WiFi calling uses WiFi....so how does your location have anything to do with your WiFi calling not working?
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iPhone XS Max Is the mobile reception on the xs Max even worse than iPhone X ?
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WiFi calling uses WiFi....so how does your location have anything to do with your WiFi calling not working?
Personally I see zero improvement. Very disappointing :-(
You should borrow a friend's sim card from another network for a few minutes and see if it changes anything...would be interesting to see.
my contact is saying that there is nothing in this update that improves cellular connectivity and that they are still looking into it.
You might want to mention to your contact that he/she should read the iOS 12.1 release notes!
Other improvements and fixes
- Improves cellular connectivity for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR
Now whether anything is ACTUALLY fixed or not is another story. But saying that nothing was fixed in 12.1 seems a bit odd when the release notes directly contradict that statement.
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I posted this earlier today:
So, good news and bad. The good news is that the release did have an impact: my XS no longer constantly drops down to 4G. It holds a steady LTE connection no matter where I walk in my house, which wasn't the case an hour earlier on release 12.01.
In certain parts of the house, my LTE speeds are back up to 8+ levels! However, in areas where the connection is weaker, the speeds remain terrible: my latest speedtest was .34 Mbps down. A few minutes earlier it was .06 Mbps down. In a way, the release has made the phone worse, as it was faster when it constantly dropped down to 4G.
Final thoughts: 12.1 fixed the LTE connection issue, strengthening the phone's grip on LTE. It had no impact on weaker LTE signals however, with weak connections remaining extremely problematic for the phone.
I 100% realize that my case is unique, and doesn't apply to everyone else here.In certain parts of the house, my LTE speeds are back up to 8+ levels! However, in areas where the connection is weaker, the speeds remain terrible: my latest speedtest was .34 Mbps down. A few minutes earlier it was .06 Mbps down. In a way, the release has made the phone worse, as it was faster when it constantly dropped down to 4G.
Final thoughts: 12.1 fixed the LTE connection issue, strengthening the phone's grip on LTE. It had no impact on weaker LTE signals however, with weak connections remaining extremely problematic for the phone.
I'm actually on hold with 1-800-IPHONE right now trying to describe the problem to Apple.
For everybody that is saying that they have better or worse results can you post what carrier you are on and I will pass that info on to them.
For those of you having connection issues, I highly, highly recommend doing what jkozlow3 suggests: call 800-MY-IPHONE, and open up a case. I just did, and it took about ten minutes.
After speaking to the initial support person, he routed me to the Senior Engineering team, who have a team of folks looking at this particular issue. I was asked to install two loggers on my phone (which took about a minute in total to do) and I've been asked to take three Speedtest screenshots tomorrow, along with one of my results page. Apple will be collecting data in the background in the meantime.
As jkozlow3 mentioned, the more of us with connection issues that do this, the better.
I think Apple may have done something small to address the LTE issues in this release, but are continuing to try to find a true, full fix.
If you think this new intel modems or the new antennas are bad, wait until 2020 xD when apple use mediatek modems for the 5G..
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/5/17536008/apple-intel-5g-modems-2020-iphones
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/5/17536008/apple-intel-5g-modems-2020-iphones
Give it a rest man. You’re not helpful with your off topic nonsense
really interesting. Is this a true fix, or is a fast solution to hide a big problem that they cant fix until next gen? lets wait this days to the costumers...
iOS 12.1. Same SIM, same spot:
iPhone 7
iPhone XS
iPhone 7
iPhone XS
NOt good. Download speed its better yes.. but no so good for a 2 year new model device. Upload speed sucks
I’ve noticed that upload speeds were always slower than my 7+ while DL was almost always faster.
I think there are two different issues, cell reception and WiFi reception. Yes WiFi should be able to handle the calls if your in a bad area, but I just couldn’t get it to work.
12.1 actually made mine worse. Congrats Apple. Jesus Christ.
AT&T
Thank God for wifi calling. FML.
AT&T
Thank God for wifi calling. FML.
Hopefully Jesus doesn't use a problematic XS Max and will be able to receive your frustrated calls.
At home, LTE speeds have always been abysmal at best. This has remained true through 3 different carriers (on Verizon at the moment), and a number of different phones. Our internet tops out at 200 mbps, so WiFi is doing really good.
I don’t know off hand what our internet speeds at work are supposed to be. I think it’s supposed to be around 50 mbps, so not too shabby there. However the LTE around that place is worse than abysmal even though I have 4-5 bars there, and only 2-3 at home. However my home LTE speeds are better. Riddle me that.