works perfectly.
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I've thought about it for a while now, just didn't want to pull the trigger since I have everything with AT&T (been with them since they were CIngular/Pac-Bell). How's the coverage and signal strength compared to AT&T? Any downsides/issues after switching?
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I've thought about it for a while now, just didn't want to pull the trigger since I have everything with AT&T (been with them since they were CIngular/Pac-Bell). How's the coverage and signal strength compared to AT&T? Any downsides/issues after switching?
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That's a good question. I was an AT&T customer for 10+ years before bailing and I had some concerns about T-Mobile's coverage and network but I was pleasantly surprised their coverage was right there with AT&T and the Verizon phone I use for work. Coverage probably varies for everyone based on where they live but I've been using T-Mobile for almost a year and no regrets. It's a nice perk getting Netflix for $2 a month and they support RCS for text and Wifi calling. Btw, I don't work for T-Mobile or even own stock, just sharing my experience with them.
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This isn't the answer you want but change carriers. I have the same device and AT&T didn't play nicely with it. Slow data and no wifi calling. I switched to TMobile (and mint for a cheap second line) and it works perfectly.
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That's a good question. I was an AT&T customer for 10+ years before bailing and I had some concerns about T-Mobile's coverage and network but I was pleasantly surprised their coverage was right there with AT&T and the Verizon phone I use for work. Coverage probably varies for everyone based on where they live but I've been using T-Mobile for almost a year and no regrets. It's a nice perk getting Netflix for $2 a month and they support RCS for text and Wifi calling. Btw, I don't work for T-Mobile or even own stock, just sharing my experience with them.
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You don't own stock? Well too bad, I'm sure my extra $50 a month would of made you a billionaire :laugh: xD
But yeah after extensive troubleshooting with multiple AT&T reps, replacing my SIM card multiple times and even trying my sisters AT&T SIM with the same error it is official that AT&T does not like non-AT&T phones. I got a prepaid T-Mobile SIM and popped it in to try it our for a month and boom Supplementary services works like a charm with it. So looks like I have to live with it until I decide to pull the trigger and switch to T-Mobile.
For everyone else who stumbles into this thread via google, you will get nowhere really with AT&T reps, nothing they do will fix this as it is an issue with AT&T itself and not the phone. So if you want to use call forwarding you will need to reach out to AT&T directly and have them set it up as not even MMI codes work... or just switch to T-Mobile. Hopefully AT&T does some backend changes to fix this and get it working but not holding my breath.
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You don't own stock? Well too bad, I'm sure my extra $50 a month would of made you a billionaire :laugh: xD
But yeah after extensive troubleshooting with multiple AT&T reps, replacing my SIM card multiple times and even trying my sisters AT&T SIM with the same error it is official that AT&T does not like non-AT&T phones. I got a prepaid T-Mobile SIM and popped it in to try it our for a month and boom Supplementary services works like a charm with it. So looks like I have to live with it until I decide to pull the trigger and switch to T-Mobile.
For everyone else who stumbles into this thread via google, you will get nowhere really with AT&T reps, nothing they do will fix this as it is an issue with AT&T itself and not the phone. So if you want to use call forwarding you will need to reach out to AT&T directly and have them set it up as not even MMI codes work... or just switch to T-Mobile. Hopefully AT&T does some backend changes to fix this and get it working but not holding my breath.
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can you get ATT VoLTE working with N975F? If yes, how?