Hi All,
I moved Carrier from Verizon to T-mobile, and found one good feature of T-mobile S5 is not working in Verizon version.
Wifi calling, I'm using Galaxy S5 Verizon, all others are good, except Wifi calling.
Sim error was already handled by rooting and deactivating service.
Is there any way to activate wifi calling feature in Verizon Galaxy S5 version, I searched, but by locked Bootloader, I can't install T-mobile firmware in Verizon version, and also I can't do Safestrap with OG5(with root) rom either.
My Verizon S5 phone is very good in most of area with T-mobile, except my office, by poor T-mobile signal (I guess, there is Verizon router in my office area, and locking my signal, for when I out of office, full t-mobile signal is detected, but when I enter to my office, all dead. , no problem when I used Verizon Carrier )
So I need wifi calling feature at my office, but I can't use it with Verizon version.
If you guys can provide any other recommandation. it will be very helpful to me.
Thank you!!!!!!!
I found the answer from the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61489873&postcount=17
Downgrade to NCG build (Kitkat) by odin again and then rooted.
And then followed guide in the link (I used Flashfire).
Only one thing in Twi5ted Lollipop 5.0 V7, Select "No thanks" to sharing data with Samsung in EULA Screen or will meet sim problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59048435&postcount=71
In that case to resolve the issue, need to factory reset and then restart initial setup again.
(I did )
Currently my one looks good
Wifi Calling, Bluetooth, GPS and all of other functions working good.
nm
I really wish wifi calling wasn't so locked down on Big Red (VZW). Hangouts dialer is a good alternative as long as the wifi is stable enough.
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I just now switched from AT&T to T-mobile because I finally got sick of AT&T for various reasons including very high prices. The network lock is removed. How can I get wi-fi calling to work on this phone? When I try to enable it, I get "To enable this service you must confirm your emergency address.". Then I see "Wi-Fi calling lets you make and receive calls over Wi-Fi with your AT&T account. When you use Wi-Fi Calling, information about the country where the Wi-Fi connection is made will be sent to your carrier. Learn more about Wi-Fi Calling.". The last two words are a link to https://m.att.com/shopmobile/wireless/features/wifi-calling.html?referrer=. It seems there's a hangup of AT&T versus T-mobile. What should I be doing to get this working?
In case anyone is wondering, this particular phone is being used because it must be kept unrooted. I have a G900T that has been rooted.
I have an unlocked Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935U). My carrier is Total Wireless (Verizon MVNO). I recently got a new office at work, and the Verizon coverage in this part of the building is terrible. I use wifi for data but cellular calling basically doesn't work at all.
I've been looking at other networks, and I'm leaning toward T-Mobile or MetroPCS, one of the reasons being they have wifi calling and the wifi at my office is plenty fast. I checked in settings to see the wifi calling option, but when I go to settings > connections > more connection settings, which is where the wifi calling setting is supposed to be, there's nothing about wifi calling.
I had a thought that maybe the wifi calling option isn't there because my current carrier doesn't support wifi calling, so I contacted Samsung support. I asked if I get a SIM from a carrier that supports wifi calling, would the wifi calling option be enabled. They said that unlocked phones don't support wifi calling at all.
This confuses me, because this thread mentions some people were able to use T-Mobile wifi calling on an unlocked S7/S7Edge. But that thread is older, so maybe for some reason wifi calling was removed from the unlocked S7 Edge with the Nougat update?
I suppose the only way to find out for sure is to get a T-Mobile or MetroPCS SIM and see what happens. But is anyone able to shed some light on if this is even worth trying? I suppose it's also worth trying out just to see if regular cellular calling on T-Mobile might be fine at my new desk, but hopefully there's some way to do wifi calling.
Unfortunately I think you need the sm-g935f to get t mobile wifi calling. Don't think it was ever achieved on the U models
I had an s7 edge from T-Mobile (SM-G935T) but I flashed the unlocked firmware essentially making it a SM-G935U and I had VoLTE and Wifi calling working with no issues. It was about a month ago, so it was on Nougat. I would expect no issues with an actual SM-G935U on T-Mobile.
Well, I answered my own question. I switched over to the T-Mobile 10 GB $50/month prepaid plan and when I changed SIMs the phone gave me a "reconfiguring your device for new SIM card" message. Wifi calling is now active.
Also, this is a list of phones that support T-Mobile wifi calling. I probably should've checked here first.
http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones
I was wondering if like Sony and Samsung devices, if it's possible to completely debrand a G6 to enable Wifi calling and VoLTE on a specific network's branded software? I know the G5 left the original operator's customisation files (unless rooting to change the cust folder) but has this changed with the G6?
Haven't bought the phone yet but seen an unlocked one which obviously wouldn't have network branded software.
Thanks.
Not sure of the purpose of this. So you want a completely unbranded phone and then want to install a specific network's software for wifi calling and VoLTE? If so, why not buy the phone from that network? Example: I bought an unlocked T-Mobile phone (on Amazon, not directly from T-Mobile) that can be used on any network, but contained T-Mobile software. I disabled what I didn't need. I am on T-Mobile anyway so I can use their wifi calling app.
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Not sure of the purpose of this. So you want a completely unbranded phone and then want to install a specific network's software for wifi calling and VoLTE? If so, why not buy the phone from that network? Example: I bought an unlocked T-Mobile phone (on Amazon, not directly from T-Mobile) that can be used on any network, but contained T-Mobile software. I disabled what I didn't need. I am on T-Mobile anyway so I can use their wifi calling app.
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Purpose is that a second hand unlocked phone is much cheaper than one branded to the network at the moment.
wifi calling is mostly junk and over-rated feature. I know of no phones that can do a decent handoff in the event that wifi signal drops out of range then the phone wants to continue the call on LTE but if your LTE signal is already weak the call will just drop. Happened to me all the time so I just disable it and all the HD voice garbage too. Forcing back to the old 4G network thats now less congested than its ever been!
Admittedly wi-fi calling has only come in useful a handful of times, but the 4G calling feature has worked for me in a few places where 2G/3G is patchy. Guess I could do without it though.
Install Google Voice, hangouts, and hangouts dialer. Then you can use Wi-Fi or data calling in any phone or any rom.
I'm using a US997(16a) in Verizon and it works fine.
Spookymyo said:
Install Google Voice, hangouts, and hangouts dialer. Then you can use Wi-Fi or data calling in any phone or any rom.
I'm using a US997(16a) in Verizon and it works fine.
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Thanks, had those installed on my G5 but never used them. Will give it a go.
I switched from an S7 Edge, on which I was able to change the CSC Code and get features different Canadian Carriers had to offer. The particular one I was interested in was VoLTE(Video/Voice over LTE) video calling was the main feature I wanted to keep. That's why when I switched to the G6, I made sure it was from Rogers so I can continue to use that feature. It's pretty sweet... great quality video calling without using any data
I wish LG had a feature like this too, where you can change carrier settings on unlocked phones. It would be helpful
It would indeed be helpful! I guess I managed fine without the features before and it's not a huge loss but wi-fi calling definitely came in handy at a couple of places I used to work at.
IME Samsung and Sony phones were fairly easy to fully change carrier firmwares on and I remember HTCs being a pain (not sure what they're like now). But LGs seem to be able to debrand 90% of the firmware but still leave enough of a trace of the original software to block off a couple of features, which is slightly annoying. Ah well
Cellular data problem with french carrier on LG V35 AT&T unlocked flashed FI firmware
Hello everyone,
I bought a LGV35 AT&T unlocked on amazon 3 months ago because I was so tempted by it. During the first 3 months with the AT&T firmware everything was fine, but all the crap AT&T apps was bothering me. So, I searched on internet for ways to get rid of the bloats and found out that you could cross-flash to unlocked google fi firmware, so I did. Everything went fine with the flash. Unfortunately, after 3-4 days my phone lose cellular data function. I can make calls and sms but can't have 4G/3G/2G, no cellular data at all. I tried a lot of things but no results. The only thing that worked is re-flash the fimrware but then after 3-4 days I lose cellular data function again. Can someone advise me about that ? My carrier is a french one (SFR). Is it possible to go back to the AT&T firmware again ?
I have a LG G7 as backup, so no worry here.
Thank you in advance for your responses,
Jenfir
Couple of thoughts as a novice I always like to investigate the most simple possibilities?
And as a second idea from the simple side is with the AT&t software if you had this wi-fi connection made automatically perhaps it would be delivering you data through Wi-Fi as opposed to the cellular then once you switch the software it no longer had that automatic connection to all the AT&t hot spots
Hi, thanks for your replies. I have not reach the limit data yet.
I don't really understand the automatic wifi-connection setting. Now that I don't have the AT&T software anymore I don't think it affects the connectivity on my phone. I have doubt about the google connectivity services though. I have my phone running again over cellular data after factory reset and I did not install the app. I will see if it solves my problem. I will keep this thread updated. I still take other advices.
Ok phone ninjas. I got the notification from cricket today that my SM-935u will not work once 3g is turned off. I found the compatibility list HERE. Note that all the "u" phones after are updateable and should work. And all the att branded phones back to the s4 are compatiable. So, does the hardware exist in the unlocked s7 Edge SM-935u and is there a way to make it work once the 3g network is shutdown? I guess what I'm reading is that post 3g shutdown phones must support VoLTE. The older phones drop to 3g for voice calls. Will texting still work if voice doesn't.
So the questions, can via a software update, booloader unlock, custom rom (such as to the SM-935a firmware), make this phone continue to work? Oh, and if you can provide a step by step guide or link to one that would be great.
Or is this phone just a paperweight in 5 months if on cricket or att?