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Going to hold off on trying wifi calling at home after reading the 911 disclaimers. Next time I am on a wifi system that is not mine own I will give it a try.

If you read the faq on Sprint's website, you'll see that when dialing 911, it will always try a cellular signal first. If no cellular signal is available, it will then pull the address from the Wi-Fi calling setup for 911 location purposes.
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Going to hold off on trying wifi calling at home after reading the 911 disclaimers. Next time I am on a wifi system that is not mine own I will give it a try.

What do you mean?

 

If you read the faq on Sprint's website, you'll see that when dialing 911, it will always try a cellular signal first. If no cellular signal is available, it will then pull the address from the Wi-Fi calling setup for 911 location purposes.

 

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What do you mean?

 

 

Yes, this^^^

 

If you read the faq on Sprint's website, you'll see that when dialing 911, it will always try a cellular signal first. If no cellular signal is available, it will then pull the address from the Wi-Fi calling setup for 911 location purposes.

 

 Since my cell signal at home is solid why play around. I rather let my phone stay hooked to the tower. Just my preference.

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 Since my cell signal at home is solid why play around. I rather let my phone stay hooked to the tower. Just my preference.

Oh ok, based on your post it sounded like you had specific issues with the 911 requirements.  But try it though, the voice quality is pretty amazing, better than when you are on 1x but not quite as good as hd voice.

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Oh ok, based on your post it sounded like you had specific issues with the 911 requirements.  But try it though, the voice quality is pretty amazing, better than when you are on 1x but not quite as good as hd voice.

I dont take any more issue with the 911 issues on Sprint Wifi than I do with any other VOIP service. Trust me, if your 911 system is not set up for VOIP traffic it can be a nightmare. I will give it a whirl next time I'm on a trusted wifi network.

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I dont take any more issue with the 911 issues on Sprint Wifi than I do with any other VOIP service. Trust me, if your 911 system is not set up for VOIP traffic it can be a nightmare. I will give it a whirl next time I'm on a trusted wifi net

Well I haven't used an voip recently so not sure how much of a nightmare it could be but with wifi calling, once you turn it on all you have to do is verify the address of your location, sometimes manually, but most of the time your location will be automatically detected and all you have to do is press ok and thats it.  In either case it takes at the most maybe a few seconds.

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I'm not sure what problems you've met in the past, but if you can be found with GPS, then Wi-Fi calling can be setup without a problem. I have had to register my address and wait two weeks back when Vonage wasn't that popular, but i live in the sticks and even I have Wi-Fi calling setup in just a few seconds. It locates me, fills the nearest address in, and that's it......click save and done.

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I dont take any more issue with the 911 issues on Sprint Wifi than I do with any other VOIP service. Trust me, if your 911 system is not set up for VOIP traffic it can be a nightmare. I will give it a whirl next time I'm on a trusted wifi network.

I will probably ONLY use Wi-Fi calling on my home network since that is the one I trust most. I'm not getting what you mean by trusted Wi-Fi network.

 

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I've enabled wifi calling at home depot up the road while shopping -- which is AT&T -- just to try it...as far as using "trusted" networks...I don't think that matters. Using Wifi calling on a public wifi wouldn't be the same as sending CC info over a public wifi...I don't even know if someone could snoop on a public wifi and somehow gather anything from the packets used by wifi calling.  Could someone even get the originating telephone number placing calls on a network? Either way, I don't think it's that much of an issue. I'll likely use it when I go to motels if my cell signal isn't great inside, I just don't see where wifi calling is that much of a security thing...as long as the GPS locates the right address.

 

There's no difference in this, and taking a magic jack with you on vacation and using it on the wifi at a motel...it's the same principal. (or taking a vonage box with you..long as you register the 911 address).

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The only thing I've noticed since the update was it forced me to add a PIN/password lock screen since updating. Was that part of the 4.4.3 update? I have an Exchange connection for my work email, but it didn't require a lock screen until the update came through.

 

If possible, I'd like to disable it, but it doesn't seem to allow me that anymore.

 

EDIT - Looks like the SD card encryption is turned on, although I don't have a card in it at the moment. I'll have to put one in later and uncheck the box to fix it. Hopefully this helps anyone else stuck in the same spot as me.

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I will probably ONLY use Wi-Fi calling on my home network since that is the one I trust most. I'm not getting what you mean by trusted Wi-Fi network.

 

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I have several password protected wifi networks that I use frequently.

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Well I haven't used an voip recently so not sure how much of a nightmare it could be but with wifi calling, once you turn it on all you have to do is verify the address of your location, sometimes manually, but most of the time your location will be automatically detected and all you have to do is press ok and thats it.  In either case it takes at the most maybe a few seconds.

Oh, I dont mean on the end user side but rather on the 911 center side. If they are not set up correctly (ie E911) then they will not be able to locate a voip caller. I have also seen issues with actual E911 centers but that probably had more to do with end user not supplying location information to the service provider.

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But your home Wi-Fi isn't one of them? That's what I'm not getting.

 

Sent from my LG G3

I just don't have the need to use wifi calling at home. I have a decent signal.

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I leave tomorrow for south america and remembered hearing something about making free international calls over wifi. Don't think that is enabled yet, but I will know for sure soon.

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After putting an SD card in my phone, I am still unable to turn off SD encryption. I've tried all of the basic Android methods and removed the accounts that may cause something to be activated. Suggestions?

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So my Wi-Fi calling just doesn't work anymore. I get failed texts, and when I make a call, it says, "you are roaming. To make a call with your mobile carrier, press 1, or purchase a calling pin pack." Wtf?

 

Edit: it wants me to buy an "American roaming" pin. Who or what is that company? How could I possibly be roaming on Wi-Fi, and connected to a Sprint tower?

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I really like the WiFi calling feature, it seems to send my messages a lot faster then the sprint network, even mms goes faster

you can send MMS when WiFi calling is enabled?
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SMS and MMS I was testing with my wife s5 and they both get them right away, I also have a Verizon phone for work and it worked also

tested this myself and it does work on the app just through the default app not through hangouts which is use by default. Can't receive as I use myself as the recipient. But good to know.
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So my Wi-Fi calling just doesn't work anymore. I get failed texts, and when I make a call, it says, "you are roaming. To make a call with your mobile carrier, press 1, or purchase a calling pin pack." Wtf?

 

Edit: it wants me to buy an "American roaming" pin. Who or what is that company? How could I possibly be roaming on Wi-Fi, and connected to a Sprint tower?

i had something like that happen before and almost panicked because i  thought my phone had been hijacked. update prl and profile, and it should go away. of course, my issue was way before wifi calling was available.

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