Unlocked phones and VoLTE , Wi-Fi calling...?

It depends if the carrier supports that handset, sometimes you can Google and find discussions of people's saying this phone has wifi calling etc.

Rogers/Fido wil not allow WiFi calling on a device unless it was purchased from them.

robertz wrote: ↑ Rogers/Fido wil not allow WiFi calling on a device unless it was purchased from them.

Just wanted to add my experiences. I have now been able to use a Samsung Galaxy A70 with Telus and Rogers that was not bought from either of them and was able to get VoLTE and VoWiFi on both. Same thing with a Huawei P30 Pro.

This previously did not happen last year any phones except Samsung and only after changing the CSC sales code.

So maybe things have changed this year with phones and carriers. I'm very surprised Rogers appears to be allowing unlocked phones with VoLTE and VoWiFi.

robertz wrote: ↑ Rogers/Fido wil not allow WiFi calling on a device unless it was purchased from them.

Except iphones and some samsung phones?

l69norm wrote: ↑ Except iphones and some samsung phones?

And Pixels I believe.

robertz wrote: ↑ Rogers/Fido wil not allow WiFi calling on a device unless it was purchased from them.

What if you flash the firmware that is from the carrier you wish to use volte or wifi calling on?
For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 from koodo but I just downloaded the latest Videotron firmware to flash.
Would this work?
Thanks

snyper81 wrote: ↑ What if you flash the firmware that is from the carrier you wish to use volte or wifi calling on?
For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 from koodo but I just downloaded the latest Videotron firmware to flash.
Would this work?
Thanks

I have a Bell Note 9 on Fido. I tried changing the CSC, and flashing the "Fido" firmware, and am not able to register for wifi calling.

2kfire wrote: ↑ I have a Bell Note 9 on Fido. I tried changing the CSC, and flashing the "Fido" firmware, and am not able to register for wifi calling.

Because Fido keeps an IMEI inventory database of the phones they sell. If you didn't buy a phone from them, they say over and over again in their forums that you cannot get VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling. Here is the forum thread specific to the Note 9: Fido Wi-Fi Calling on Note 9

I just bought a Oneplus 7 Pro from their website 2 weeks ago and Wifi calling nor VOLTE doesn't work on either Virgin and TELUS (I'm using dual-sim). Cannot make it happen as the IMEI is not registered with them. I've tried to add the phone in the Virgin account but they said it doesn't exist in their database (for you reference, I did easily add iPhone XS to my account before bought directly from Apple Store and wifi calling was working fine).

sokhangoo wrote: ↑ (for you reference, I did easily add iPhone XS to my account before bought directly from Apple Store and wifi calling was working fine).

Apple won’t allow this carrier nonsense. That is one big plus if you buy iPhone vs Android.

soljah12 wrote: ↑ Just wanted to add my experiences. I have now been able to use a Samsung Galaxy A70 with Telus and Rogers that was not bought from either of them and was able to get VoLTE and VoWiFi on both. Same thing with a Huawei P30 Pro.

This previously did not happen last year any phones except Samsung and only after changing the CSC sales code.

So maybe things have changed this year with phones and carriers. I'm very surprised Rogers appears to be allowing unlocked phones with VoLTE and VoWiFi.

This is important to me. How di dyou get it to work? I'm buying a US Samsung Note 10+, did your A70 just work plug in play? Or did you have to flash that too? I'm using Rogers.

MT1414 wrote: ↑ This is important to me. How di dyou get it to work? I'm buying a US Samsung Note 10+, did your A70 just work plug in play? Or did you have to flash that too? I'm using Rogers.

I actually didn't do anything, I simply put the Telus and Rogers sim card into them, IMS registration was successful, VoLTE and WiFi calling were selected and everything just worked! As mentioned, this previously NEVER happened with Rogers but did work with Telus/Koodo. Even our last year's Samsung's wouldn't work on Rogers and still didn't the last time I checked this year. So I think something has now changed with Rogers this year with 2019 phones.

As for you though, I don't think the same applies for international phones. I bought mine in Canada, although not from Rogers or Fido but they still worked. I guess time will tell for you though. Keep us updated please.

TheNightOwl wrote: ↑ Because Fido keeps an IMEI inventory database of the phones they sell. If you didn't buy a phone from them, they say over and over again in their forums that you cannot get VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling. Here is the forum thread specific to the Note 9: Fido Wi-Fi Calling on Note 9

Why does a Note 9 bought from Telus work with those features on Rogers with their CSC then?

l69norm wrote: ↑ Except iphones and some samsung phones?

I purchased a Galaxy S8 from Bell. I then switched to Rogers and they would not allow WiFi calling because, sd there top tier technic technical support rep said, the device wasn't purchased from them. I even changed the CSC code and that didn't help as they said the dice wasn't registered in their DB.

Perhaps if you purchase a device from Samsung and insert a Rogers SIM first it might work. And I don't know if they've changed their policies as I've since ported out.

sokhangoo wrote: ↑ I just bought a Oneplus 7 Pro from their website 2 weeks ago and Wifi calling nor VOLTE doesn't work on either Virgin and TELUS (I'm using dual-sim). Cannot make it happen as the IMEI is not registered with them. I've tried to add the phone in the Virgin account but they said it doesn't exist in their database (for you reference, I did easily add iPhone XS to my account before bought directly from Apple Store and wifi calling was working fine).

In my experience, you'll never get those features on a oneplus device in Canada, no matter the carrier. Even in the US, I think only TMobile supports 1+

My experience :
THe only providers that has Volte and Wifi calling working for me are - Telus, virgin mobile and Freedom...
Again it depends on the device...
International note 8 (N950F) - Android Oreo did not work but with Pie worked ( ofcourse have to use the appropriate csc)
International note 9 ( N960F) - Worked with both oreo and pie.

One other thing to consider with out of network devices it is carieer aggregration ( CA) . CA gives faster network and higher internet speeds.
Note 8 has given me consistent CA with VM and Koodo
Note 9 has been variable depeding on the location.

soljah12 wrote: ↑ I actually didn't do anything, I simply put the Telus and Rogers sim card into them, IMS registration was successful, VoLTE and WiFi calling were selected and everything just worked! As mentioned, this previously NEVER happened with Rogers but did work with Telus/Koodo. Even our last year's Samsung's wouldn't work on Rogers and still didn't the last time I checked this year. So I think something has now changed with Rogers this year with 2019 phones.

As for you though, I don't think the same applies for international phones. I bought mine in Canada, although not from Rogers or Fido but they still worked. I guess time will tell for you though. Keep us updated please.

After reading your original comment I pinged Rogers over Twitter DM using a Samsung A90 byod as an example. The rep said that wifi calling would not work since the device is not from Rogers.

It is extremely interesting to know that it worked for you and good news indeed.

steveMR wrote: ↑ After reading your original comment I pinged Rogers over Twitter DM using a Samsung A90 byod as an example. The rep said that wifi calling would not work since the device is not from Rogers.

It is extremely interesting to know that it worked for you and good news indeed.

Yes, their official stance on VoLTE and WiFi calling hasn't changed (Rogers) but my experience has. Just to confirm that it really worked, I left my sim card in both devices for a week each to ensure I didn't lose both services after a few hours or days.

In my experience, Telus has been the best carrier to allow VoLTE and WiFi calling on Canadian unlocked phones, meaning phones that they sell themselves but not bought from them.

I actually just figured out how to reset my Huawei P30 Pro and make it default with another carrier as we just moved one of our lines to Telus. Now the phone thinks it's a Telus branded phone and has the Telus apps by default. This wasn't needed to get services working but I wanted it simply for software updates to be from Telus.

Rogers/Fido only allows VoLTE/WiFi Calling for phones originally purchased from them. You can try asking them to enter in your IMEI on their database to enable it, but YMMV

I recently moved to Virgin Mobile. Decided to try my unlocked Rogers S8 and was able to use VoLTE/WiFi without issue