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Vodafone Wifi calling
Yossi
01-06-2016
Hi
Has anyone actually used vodafone wifi calling successfully?
Apparently Vodafone decided not to support iphone 6 and 6 plus for their wifi calling offering even though those models are obviously capable of wifi calling.

this is really puzzling me.
paulker
01-06-2016
Originally Posted by Yossi:
“Hi
Has anyone actually used vodafone wifi calling successfully?
Apparently Vodafone decided not to support iphone 6 and 6 plus for their wifi calling offering even though those models are obviously capable of wifi calling.

this is really puzzling me.”

I don't know why they haven't supported the 6. I have a 6s plus and I find wifi calling to be excellent.
Yossi
01-06-2016
Originally Posted by paulker:
“I don't know why they haven't supported the 6. I have a 6s plus and I find wifi calling to be excellent.”


from the live chat:
Yes jmmo20, I can certainly understand that. But the newest feature of WiFi calling were added to the iPhones manufactured after August 2015. So the devices manufactured before August 2015 didn't had this feature


some nonsense.

I rely on wifi calling heavily and assumed all iphones with the wifi calling capability would be supported. Obviously I was wrong and I will have to leave vodafone.
mrMick
01-06-2016
Some nonsense indeed, EE support it on all iPhone 6 devices
paulker
01-06-2016
Originally Posted by mrMick:
“Some nonsense indeed, EE support it on all iPhone 6 devices”

And 5c & 5S
Yossi
02-06-2016
Originally Posted by paulker:
“And 5c & 5S”

it makes no sense whatsoever.
Surely they must want the most users reaching their network, even when there's no signal. Technically there's nothing preventing them from supporting all capable iphones.
packages
02-06-2016
Originally Posted by Yossi:
“it makes no sense whatsoever.
Surely they must want the most users reaching their network, even when there's no signal. Technically there's nothing preventing them from supporting all capable iphones.”

Yea Vodafones imp. Of wifi callin is strange. You can only call too and not text!
Broken Hope
02-06-2016
Maybe their IMS servers can't handle much load?
Yossi
02-06-2016
Originally Posted by packages:
“Yea Vodafones imp. Of wifi callin is strange. You can only call too and not text!”

really?? :O
blueacid
02-06-2016
Originally Posted by Yossi:
“it makes no sense whatsoever.
Surely they must want the most users reaching their network, even when there's no signal. Technically there's nothing preventing them from supporting all capable iphones.”

And even in good signal areas, any calls handled via wifi use fewer resources on the local masts.. So that's of benefit as well!
paulker
02-06-2016
Originally Posted by blueacid:
“And even in good signal areas, any calls handled via wifi use fewer resources on the local masts.. So that's of benefit as well!”

Wifi calling on Vodafone works well a little differently to EE. The Vodafone version only kicks in at a certain signal threshold whereas EE wifi calling works at all signal levels.
The Lord Lucan
03-06-2016
Originally Posted by Broken Hope:
“Maybe their IMS servers can't handle much load?”

Shouldn't be an issue if Vodafone does it right, EE has more customers and more iPhone users.. They handle it fine.
Broken Hope
03-06-2016
Vodafone obviously haven't done it right considering it doesn't handle texts and only works at low signal levels.
jo_m1
06-09-2016
Is Wifi Calling only offered for device contract plans or also on SIM only plans ?
d123
06-09-2016
Originally Posted by jo_m1:
“Is Wifi Calling only offered for device contract plans or also on SIM only plans ?”

From memory, you need to be on a Red Plan, whether it's handset or sim only, I've used it with sim only but it's a total waste of time, you provision it and if you then use a different phone it seems to cancel the provision as when you put the sim back in the 6s it won't work again without calling customer services again. At least that was my experience...

Edit
Here's their link

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/ne...wi-fi-calling/
kevin88
10-09-2016
There is absolutely no technical reason why wifi calling on a iPhone 6 won't work on Vodafone it is just they have deliberately limited it to certain iPhones through the carrier update they send them.
d123
10-09-2016
Originally Posted by kevin88:
“There is absolutely no technical reason why wifi calling on a iPhone 6 won't work on Vodafone it is just they have deliberately limited it to certain iPhones through the carrier update they send them.”

Well, yes, the same holds true for the 5c and 5s..
voodoofish
08-10-2016
I finally have Vodafone Wifi Calling now that I've bought an iPhone 7 Plus (even though it would have presumably worked on my iPhone 6 Plus if Vodafone hadn't been so strange about blocking it!). I read on here that Vodafone only use the wifi calling when there is no phone signal, however I do get Wifi calling sometimes even when I have signal. It seems a bit random though, sometimes I'll have it and sometimes I won't, even in the same location or in different locations but where they show a similar signal strength. Does anyone know how the phone decides whether to use wifi calling or not? Can it be done based on network congestion or is it always worked out using signal strength?
lightspeed2398
08-10-2016
Originally Posted by voodoofish:
“I finally have Vodafone Wifi Calling now that I've bought an iPhone 7 Plus (even though it would have presumably worked on my iPhone 6 Plus if Vodafone hadn't been so strange about blocking it!). I read on here that Vodafone only use the wifi calling when there is no phone signal, however I do get Wifi calling sometimes even when I have signal. It seems a bit random though, sometimes I'll have it and sometimes I won't, even in the same location or in different locations but where they show a similar signal strength. Does anyone know how the phone decides whether to use wifi calling or not? Can it be done based on network congestion or is it always worked out using signal strength?”

It's set to prefer the cellular signal if it's available. If the conditions are right it can still use wifi calling but it's more of it thinks the signal available ain't gonna work properly so it activates wifi calling. Network Congestion at this point shouldn't affect calling too much with the amount of spectrum most masts have deployed now.
1manonthebog
09-10-2016
Vodafone wifi calling works fine on my unbranded S7 even though according to Vodafone it will only work on handsets bought through them. It is a major battery drain though on the S7 at least so I never use it.
Gigabit
09-10-2016
Is there a way to tell you're using WiFi calling on an iPhone with Vodafone?
jchamier
09-10-2016
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“Is there a way to tell you're using WiFi calling on an iPhone with Vodafone?”

Quote:
“"The top left of the screen will change from ‘Vodafone UK’ to ‘Vodafone WiFiCall if you’re in an area with poor mobile coverage. This may take a few seconds to show."”

http://support.vodafone.co.uk/Networ...-or-7-Plus.htm
Gigabit
09-10-2016
It always says that even when I have full bars though...
jchamier
09-10-2016
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“It always says that even when I have full bars though...”

Thats how it looks on EE on any iPhone, so maybe its always "active" but the call may not go through the WiFi link.

You might have to disable WiFi in a call, or turn off the router (if you can) to see if the call drops.
Heanor_Man31
10-10-2016
I'm no longer with Vodafone but when I had service with them my iPhone 6S Plus displayed Vodafone UK WiFi call as posted above at home as the signal is terrible.

I assumed it automatically worked; it did seem to take slightly longer to activate if I placed the phone into Airplane Mode mind.
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