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After latest update, GS9 keeps defaulting to Cellular Preferred over Wi-Fi calling
I have very poor (but existent) cellular coverage in my home. I had no problems with setting Wi-Fi preferred for all of my calls/texting prior to the latest (large) update. Now, I can select Wi...
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Unfortunately, this is the first post that I've seen around the Support Community regarding WiFi calling taking a back seat to cellular after updating to Pie. We're still working to get answers on why this is happening and what we can do to fix it. In the meantime, we're using this thread: Official Android 9.0 Pie Discussion Thread to track user-reported issues related to Pie. When we have more info, we'll be sure to post it over on the linked thread.
I live in the foothills in a cell service dead spot, but I've got fiber-optics internet and a top-of-the-line WiFi router, which works great with my Samsung A11. Likewise, at work, the WiFi signal is much stronger than my cell reception when I'm indoors, so I would ALWAYS prefer to prioritize WiFi calling - if I could - but it keeps changing back to "cellular preferred"…
I'll add my name to this long list of people who are thoroughly dissatisfied with this automatic reset to "cellular preferred". This is an incredibly serious flaw in the operating system apparently brought on by a recent update, and whoever it was that thought this "automatic adjustment" was a good design feature oughta be fired. I just recently changed carriers from Verizon to T-Mobile and am already beginning to regret it.
T-MOBILE OR ANDROID, WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND FIX THIS !
