Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal

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On 25/7/25 10:17 pm, NY wrote:
> If I turn on Wifi Calling on a Samsung phone (Android 15) does it allow
> calls to be received *either* by mobile (first preference) or wifi
> (second preference if there is no mobile signal)? Or does it mean *only*
> wifi? I'm got Wifi Calling enabled on my account.
> 
> I want to know whether I can leave it turned on permanently, and receive
> calls/texts both at home and when I'm out and about. My mobile signal at
> home is rather variable, even though Vodafone's coverage map says "Good
> Indoors and Outdoors" for 2G and 4G.

I would leave it permanently on but for the fact that I sometimes get a 
problem here with WiFi calls. Most of mine are good and clearer than the 
local mobile calls, but occasionally I get a difficult call where 
everything I say is delayed and echoed fractionally later and makes 
conversation very difficult. To give an idea of the delay if I said "I 
am speaking a sentence with ten words in it" and then stopped I would 
hear "with ten words in it" echoed back. In a conversation, of course, 
this would be over the top of the rest of the speech and make life very 
difficult.

I suspect (no proof whatever) that this is when I call someone with a 
poor internet/phone connection that is injecting the delay. Mine, at 
this end,  is good and handles multiple items including streaming HD TV 
without difficulty and, normally WiFi calls. The more technically minded 
here will no doubt tell me if my explanation is a load of rubbish.

Anyway, switch your phone to WiFi calling and try it - if you get no 
such problems (and you probably won't), then leave it set - it's an 
asset. You can always turn it off again if you hit any snags. Around 
here it's very rural and a surprising number of places like pubs and 
restaurants have no mobile phone signal at all still - and are never 
likely to get one  - so the WiFi calling helps. Mind you, a lot of 
places round here don't have WiFi either (and a lot of folk have never 
heard of WiFi)  - but that's another story altogether.

-- 
Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK

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  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2025-07-25 22:49 +0100
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-25 14:57 -0700
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 04:30 +0200
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 08:24 +0100
    Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 09:29 +0200
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 09:55 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 09:37 +0100
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        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-27 09:25 +0100
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            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 16:39 +0200
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-27 19:58 +0200
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-27 21:18 +0000
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:21 +0100
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:26 +0100
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-30 22:35 +0200
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 16:37 +0200
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-27 15:28 +0000
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-27 17:20 +0000
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-27 18:34 +0000
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-30 08:53 +0200
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 23:02 +0200
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:45 +0100
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 08:55 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-26 11:42 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 17:35 +0000
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-26 13:37 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 15:24 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 14:48 +0100
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 16:09 +0200
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-26 16:29 +0200
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 17:57 +0100
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 17:47 +0000
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 17:36 +0000
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 18:34 +0000
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-26 20:57 +0100
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  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-07-28 09:33 +0100

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