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On ATT they won't let you use an unlocked phone with VoLTE, and so with the 3g shutdown, that means no calling.
by xxpor 4y ago
On ATT they won't let you use an unlocked phone with VoLTE, and so with the 3g shutdown, that means no calling.
- rr808 4y agoOK use one of the other 100 carriers which will let you.
- xxpor 4y agoUnfortunately they won the FirstNet contract.
- zinekeller 4y agoYeah, their bull**** "certification" program that only allows carrier-sold phones and not unlocked ones are frustrating, especially that in Europe as long as your phone is compatible with VoLTE (and VoWiFi and VoNR) it'll simply work.
- sgc 4y agoFrankly, and I know this might be an unpopular opinion, it should be illegal. Communications are extremely important building blocks of our society, and people should not be forced into acquiring their devices from their service provider. Any device that is technologically compatible should be allowed, and the carrier should be forced to support open standards to guarantee interoperability. It's the equivalent of a toll road only allowing cars they sold onto it.
- zinekeller 4y ago> this might be an unpopular opinion I don't think anyone is thinking that AT&T certification (beyond blocking actively harmful devices) is an unpopular opinion tbh.
- boring_twenties 4y agoWait what? I'm using an unlocked Moto G7 Play on AT&T, and voice calls seem to work fine?
- zinekeller 4y agoBecause Motorola have actually bothered to pay AT&T more money just to allow their phone in AT&T's network. (https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/support/pdf/Devices-Working-on-ATT-Network.pdf https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/support/pdf/Devices-Wor...) It's basically "AT&T approved telephones" all over again. Worse, if you're on vacation in America and your carrier only supports roaming through AT&T and you happened to own a device that isn't approved (probably because that manufacturer doesn't sell their device in the US or it's the Exynos version of Samsung products), you won't receive any calls, period.
- boring_twenties 4y agoWow, I had no idea. What a bunch of bullshit!
- izacus 4y agoHa, that's not true! Which is what's really bizarre! I just had a friend hit an issue where his dual SIM Xiaomi phone can roam on AT&T network on a European SIM, while AT&Ts own SIM next to it refused to connect because the carrier said the phone is "not compatible".
- zinekeller 4y ago> Ha, that's not true! Which is what's really bizarre! TBF this is from my personal experience, so I'll probably ask my carrier why.