Wifi calling on Lebara with Pixel phones

apple3feet

Can anyone do WiFi calling on Lebara (~= Vodafone) with a Google Pixel phone?  I have a Pixel 6a, and it's not working, and I thought it was specific to that model.  An agent just told me that no Google phones worked, but I wasn't convinced that he wasn't just taking the shortest route to get rid of me.  It'd be useful to know what combinations do and do not work.

With 3g shutdown coming, Wifi calling is going to be a mainstream issue soon.

nologo

My pixel 6a certainly does WiFi calling, so did my 4a (although I'm with EE) 
Regards.   nologo

flaneurs_lobster

Previous thread here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6363806/wi-fi-calling-and-volte-now-available-on-lebara/p1

steve642

My wife has a similar phone/provider combination and no wifi calling. I have a OnePlus Nord2 and cannot get wifi calling with Lebara, but can with 1p (EE). It's all a bit of a lottery and not very satisfactory, as you say.

apple3feet

flaneurs_lobster said:

Previous thread here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6363806/wi-fi-calling-and-volte-now-available-on-lebara/p1

Short answer, you're stuffed.

Thanks for that link - it's a long discussion and confirms that all Pixel phones are affected.  However on P7, there is a link to a fix which I can confirm is working for me.  It's not simple - you have to enable developer mode, download a couple of apps and a patch, install the patch, and then toggle various options in one of the apps.  It's only for techie types!

see https://github.com/kyujin-cho/pixel-volte-patch/releases/download/1.2.6/dev.bluehouse.enablevolte.apk

According to Phil2023, "The fix is just overriding the carrier flags, for some reason Lebara is saying 'NO' we don't support VoLTE or Wi-Fi calling when a Pixel device is registered to their network so all options are hidden to turn the features on, probably a database issue somewhere and Lebara/Vodafone do not recognise the IMEI of Pixels not sold by them, as if you buy a Pixel from Vodafone, it works fine on Vodafone AND Lebara.  The fix just overwrites the "NO to VoLTE/Wi-Fi callling" to a Yes which then enables the options in the menus to turn it on. "

flaneurs_lobster

apple3feet said:

Thanks for that link - it's a long discussion and confirms that all Pixel phones are affected.  However on P7, there is a link to a fix which I can confirm is working for me.  It's not simple - you have to enable developer mode, download a couple of apps and a patch, install the patch, and then toggle various options in one of the apps.  It's only for techie types!

Ah, I didn't re-visit the whole thread, glad that there is now a workaround.

Bod_1234

This is now fixed for me on my Google Pixel 8 Pro with the June 2024 update.

And this SIM profile; lebara_gb-56000000003.10

2024-03-06

Its offering me WiFi calling, finally. without the need for any dubious sideloaded apps and hacks.