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Cricket Wireless - Wifi Calling on select devices

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Cricket Wireless - Wifi Calling on select devices

Yesterday I saw a "Carrier settings update" on my iPhone 7 Plus (Cricket Wireless) so thought of checking if "Wi-Fi calling" is enabled and there it goes. Who ever has been waiting for wifi calling on cricket take a look at the settings and see if it got enabled yesterday.


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Apple iPhone Wi-Fi Calling!An iOS software update released in December 2017 will allow iPhone customers to use wi-fi calling.

As long as any iPhone customer has the latest software they will be eligible.

On 12/9/2017 iPhones will be able to activate Wi-Fi Calling!"




From other Sder:
This is from Cricket this morning - apparently they have no clue how or when WIFI calling is going to work (consistently) on non-cricket iPhones...

Pedro N: Please keep in mind that Wi fi calling is not guaranteed yet on BYODs (non-Cricket phones).
Pedro N: We hope we get an update soon for BYODs
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Created 12-11-2017 at 12:04 PM by Krish009
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PitCritter
12-11-2017 at 12:10 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:10 PM.
Don't most cricket customers have unlimited calling anyway? Don't mean to TC but I don't see the advantage in wifi calling. Cellular should always sound better IMO.
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john1863
12-11-2017 at 12:18 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:18 PM.
Quote from PitCritter :
Don't most cricket customers have unlimited calling anyway? Don't mean to TC but I don't see the advantage in wifi calling. Cellular should always sound better IMO.
My in-laws have really crappy coverage at their house. It would really help them to have WiFi calling.
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XBeatzX
12-11-2017 at 12:18 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:18 PM.
Quote from PitCritter :
Don't most cricket customers have unlimited calling anyway? Don't mean to TC but I don't see the advantage in wifi calling. Cellular should always sound better IMO.

I'm just hoping I can finally receive a call in my basement office, frustrating having to go upstairs to make a call. Wifi calling just might be enough to keep me with Cricket. Does this work with any unlocked iphone or just iphones purchased from Cricket, because I don't see a place to turn on wifi calling on my unlocked AT&T iphone?
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PitCritter
12-11-2017 at 12:20 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:20 PM.
Fair point. I guess you could also use it if you're travelling outside North America if your hotel has wifi.
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PDP765
12-11-2017 at 12:29 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:29 PM.
What carrier version is it in which you got WiFi calling because currently I have cricket 30.0 and what iOS are you on? I am 11.1.2
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partyman66
12-11-2017 at 12:31 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:31 PM.
Saw this about a month ago and was happy to hear that they now have it, but my old Galaxy S5 doesn't support that feature with the AT&T image on it.

Should be upgrading phones soon and I'm hoping to get one that supports this feature so I can get better signal in my basement.
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XBeatzX
12-11-2017 at 12:58 PM.
12-11-2017 at 12:58 PM.
OK, that was easy, figured it out. Unlocked iphone SE here, clicked Settings>General>About, immediatly got a pop-up that a Cricket update was available. Entered in my 911 address, then reset, and works perfectly. Just made a crystal clear call from the deepest corner of my basement. Playing around with it, as I roam around the house, it reverts from regular Cricket to Cricket Wifi depending if I have more/less than 2 bars of signal strength, slick.
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Deshi
12-11-2017 at 01:11 PM.
12-11-2017 at 01:11 PM.
Quote from PitCritter :
Don't most cricket customers have unlimited calling anyway? Don't mean to TC but I don't see the advantage in wifi calling. Cellular should always sound better IMO.
I just switched out from cricket because they didn't have wifi calling and had no or extremely poor coverage at my work. Its unfortunate as I liked their service otherwise but just switched out late november. They should have told me during my many calls and I would have waited it out. Oh Well.
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unlimitedx
12-11-2017 at 01:15 PM.
12-11-2017 at 01:15 PM.
Would WiFi calling work internationally as well with Cricket?
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juanabove
12-11-2017 at 01:29 PM.
12-11-2017 at 01:29 PM.
Quote from XBeatzX :
OK, that was easy, figured it out. Unlocked iphone SE here, clicked Settings>General>About, immediatly got a pop-up that a Cricket update was available. Entered in my 911 address, then reset, and works perfectly. Just made a crystal clear call from the deepest corner of my basement. Playing around with it, as I roam around the house, it reverts from regular Cricket to Cricket Wifi depending if I have more/less than 2 bars of signal strength, slick.

What iOS are you on?? 11.2?
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XBeatzX
12-11-2017 at 01:48 PM.
12-11-2017 at 01:48 PM.
Quote from juanabove :
What iOS are you on?? 11.2?

yep, just updated to 11.2 yesterday.
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juanabove
12-11-2017 at 02:16 PM.
12-11-2017 at 02:16 PM.
Quote from XBeatzX :
yep, just updated to 11.2 yesterday.
Thanks for the reply! I'm still on 11.1.2...and I haven't received the carrier update. Frown
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Krish009
12-11-2017 at 03:10 PM.
12-11-2017 at 03:10 PM.
Quote from juanabove :
Thanks for the reply! I'm still on 11.1.2...and I haven't received the carrier update. Frown

Update iOS first so it can get carrier settings
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houdini1582
12-11-2017 at 04:30 PM.
12-11-2017 at 04:30 PM.
I just upgraded my unlocked iPhone 8 Plus to 11.2 went to settings>about> pop up for carrier update settings shows up version31.1. I was able to add the E911 address to the phone and wifi calling works.

Also I just upgraded my cricket unlimited 2 for four lines from 130 to 100 for 4 lines
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