Re: Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider
Hello, Personally it sounds like there are hand-off issues between the cell spot t-mobile router you were referring to and wifi calling. I would try disabling wifi calling in settings/phone and see if the signal issues improve. Even with 2 of 4 bars you should be able to receive calls. On 10/26/20, Terri Stimmel wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I have a rather anoying problem that happens pretty regularly. I would > really appreciate some opinions on it, if at all possible. > > > First of all, my service is with T-Mobile. I have had service with them > for about 3 years now. I like them pretty well. Although, I do wish my > bill were a bit cheaper. But for everything that I have, including an > Apple 5 series watch, I really can't complain. > > > However, my very anoying problem is this. > > I live in a townhouse. So our 2 bedrooms are upstairs. Sometimes when up > here, I miss calls. I miss them completely. They don't register on my > phone, or my watch. I don't know that I've even missed a call, unless > all of a sudden I realize I have a voicemail. > > > Now, downstairs, in our living room where the router is, we have a > T-Mobile tower. Maybe that's not the proper name for it. I got it when I > first got T-Mobile, because in that apartment I had absolutely no signal > at all. This tower is newer. They just recently replaced it a few months > back, because the one I had just died one day. > > > If for some reason I am not connected up to the tower, downstairs I have > 2 bars of cell signal. When connected, which is the majority of the > time, I have 4 bars. Also, when connected and upstairs, I have 3, to 4 > bars. With my wireless internet, I have 2, to 3 bars. I don't know if > that matters or not. But I thought I would add this anyway. > > > I currently have the iPhone XR. > > So why is this happening? > > Is my signal somehow not good enough? > > And is this my iPhone, or the tower? > > Or may I not ever really know where the problem lies? > > > I can't stand having this problem. But I don't know if there's anything > I can do about it. I spend a lot of time upstairs, because the computer > room is up here. I don't have an option to move things around. > Otherwise, we would have wired connections up here. > > > Any help or suggestions is much appreciated. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CH2PR04MB6839156E5EDCA0B4D81BC903A8190%40CH2PR04MB6839.namprd04.prod.outlook.com. > -- Shai Wolman Wolman technologies (619)894-6587 Providing training to children and adults that empowers them to be productive and successful with their assistive technology/computing tasks. atvist...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAL%2BOAfYwWOjnMQRSkGdzo3imKn%3DPUoxa6eQuZ4BJuRjNXseFqw%40mail.gmail.com.
RE: Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider
I assume you have your phone set for Wi-Fi calling. That helped me a lot, when I had Consumer Cellular and had a similar problem. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 3:33 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Wondering, is this problem my phone, or my provider Hello everyone, I have a rather anoying problem that happens pretty regularly. I would really appreciate some opinions on it, if at all possible. First of all, my service is with T-Mobile. I have had service with them for about 3 years now. I like them pretty well. Although, I do wish my bill were a bit cheaper. But for everything that I have, including an Apple 5 series watch, I really can't complain. However, my very anoying problem is this. I live in a townhouse. So our 2 bedrooms are upstairs. Sometimes when up here, I miss calls. I miss them completely. They don't register on my phone, or my watch. I don't know that I've even missed a call, unless all of a sudden I realize I have a voicemail. Now, downstairs, in our living room where the router is, we have a T-Mobile tower. Maybe that's not the proper name for it. I got it when I first got T-Mobile, because in that apartment I had absolutely no signal at all. This tower is newer. They just recently replaced it a few months back, because the one I had just died one day. If for some reason I am not connected up to the tower, downstairs I have 2 bars of cell signal. When connected, which is the majority of the time, I have 4 bars. Also, when connected and upstairs, I have 3, to 4 bars. With my wireless internet, I have 2, to 3 bars. I don't know if that matters or not. But I thought I would add this anyway. I currently have the iPhone XR. So why is this happening? Is my signal somehow not good enough? And is this my iPhone, or the tower? Or may I not ever really know where the problem lies? I can't stand having this problem. But I don't know if there's anything I can do about it. I spend a lot of time upstairs, because the computer room is up here. I don't have an option to move things around. Otherwise, we would have wired connections up here. Any help or suggestions is much appreciated. Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CH2PR04MB6839156E5EDCA0B4D81BC903A8190%40CH2PR04MB6839.namprd04.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/02f201d6abd1%24ce9f76c0%246bde6440%24%40windstream.net.
