topic EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact in XZ Series

EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:05:31 GMT

Is it possible to make WiFi calls on EE with the Xperia xz1 compact? Can't seem to find any settings to switch it on.

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Lord_viridis — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:47:09 GMT

Did you get from EE or carphone warehouse?

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:36:24 GMT

Got it from carphone warehouse. Beginning to think that was a big mistake.

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Lord_viridis — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:20:47 GMT

@Acno1 wrote:
Got it from carphone warehouse. Beginning to think that was a big mistake.

Nah, just as youve possibly found out by now, ee only support those services on their own firmware, like o2 do.

So you'd need ee firmware.

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:48:25 GMT

Is there an easy way to get that? Asked the tech support woman over the phone but she didn't seem to know much and kept saying that I'd have to try and get out of my contract with carphone warehouse and go with EE direct which means another new phone and messing about...if carphone warehouse would let me out. Would've thought they'd be able to update this phones software, even if for a fee.

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Lord_viridis — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:26:04 GMT

You can flash the ee firmware, that might work.

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:21:08 GMT

How would I do that? And is it likely to do any permanent damage if it goes wrong?

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Lord_viridis — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:45:08 GMT

I'm afraid I can't tell you, but I'm sure it's something that might be discussed on sites like xda etc

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:46:24 GMT

No worries...cheers for your advice 😀

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Dozer123456 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:25:13 GMT

Flashing the EE software does enable wifi calling on EE (this is confirmed by ME)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/progress-newflasher-xperia-command-line-t3619426

https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/pc-xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142

Re: EE wifi calling on Xperia xz1 compact

Acno1 — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:00:06 GMT

Nice one mate. My problem seems to have sorted itself out. The phone had a system update 2 days ago, and after it restarted I got a text from EE saying WiFi calling was now enabled. Checked the settings and theres now a slider to turn it on and off that wasn't there before. Made several calls with it on WiFi and it works fine, so all that **bleep** EE told me about needing to get the phone and contract direct from them appears to be false and just an attempt to drum up business.