WARNING! Lebara deal is great BUT they don't offer wifi calling!

k_man

A number of reports of Google Pixels having WiFi calling with Vodafone based SIMs (so Lebara and Asda included).

KxMx

flaneurs_lobster said:

KxMx said:

My phone is a Samsung and yes I did try that method as well. 

Could I ask where you purchased your Samsung from and which model is it? 

If you can, go to Settings, About phone, Software information, Service provider software information

The information there will give some indication as to which of the UK's network's firmware is loaded to your phone,or it may have generic "UK" firmware. Just Google the data given.

It is a Samsung Galaxy A20e which came sim free from Argos. BTU is the software version

flaneurs_lobster

Got same software but different phone so not directly comparable. Has wi-fi calling worked with another service provider on this phone?

KxMx

Yes I believe it worked with Three WiFi calling but that may have been through their app rather than the settings. 

flaneurs_lobster

When all combinations/permutations of phone model, phone settings, service provider, PAYM/PAYG, firmware version, signal strength and any other variable have been exhausted then the only advice to give to someone who must have wi-fi calling is:

Get an iPhone. 

They always work.

oldagetraveller1

"Get an iPhone. "

Fortunately many of us have more sense.

" They always work."

Really? There have been many posts on MSE and other stories elsewhere that suggest otherwise.

Yes, it is the battery, but ---

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6379364/repair-iphone-or-switch-to-new-android#latest

flaneurs_lobster

oldagetraveller1 said:

"Get an iPhone. "

Fortunately many of us have more sense.

" They always work."

Really? There have been many posts on MSE and other stories elsewhere that suggest otherwise.

Yes, it is the battery, but ---

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6379364/repair-iphone-or-switch-to-new-android#latest

OK, I'll be less nuanced: 

Any iPhone from the 5c onwards supports wi-fi calling on any network that offers it.

Unless the battery is buggered. 

d123

oldagetraveller1 said:

"Get an iPhone. "

Fortunately many of us have more sense.

" They always work."

Really? There have been many posts on MSE and other stories elsewhere that suggest otherwise.

Yes, it is the battery, but ---

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6379364/repair-iphone-or-switch-to-new-android#latest

Shock horror!

6 year old phone model needs new battery!

Dimanche_Prochain

oldagetraveller1 said:

"Get an iPhone. "

Fortunately many of us have more sense.

" They always work."

Really? There have been many posts on MSE and other stories elsewhere that suggest otherwise.

Yes, it is the battery, but ---

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6379364/repair-iphone-or-switch-to-new-android#latest

No "but."

It being the battery, on a 6-year-old device, completely invalidates what you're saying.  Batteries do not last forever.

frugalstephen

Found this thread via a google search, I too am an abandoned EE customer with no access now to their excellent, 'signal box'. I had to buy a new phone as mine had no WiFi calling capability. I am shopping around now as being loyal to EE for years, they weren't so loyal to me and I found Lebara.

Found this on their web site dated January 2021 which states their network is WiFi calling compatible. Just checking, are they?

https://www.lebara.ch/assets/other/Lebara_wifi_calling_page_en.pdf