VoLTE in Japan?
GSM-phones built for the US (and GSM) aren't compatible with 2G in Japan which is based on CDMA.So I'd like to know can I use VoLTE in Japan when roaming using Tmobile's roaming agreements with the carriers in Japan? And if so, does that work fortxt messaging as well? If VoLTE is a no go should I be prepared to use VoIP alternatives (I.e. with a different phone number)? Thanks! David
Pixel 3XL after June 30
I have a Pixel 3XL on Tmobile geting 4G LTE. It's not VOLTE compatible, Google does enable VOLTE until the 3A line. How will this effect me after the June 30 VOLTE requirement after June 30th? I don't really understand the issue. 6/30 is about shutting down 3G. I'm on 4G LTE, but somehow the lack of VOLTE seems to be an issue.MMS fine; SMS stopped entirely [SOLVED]
I already solved this problem; just writing it down because I couldn't find anyone else who had it. I'm using T-Mobile (LTE, not 5G) in the US on a Fairphone 3, which is a European model of phone. (I'm not sure it's relevant; I'm including it because it might be.) At some point after I started using the service, I was entirely unable to send SMS messages, but could send MMS, so I could send group text messages and texts with attachments, just not one-on-one texts. (I could receive SMS messages just fine.) I worked around this problem by attaching an image that was a blank white rectangle, and explaining what I was doing, when not using alternate chat applications. Then I poked through my settings for a bit and discovered that I had left VoLTE disabled (to fix a problem I can't remember the nature of anymore, except that I remember it working). I re-enabled it, and then the next time I tried to send an SMS message as a test, my messaging app (Signal) made a request to send the message, which I of course granted. It sent just fine after that. I'm writing this down because a couple of searches I made while trying to troubleshoot the issue returned no useful results, and I want to keep that from happening to any other users if I can.