EE Wifi Calling

1manonthebog · 05-04-2015, 18:06

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I have an S5 purchased elsewhere which is on a sim only plan. After downloading EE firmware, texting wificalling to 150 and enabling VoWifi in call settings on my phone, I am now up and running on voice calling. I can honestly say it is wonderful to now be able to use my phone at home. Here is a screenshot of it on my phone.
http://i.imgur.com/LCG1LGQ.png?1

I have an S5 sim free. How did u get EE firmware on it? When I try with odin I get an ext4 error. The partition file on the EE firmware is different from stock so won't install.

Tony_Betteridge · 05-04-2015, 18:37

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Originally Posted by 1manonthebog

I have an S5 sim free. How did u get EE firmware on it? When I try with odin I get an ext4 error. The partition file on the EE firmware is different from stock so won't install.

I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running.

Browno01 · 05-04-2015, 18:46

On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal?

http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png

enapace · 05-04-2015, 19:00

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Originally Posted by Browno01

On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal?

http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png

I don't get that option yet on my iPhone 6. But that is the option that is needed to be picked when VoLTE is around I've seen it on T-Mobile US and Verizon.

steffangl · 05-04-2015, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Browno01

On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal?

http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png

I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting?

jchamier · 05-04-2015, 19:23

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Originally Posted by steffangl

I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting?

Some people have the setting but it sounds like an apple bug if you're on an EE account. Or it's apparently in iOS 8.3 preview.

rasseru16 · 05-04-2015, 19:31

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Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge

I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running.

Ah right so you MUST be running on EE firmware to get this to activate, probably why my text message wasn't working.

d123 · 05-04-2015, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Browno01

On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal?

http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png

Why does it say "Cellular"? Is that an American iPhone?

Browno01 · 05-04-2015, 19:32

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Originally Posted by steffangl

I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting?

Yeah it's jailbroken but I have no specific tweak installed that would effect this as far as I'm aware.

Adamuk · 05-04-2015, 19:51

If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone.

1manonthebog · 05-04-2015, 20:44

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Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge

I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running.

Your phone must of been an EE phone originally? The partition sizes are different between it and stock and so the stock phone won't take the EE firmware.

Tony_Betteridge · 05-04-2015, 21:18

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Originally Posted by 1manonthebog

Your phone must of been an EE phone originally? The partition sizes are different between it and stock and so the stock phone won't take the EE firmware.

It was purchased from Offerbank in Dubai. It is an official Samsung phone which came new with UK firmware but not EVR. All I know is what I did worked.

Browno01 · 05-04-2015, 21:23

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Originally Posted by Adamuk

If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone.

Language is set to UK

dangetti · 05-04-2015, 21:30

Where did you download the EE ROM from?

I am thinking about getting an S6 Edge from a different contract I have and using my EE SIM with it but then need to flash the EE ROM.

Many thanks

Tony_Betteridge · 05-04-2015, 21:41

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Originally Posted by dangetti

Where did you download the EE ROM from?

I am thinking about getting an S6 Edge from a different contract I have and using my EE SIM with it but then need to flash the EE ROM.

Many thanks

Sammobile.com

DevonBloke · 05-04-2015, 21:42

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Originally Posted by Browno01

Language is set to UK

Yeah, mine is UK EE supplied contract iPhone 6 and has always said Cellular.
Did they change this with iOS8? I can't remember but I can remember noticing it at some point.

simon69c · 05-04-2015, 21:53

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Originally Posted by Adamuk

If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone.

I noticed my iPhone said Cellular too so went into settings to take a look and sure enough my language was set to "English" as opposed to "English (U.K.)". I changed this and iOS did some reconfiguring and now it calls that section of settings Mobile rather than Cellular. I have certainly never specifically changed that setting myself so my guess is that it may be the default setting, at least for Apple-supplied iPhones.

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Originally Posted by Browno01

Language is set to UK

Note that it is the iPhone Language setting that ought to be "English (U.K.)" - you may have seen the Region being set to United Kingdom and assumed that was what was being talked about. Mine was set to United Kingdom for the Region but English for the iPhone Language.

DevonBloke · 05-04-2015, 21:57

Yep, you are correct.
I had changed my language to US temporarily to see if the Apple Pay set-up option appeared in the passbook app (which it does).
When I changed the region back the language stayed on English rather than UK English.
Now says Mobile.
Duh!

d123 · 05-04-2015, 22:01

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Originally Posted by simon69c

I noticed my iPhone said Cellular too so went into settings to take a look and sure enough my language was set to "English" as opposed to "English (U.K.)". I changed this and iOS did some reconfiguring and now it calls that section of settings Mobile rather than Cellular. I have certainly never specifically changed that setting myself so my guess is that it may be the default setting, at least for Apple-supplied iPhones.
.

I only ever buy direct from Apple and I've never had one set to English or saying Cellular (as opposed to English UK and Mobile). Maybe you changed it to English (thinking that was the default UK setting) when going through the set up pages when you got it?

A strange occurrence, no matter how it happened though.

DevonBloke · 05-04-2015, 22:01

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Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge

Sammobile.com

So what is WiFi Calling like then?
Do you have fast or slow broadband?
Does it seem stable with good call quality?

Tony_Betteridge · 05-04-2015, 22:11

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Originally Posted by DevonBloke

So what is WiFi Calling like then?
Do you have fast or slow broadband?
Does it seem stable with good call quality?

Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before.

enapace · 05-04-2015, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge

Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before.

It won't change over because VoLTE isn't launched yet the call will just die.

Tony_Betteridge · 05-04-2015, 22:23

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Originally Posted by enapace

It won't change over because VoLTE isn't launched yet the call will just die.

It's supposed to. I'll test it out tomorrow.

DevonBloke · 05-04-2015, 22:28

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Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge

Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before.

Thanks Tony. Our first user of WiFi calling. I feel there should be a fanfare or something!!

Yeah, to elaborate on enapace's post, Both WiFi calling and Voice over 4G use EE's IMS or IP multimedia subsystem.
Until Voice on 4G is on and working in your area WiFi calls will simply drop when going out of range.

d123 · 05-04-2015, 22:29

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Originally Posted by DevonBloke

Thanks Tony. Our first user of WiFi calling.

What about Lucan?

05-04-2015, 18:06	#1251
1manonthebog Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,332	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge I have an S5 purchased elsewhere which is on a sim only plan. After downloading EE firmware, texting wificalling to 150 and enabling VoWifi in call settings on my phone, I am now up and running on voice calling. I can honestly say it is wonderful to now be able to use my phone at home. Here is a screenshot of it on my phone. http://i.imgur.com/LCG1LGQ.png?1 I have an S5 sim free. How did u get EE firmware on it? When I try with odin I get an ext4 error. The partition file on the EE firmware is different from stock so won't install.

05-04-2015, 18:37	#1252
Tony_Betteridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Quote: Originally Posted by 1manonthebog I have an S5 sim free. How did u get EE firmware on it? When I try with odin I get an ext4 error. The partition file on the EE firmware is different from stock so won't install. I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running.

05-04-2015, 18:46	#1253
Browno01 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 64	On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal? http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png

05-04-2015, 19:00	#1254
enapace Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,249	Quote: Originally Posted by Browno01 On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal? http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png I don't get that option yet on my iPhone 6. But that is the option that is needed to be picked when VoLTE is around I've seen it on T-Mobile US and Verizon.

05-04-2015, 19:02	#1255
steffangl Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 312	Quote: Originally Posted by Browno01 On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal? http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting?

05-04-2015, 19:23	#1256
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,392	Quote: Originally Posted by steffangl I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting? Some people have the setting but it sounds like an apple bug if you're on an EE account. Or it's apparently in iOS 8.3 preview.

05-04-2015, 19:31	#1257
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 666	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running. Ah right so you MUST be running on EE firmware to get this to activate, probably why my text message wasn't working.

05-04-2015, 19:32	#1258
d123 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,993	Quote: Originally Posted by Browno01 On my iPhone 6 Plus, I get the option to Enable 4G for Voice and Data or Data Only. It will only enable for data only, is this normal? http://i.imgur.com/ERVePuI.png Why does it say "Cellular"? Is that an American iPhone?

05-04-2015, 19:32	#1259
Browno01 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 64	Quote: Originally Posted by steffangl I guess that's what the menu will be like once VoLTE is enabled. Looks like you've jailbroken the phone giving access to the setting? Yeah it's jailbroken but I have no specific tweak installed that would effect this as far as I'm aware.

05-04-2015, 19:51	#1260
Adamuk Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 130	If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone.

05-04-2015, 20:44	#1261
1manonthebog Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,332	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge I used the device recovery feature in Kies 3 to return it to a stock state. I then installed the Jan release of evr lollipop 5.0 using Odin followed by the march evr upgrade. I then enabled VoWifi in call settings on the handset and texted wificalling to 150. Turned my phone off & on again and bingo it was up and running. Your phone must of been an EE phone originally? The partition sizes are different between it and stock and so the stock phone won't take the EE firmware.

05-04-2015, 21:18	#1262
Tony_Betteridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Quote: Originally Posted by 1manonthebog Your phone must of been an EE phone originally? The partition sizes are different between it and stock and so the stock phone won't take the EE firmware. It was purchased from Offerbank in Dubai. It is an official Samsung phone which came new with UK firmware but not EVR. All I know is what I did worked.

05-04-2015, 21:23	#1263
Browno01 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 64	Quote: Originally Posted by Adamuk If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone. Language is set to UK

05-04-2015, 21:30	#1264
dangetti Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 289	Where did you download the EE ROM from? I am thinking about getting an S6 Edge from a different contract I have and using my EE SIM with it but then need to flash the EE ROM. Many thanks

05-04-2015, 21:41	#1265
Tony_Betteridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Quote: Originally Posted by dangetti Where did you download the EE ROM from? I am thinking about getting an S6 Edge from a different contract I have and using my EE SIM with it but then need to flash the EE ROM. Many thanks Sammobile.com

05-04-2015, 21:42	#1266
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Quote: Originally Posted by Browno01 Language is set to UK Yeah, mine is UK EE supplied contract iPhone 6 and has always said Cellular. Did they change this with iOS8? I can't remember but I can remember noticing it at some point.

05-04-2015, 21:53	#1267
simon69c Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,415	Quote: Originally Posted by Adamuk If you change the language to US it says cellular rather than mobile on the iPhone. I noticed my iPhone said Cellular too so went into settings to take a look and sure enough my language was set to "English" as opposed to "English (U.K.)". I changed this and iOS did some reconfiguring and now it calls that section of settings Mobile rather than Cellular. I have certainly never specifically changed that setting myself so my guess is that it may be the default setting, at least for Apple-supplied iPhones. Quote: Originally Posted by Browno01 Language is set to UK Note that it is the iPhone Language setting that ought to be "English (U.K.)" - you may have seen the Region being set to United Kingdom and assumed that was what was being talked about. Mine was set to United Kingdom for the Region but English for the iPhone Language.

05-04-2015, 21:57	#1268
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Yep, you are correct. I had changed my language to US temporarily to see if the Apple Pay set-up option appeared in the passbook app (which it does). When I changed the region back the language stayed on English rather than UK English. Now says Mobile. Duh!

05-04-2015, 22:01	#1269
d123 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,993	Quote: Originally Posted by simon69c I noticed my iPhone said Cellular too so went into settings to take a look and sure enough my language was set to "English" as opposed to "English (U.K.)". I changed this and iOS did some reconfiguring and now it calls that section of settings Mobile rather than Cellular. I have certainly never specifically changed that setting myself so my guess is that it may be the default setting, at least for Apple-supplied iPhones. . I only ever buy direct from Apple and I've never had one set to English or saying Cellular (as opposed to English UK and Mobile). Maybe you changed it to English (thinking that was the default UK setting) when going through the set up pages when you got it? A strange occurrence, no matter how it happened though.

05-04-2015, 22:01	#1270
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge Sammobile.com So what is WiFi Calling like then? Do you have fast or slow broadband? Does it seem stable with good call quality?

05-04-2015, 22:11	#1271
Tony_Betteridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Quote: Originally Posted by DevonBloke So what is WiFi Calling like then? Do you have fast or slow broadband? Does it seem stable with good call quality? Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before.

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05-04-2015, 22:16	#1272
enapace Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,249	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before. It won't change over because VoLTE isn't launched yet the call will just die.

05-04-2015, 22:23	#1273
Tony_Betteridge Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Quote: Originally Posted by enapace It won't change over because VoLTE isn't launched yet the call will just die. It's supposed to. I'll test it out tomorrow.

05-04-2015, 22:28	#1274
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Quote: Originally Posted by Tony_Betteridge Seems very stable with good call quality. I haven't tried moving out of wifi area to see how it handles the changeover but that is not important to me. What matters is I can now use my phone at home, which is something I struggled to do before. Thanks Tony. Our first user of WiFi calling. I feel there should be a fanfare or something!! Yeah, to elaborate on enapace's post, Both WiFi calling and Voice over 4G use EE's IMS or IP multimedia subsystem. Until Voice on 4G is on and working in your area WiFi calls will simply drop when going out of range.

05-04-2015, 22:29	#1275
d123 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,993	Quote: Originally Posted by DevonBloke Thanks Tony. Our first user of WiFi calling. What about Lucan?