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(WIP) [$1400+ BOUNTY] Port T-Mobile WiFi Calling for Nexus 4

What is this about?
The Nexus 4 launched without WiFi Calling support for T-Mobile USA customers. I'm starting this bounty to encourage people to port this feature to the Nexus 4. It has been done in the past, and there are even claims that the N4 was being tested with WiFi Calling support before launch.
For more read this: http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/4g-wireless-broadband-service?uid=Coverage_3
Why should you care about this?
WiFi Calling will give all T-Mobile USA customers who use the Nexus 4 the ability to use their T-Mobile phone number to make/receive calls and text messages over an active WiFi network. As well, post-paid T-Mobile customers could avoid using their minutes, if they are on a limited or pooling plan, while using WiFi Calling. Customers need to ensure they have the "Free WiFi Calling" SOC attached to their line and a valid 911 address on file. The 911 address requirement also applies to pre-paid T-Mobile USA customers.
How can you help?
Simply reply to this thread showing your support to have this awesome feature ported to the Nexus 4. Optionally, you can let us know how much you personally would be willing to put up to see T-Mobile WiFi Calling come to the Nexus 4. Personally, I am staking $50 for this feature; however, you can stake any amount you wish, or absolutely none at all. You being here and reading this is good enough for me. But if it is at all possible, please at least reply to this thread. The more exposure it gets, the better our chances our of getting it accomplished!
Presently, the bounty is valued at $1400. The value of the bounty changes frequently as more people enlist their support towards the completion of this project. So, please consider helping out the entire community by showing your support in this thread. Even if it doesn't affect you at all, there is a vast amount of people looking forward to using this feature as soon as possible.
Thank you!
- Korey N.

I don't yet have one. I would be willing to pay for it (around $20) though if I get one. The thing making me doubt getting it is the OTG issues. Might get one anyway.

I'd toss in $10 (not the richest guy) because I get don't service in my house.

T-Mobile isn't too terrible here where I live, but not having WiFi Calling is a disappointment when you trace to places without coverage

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WiFi Calling would be great :-/
$10

Guys, my suggestion is to use Vonage. Uses your number and doesn't use minutes from existing T-Mobile plan. Works over WiFi and 4G/3G
If you don't mind having another number, there's always Google Voice and VOIP.
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Back when I had T-Mobile, developers got Wi-Fi Calling working on the Nexus One and I think I had it on my Nexus S but root access was required because the kernel had to be modified. Don't know if getting it enabled without root would be possible.
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gagdude said:
Guys, my suggestion is to use Vonage. Uses your number and doesn't use minutes from existing T-Mobile plan. Works over WiFi and 4G/3G
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But why pay for something like Vonage if I could keep my number and have reliable service via WiFi for free with WiFi-Calling? (Free with my current plan)
drew_grant said:
Back when I had T-Mobile, developers got Wi-Fi Calling working on the Nexus One and I think I had it on my Nexus S but root access was required because the kernel had to be modified. Don't know if getting it enabled without root would be possible
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I would root just for that :good:

overhauling said:
But why pay for something like Vonage if I could keep my number and have reliable service via WiFi for free with WiFi-Calling? (Free with my current plan)
I would root just for that :good:
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It's free. And like I said, let's you keep your number
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I meant with root too is fine
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So um... did anyone try out Vonage...?
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I rather stick to T-Mobile. Its cheaper for me
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Whosdaman said:
I rather stick to T-Mobile. Its cheaper for me
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Dang, common misconception
Vonage Mobile is a free app that uses your current number and calls out via 3G/4G or WiFi.
All free
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gagdude said:
Dang, common misconception
Vonage Mobile is a free app that uses your current number and calls out via 3G/4G or WiFi.
All free
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Ooo okay, hmm let me check it out

gagdude said:
Dang, common misconception
Vonage Mobile is a free app that uses your current number and calls out via 3G/4G or WiFi.
All free
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I looked at it.... it says its only free if the other person also has the vonage app. You have to buy minutes for regular calls
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lowrider262 said:
I looked at it.... it says its only free if the other person also has the vonage app. You have to buy minutes for regular calls
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I made a call to my dad who doesn't have the Vonage app... it worked...
And I used it on an unactivated phone
Just checked the app info... yeah idk why it says they need the Vonage app, maybe they mean for picture messaging and texts?
Also Vonage has 3000 minutes a month, so maybe if you get more friends the 3000 minutes will be raised for free?
Probably just an issue with wording...
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My only question about Vonage's is when they call you will it go thru wifi! The only reason I want WiFi calling is because I get no reception in my house

I put up $10 for this bounty.

famoustito said:
My only question about Vonage's is when they call you will it go thru wifi! The only reason I want WiFi calling is because I get no reception in my house
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In your case, Vonage wouldn't be a solution because you can't receive calls with it.
See, a normal fix to this would be to reject the call then call them back with Vonage, but if you don't get service you won't even get the call.
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Concerning Data

Okay so I was wondering if when my sister gets a s4 from her friend, will there be an extra charge from T-Mobile?
She is still on the old system contract, and her line plan was having 1000 minutes shared and unlimited texting but no data at all for her line. So is it possible to have a smartphone and use 100% WiFi only and not have to get charged extra?
This would be really helpful, thanks in advance.
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there shouldn't be a data charge if using wifi. unless your on an airplane and they want to charge you 50 bucks for wifi. and what, her friend is giving her an s4? you should be nicer to your sisters friend.

teerout said:
there shouldn't be a data charge if using wifi. unless your on an airplane and they want to charge you 50 bucks for wifi. and what, her friend is giving her an s4? you should be nicer to your sisters friend.
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Lol yeah, I heard at&t and detect if your using a smartphone and automatically put you on a data plan. Can T-Mobile do that to?
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darkynk said:
Lol yeah, I heard at&t and detect if your using a smartphone and automatically put you on a data plan. Can T-Mobile do that to?
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No they don't. I was on a talk and text only plan when I got my Exhibit and went about 3 months with no data. In fact you can actually go on my t-mobile and block data to make sure you don't get charged.

Where to discuss at&t?

I have a beef with at&t and I'm not sure where to discuss it
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Ok. I'll start here. About 3 weeks ago we had a bad windstorm. We lost service for a while. We had previously had a fair LTE signal throughout the house and also HSPA+ at about -87 dbM. Now we get no LTE in house and the HSPA signal is around -105 dbM. We now drop calls where we didn't before. A call to AT&T resulted in a trouble case being opened. An engineer supposedly checked out the system and said it was fine and closed the case. Obviously it is not fine and they refuse to fix it. Any ideas?
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attwireless.com has a forum that staff monitor.

Thanks!Great idea
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Leave At&t like I'm doing because they are not great anymore. Verizon or T-Mobile

sndtubes said:
I have a beef with at&t and I'm not sure where to discuss it
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Tell them you're going to leave AT&T unless they give you a free Femtocell, which is like a mini cell tower you hook up to your router.
If they try to charge you, then keep escalating up the food chain. Call back if you have to. They may ask you to pay for the Femtocell but refund you the price on your monthly bill. It's possible, though, and it makes a dramatic difference.

[Q] Slow internet on note 4

I received my note 4 in the mail today via ups and I have tried almost everything to get the internet to work as fast as it should. I have called tmobile and told them the issue and 3 out of the 5 people that I talked to asked me how did I get the note 4 and it isn't supposed to be released until the 17th. I have downloaded the speedtest.net application and I got ping 26 ms download 0.74 upload 0.05. I need some help on what my next move should be. I have not rooted the device.

Got my Note 4 today as well and I'm experiencing slow download speeds also.

atlprettygirl2145 said:
I received my note 4 in the mail today via ups and I have tried almost everything to get the internet to work as fast as it should. I have called tmobile and told them the issue and 3 out of the 5 people that I talked to asked me how did I get the note 4 and it isn't supposed to be released until the 17th. I have downloaded the speedtest.net application and I got ping 26 ms download 0.74 upload 0.05. I need some help on what my next move should be. I have not rooted the device.
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Did you try changing the server on speedtest? Does the internet work fine though? If nothing works, i'd say reset the phone.

MMakoto said:
Did you try changing the server on speedtest? Does the internet work fine though? If nothing works, i'd say reset the phone.
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Yes I have changed the server and actually got lower speeds, the internet is not working properly at all. I did a reset on the phone as well.

My internet speed is better than my Note 3. I have 90% LTE connection here...ie...everything but 1 bar.

Has anyone tried WiFi. What Sim card are you guys using.
NOTE 4

have you guys/girls activated the new sim card, or are you using a used one from a previous phone?

Amd4life said:
have you guys/girls activated the new sim card, or are you using a used one from a previous phone?
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I was using the same sim card from my note 3 then I got the new sim card that came with the phone activated and I am still having the same issues.

BACARDILIMON said:
Has anyone tried WiFi. What Sim card are you guys using.
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I have tried wifi as of right now that is the only way that I can download things, after I downloaded the speedtest.net, I turned wifi off to get the 4g lte reading and pretty much got those marks above. I was using the sim card that was in my note 3 and then was told by a tmobile rep that may be the problem after changing out the sim card basically got the same readings.

atlprettygirl2145 said:
I have tried wifi as of right now that is the only way that I can download things, after I downloaded the speedtest.net, I turned wifi off to get the 4g lte reading and pretty much got those marks above. I was using the sim card that was in my note 3 and then was told by a tmobile rep that may be the problem after changing out the sim card basically got the same readings.
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Do you have a screen shot
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I'm using the Sim card I used in my Nexus 5 (previous device), I'm sitting in my bathroom and getting 15mb/s speed on 4G LTE, getting about 30-45mb/s in my living room.
It could very well be a faulty antannae in the device, especially with how the packaging was when I received the device. Nothing against T Mobile, but a packing ENVELOPE? Really? Seems kinda faulty for a $900 device.

It works on 4G but not real good and 4G lte looks like this now
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devynbf said:
I'm using the Sim card I used in my Nexus 5 (previous device), I'm sitting in my bathroom and getting 15mb/s speed on 4G LTE, getting about 30-45mb/s in my living room.
It could very well be a faulty antannae in the device, especially with how the packaging was when I received the device. Nothing against T Mobile, but a packing ENVELOPE? Really? Seems kinda faulty for a $900 device.
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Yeah I thought that may be the issue and they told me that they doubt it's an antenna issue because it's a brand new phone
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BACARDILIMON said:
Do you have a screen shot
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It works on 4G but not real good and 4G lte looks like this now
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atlprettygirl2145 said:
It works on 4G but not real good and 4G lte looks like this now
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Change server to t mobile then try
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atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah I thought that may be the issue and they told me that they doubt it's an antenna issue because it's a brand new phone
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I find it funny that they would say that, even more so being a new phone would it have a manufacturer defect.

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BACARDILIMON said:
Change server to t mobile then try
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My Internet isn't working on 4G lte that is my issue it works on regular 4G just not 4glte
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devynbf said:
I find it funny that they would say that, even more so being a new phone would it have a manufacturer defect.
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They gave me the run around basically I end up having to pay another deposit to get another phone and then return the defected 1 to get a refund
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[Q] Sprint Nexus 6 and Data and Voice at same time

All,
on my Note 3 I can talk and use data at the same time. I thought I had read somewhere that the Nexus 6 would do the same. But it seems that it will not.
I am wrong?
Thanks Dave

I am on AT&T and I have used DAT and a phone call at the same time. This has more to do with your carrier and not the actual device.
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Oems have made all phones that are sprint spark capable with only one pathway from modem. ..last phone on sprint that can do svlte is note 3 ...vzw is the same

Unfortunately it doesn't work on this phone =/
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The Nexus 6 will not do simultaneous voice and data on Sprint or Verizon. (Although on Verizon it should be possible in some areas when VoLTE starts rolling out, not 100% sure with Sprint.)

Same with sprint they are rolling out volte sometime 2015+

Thanks for the response.

nexus6R3plicant said:
Same with sprint they are rolling out volte sometime 2015+
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I hope so. Would be nice.

flashback7 said:
I hope so. Would be nice.
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Seems on tmobile I can talk on the phone with my wifi tether running and do not lose connection.
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droidxxxxx said:
Seems on tmobile I can talk on the phone with my wifi tether running and do not lose connection.
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That's why T-Mobile is winning more customers and Sprint is sending techs to your house to help you set up your phone. Priorities. ???