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Hello all. I am really looking forward to the new Nexus 4 as is everyone else :laugh:. The only question I have, and it's a biggie for me, will there be a wifi calling app for the play store version of the phone. I assume that there will be one for the Tmobile store bought version, but where I live I get little to no cell service. I use the wifi calling anytime I am at the house therefore I need it. I would like to buy the phone from the play store because my contract isn't up soon. If not is it possible that an apk could be made to just flash into the phone's software? Maybe I'm just rambling on here, but I am just happy to see a new Nexus phone. :good::good:
jman123123 said:
Hello all. I am really looking forward to the new Nexus 4 as is everyone else :laugh:. The only question I have, and it's a biggie for me, will there be a wifi calling app for the play store version of the phone. I assume that there will be one for the Tmobile store bought version, but where I live I get little to no cell service. I use the wifi calling anytime I am at the house therefore I need it. I would like to buy the phone from the play store because my contract isn't up soon. If not is it possible that an apk could be made to just flash into the phone's software? Maybe I'm just rambling on here, but I am just happy to see a new Nexus phone. :good::good:
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AFAIK wifi calling has not even been confirmed, although it would be strange for a tmo device to lack it. They cannot provide this through the app store due to the complexity and low level nature of it, but it can be flashed if tmo makes it available on their own devices.
I think there are two possibilities:
1 its likely to come on tmo carrier devices sold at subsidy or through tmo, and unlikely to come on play store devices.
2 It is possible that the Nexus 4 will not have wifi calling support at all.
Either way I wouldnt expect wifi calling out of the box with a play store device.
This is not something that can be modded. The galaxy nexus still has no wifi calling support.
bradsh1 said:
AFAIK wifi calling has not even been confirmed, although it would be strange for a tmo device to lack it. They cannot provide this through the app store due to the complexity and low level nature of it, but it can be flashed if tmo makes it available on their own devices.
I think there are two possibilities:
1 its likely to come on tmo carrier devices sold at subsidy or through tmo, and unlikely to come on play store devices.
2 It is possible that the Nexus 4 will not have wifi calling support at all.
Either way I wouldnt expect wifi calling out of the box with a play store device.
This is not something that can be modded. The galaxy nexus still has no wifi calling support.
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True, but if they add it to the models sold via Tmo it might be easy to port into roms for the Play Store variety as well.
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There isn't a T-Mobile version - it's the same phone as the Play Store one apparently
EddyOS said:
There isn't a T-Mobile version - it's the same phone as the Play Store one apparently
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chat support told me yesterday that the one from the tmobile store would have wifi calling.
%Leonil C: Yes. It doesn't really matter if its sold through Google. Wi-Fi calling is a phone feature and its not really T-mobile network that you will use if you call through Wi-Fi. Don't worry I assure you that.
rob layton: yes, but the phone has to be able to do the wifi calling through the software. I don't want to use a third party app, I want the true tmobile wifi calling that people tell me works very well as the signal is not great in the house.
%Leonil C: I understand. Wow seems that you really know alot about our products. Google Nexus 4 by LG will be sold by T-mobile on November 14. Because of that, we will put our personal touches on the phone just like what we do in our current phone models. Because of that, just like the S III's and Galaxy Note II's, it will have the T-mobile branded Wi-fi calling application.
%Leonil C: You can check out the phones on its release date on November 14. You will see the specs and features online at www.t-mobile.com.
rob layton: oh okay, so it woudl have to be bought straight from tmobile and not from google then?
%Leonil C: Yes that's right.
robl45 said:
chat support told me yesterday that the one from the tmobile store would have wifi calling.
%Leonil C: Yes. It doesn't really matter if its sold through Google. Wi-Fi calling is a phone feature and its not really T-mobile network that you will use if you call through Wi-Fi. Don't worry I assure you that.
rob layton: yes, but the phone has to be able to do the wifi calling through the software. I don't want to use a third party app, I want the true tmobile wifi calling that people tell me works very well as the signal is not great in the house.
%Leonil C: I understand. Wow seems that you really know alot about our products. Google Nexus 4 by LG will be sold by T-mobile on November 14. Because of that, we will put our personal touches on the phone just like what we do in our current phone models. Because of that, just like the S III's and Galaxy Note II's, it will have the T-mobile branded Wi-fi calling application.
%Leonil C: You can check out the phones on its release date on November 14. You will see the specs and features online at www.t-mobile.com.
rob layton: oh okay, so it woudl have to be bought straight from tmobile and not from google then?
%Leonil C: Yes that's right.
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We'll find out in two weeks, but I'd bet a lot of money that that person is wrong.
while not definitive, it looks like the TMO Rep was a little misleading. And here i thought this was going to be my next phone.
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/10/psa-sorry-everyone-no-wi-fi-calling-on-the-nexus-4/
well that probably ends it for me, I was thinking since the phone is so cheap, I could probably just pay a little more for unlimited minutes but then there is still the issue of getting reception in the house.
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I can only hope that it does have it. I realy enjoy being able to rely on my internet rather than mobile service. Where I live I can only get 1 or two bars of service, so you can imagine that without wifi calling I cant even order a pizza. Ironly of it is that I live on a road named Tower Rd. due to the fact there are several cell towers built on the top of a mountain, and yet I still get no service.
Sorry dude but more than likely he's right ... T-Mobile WiFi Calling its not just an app, it needs a combination of Kernel and Radio protocols that WOULD require T-Mobile to have to re-write some of the software in it (witch I think they should since they are probably gonna have higher prices on the device any way ) but it really seems that google made a push for untouched software all across the Nexus 4 line
Why not use a third party app for wifi calling I use it on my GNote10.1 and it works quite well?
I think s.b. on G+ said T-Mobile had contributed stuff for Wi-Fi calling to AOSP; but I never checked the validity of his statement.
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Use Google voice and groove IP. Best WiFi calling.
Hit me up on Gtalk if u need help @musclehead84
Wasnt nexus s sold by tmo? Was there wifi calling for it available pre baked or via app store?
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Spidey01 said:
I think s.b. on G+ said T-Mobile had contributed stuff for Wi-Fi calling to AOSP; but I never checked the validity of his statement.
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Really ??? Where did you see that ? We could definitely use that as a start to build our own !
With a combination of csipsimple app, free sipgate.com account, and google voice, you can do free wifi calling both send and receive from any android, doesn't even need to be activated. I have an old and slow htc hero I keep around as a spare that even works decently for wifi calling. I'm not going to write a guide on how to do this, but plenty of others already have.
No wifi calling. Its official.
http://m.engadget.com/2012/10/31/t-mobile-says-its-nexus-4-wont-provide-wifi-calling/
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_guzzler_ said:
No wifi calling. Its official.
http://m.engadget.com/2012/10/31/t-mobile-says-its-nexus-4-wont-provide-wifi-calling/
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Thanks ! Now I'll make sure to set my https://ifttt.com/ and my http://www.google.com/alerts to notify me the soonest it goes on sale and buy it from the google store
VictorNYC said:
Sorry dude but more than likely he's right ... T-Mobile WiFi Calling its not just an app, it needs a combination of Kernel and Radio protocols that WOULD require T-Mobile to have to re-write some of the software in it (witch I think they should since they are probably gonna have higher prices on the device any way ) but it really seems that google made a push for untouched software all across the Nexus 4 line
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It is all basically software. Just take a look at the HTC HD2 with Android, a WinMo phone that has Android T-Mobile wifi calling thanks to XDA developers. Perhaps the libs/apks from other phones can just be copied over and it would work.
My s4 could do this. now it gives an offline error. What the hell is wrong with the s5? It's like they hired someone from iPhone genius product team. This is a step backwards. Also phone never connects to 4g. Probably a personal problem
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naturalstamina said:
My s4 could do this. now it gives an offline error. What the hell is wrong with the s5? It's like they hired someone from iPhone genius product team. This is a step backwards. Also phone never connects to 4g. Probably a personal problem
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Sounds like the problem is one in the same because if you aren't on 4G (or wifi) you can't simultaneously talk or text and use data.
Do you know if other phones in your area get 4g? If so, try roobooting/ re inserting your Sim card. You could also try to change your network from "global" to "LTE/CDMA".
My RAZR had this problem all the time and usually a reboot helped. Or 4g could be out (was out for a week in my town).
Did the geniuses at Verizon give you a new SIM card with your S5 our use your old one? When I got muy S5 they tried to use my old one and it had all sorts of problems, the next day I went back and a guy who knew what he was doing asked the very question I opened up with and I told him the reused my old one, and here told me the came with a new one for a reason! He switched it out, all little bugs gone, worked great until the camera gave out, but that is a different issue!
Thank you all for the replies. costco rep advised me to call tech support so I'm giving that a try before taking back in for 2nd return (first return for defective bluetooth)
They originally had me use my Sim card and took mine out the phone that it came with. Then the NFc didn't work because of sim. So i go there and get a sim they pulled out of another s5 like they did mine and told me to call Verizon to activate it.
Thing is. 4g was working fine on that phone. Bluetooth was the problem and now on this device the 4g. I think it's the 4G hardware...
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Right.. Hardware related.
but yes.. you can only use data while on the phone if your phone has 4g or on wifi since 3g uses the same signal as your calls do so fix the 4g and you should b good to go
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I have the Galaxy s5 and originally purchased one from T-Mobile (When I was leaving ATT). Unfortunately, there service did not work well at my house so I went back to ATT, 5 hours after cancelling with them. When I did have the TMobile version, I really liked the wifi calling. I was upset when I found that ATT disabled that feature as well as the download booster.
I just found how to enable to download booster using Nova Launcher. Is there a way to get the wifi calling working too? Thanks for everyone's help.
Also, this is my first Android phone. What are things that I should download, try out, modify etc.....I want to make sure I'm going to stick with this and not go back to Apple. I want to see what all the freedom there is that people tell me I was missing out on with Apple.
WiFi calling is a T-Mobile exclusive. Att does not have the feature yet and Sprint is only just working on it. It cannot be ported over unfortunately.
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eris_roote said:
WiFi calling is a T-Mobile exclusive. Att does not have the feature yet and Sprint is only just working on it. It cannot be ported over unfortunately.
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That sucks!!! Thanks for the response though!!!
scholls22 said:
That sucks!!! Thanks for the response though!!!
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Sorry I can't give you the steps, but there is a really great way to do wifi calling.
You need google voice account, hangouts, and app called sipdroid.
Some searching around the net should get you the steps.
But I would use this when I travel overseas. You can call any landline or cell phone and no one got charged. The caller ID would be your google voice number. So i guess if I were to call an overseas number they might get charged.
But this set up worked flawlessly. I made calls from Indonesia, Singapore, London, Germany, Nicaragua, and El Salvador to all my family for free. This wasn't all in one trip and it kept working each time I set it up.
I get AT&T WiFi at work which is really helpful considering the crappy connection I would get otherwise. It didn't occur to me till just now that it will no longer work on the Nexus.
I just grabbed the wispr apk from my Note 4 but I'm not really sure if that will work and still haven't activated my phone
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andy_d0 said:
I get AT&T WiFi at work which is really helpful considering the crappy connection I would get otherwise. It didn't occur to me till just now that it will no longer work on the Nexus.
I just grabbed the wispr apk from my Note 4 but I'm not really sure if that will work and still haven't activated my phone
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I'm on an AT&T corporate plan without tethering and it worked out of the box for me. Looks like there's no tethering block on this one.
Oh I meant the app that is used to connect to att WiFi Hotspots but that's also good to know
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I updated the subject - also tried installing the apk that I remember I needed when I had my S3 and used custom ROMs. It refuses to install on the Nexus
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I'm on an AT&T corporate plan without tethering and it worked out of the box for me. Looks like there's no tethering block on this one.
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Might be a corporate only thing. I just tried it and it's disabled
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Well, that failed miserably
Looks like the dedicated router we have at work uses Wispr for authentication. There is no way for me to get this work without rooting my device while at the same time finding an apk that I can install. The latter is probably not possible till AT&T gets the phone, which not sure if it will happen.
Oh well, it'll make it easier to leave AT&T eventually if I get used to not having wifi at work
This is the only thing I could find asking the question. Is there an APK or app in the Play store that will let my Nexus 6P connect to the free basic ATT Wifi hotspots that come with my plan? ATT branded phones can automatically connect to the free hotspots that ATT offers. I don't know how to make that happen on my 6P. Anyone know? Thanks!
Is there a way to utilize this feature on our Nexus 6P now? I have really bad reception in my house and would love to receive and make calls in Wi-Fi.
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I saw this today also. Hopefully someone will figure out a way for us to implement this feature.
Was wondering how this will get activated on our 6P's
I am also wondering the same thing. Voice over LTE works great on my 6P using Verizon's network, so hopefully WiFi calling can be made to work as well. I suspect that there are no technical limitations that prevent it from working. However, since Verizon still doesn't officially support the Nexus 6P, they obviously aren't going to mention anything concerning the functionality of WiFi calling when they flip the switch on the 8th. Since my father uses a Galaxy S6, I'm going to ask him if his phone receives a software update tomorrow, hopefully giving us an indication if the change to enable WiFi calling is only on the network side, or if the handset needs new software as well to enable the feature.
I need it bad!!! No signal in the gym and I'm there for almost 2 hours everyday. I checked my wife's and my employees devices, none of them have seen an update yet.
I hope we get it!!!
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I am also wondering the same thing. Voice over LTE works great on my 6P using Verizon's network, so hopefully WiFi calling can be made to work as well. I suspect that there are no technical limitations that prevent it from working. However, since Verizon still doesn't officially support the Nexus 6P, they obviously aren't going to mention anything concerning the functionality of WiFi calling when they flip the switch on the 8th. Since my father uses a Galaxy S6, I'm going to ask him if his phone receives a software update tomorrow, hopefully giving us an indication if the change to enable WiFi calling is only on the network side, or if the handset needs new software as well to enable the feature.
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It's a software update that enables it. You then have to go enable it in the same menu as hd calling. When you turn it on you set a home adress for 911 purposes and then it activates the service. I think once you have done that on your line you can use it just like hd calling. Maybe I'm wrong though.
My wife's S6 just updated to include WiFi calling. Damn I want it on the 6P...lol
I really want this on Nexus 6P too. Any hope yet?