Wifi calling in airplane mode

I discovered you have to turn off data roaming for wifi calling to work when in airplane mode. My wife's and my att iphones now work in canada on hotel wifi with these settings set. wifi calling on, data roaming off, airplane mode on, wifi on in that order. At ghe top of screen it now shows the airplane and "AT&T Wi-Fi".

As per Use Airplane Mode on your iOS device - Apple Support using airplane mode disables all wireless communication. So in theory wifi should be disabled when airplane mode is on. It sounds to me as if there may be an issue with the OS. Perhaps backing up and restoring might be in order.

We have very similar issues and still trying to figure it out. Using Airplane mode wifi calling, normal with wifi calling. Nothing is working well. I have had our router and wifi checked out and that isn't the issue. I haven't talked to Apple yet.

I have been through all solutions around this. Things I've learned:

- not all versions of iOS and iPhones behave the same.

- microcells interfere with each other. If your issue is likely experienced by all your neighbors on the same cell carrier then some likely have microcells and there will be issues. Notably the first few to 15 seconds of every incoming call will be disjointed. - microcells can't handle conference calls

- microcells need gps signal. It can be really tough to locate it well with power, Ethernet, sky view and coverage for your house/ property.

- to use wifi calling consistently you have to go into airplane mode and reactivate wifi each time you get home and disable airplane each time u leave. Works better for those with regular work days than others.

- my iPhone 6 stubbornly stuck to cell even when no signal was actually there. My new 7 seems to switch between cell and wifi much more effectively. This is on ATT.

- each carrier has its own implementation of wifi calling and will work differently with hardware and OS. ATTs is worse than T Mobile. Not sure about other carriers.

Good luck!

This is a good question to ask your cellular carrier. I know Wi-Fi signal strength is one factor to determine whether Wi-Fi calling is used. Your cellular carrier may suggest other factors.

I would support sberman

As a person who uses WiFi Calling all the time - you may be able to ask your carrier for a range extender to enable better connection via the WiFi calling

I have T Mo WiFi calling since it was first introduced - and I have to admit - I have never run into this issue before where I have had to switch out of airplane mode to make a call

The idea is to turn on Airplane Mode and then turn on Wi-Fi. That forbids cellular communication but permits Wi-Fi.

If you're using AT&T, you would probably be well served to invest in an AT&T Micro-Cell given the problems you're having. It's a small cellular antenna about the size of a wireless router that puts out a cellular signal that you can allow your phones to access (you have control over what phones are permitted to use it) and routes the calls to AT&T's network via your Internet connection.

First, I have an unlocked GSM iPhone 6 which was using the Sim card from my iPhone 5 AT&T. To enable Wi-Fi calling required me to go to the AT&T store in order to get a newer Sim card. I am currently in Canada, and in the Airbnb

apartment I'm using I have a Wi-Fi signal and AT&T Wi-Fi calling is enabled Automatically. I am in airplane mode with Wi-Fi turned on. (And Bluetooth for mr Apple Watch connection) I'm dialing 611 to get AT&T and according to them I have incurred no international roaming fees or data charges. Apparently you can call or receive phone calls from the United States to anywhere in the world that allows Wi-Fi calling without incurring international rates. If I were to call a number in Canada using Wi-Fi calling in Canada then I would be charged international data rates. Without a doubt, little confusing, but I'm beginning to understand and appreciate the feature very much. I may not even bother to get a GSM Sim card in Canada because of this feature. The only other strange thing happened on the trip is that Apple Maps continue to function and get directions even while in airplane mode while we were traveling past the border. Explain that!

1. Wi-Fi calling. I use AT&T and after some confusing when traveling to Canada this is what I have come to understand from my investigations and talking to AT&T. When Wi-Fi calling is used to call a US phone number (whether I was calling to or from Canada) the call was free. When Wi-Fi calling is used to call a Canadian number the call incurred the international calling rate to Canada.

2. GPS active when in Airplane mode. I noticed this also when I was in France this past summer. I downloaded some maps from Google maps for the area I would be traveling in. With Airplane mode on, and Wi-Fi on GPS worked with the maps I downloaded. We used it to walk all around Paris. Great help. The downloaded maps (large files) were deleted after 30 days or so. This was a great feature.

Airplane will disable wifi but it can be re-enabled.

According to advanced technical support ATT, the microcell is inferior to wifi calling. We were using a microcell last year and they had us quit using it. The microcell had its own issues

You can also call your carrier and tell them you don’t want to pick up Rodgers. Only downside is you will have to deactivate if you actually go to Canada and want to use the service.