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Identical Phone with the same SIM doesn't have a voLTE option

  • 22 July 2024
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I own a J3 2017.

It has always been able to use voLTE.

Recently, it’s microphone broke and I replaced it with an identical model.

Same software version, identical hardware.

I moved my SIM from the old phone to the new, but the new one does not have a voLTE option.

If I put my SIM back into the old phone, the voLTE option is still there.

 

The only difference I could find between the two phones was in the iD Internet access point, under the Access Point Names menu.

The new phone (voLTE unavailable) has all the options unlocked, and I can edit them.

The old phone (voLTE available) has all the options greyed out and I can edit nothing.

 

If someone could explain to me how to get voLTE enabled on my replacement phone, I would be grateful.

 

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According to the online approved handsets for iD Mobile, their network doesn’t support use of VoLTE (4G Calling) and WiFi Calling using the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017), @fenodyree

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/approved-handsets

Was the phone just purchased a refurb handset?

 

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Yes it is, specifically this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154506262857

I did notice that the J3 wasn’t on the list, but as I have a working J3, I had assumed that was in error.

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Hi @fenodyree 

 

Unfortunately as suggested the J3 isn’t officially supported for 4G and Wi-Fi calling, we wouldn’t expect it to work, sorry.

 

Tom

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