Setting up 4g calling ready for next year.

[gazmix8]

Hi

i have received a text saying 3g calling will end next year. I entered my IEMI number into the check box & it says that my Sony Xperia X Compact is compatible with 4g calling so i contacted a Vodafone worker via Facebook messenger & he sent me a few texts & to text CALLING to 97888. I did this & it said WiFi calling is added but nothing about 4g calling..

How can i make sure that my phone has 4g calling ? or is the WiFi calling & 4g calling the same? 

Regards

gazmix

[hrym]

Your phone will work, but you'll need a 2G signal.  This will have the same coverage it does now, so there may be a very small number of areas where there's 4G but no 2G (as now), the only difference being if there was previously 3G but no 2G (possibly only a theoretical possibility).

As most Sony devices already work, it's possible that getting Tech Support to send the settings for another model will give you VoIP functionality.

[gazmix8]

Hi and thanks @hrym I thought there must be a way.. Sending settings from another device sounds interesting, I'll have to visit a local store as I'm unsure what to do.

These are my signal options, I guess 2g isn't there.. 

 

[hrym]

Because Sony have a range of models, it may be a question of working out compatibility if the settings vary across the range. Brands that use more or less pure Android should be easier.

I can't see your image at the moment, but I'm pretty sure you'll pick up 2G if available, and that it's likely to be.

[gazmix8]

In the image if I click 2g then that will apply to my Internet data too won't it whereas I want 4g for Internet but 2g for calls not 2g Internet. 

[gazmix8]

@hrym hi, so could my phone calls & texts be 2g & internet use 4g? 

The image says 4g preferred & there's 2 other options however i'd probably need to switch between them when i need to make a call or send a text but if someone is contacting me that would be a problem? 

Regards 

[hrym]

4G calling (VoIP) should turn on automatically when the mobile signal is weak or not present. The process should be seamless.

[gazmix8]

when sim not present or loss of signal it asks me to turn Wifi calling which my phone isn't provisioned for when accessing the secret menu. 4g is provisioned though

[gazmix8]

guess i'll have to go to store & sort it out which is a nightmare in itself.. Big city wi no store when used to be 2. Was popular with the elderly just wanting a basic phone, now they gotta go outa town to the big shopping center whereas small towns local have a store.

[gazmix8]

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@gazmix8 wrote:

guess i'll have to go to store & sort it out which is a nightmare in itself.. Big city wi no store when used to be 2. Was popular with the elderly just wanting a basic phone, now they gotta go outa town to the big shopping center whereas small towns local have a store.

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I just hope the tech guy is there when u make the long journey. Yer can't even contact the store.. Why is this please? 

[gazmix8]

@hrym can you now see the image & the question about 2g calling & 4g internet at the same time. 

Regards