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Anyone got a Series 3 working with EE
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My friend bought their watch last week and it connected fine and made a few test calls, we both went out today and mine conncected to EE within a few minutes but his didnt anymore. Tried rebooting the watch and it wont connect, toggling airplane mode forces it to connect then it slowly drops signal untill it disconnects. Was in the middle of a park with no wifi spots about so it couldnt be the captive portal issue
Yep, this is exactly the same issue that I'm having. I updated my watch to 4.1 beta last night to see if it made any difference, but it hasn't.
Damn, I wonder if different cell towers will make a difference. Going away tomorrow so will try it in a different area. Just annoying it was working and everything we do wont let it connect
Was your iPhone turned off? I found it can forward sms and iPhone notifications if the phone is on but when off I only get iMessage or cellular calls.
On another note I did some testing and when my phone is off but connected to WiFi ‘EE WiFi call’ seems to work for me on the watch but when my friend who is having issues tries it goes straight to voicemail. In his account it shows a second line attached, going to try removing and re adding the watch.
So I went to Milton Keynes this morning and the watch worked fine. Varied between 1 and 4 dots of signal strength but never dropped the connection. Around 4 miles away from MK it lost the signal then refused to connect to EE again, even when parked up next to an EE cell site (where iPhone had full strength signal).
This is an EE network problem - not my watch.
This is an EE network problem - not my watch.
Remember the watch can only use 4G*. If you have 5 bars of 3G that is no use to the watch.
Do you recall what kind of connection it was?
* actually it can use UMTS too, but EE have chosen not to support that.
Yes, 4G. At the moment, at home, I'm in a strong 4G area (4 bars on the iPhone) but the watch won't connect. In MK, with a weaker (2 bar) 4G signal on the iPhone, the watch was showing 1-2 dots and working great for calls when the iPhone was put into airplane mode.
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Not personally, but if there's anybody else in the Northampton area with a watch, I'd be interested to know if theirs connects.
I don’t know if this helps but I turned my phone off and had steady connection all the way to the M1
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Out of curiosity if your on your home network and turn your phone off can you ring your watch via the ‘WiFi calling’ if you have it enabled on your phone before you shut it off? My watch receives cellular calls on WiFi but the watch having issues goes straight to voicemail
Erica griffin on YouTube says if your phone is switched off you can’t send texts but you can make calls?
Correct if she's referring to SMS, but you can send/receive iMessages with the phone off.
That’s good then your account and eSim must be set up right. My friends issue might either be hardware or account issue as they don’t get WiFi calls. EE are meant to be re-adding the watch to the account can take up to 72 hours so if that doesn’t work looks like Apple will need to replace it.
They seem to have sorted out most people who've been waiting to get connected, but it's a frustrating wait...
Incidentally, I can receive calls on WiFi but can't make them. I think that requires network support that EE don't provide.
I could of sworn I made and received calls over WiFi, I’m away for the weekend so do t has access to WiFi to try. Can anyone else make WiFi calls with the phone off? I could swipe my friends phone and turn their hotspot on to try
Apple call it "Wi-Fi Calling on supported iCloud-connected devices" and it only seems to be supported by a few US networks. I'd be interested if anybody can get it to work, though...
Wi-Fi calling does not work on the Watch. As @mzanker mentioned, UK networks don't support it.
I tested it just now by turning my iPhone off and verifying the Watch was on Wi-Fi. I started a call, and then turned the Wi-Fi router off mid-call.
The call continued uninterrupted.
So, the call is going via cellular even when the Watch is in Wi-Fi mode.
I tested it just now by turning my iPhone off and verifying the Watch was on Wi-Fi. I started a call, and then turned the Wi-Fi router off mid-call.
The call continued uninterrupted.
So, the call is going via cellular even when the Watch is in Wi-Fi mode.
So you can receive over WiFi but not make calls? Because @mzanker is having cellular issues at home right and they can receive calls when on WiFi but not make any.
I guess if that’s the case at least on WiFi it will save battery and still receive calls
That's why I can't make calls on WiFi - because the watch won't connect to EE in this location. Interesting that I can receive them purely on WiFi, though...