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Carrier Has anyone else disabled WiFi calling?
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T-Mobile and Wi-Fi calling is a plus. I normally just turn on airplane mode and Wi-Fi calling. I noticed with the Intel modem this year when on a call the quality isn’t clear with static and I do get drop calls.
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We were so excited to get WiFi calling. We live 15 miles from the nearest 1x cell service. WiFi calling is a great option when our land lines break down (common in winter-old patched wiring). And that’s even with the added delay of being on satellite internet. I can now give people my cell number and not have to tell them to only use it between 6-4 M-F
My wife has a 64g 8+. She does fine. Photos are iCloud. Not an audiofile so no audio files to speak of. Her apps are all fairly compact. No games. Removed Keynote, and a few other large removable Apple apps. She streams a lot a data back and forth.
Aside from it's usefulness in poor/no reception areas, the part about being able to use the phone pretty much like at home while traveling (as long as there's a decent WiFi signal) is the other big benefit.
I have AT&T and have used Wi-Fi calling since it launched. Every now and then I’d have an issue, but it’s been very solid in general. Since iOS 12 / iPhone XS Max, it’s been flawless. It doesn’t even have that second delay when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular. It’s totally seamless. Pretty spectacular, really.
That's exactly right! I have a Verizon App and able to text to non-iphone users as well as carryout phone calls. I can't think of anything I can't do on my phone that I do in the states. Yes, the Mbps is way way better but in the name of being non-functional, wifi in general and calling, has given me all I need.
Realistically sepaking, with WiFi calling you don't even need something like the Verizon app to do that, just using the usual Phone and Messaging apps as you normally would does the trick.
I do in the case of messaging. When I try to message to non-iphone users, the phone tries to use/go through cell towers and if in Airplane mode, I get an error stipulating I need to be connected to a network; this has happened numerous of times but not 100%. But with the App, it 100% sends the message through the internet w/o fail. It's weird.
Yeah, that's odd. Usually for iMessage or regular texting the usual Messages app works fine with WiFi calling. That said, certainly not a bad idea to have Verizon's Message+ ready to go just in case.
I’ve not had much of an issue with it. My cell coverage at home is mediocre at best, so WiFi calling works well for me.
Who is your carrier?
I have Verizon, I had to replace the SIM to get it to work. Although MMS is still hit or miss for me on Wifi...
I had that issue on my 7 Plus, too. I forgot that’s why I turned off WiFi calling and never tried using it again even now on an 8 Plus. Someone talking to me about my bad cell signal on AT&T at my house suggested I use WiFi calling and I said yeah I forgot about that and I turned it off but couldn’t remember why. Now your post refreshed my memory. Lol, I’m not usually so addled but I have owned and dealt with the peculiarities of a lot of phones since just since last year so it is sometimes hard to keep some details in mind if I made a decision on how to address a problem and moved on.
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Data use isn’t going to be a problem. It’s the voice calls that are exactly as poor as @zorinlynx describes.My wife has a 64g 8+. She does fine. Photos are iCloud. Not an audiofile so no audio files to speak of. Her apps are all fairly compact. No games. Removed Keynote, and a few other large removable Apple apps. She streams a lot a data back and forth.
Try it on a few other networks when you get the chance. Depending on your router, its settings, and how well it was supported can make a huge difference.
You want to check your router for WMM being enabled and "Voice" being prioritized in QoS if it has the setting (router will prioritize your call over other network traffic). And with ATT you want to make sure the following ports are accessible.
I had calls dropping on wifi calling the other day (Verizon) and power cycling the router fixed everything including slow network connections to specific devices effecting HomeKit...
I used to use it all the time, but when I switched my contract, vodafone disabled it 
but, thankfully there is FaceTime audio because the signal is crap where I live
but, thankfully there is FaceTime audio because the signal is crap where I liveThanks for posting that. Our phones are with AT&at but our WiFi comes through Verizon FiOS.
I had no idea that calls were outside of plan .Thank you for posting this , it will be very useful while traveling .
Something to keep in mind (and this may have changed), in the past, you had to do the initial activation of WiFi calling while in your carriers coverage area. If you waited to activate it until you needed it (no cell coverage) you were out of luck, though FaceTime Audio would be an option.
YMMV, etc.
YMMV, etc.