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I've had my Kaiser for 2 days now with no probs. Then today, a nightmare. I cannot make any calls longer than 10 secs. For some reason as soon as i make a call it shows the 3g logo then kicks the call, loses the network connection then gets it back. it also shows the E for edge Icon all the time and its this icon that changes to 3g during a call. It also has the triangle icon all the time, which is roaming. i sure as hell hope im not! all other functions in this device work like a charm-texting, gps, wifi- all work great. Im on fido in Vancouver. This is not a supported handset and so i get no help from them( i dont think the 20 year olds that man the tech lines have a clue anyway). I read that it may be due to an old sim card, is this likely? Any help would be appreciated, im at my wits end, and im starting to think of selling. Help!
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I dont care about data connection other than Wifi, since the data plans are a joke here. So i dont even want these features active.
Try to switch your phone to GSM only (under phone options/band)
Dag Gammit i think this may have done it! -crossing fingers and testing- will play around with this some more and see what happens. thanks for the suggestion.
Yes indeed ID64, has it right. It's not just this phone that tries to seek the strongest band around, but drops the call in the process.
Changing using settings to GSM only works, but you may be in situations where you want the other bands. You can use the same method to switch back, But you might want a nicer/quicker way using Danielherrero's Bandswitch or Commmgrpro application. He's a member here and you can search here or google. The early freeware version is around somewhere.
Mike
Fido and the roaming triangle
I wouldn't worry about the roaming thing, since all of the towers report as rogers since the network conversion.
Here in Winnipeg I'm always roaming and it has never been an issue. I'm even calling long distance (Calgary?) for voice mail.
I haven't tried it since have the all you can eat data plan for $50. but I vaguely recall seeing in the wizard forum that apparently you can get a cheap data plan through fido if you claim your phone is a HipTop. Worth a try if you want data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1135200&postcount=6
hiptop
Umm, just out of curiosity, does the HipTop thing still work? and what is it exactly?
I am about to get a plan and this one sounds intriging..
I'm on Fido with a Tilt too, works flawlessly with my 8 year old sim card. I'm very interested in this Hip-Top data plan. Has anybody tried it yet? someone definatly should and let us know!
any way to get rid of the roaming notifications so we can enable automatic email downloading? feature will not work while roaming and my FIDO phone is always roaming on my home network. can't find a registry hack for the Kaiser for this.
Fido roaming and e-mail
I haven't found a way to turn off the roaming notification. However you can set up e-mail accounts to automatically download even when roaming. Obviously if you do really roam you will be charged mightily so I would use with caution.
for hotmail (windows live) it's option 5 in the options menu item
for other accounts
-Send/Receive Schedule
-- Advanced Settings
--- Use automatic send/receive schedule when roaming
send/recieve schedule when roaming
hondophred said:
for other accounts
-Send/Receive Schedule
-- Advanced Settings
--- Use automatic send/receive schedule when roaming
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My rom will not let me enable the automatic send/recieve when roaming without FIRST defining a send/recieve schedule. The schedule is inconveniant becuase i don't want the phone to stay on 3G connected 24hrs/day or my battery goes dead. I have it set to disconect 3G after 45 seconds but this only works if the phone is ON. When the phone is in sleep state it will leave the 3G on all the time so it opens up a whole other can of worms/problems. Does your rom let you enable this send/recieve while roaming option without first enabling a schedule? if so, which rom you using?
I'm not even 100% if the N4 has it so can anyone verify this? I have horrible service on the first floor of my house (especially my couch smh...) so I need to know that this works
If it's the T-Mobile version, then yes you have Wi-Fi calling.
Yes it does
I got the white note 4 from tmobile on monday. Yes it does have wifi calling. It works well.
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Just got my Tmo Samsung Galaxy Note 4 today after Pre-Ordering and Jumping from the Note 3. Decided to go with the SIM Card that came with the Note 4. Got the phone all set up and connected to WiFi and received "ER081 - Unable to connect" Error. Called Tmo and after checking my 911 info and verifying the new SIM Card was registered and such I got patched to Tech Support and reverifed everything. Popped out the battery while he reconnected the phone to the Tmo Network, same error. I have the Tmo Asus CellSpot along with another router as well, same error on both routers. The funny thing is they attempted to send some type of Verification Text Msg and I received "Content not supported" on my end. Anyone else having simular issues? I have good signal throughout my house, its just the matter of a major feature not working on a brand new phone. Tech Support said to give it till morning and call back if it still is not working. KLJ
kayslay21 said:
I'm not even 100% if the N4 has it so can anyone verify this? I have horrible service on the first floor of my house (especially my couch smh...) so I need to know that this works
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texting doesn't work when I have wifi calling enabled
I suffered from the same problem and it seems to be a permanent problem as no amount of help from T-mobile could rectify the issue....so the phone goes back to be replaced hopefully by one with a little more luck!!! Ill be interested to hear how you get along with it!!
LJackson0301 said:
Just got my Tmo Samsung Galaxy Note 4 today after Pre-Ordering and Jumping from the Note 3. Decided to go with the SIM Card that came with the Note 4. Got the phone all set up and connected to WiFi and received "ER081 - Unable to connect" Error. Called Tmo and after checking my 911 info and verifying the new SIM Card was registered and such I got patched to Tech Support and reverifed everything. Popped out the battery while he reconnected the phone to the Tmo Network, same error. I have the Tmo Asus CellSpot along with another router as well, same error on both routers. The funny thing is they attempted to send some type of Verification Text Msg and I received "Content not supported" on my end. Anyone else having simular issues? I have good signal throughout my house, its just the matter of a major feature not working on a brand new phone. Tech Support said to give it till morning and call back if it still is not working. KLJ
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I found WiFi calling and text work. The voice had a lot of drop outs on the note 4 however. My wife's note 3 is perfect on WiFi calling without a hint of a drop out.
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I'm starting to believe that TMO's version was not ready for release. I am now also getting the ER081 message, slow data speeds (as in <1 Mb/s with the LTE icon lit). These problems have really dampened my enthusiasm for the phone. :crying:
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I'm starting to believe that TMO's version was not ready for release. I am now also getting the ER081 message, slow data speeds (as in <1 Mb/s with the LTE icon lit). These problems have really dampened my enthusiasm for the phone. :crying:
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Does the phone intermittently show ER081 or is it permanent now?!
jadmh said:
Does the phone intermittently show ER081 or is it permanent now?!
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It showed for several hours. Then, magically, went away.
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It showed for several hours. Then, magically, went away.
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I managed to find that using another phone as a hotspot actually allowed me to get wifi calling...strangely though the cellular signal did not grey out.....when wifi-calling is enabled as preferred on others' note 4s, do your cellular signal stay on too?!
My Wifi calling took overnight to become active, probably because I'm a new customer and my account was still being provisioned. I have both the Wifi and cell signals in my notification bar.
People with the ER081....
You can try to following:
If your connected to your Wifi Network.
Go to Phone - Setting - Call - Wifi Calling - Switch it off and then back on.
This would re-enable the wifi calling feature and you will see the error go away.
Not sure why it gives the ERO81 code, but I have it come up as well.
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People with the ER081....
You can try to following:
If your connected to your Wifi Network.
Go to Phone - Setting - Call - Wifi Calling - Switch it off and then back on.
This would re-enable the wifi calling feature and you will see the error go away.
Not sure why it gives the ERO81 code, but I have it come up as well.
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First thing I tried. No joy. But, the problem seems to be intermittent and not permanent for me.
My problem is a little different. I get the wifi calling icon, but when I make a call, the other party can't hear me. When I turn it off, everything is A-OK. I'm not sure how to remedy this.
Call t mobile and tell them when new Sim card was activated WiFi calling was not set up perfect. Then before last step tell them to refresh you on network.
NOTE 4
I had an issue with my text messages using the SIM card that came with the phone. I returned to the store and they told me there have been issues with those Sim cards that are ISIS enabled due to the security measures. They gave me a non ISIS one and now mine works flawlessly.
I'm getting frequent Er081's on my TMobile Note Edge. I've tried 3 different ISPs with speeds from 10m-500m, tweaked the QOS and COS on each, multiple wifi's etc.
It will usually initiate the call. But it won't be long before call just drops, anywhere from 15-60 mins in. My calls are always long (>30mins), and I've yet to normally terminate a call. Of course I'm now getting asked what's going on.
On one occasion, the ER081 stayed on the drop-down and wouldn't go away until I rebooted phone (Edge).
IMHO this is a wonderful feature, but TMo is not ready for primetime on this one? Is it true Note 3's and older phones work fine?
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I'm getting frequent Er081's on my TMobile Note Edge. I've tried 3 different ISPs with speeds from 10m-500m, tweaked the QOS and COS on each, multiple wifi's etc.
It will usually initiate the call. But it won't be long before call just drops, anywhere from 15-60 mins in. My calls are always long (>30mins), and I've yet to normally terminate a call. Of course I'm now getting asked what's going on.
On one occasion, the ER081 stayed on the drop-down and wouldn't go away until I rebooted phone (Edge).
IMHO this is a wonderful feature, but TMo is not ready for primetime on this one? Is it true Note 3's and older phones work fine?
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Note 4 works great. It might be an issue with edge. You might wanna ask in that forum. Also contact TMOBILE sure they will help
BAD ASS NOTE 4
buckwheat.phd said:
I'm getting frequent Er081's on my TMobile Note Edge. I've tried 3 different ISPs with speeds from 10m-500m, tweaked the QOS and COS on each, multiple wifi's etc.
It will usually initiate the call. But it won't be long before call just drops, anywhere from 15-60 mins in. My calls are always long (>30mins), and I've yet to normally terminate a call. Of course I'm now getting asked what's going on.
On one occasion, the ER081 stayed on the drop-down and wouldn't go away until I rebooted phone (Edge).
IMHO this is a wonderful feature, but TMo is not ready for primetime on this one? Is it true Note 3's and older phones work fine?
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Disable WiFi calling, go to app and clear cache and data, power cycle phone, enable WiFi calling and try again.
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Hello,
I travel a lot for work from the US to China. In the past, I've utilized wi-fi calling on my LG G4 on Sprint for texts / voice capabilities. Sprint doesn't allow wifi calling in China, but there was an easy work around: I would VPN to a US based location (needed to access anything google), connect to wifi, turn on global roaming and then use a fake GPS locator app set to somewhere in the US. When used in tandem, I was able to to connect to wifi calling just as if I was in the states. I've done this successfully for the past six trips to china over the past year, end of April being the latest.
On my current trip to China, I've been unable to connect using this method. The Wifi calling times out and gives an notification error in the status bar "wifi calling is not allowed in this country". Does anyone know what may have changed in the past two months? I believe Sprint does its locating via Google (one of the main reasons wifi calling doesn't work here) but that shouldn't be an issue if I have VPN access and can utilize the suite of my other Gapps.
Does anyone have any other ideas or settings I can tinker with to try to get this to work? One time I was able to pull up a screen that I've never seen before titled "self service" and it mentioned something about setting 911 location, but I've never had to mess with that in the past. Was there a recent ROM update that I may have downloaded over the past couple of months that would have prevented me from doing what I used to do (I don't remember, but maybe)?
Any help would be much appreciated. I even called Sprint to try to get my texts turned on and they just turn on global roaming and I'll be all set...I did this and that hasn't worked either. When I go to HK, I receive texts and can use data without issue, and can connect to wifi calling (confirmed last weekend).
Thanks!
-Rob
Try also calling sprint they can do a uicc unlock which would allow u to use it in china gsm if im not mistaken
I cant give no help on the wifi calling as im a gsm unlock user my wifi calling has never worked. Always get a invalid sim
I have an unlocked Huawei P20 Pro, dual sim (CLT-L29) in the UK. Wi-fi calling works with Vodafone, EE and Three, but Vodafone is the only network which causes constant notifications to pop-up on my phone, to let me know that wi-fi calling is available. I could maybe understand that a notification appears the first time I connect to a wi-fi network (even though no such notification appears with the other 2 mobile operators), but why I sometimes get 3 notifications in 5 minutes, when I am 2 metres from the wi-fi router and with a perfect wi-fi signal, is beyond me.
Does this happen to other people? Is it a Vodafone thing? Is it the combination of Vodafone + P20 Pro? Is there a way to stop it?
I limited it this way:
setting -> apps -> more -> show system processes -> phone -> notifications -> wi-fi calling and disable all the options (display in status bar, etc.)
but some notifications still filter through.
Yes - I get exactly this behaviour on Vodafone.
I tried to disable using the steps you've described but I keep getting the notifications and I will often get a vibrate as a result after I have unlocked my phone.
Very frustrating and I don't seem to be able to disable it.
Use nCleaner app from play store,
and under "Ongoing notification" section, just disable any notifications you want to hide
nCleaner
@otonieru: thanks for the advice. nCleaner definitely did the trick. I got rid of the frustrating WiFi calling notification. Nothing else has worked but this. Thank you!
My guess would be that the notification occurs when the Vodafone cellular signal is weak or drops out so you are advised that Wi-Fi Calling is available as a fallback. It probably doesn't happen with the other networks because their signal is stronger and more reliable.
Having said that, I recall having a similar issue with Vodafone some years ago, possibly with roaming notifications, where I was incessantly bombarded with the same message. It may just be a Vodafone poor practices issue.
It is middle of 2023 and annoying Vodafone WiFi Calling notifications continue to persist.
I have Xiaomi Poco F3 with stock Android 13 ROM. I have two SIM cards, one UK Vodafone and second one is 1p Mobile (EE network carrier). WiFi calling is enabled on both SIMs because I have poor cellular reception in my area but perfect WiFi in my house. But only Vodafone that is a real pest with their never-ending notifications.
@otonieru: thank you for the advice. Notification Cleaner (nCleaner) has worked for me too. I got rid of the frustrating Vodafone WiFi calling notification. Thank you.
I've been banging my head against the wall with this issue for a while now. I have contacted both Samsung and Verizon but so far no luck in resolving the issue. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.
My S21 Ultra on Verizon is constantly switching between LTE and LTE+. This wouldn't be an issue were it not for the fact that apparently a great deal of the time it actually has no connection at all. This manifests itself with:
1) Text messages that fail to send, or indicate they failed to send when they actually were sent.
2) Incoming calls going directly to voicemail.
3) Outgoing calls that can't be placed unless I toggle Airplane Mode on and then off. (Though as it turns out, sometimes the failed attempts do ring on the recipients phone.)
At some of these times I may see a message along the lines of "Sim Card Not Present." And yes--the SIM card has already been replaced.
3) isn't much of an issue, as I have complete control over that. But 1) and 2) are both really annoying.
I made a screen capture video for a Verizon tech who is trying to help. In 40 seconds my phone switched between LTE and LTE+ six times.
A work-around that seems to be helping is using the "Samsung Band Selection" app to pick a network. I've done that all day today and have not had issues, though I also have not traveled anywhere. I fear this is not a great solution, though, as I don't think I'll be able to use it when moving around.
Is anyone else having experiences like these with the S21 Ultra? If so, are you also on Verizon?
Thanks!
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I've been banging my head against the wall with this issue for a while now. I have contacted both Samsung and Verizon but so far no luck in resolving the issue. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.
My S21 Ultra on Verizon is constantly switching between LTE and LTE+. This wouldn't be an issue were it not for the fact that apparently a great deal of the time it actually has no connection at all. This manifests itself with:
1) Text messages that fail to send, or indicate they failed to send when they actually were sent.
2) Incoming calls going directly to voicemail.
3) Outgoing calls that can't be placed unless I toggle Airplane Mode on and then off. (Though as it turns out, sometimes the failed attempts do ring on the recipients phone.)
At some of these times I may see a message along the lines of "Sim Card Not Present." And yes--the SIM card has already been replaced.
3) isn't much of an issue, as I have complete control over that. But 1) and 2) are both really annoying.
I made a screen capture video for a Verizon tech who is trying to help. In 40 seconds my phone switched between LTE and LTE+ six times.
A work-around that seems to be helping is using the "Samsung Band Selection" app to pick a network. I've done that all day today and have not had issues, though I also have not traveled anywhere. I fear this is not a great solution, though, as I don't think I'll be able to use it when moving around.
Is anyone else having experiences like these with the S21 Ultra? If so, are you also on Verizon?
Thanks!
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I was having the same issues. I was also seeing the device lose all network connection in an area with strong 4G. Verizon sent me a new s21u. That did not help. What I have been reading is that it has to do with 5G settings. Having a 5G sim card installed, the device is always looking for 5G. When it can't be located it defaults to 4G. During this process it seems to loose connection. Verizon in its wisdom removed our ability to access ALL the network settings, in particular the ability to select your preferred network type. It is automatically set to 5G. I installed the paid (donation) version of "Samsung Band Selection" from the play store. This allows access to the advanced network setting and allows you to select LTE under the Preferred Network Type. This seems to have fixed 99% of my connection issues.
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I was having the same issues. I was also seeing the device lose all network connection in an area with strong 4G. Verizon sent me a new s21u. That did not help. What I have been reading is that it has to do with 5G settings. Having a 5G sim card installed, the device is always looking for 5G. When it can't be located it defaults to 4G. During this process it seems to loose connection. Verizon in its wisdom removed our ability to access ALL the network settings, in particular the ability to select your preferred network type. It is automatically set to 5G. I installed the paid (donation) version of "Samsung Band Selection" from the play store. This allows access to the advanced network setting and allows you to select LTE under the Preferred Network Type. This seems to have fixed 99% of my connection issues.
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ooh... Awesome! Downloaded and changed the setting. Thanks!