Thank you for showing me how to do wi-fi calling. I really appreciate how easy you made this.

THANK YOU. This video saved me $500. I live in a rural area served by only one cellular service. The signal dropped occasionally, so I bought a signal booster last year. All was well until the end of May. Calls started dropping, then didn’t complete at all. Texting was possible only intermittently. The cell company doesn’t accept calls about outages. Their map showed we have full 5G coverage, and they are satisfied with that. I spent today researching boosters and even diy cell towers. Then I got to thinking… what about wifi calling? I canceled my cellular company’s wifi service when I got Starlink internet. Could wifi calling work with Starlink? Then I found this video and was making clear calls in 5 minutes!

Many thanks for a quite clear set of instructions. Keep up your good work!

If you want to test WiFi calling at home, and there is mobile coverage; the best way is to put the phone into aeroplane mode. This will then turn off cellular radios, and WiFi on the phone. You then need to turn on WiFi, and you should be able to get WiFi calling without cellphone coverage and make and receive phone calls over WiFi. As long as WiFi calling is set up, and you have WiFi coverage; as you explained in your video. Remember to turn off aeroplane mode when finished testing, so you can use your phone normally on the mobile network.

@wildyato3737

Жыл бұрын

Wait WiFi calling is possible without cell network? So why isn't possible without SiM? It does require cell network to locate through call destination, right?

@ChrisSlack

Жыл бұрын

@@wildyato3737 You still need a SIM in order for your phone to be identified on the network.

@FixItYerself

11 ай бұрын

you mean airplane mode? what is a aeroplane?

Very impressive

Great tip. Thank you.

Very useful. Thanks.

Nice

Hahaha First we saw VoLTE Then VoWifi Then VoNr Now with satellite :VoSAT (Only if Elon Musk's Tesla Phone project comes true ,between is it possible to make a call? Wouldn't encounter latency problem?

If you are in a foreign country would your cell phone still work? I would think so since you are using the internet??

@Random_How-tos

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure how this set up a work in other countries but I assume it would work. One thing to note is that Starlink does not allow roaming outside of the country the account is assigned to. As starlink gets more approval International roaming should enable soon.

Great presentation, thank you. I need to buy a new phone... what is the cheapest model Apple that will run wi-fi calling and make satellite calls?

@Random_How-tos

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, really any iPhone after the iPhone 8 will work as long as the your cell phone provider supports Wi-Fi calling.

@2nostromo

Жыл бұрын

@@Random_How-tos OK... Now I am confused. As usual. Why would the cell phone provider need to support wifi if we have no wifi signal. We live in New Zealand and there is very weak phone signal here. I was hoping we could use our Starlink to make phone calls other than Skype/Messenger type... you know, to use a phone like you did.

@Random_How-tos

Жыл бұрын

@@2nostromo I understand, is was confusing to me as well. Based on my last Internet search the only reason why the cell phone company needs to support Wi-Fi calling is so they can connect to your phone over the Internet (through Starlink) instead of the cell phone network. Most of the big carriers around the world support Wi-Fi calling. Wikipedia said something along the lines of ”Wi-Fi calling has been available in Denmark since 2016.” To be sure, contact your cell phone company or go on there website and ask if they support Wi-Fi calling. In the United States, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are the big companies that support Wi-Fi calling. Hopefully this was helpful and I made sense.

@2nostromo

Жыл бұрын

@@Random_How-tos OK, got it. We will get there in the end :) You put a lot of time/effort to make that video... much obliged

@Camp_Runamuck

Жыл бұрын

So starlink gives you a unlimited satellite phone ?

What does something like this cost? And is it possible to do this without a dish?

@Random_How-tos

Жыл бұрын

As long as you have an Internet connection over Wi-Fi you can make Wi-Fi calls. All the dish does is provide a connection to the internet over a satellite. In other words, the dish isn’t necessary as long as you have an Internet connection. The dish was about $700 and $110 a month in the United States but I believe prices are much lower in South America and in other parts of the world. Hopefully this helps. :)

How is the starlink internet while roaming? Do you think it's good enough for gaming or watching movies?

@Random_How-tos

2 жыл бұрын

Starlink is definitely good for watching movies. But with gaming it depends, you shouldn’t have a problem most of the time but there will still be some hiccups here and there until they get more satellites launched.

@davidsolomon1175

2 жыл бұрын

@@Random_How-tos what about while roaming?

@Random_How-tos

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidsolomon1175 Starlink says that you may receive degraded service while roaming if network congestion is high. I personally have never noticed degraded service. I wouldn’t worry about it.

@davidsolomon1175

2 жыл бұрын

@@Random_How-tos awesome thanks

@Random_How-tos

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidsolomon1175 no problem, good luck 👍

can you receive phone calls when you are on the wifi setting?

@Random_How-tos

6 ай бұрын

Yes, as long as you are connected to Wi-Fi you should be able to send and receive calls as if you were connected to a tower. Hope this helps.

PagePlus blocks WIFI calling - no option even on a S10e :(

@Random_How-tos

Жыл бұрын

Bomber :(

Funny we have to go thru all that when the phone itself can talk to the satellite

@jaredwhite489

Ай бұрын

Cell service is thru ground towers not satellite

How receive call?

@Random_How-tos

16 күн бұрын

@@phoniexgod5260 as long as your phone is connected to Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi calling is on you should be able to receive phone calls over Wi-Fi calling.

but WiFi signal has very short range! I think it's another BS publicity stunt by Elon Musk