I cannot confirm whether or not wifi has priority over a cellular connection.
I recently switched over to t-mobile and my iphone seems to prioritize a wifi connection over a cellular connection.
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Wifi Calling on iPhone X
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I cannot confirm whether or not wifi has priority over a cellular connection.
I recently switched over to t-mobile and my iphone seems to prioritize a wifi connection over a cellular connection.
yeah i been with t-mo for a few years now, and i wifi calling will connect whenever your on wifi regardless of signals or anything
You can still turn on wi-fi and Bluetooth with airplane mode enabled. I used to do it on my 7 Plus to save battery life on ATT wi-fi while at home.
The only way I have found to work around this is to turn on airplane mode. It will automatically connect to wifi calling and won't switch back and forth between that and cellular.
I have started turning off cellular signal in CC when talking, which u can do in the midst of a call gone poor due to the wifi/cell switching back and forth. Unfortunately that disables visual voicemail so I have to remember to turn cellular back on.
I might try the airplane mode idea.
I’m not getting ATT wi-fi to show up when I swipe down from the top right though in airplane mode with wi-fi connected.
When cellular is enabled and wi-fi is connected occasionally it will automatically use ATT wi-fi but it will be shown when I swipe down from the top right corner.
When cellular is enabled and wi-fi is connected occasionally it will automatically use ATT wi-fi but it will be shown when I swipe down from the top right corner.
You can make phone calls where the cellular signal is weak or even nonexistent, such as inside a building. You can also talk wherever there is wifi--for example, you can keep your phone in airplane mode while traveling out of the country and all calls to and from the home country work and are billed as local calls.
The wifi calling on my iPhone X works fine. It's a Sprint unlocked version, I use it with AT&T service. When airplane mode is on, the "AT&T Wifi" logo is not showing up but I still can make/receive calls and text messages, not sure if it's just a software glitch.
does anyone know if Verizon wifi calling prioritizes wifi calling over signal at home?
It’s working for me, though I will say that it sometimes takes longer to become active than my iPhone 7 did, so maybe there is some truth to the rep’s statement.
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I’ve noticed that as well. The indicator is not on but if I make a call in airplane mode it usually still goes through.
I have iPhone X on Verizon in Manhattan and the very expensive Spectrum (Time Warner) internet package. My internet runs pretty well on all my devices, however... using Wi-Fi calling will result in dropped calls 100% of the time within 10 minutes.
Taking my iPhone to the Apple store to do a diagnosis.