To my understanding, T-Mobile phones can utilize wireless texting along with the wireless calling. How does this work, and can MMS be sent over wi-fi in addition to regular SMS?
Right now, I have wireless calling disabled on my T-mobile GS6. Does this disable the ability for wireless texting as well?
Just curious to how this all works. Thanks!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Multimedia_Subsystem
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SmiLey497 said:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Multimedia_Subsystem
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All this mumbo-jumbo doesn't answer the question. :banghead:
Pp.
i have wifi calling turned off, and I send and recieve text messages, including mms all the time through wifi without issue, so the answer is YES
zackmack7 said:
To my understanding, T-Mobile phones can utilize wireless texting along with the wireless calling. How does this work, and can MMS be sent over wi-fi in addition to regular SMS?
Right now, I have wireless calling disabled on my T-mobile GS6. Does this disable the ability for wireless texting as well?
Just curious to how this all works. Thanks!
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'WiFi calling' is used when you, for example, have no service in a your house. You would turn 'WiFi calling' on and it would use your home internet that you're connected to as your signal source. All your calls, texts, and data (of course) will go through your home internet instead of the tmobile cell tower. It turns zero or bad service into perfect service. Now it also depends on your home internet quality. If you have no T-Mobile service in your house AND a crappy home internet connection... then you may be screwed lol
You don't NEED WiFi calling on to send and receive calls or texts. Just turn it on when it's needed.
wase4711 said:
i have wifi calling turned off, and I send and recieve text messages, including mms all the time through wifi without issue, so the answer is YES
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How can you tell that the messages are being sent via Wifi and not mobile data?
zackmack7 said:
How can you tell that the messages are being sent via Wifi and not mobile data?
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If you have wifi on you will not have any type of wireless data other than what normal voice gives you. I would assume in a instance that wifi is on and wifi calling is off it would send all sms texts via voice and mms as wifI. Just tried to send a mms with mobile data off but connected to wifi with wifi calling off and it said will send mms after it connects to mobile data. So there is your answer! Guess we still get mobile data when connected to wifi.
v2.2v said:
'WiFi calling' is used when you, for example, have no service in a your house. You would turn 'WiFi calling' on and it would use your home internet that you're connected to as your signal source. All your calls, texts, and data (of course) will go through your home internet instead of the tmobile cell tower. It turns zero or bad service into perfect service. Now it also depends on your home internet quality. If you have no T-Mobile service in your house AND a crappy home internet connection... then you may be screwed lol
You don't NEED WiFi calling on to send and receive calls or texts. Just turn it on when it's needed.
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Right but I'm assuming that if Wifi-calling is off, even if Wifi is on, SMS and MMS will still be sent through normal means/mobile data instead of via Wifi. Is that correct?
ThePagel said:
If you have wifi on you will not have any type of wireless data other than what normal voice gives you. I would assume in a instance that wifi is on and wifi calling is off it would send all sms texts via voice and mms as wifI. Just tried to send a mms with mobile data off but connected to wifi with wifi calling off and it said will send mms after it connects to mobile data. So there is your answer! Guess we still get mobile data when connected to wifi.
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Perfect! Thanks
zackmack7 said:
Right but I'm assuming that if Wifi-calling is off, even if Wifi is on, SMS and MMS will still be sent through normal means/mobile data instead of via Wifi. Is that correct?
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'WiFi calling' and WiFi are independent of each other. You can have WiFi on and still have 'WiFi calling' off. lf your 'wifi calling' is off...all calls, SMS, and MMS will be transmitted via cell network. If 'WiFi calling' is on... then all calls, SMS, and MMS will be transmitted via WiFi.
Also remember there are three different options when using 'WiFi calling'...if I'm ever in a situation where 'WiFi calling' is NEEDED, I would definitely say use the third (the one I have chosen) option in attached picture.
wase4711 said:
i have wifi calling turned off, and I send and recieve text messages, including mms all the time through wifi without issue, so the answer is YES
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You can not send MMS through WiFi unless 'WiFi calling' is on. If your 'WiFi calling' is off, then all your calls, SMS, MMS go through cell network
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You can not send MMS through WiFi unless 'WiFi calling' is on. If your 'WiFi calling' is off, then all your calls, SMS, MMS go through cell network
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I think it is important to note that it requires mobile data. You can send a sms via voice but mms must be sent with 2g/3g/LTE Or wifi calling.
ThePagel said:
I think it is important to note that it requires mobile data. You can send a sms via voice but mms must be sent with 2g/3g/LTE Or wifi calling.
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Correct. See this is what I like to see within a forum! lol Find an issue, troubleshoot issue, solve issue. BOOM
On all my other tmobile wifi calling phones or roms when wifi calling is turned on the mobile modem is turned off. But on this used tmobile rom with trltetmo rom the wifi calling has both the wifi and mobile modem on. Seems like it would waste battery and my wifi calling is very inconsistent.
When I wake up in the morning or come back to the house after work the wifi calling is stuck at enabling for a long time and then usually turns up error err99 or 82
Anyone else update to 7.0 and have calls dropped and hotspot spotty. Does this have to do with the wifi calling crap again? And if so which is the best Rom to use atm?
It doesn't work with WiFi. Haven't tried with mobile data.
Any fix?
MobyDuhFreak said:
It doesn't work with WiFi. Haven't tried with mobile data.
Any fix?
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Wait.. What? No, that's not fixable that I'm aware: You can't receive WiFi and output a hotspot at the same time cuz your WiFi hardware is set to "receiving" when WiFi is on, then switches to "sending" for a hotspot.. Can't do both at the same time.. BUT, you can receive WiFi and USB tether out..
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Wait.. What? No, that's not fixable that I'm aware: You can't receive WiFi and output a hotspot at the same time cuz your WiFi hardware is set to "receiving" when WiFi is on, then switches to "sending" for a hotspot.. Can't do both at the same time.. BUT, you can receive WiFi and USB tether out..
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Oh ok thanks! So it only works with mobile data I guess.
WiFi hotspot? Yes.
MobyDuhFreak said:
Oh ok thanks! So it only works with mobile data I guess.
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Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
While on a call, if I move from a WiFi-connected area (my office), to a 4G area (outdoors), my reception deteriorates and drops.
Any thoughts?
R
Is WiFi calling enabled? Under the phone app settings. If so try turning it off
Bushboynz said:
Is WiFi calling enabled? Under the phone app settings. If so try turning it off
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Yup. That seemed to solved it. Cheers.