When I make or receive a phone call, I cannot use any data while on the call. Is there any way I can fix this?
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.3
Agreed. I believe it could be a date issue, especially when changes to iOS and phone versions. I've responded to a couple this week as well that had people responding to old threads telling how the things people recommended did not exist, when they did when the posts were made.
ChrisJ4203 wrote:
Agreed. I believe it could be a date issue, especially when changes to iOS and phone versions. I've responded to a couple this week as well that had people responding to old threads telling how the things people recommended did not exist, when they did when the posts were made.
Yeah I had several of those too.
I wonder if maybe the dates of the posts are missed because they aren't sufficiently visible. Would this be reduced if the dates were more prominently displayed.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
I wouldn’t mind so much if the posts didn’t have the tone of “Epic fail!!!!”
Indeed
Sorry, what do you mean by you "cannot use any data while on the call"?
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It depends on who your carrier is. Some carriers cannot support a cellular call and cellular data at the same time.
It all depends on your cellular carrier:
iOS: Understanding cellular data networks - Apple Support
As the article points out, CDMA networks (such as Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular in the U.S.) do not support simultaneous voice and cellular data on an iPhone.
Sberman,
That is not correct. I have verizon. I have a 2nd line on my account for my wife. She has a samsung galaxy, I have the iPhone6. She can be talk on the phone an browse the web at the same time. I can not do that on my iphone.
Not sure of your reading level, but he said, "do not support simultaneous voice and cellular data on an iPhone." So how is he incorrect, that would match your findings?
Vic609 wrote:
Sberman,
That is not correct. I have verizon. I have a 2nd line on my account for my wife. She has a samsung galaxy, I have the iPhone6. She can be talk on the phone an browse the web at the same time. I can not do that on my iphone.
sberman1 is exactly correct. The chip that Apple chose to use in the 5S does not support simultaneous CDMA voice and LTE data. The more recent Samsung models (you don't mention which one your wife has but I'll assume it's an S5) do.
The iPhone 6/6+ will do voice over LTE which allows them, in a 4G area, to do simultaneous voice and data.
Calm down now guys. I stand corrected.
When Sberman wrote, "verizon didnt support simultaneous voice and cellular date". Thats where I stopped reading. I didnt see that part where he said ,"on an iPhone".
However, I have the iPhone 6 Plus and I still cannot use the web browser while in a phone call.
You may be in an area that does not support it yet.
The ability to do so requires that the network where you are supports VoLTE. If it does, and your account is properly provisioned, and the option for voice over LTE is enabled on your phone, then you should be able to get simultaneous voice and data. If any one of those three things is not true, you won't. Without VoLTE, voice calls use the CDMA network. When that happens, you don't get simultaneous voice and data.
I have Verizon and and IPhone 7plus I am typing this while I’m on a call. So I can use date while on a call with Veri
Did you note the date of the posts to which you’re replying? They’re more than two years old. Did you notice which phone was being discussed? It was the 5S.
This is why we need old threads to be locked. 😕
I wasn’t sure how I felt about it a first. But I’ve come to believe it’s the right thing to do.
Why can't I connect using cellular data while on a phone call
