I work from home in a neighborhood with poor cellular signal (1-2 bars, fluctuates). I recently switched from ATT (with Samsung phone) to Verizon (with iPhone7), and I can no longer make reliable calls.
Cellular calls don't work in my house: signal is too poor to sustain a conversation.
On ATT with my Samsung phone, I used Wifi Calling all the time without any problems from my home office.
Now with Verizon and iPhone7, my WiFi calls drop frequently (about 50% of the time, randomly, sometimes 10 minutes in, 30h in...).
Here is what happens:
- the sound stops,
- the timer on the phone call continues for about 3 seconds,
- then it says "call failed" and the phone goes back to home screen.
I tried the following:
- Turn to Airplane mode to make sure that the Wifi call wasn't trying to switch to a Cellular call: still drops WiFi calls
- Tried LTE setting on "Voice and Data" as well as "Data": still drops WiFi calls
- Verizon tech support ran diagnostic tests on my phone via LiveChat: no problem found, still drops WiFi calls
- Apple store did full restore on my iPhone7: still drops WiFi calls
- Verizon store swapped my SMS card: still drops WiFi calls
- Reset wireless network: still drops WiFi calls
- Apple replaced my iPhone7 with another new iPhone7: still drops WiFi calls
Best Buy will not let me return the phone because of their strict 14 day return policy.
I have had the phone for 18 days now.
I am at loss. I signed this contract with Verizon 18 days ago, and I cannot use my phone at home.
Please help me replace the phone with another type of device that would enable me to make and sustain calls at home.
