I have a 6 on vzw and it will kick back over to cell calling as soon it hits 2 bars from one bar on wi-fi calling.
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Force wifi calling when on home wifi network?
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I have a 6 on vzw and it will kick back over to cell calling as soon it hits 2 bars from one bar on wi-fi calling.
This does not work. When airplane mode is on and wifi is on, the iphone will not let you make a phone call, says it is n airplane mode. Does anyone have a different solution?
It does work.
The phone calls go through via wifi and wifi calling gets activated fine on airplane mode.
Did you even try it or just posting thinking it doesnt?
Yes... tried it several times. Did not work on my iPhone6. After a restart, it started it working after 5 minutes. I guess it just took a restart and 5 minutes for this to work.
Weird, I often turn on airplane mode on my iPhone to force wifi calling at my house because I have 1-2 bars of Verizon yet it still will sometimes choose Verizon over Wifi calling (meaning I'll miss calls or texts). So Airplane Mode, wifi on, bam good to go.
Thanks for letting us know what fixed it for you - at least now I know what to do if it happens to me.
Thanks for letting us know what fixed it for you - at least now I know what to do if it happens to me.
Just FYI, when I was setting up my Aunt's WIFI calling, there was an option on her 6+ to favor WIFI in the WIFI Calling. Us AT&T peeps do not have that option. Maybe turn that on...
Surely this should be decided by the phone, not the carrier? I have the issue that my ATT coverage is weak, but there's enough to keep my phone switching between cellular and WiFi, causing call drops etc...
I agree... When I go into my basement I lose signals because I am on cellular and it loses connectivity. If I was on wifi calling, I would have no issues.
On Verizon we have: "Prefer Wi-Fi While Roaming."
I'd love to be able to set a thing that says: When at this address or near this address, ONLY do WiFi calling. My apt is in a deadzone but I get 1-2 bars and sometimes, its just enough to go back to cellular instead of wifi calling.
But since I rarely use my phone as a .... phone.... doesn't bother me all that much.
I'd love to be able to set a thing that says: When at this address or near this address, ONLY do WiFi calling. My apt is in a deadzone but I get 1-2 bars and sometimes, its just enough to go back to cellular instead of wifi calling.
But since I rarely use my phone as a .... phone.... doesn't bother me all that much.
I've been having issues with WiFi calling since moving to iOS 11 on my iPhone SE.
It almost never goes into WiFi calling mode even with 2 bars of signal. Most of the time, the remote end cannot hear me.
If I try to force WiFi calling by going into airplane mode, I end up getting dropped calls.
Is this an AT&T issue, an iOS 11 issue, or an iPhone SE issue?
My phone is practically useless now at home. Fortunately I used Skype for Business for all work-related calls, otherwise I'd be in bad shape.
It almost never goes into WiFi calling mode even with 2 bars of signal. Most of the time, the remote end cannot hear me.
If I try to force WiFi calling by going into airplane mode, I end up getting dropped calls.
Is this an AT&T issue, an iOS 11 issue, or an iPhone SE issue?
My phone is practically useless now at home. Fortunately I used Skype for Business for all work-related calls, otherwise I'd be in bad shape.
I had a problem with my WiFi Calling last night. I'm on EE in the UK, and last night it wouldnt connect, I had a look on the EE website and they said there may be an issue with WiFi Calling when Visual Voicemail was turned on.
I turned off VVM and my phone instantly connected to WiFi Calling, re-enabled VVM and it was still connected to WiFi Calling - maybe give this a go if you guys are having problems.
Stu
I turned off VVM and my phone instantly connected to WiFi Calling, re-enabled VVM and it was still connected to WiFi Calling - maybe give this a go if you guys are having problems.
Stu
Rereading the thread it looks like AT&T prioritizes cellular over WiFi. But even that doesn't fully make sense, because I keep going in and out of WiFi. Sometimes, I'll have 1 bar and be on cellular and sometimes I'll have 3 bars but be on WiFi. And as I mentioned, sometimes in Airplane mode, it drops the WiFi option leaving me with no way to make or receive calls despite perfect connectivity on my WLAN.
Whatever AT&T is doing with this is very frustrating.
This is unbelievable. So I have to remember to turn Airplane mode off every time I leave my house? I'm sure I won't forget to do that, like every time.
I might have to look into switching off AT&T. Using it the way they intend is utterly useless for me as I keep dropping calls due to the cellular connection strength changing constantly. FYI, this has gotten way worse for me after upgrading to iOS11.... not sure if that's a coincidence or not.
I might have to look into switching off AT&T. Using it the way they intend is utterly useless for me as I keep dropping calls due to the cellular connection strength changing constantly. FYI, this has gotten way worse for me after upgrading to iOS11.... not sure if that's a coincidence or not.
The thing is that putting it in airplane mode is not fool proof. I have had calls drop while in airplane mode because the phone decided to drop WiFi calling randomly, even though there was no cellular connection. At least with a cellular connection it would fall back to the bad connection and not drop altogether.
Ok, first, regarding what people were talking about with the carrier providing you with a wireless access point/router to have wifi calling better - what they're doing is they've setup QoS (quality of service) on the WAP, so the wifi calling traffic gets priority over everything else on your network (as well as your connection to your ISP). It's also possible that, if your cellular carrier is your ISP, they could prioritize the wifi calling traffic further down the line, throughout their network.
The fact that there are different carrier priorities for Wifi Calling are actually pushed down via the carrier settings. Some people get the option to pick what the order is, some don't (I don't with my carrier...I can turn wifi calling on or off, that's it). I'm at home with 4 bars of cell signal, yet wifi calling is enabled.
How calls can be dropped on wifi calling is simple....while most of us have very good broadband internet at home these days, there's still the possibility of traffic problems on the internet or even your own network. Even if you have quality of service setup, there's outages and traffic congestion on the internet. The phones are very good today at switching your call back over to cellular if it can detect that the signal is being lost, but sometimes it just happens too quickly for the phone to do anything about it.
The fact that there are different carrier priorities for Wifi Calling are actually pushed down via the carrier settings. Some people get the option to pick what the order is, some don't (I don't with my carrier...I can turn wifi calling on or off, that's it). I'm at home with 4 bars of cell signal, yet wifi calling is enabled.
How calls can be dropped on wifi calling is simple....while most of us have very good broadband internet at home these days, there's still the possibility of traffic problems on the internet or even your own network. Even if you have quality of service setup, there's outages and traffic congestion on the internet. The phones are very good today at switching your call back over to cellular if it can detect that the signal is being lost, but sometimes it just happens too quickly for the phone to do anything about it.
The bolded part is the most important thing you said. Yes, it SHOULDN'T, but it does. I have tried everything with iOS11 and AT&T. I have turned cellular off, airplane mode with wifi on, I have still had dropped calls with AT&T wifi. I actually see the "AT&T Wi-Fi" words disappear and go back to just the wifi symbol.
The way AT&T handles wifi calling is a mess... Just favor WiFi calling and be done with it. If the user wants to use WIFI calling, they can turn it on, if not, they can turn it off... Or better yet, do what Verizon does, ask the user if they want to favor wifi or not.
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I also have no choice in favoring WiFi calling, just the On/Off. My house is in an area where I have 1-2 bars max, my calls are a mess when on cellular, I have Fios 85/85 where I consistently get over 85 in both directions. When my phone is on full wifi calling, my quality is amazing. When it jumps between wifi and cellular it is garbage or even dropped.
Simply favoring wifi would solve 90% of my issues.
I'm not exactly sure why I'm dropping wifi calling, even when in airplane mode with wifi on (it doesn't happen all the time), but have noticed it is worse with iOS 11. I have an awesome wireless network setup with 5ghz coverage everywhere on my property.
Well, it sounds like somethings off with your device and/or service.
Also, as far as Verizon goes, they simply provide an option to turn WiFi calling on or off, that's it (as is the case for most providers it would seem).
I have a newly setup 7+ on iOS11. My phone was a replacement, and I started it from new, to ensure I didn't bring any crap over from years of backups. My phone is working as well as any other 7+ on iOS 11 (with delays with apps opening, delays with the home button, and all the x.0 issues).
The same issue happens with my wife's 7+, and my 6+.
For the Verizon comment, it may be your market. I was setting up my Aunt's Verizon iPhone 7+, she had the option to favor WiFi calling. AT&T doesn't have this feature in any market (that I'm aware with).
I never heard of that before with Verizon.
I thought carriers didnt give the user an option to what the phones favors as either wifi calling or carrier network for calls?
Does anyone with Verizon have that option and can show us the menu setting with the particular option for wifi calling?
I thought carriers didnt give the user an option to what the phones favors as either wifi calling or carrier network for calls?
Does anyone with Verizon have that option and can show us the menu setting with the particular option for wifi calling?
I haven't heard of Verizon offering something like that with differences in regions in US, and doesn't seem like that has surfaced in various threads about that type of thing here and some other places online. I'd be curious to find out where that is exactly and how it works there.
While doing 802.11AC over 5GHz is great in terms of speed, the 2.4GHz signal actually travels farther. So if you're noticing that there are dead zones / areas where your calls tend to drop on your property, switching to the 2.4GHz band may help get better coverage in those areas. You don't need a lot of bandwidth (speed) for Voice over Wifi, you just need good, reliable signal strength.
I have full AC 5Ghz coverage throughout my property (70'x100' lot with 1,750 sq ft house). I have had dropped calls when on cellular with my wifi signal strong (AT&T's transition from cellular to wifi issue or vise versa). When forcing wifi calling I've had issues the other side said I cut in and out, but I hear them clearly. This has gotten worse since iOS 11, but was happening even prior on iOS10 (on multiple phones).
AT&T's execution of wifi calling is a mess...
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It was about 2 months ago, in Northern NJ, 2 miles from the George Washington Bridge. When initially setting it up for her (she is in her late 70's, and didn't even know it existed), it asked me if I wanted to favor Wifi. I have no idea if it is area specific, and/or people haven't initially setup their phones for a while.
Are you sure that's not just the option to prefer WiFi calling while roaming? That option is there normally these days, but would only apply to roaming.