Like anyone miles from the nearest tower, I use Wi-Fi calling.
But what are the best Android settings for Wi-Fi calling?
Nobody tells us that.
Do you have recommendations?
Here are my relevant settings (as far as I know what to look for anyway).
<https://i.postimg.cc/P5Kb99jy/wificall01.jpg> Roaming & Network Settings <https://i.postimg.cc/xTDPzL5v/wificall02.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Priorities <https://i.postimg.cc/g0TVkhr6/wificall03.jpg> Wi-Fi Developer options
What related settings do you use for the best Wi-Fi calling (& texting)?
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:48:06 -0400, Wally J
<walterjones@invalid.nospam> wrote:
Like anyone miles from the nearest tower, I use Wi-Fi calling.
But what are the best Android settings for Wi-Fi calling?
Nobody tells us that.
Do you have recommendations?
Here are my relevant settings (as far as I know what to look for anyway).
<https://i.postimg.cc/P5Kb99jy/wificall01.jpg> Roaming & Network Settings
<https://i.postimg.cc/xTDPzL5v/wificall02.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Priorities
<https://i.postimg.cc/g0TVkhr6/wificall03.jpg> Wi-Fi Developer options
What related settings do you use for the best Wi-Fi calling (& texting)?
In my Pixel6a, I just turned it on and nothing else.
KenW
what are the best Android settings for Wi-Fi calling?
Like anyone miles from the nearest tower, I use Wi-Fi calling.
But what are the best Android settings for Wi-Fi calling?
Here are my relevant settings (as far as I know what to look for anyway).
<https://i.postimg.cc/P5Kb99jy/wificall01.jpg> Roaming & Network Settings
<https://i.postimg.cc/xTDPzL5v/wificall02.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Priorities
<https://i.postimg.cc/g0TVkhr6/wificall03.jpg> Wi-Fi Developer options
My phone does not have Developer options
Stan Brown wrote:
My phone does not have Developer options
If you go to settings/about phone and stab at the build number like a lunatic, you'll gain the developer settings ...
What related settings do you use for the best Wi-Fi calling (& texting)?
In my Pixel6a, I just turned it on and nothing else.
KenW
same with my Galaxy Note 10 - it just works
Here are my relevant settings (as far as I know what to look for anyway).
<https://i.postimg.cc/P5Kb99jy/wificall01.jpg> Roaming & Network Settings
My Android 13 Samsung A54 5G doesn't have "Allow 5G" or "Allow 2G"
under Mobile Networks, and neither one came up in a search of
Settings.
<https://i.postimg.cc/xTDPzL5v/wificall02.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Priorities
This one I discovered for myself a couple of weeks ago. I think I
posted about it, or at least I meant to.
<https://i.postimg.cc/g0TVkhr6/wificall03.jpg> Wi-Fi Developer options
My phone does not have Developer options, and it does not have any of
those under Developer Settings.
Alas! "Wi-fi safe mode / prioritize Wi-fi stability over
performance" sounds like it might help, because I do get dropouts in
Wifi calling. Switching to "Roaming network preference / Wifi
preferred" a couple of weeks ago has seemed to help.
What related settings do you use for the best Wi-Fi calling (& texting)?
Malone <mslone@nospam.uk> wrote
What related settings do you use for the best Wi-Fi calling (& texting)? >>>In my Pixel6a, I just turned it on and nothing else.
KenW
same with my Galaxy Note 10 - it just works
Thanks for letting us know that just setting one option works for you.
I envy those who say the default Wi-Fi calling settings work as what I find happening is I connect to the Wi-Fi access point on my router on a call and then when I drive down the driveway, it doesn't switch over to cellular
fast enough and drops the call as a result (although that has improved).
As Stan Brown noted, there are a _lot_ of hidden Wi-Fi calling settings.
I was hoping to find out what others have set which works for them too.
For example, these are some of the settings that I documented a while ago:
<https://i.postimg.cc/d0dcz022/adb13.jpg> Adb using -a for wifi Intents
<https://i.postimg.cc/sxn4F1WS/adb14.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Activity
Notice the "Calling preference" options of:
a. Call over Wi-Fi
"If Wi-Fi is unavailable, use mobile network."
b. Call over mobile network
"If mobile network is unavailable, use Wi-Fi"
c. Wi-Fi only
"Call over Wi-Fi. If Wi-Fi is lost, call will end."
Notice the "call will end" is the part I'm trying to most avoid.
To ameliorate that problem, maybe these hidden setting are important?
"Settings > Developer options > *Wi-Fi safe mode*
Prioritize Wi-Fi stability over performance"
"Settings > Developer options > *Mobile data always active*
Always keep mobile data active,even when Wi-Fi is active
(for fast network switching)"
"Settings > Developer options > *Wi-Fi scan throttling*
Saves battery and improves network performance"
Probably less so these settings, both of which I have turned on:
"Settings > Developer options > *Enable Wi-Fi Verbose Logging*
Increase Wi-Fi logging level, show per SSID RSSI in Wi-Fi Picker."
"Settings > Developer options > *Wi-Fi non-persistent MAC randomization*
When this mode is enabled, this device's MAC address may change
each time it connects to a network that has MAC randomization enabled."
In summary, I'm trying to find out from others what works for them.
That's why I showed the screenshots - so that we could compare what I have set to what others who have the same issues have set for themselves.
<https://i.postimg.cc/P5Kb99jy/wificall01.jpg> Roaming & Network Settings
<https://i.postimg.cc/xTDPzL5v/wificall02.jpg> Wi-Fi Calling Priorities
<https://i.postimg.cc/g0TVkhr6/wificall03.jpg> Wi-Fi Developer options
Just to clarify my circumstances. I'm a long way from any cellular
coverage. Just going down my driveway doesn't help. I need to drive for
15 minutes before I can pick up cellular. So, automatic switching from
wifi calling to cellular isn't an issue for me.
Malone <mslone@nospam.uk> wrote
Just to clarify my circumstances. I'm a long way from any cellular
coverage. Just going down my driveway doesn't help. I need to drive for
15 minutes before I can pick up cellular. So, automatic switching from
wifi calling to cellular isn't an issue for me.
Thanks for clarifying that you don't have cellular coverage at home.
For you then, probably you will lose the phone call the moment you
leave the area that is painted by your home router's access points.
I can't think of anything you can do if there isn't cellular coverage,
other than the extreme of adding an expensive vehicle cellular repeater
which I'm sure you won't want to do (yes, I know you implied no cellular,
but these things are super sensitive so they can pick up low signals).
I don't have a mobile cellular repeater but I do have a static cellular repeater and a femtocell (both of which are essentially tiny towers).
Mine have to be registered with the FCC since they're legally cellular
towers even though they only service a few hundred yards of radius.
Looking at headers, I noticed your email address ends with "uk" so I don't know what they do across the pond, but here, in the states, all three major carriers will provide a free femtocell (often called a microcell) which boosts signal when you're inside the home & somewhat outside the home.
But that cellular tower inside your house won't make it all that far down
the driveway (I should test it since every tower, even femtocells, has a unique FCC-registered tower ID so I can tell if I'm connected to it).
Some day I'll test how far the femtocells paint outside the house, but for you, even that won't get you more than to the end of your own driveway.
So you're pretty much stuck making Wi-Fi calls from inside the house only.
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