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Sunday, December 31st, 2017 9:57 PM

WiFi Calling on and off

we have weak cell service and do not get a signal typically.  We use WiFi calling but the service isn't always working.  Sometimes it's on and sometimes it's off.  It's probably not working more than 50% if the time.  Our internet is super fast and has no issues.  We replace the WiFi gateway and still experience the same issues.  Any solutions, talking to AT&T is a nightmare.  I was on the phone with 10 different agents 3 days ago for four hours.

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6 years ago

@JohnTom @juliofarqwarkle

 

 just put the phone in airplane mode then enable wifi and bluetooth once its in airplane mode.  Then the phone wont see a cell signal...  I have to do that here at work with ANY phone I use...  Android Apple does not matter. 

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6 years ago

John found your post researching wifi calling issues/at&t myself.  Do you literally mean you have NO cell signal or just a very poor signal ? I suspect your cell network signal is just poor like mine often is at home. Mine runs -104 dbm to -116 dbm depending on time of day/weather/where in house I am etc.  -60 dbm is ideal. At -87 android will still report 4 bars which is pure b*.  One would think that once you enable wifi/wifi calling it would be the preferred connection no matter what signal strength your getting from AT&T (as long as wifi is available of course) but the system is not set up that way apparently. Per one level of tech support the wifi calling software built into our phones is set to only go to wifi calling if signal is -112  dbm or beyond (higher is worse) - call dropping bad signal strength.  It then took a higher level of support to get permission to change the "code" but by that point I was not sure what they were changing. I guess they changed the provisioning settings ? With my signal then at -121 dbm wifi calling worked on both our phones.  At least while I was on the phone.  Higher level tech support did not verify the threshold for switching from att cell signal to wifi and visa versa so I am not sure about -112 being the point since the two support levels contradicted one another on that point. In your phone under setting look for "about device" and hopefully it will tell you what your signal strength is.  You will have to be persistent to get through to hig level tech support. I wish you the best of lauck.

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6 years ago

Good Morning @JohnTom,


Welcome to Community Forums!  I can understand how concerning this is to you because we want our phones to be properly working.  I would be happy to help you with this.


Can you please send me your phone number, account number, and your name in a private message to @ATTCares?  I would like to check your area to make sure all the towers are working properly.


I hope you have a great day and I look forward to your reply.


Donna V, AT&T Community Specialist

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6 years ago

That seemed to have worked. There was me reason to be rude in your response!

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6 years ago


@JohnTom wrote:

That seems to have worked. There was no reason to be rude in your response!


@JohnTom

 

that was not for you...  It was for @ATTMobilityCare since they as of this point dont have a clue anymore.

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6 years ago

I kind of wondered if it was for them or the first response. Thanks again. 

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6 years ago

Good Morning @JohnTom,


Thank you so much for letting us know your phone is working now.  If you have any other questions, please reach out to us on Community Forums.


Have a great day and enjoy your weekend!


Donna V, AT&T Community Specialist

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6 years ago

@GLIMMERMAN76 why do you need to enable bluetooth to use wifi calling?  You said in a previous post that you need to enable wifi AND bluetooth - don't understand why you need bluetooth enabled too?

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6 years ago

I tell folks to do both because some people have wearables or headsets.  I have to enable Bluetooth because of my apple watch if I'm using my iPhone x or if I'm using my mate 10 with lg sport watch.

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6 years ago

Thanks @GLIMMERMAN76 - makes sense.  Wondering if you know how to get wifi calling to default to wifi rather than try and go to the weak cellular service and get spotty calls.  I see people recommend to use airplane mode to force your phone to use wifi calling - but it's a pain when you have to manually turn it on and off to force your phone to use wifi calling.

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