Mobile dead spot in house

movilogo

Moved to a new home. In parts of the house I often lose mobile signals or show very poor signal. 
I am with O2 and I also tried with EE SIM but both are same.

Is there any way to get signal in these dead spots?

The internet/broadband is fine which is coming via landline. My problem is that I am missing calls as people are saying it goes to straight voicemail. 

ladruid

Maybe check out o2's guide on Wi-Fi calling... https://www.o2.co.uk/connectivity/wifi-and-4g-calling

movilogo

My contract is with Tesco mobile who uses O2 network. It seems WiFi calling is not offered by Tesco Mobile.

oldernonethewiser

According to this page Tesco are rolling out Wi-Fi calling.

Wi-Fi calling has been a game changer and I now wouldn't use a network that doesn't offer it. 

MikeJXE

Did you not switch on wifi calling with the EE sim ?

movilogo

Tesco SIM is my primary one. I put a an EE SIM which as no balance as 2nd SIM. I can receive calls on that but not do calls - unless I take a new plan with EE.

Neil49

Wifi calling would solve the problem but you need to ensure that your phone has the feature. 

I've got an old iPhone mini as a backup and it works on that but many older android phones won't include it. 

baser999

If there’s only a small dead spot, just use the phone elsewhere? I used to have issues using phone in kitchen, so avoided using it there

MikeJXE

movilogo said:

Tesco SIM is my primary one. I put a an EE SIM which as no balance as 2nd SIM. I can receive calls on that but not do calls - unless I take a new plan with EE.

Can you not call via whatsapp through wifi at home ? 

flaneurs_lobster

oldernonethewiser said:

According to this page Tesco are rolling out Wi-Fi calling.

Follow that link to Tesco Mobile and you'll find a list of supported phones. Note the following caveat at the top of the list :

All these phones support Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling when bought from us:

My bold

Your phone may work on Tesco Mobile but I personally would not be signing a PAYM contract unless I had actually seen it work on my handset.

movilogo

Tesco Mobile has not fully rolled out WiFi calling. I am not in any contract with them so I'll look for deals elsewhere and I'd leave.

Yes, I can use WhatsApp calls but work related calls tend to be normal phone calls.