Over the past couple of months, I have been experiencing problems receiving calls and texts.
For phone calls, my phone will sometimes not ring or receive an incoming phone call. This occurs at both my home and office (4-5 bars in each location). On the caller's end, he/she will hear 2 rings and then the phone will go to voicemail. My phone will not ring, and I will not receive a notification of a missed call.
There is no predicable pattern for the missed calls/delayed messages. I have considered (and rejected): location, time of day, whether I am actively using the phone as someone is trying to contact me (or, alternatively, whether it is asleep), charge level on the phone, whether my phone is connected to WiFi (although I do not have the option of WiFi calling on this device), and the type of phone/carrier that I am being contacted from. My phone is completely up-to-date.
I suspect that this is a problem on T-Mobile's end rather than mine, but I am open to any suggestions. Needless to say, I am frustrated with this problem, and friends/family are frustrated that they cannot reach me reliably!
I'm bummed this is giving you so much trouble but thanks for being so thorough with your testing. Have you tried the phone in safe mode to see if messages/calls work better? You should also try changing the network setting (example, use 2G only) to see if it works better on another frequency.
Thanks for your help! I switched the phone back to 3G and that seems to have resolved the problem.
I posted a similar thread, and have been noticing this behavior too. Why did it work for months, and then stop working? I never needed to change my Network connection before. I never needed to change to 3G, 2G, etc. 8 weeks ago, why now?
Hey there! Are you still having problems receiving calls and texts?
I've changed back to 3G, per the previous suggestion, and that seems to have resolved the issue. I wanted to test it for a couple of days before I responded, though; I like to be thorough!
Thanks for clarifying! Since this is only a delay and not a complete failure, I don't think this has anything to do with any network upgrades causing your phone to stop working. With it being a delay, the way we will need to investigate this is going to be with a support ticket that our engineers will dig into. If you have a moment, please contact us so our tech teams can get the ball rolling on this.
I have a nexus 5 and have seen the exact same problem recently for calls. I haven't realized a delay in text messages but it's possible that there may be one that I have not yet detected. I just switched my phone to 3G to see if that solves it as suggested.
I am facing the same issue on my new Huawai P20 Lite. Calls are directly heading to voice mail. How to fix this issue?
Is this happening when you are in a specific area magenta5806482 ? Is this 100% of your calls or just some? Did this just start or as it always been like this?
Hi - I have had the same issues for the past 3 months, and have spent hours on the phone with TMO and Sony support. The symptoms are the same. I am in Central Austin. My devices are BYOD devices. My daily driver is a Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra which worked fine for three months. I have also tried falling back to a Nextbit Robin.
TMO support wanted to make this an issue of VOLTE and HD Voice support being lacking on the Sony device. The Nextbit, however, does have VoLTE support, and I experienced the same issue when I moved over my SIM card to it.
The Sony has been reset to factory settings several times. Default APN settings have been downloaded each time. I have received a new SIM card which I am using.
I was just about to buy new TMO branded devices this weekend, but am holding off on the added expense at this point.
I am starting to run LTE Discovery app and I am noticing that I spend most of my time on Bands 2 and 4 and only occasionally see Band 12. In my home I stay at LTE icon most of the time. I see LTE+ by default in other parts of my neighborhood. TMO support had pretty much given up on this issue as all towers are reporting well from your end.
The Sony did receive an upgrade to Oreo at about the same time as when this problem started. The Nextbit, however, is still running Nougat, and it has the same issues now, whereas it worked fine in the past.
I'd really appreciate an opportunity to get to the bottom of this issue.
@magenta5027830 ,@lumia635 ,@duke0011 , I have a theory. The more research I do, the more I'm getting a feeling that this is related to Band 12. There have been lots of reports over the past 3 years with folks with "Chinese" phones and non-branded TMO phones having service issues. Check out OnePlus forum entries for OnePlus Two and OnePlus Three, as well as Nextbit, etc. All your phones probably have "Band 12 support", but they may or may not have solid VoLTE implementations. Download the TMO BYOD app from Android Play store and let us know the results. Tell us what geographic region you're reporting from. Run LTE Discovery or another similar app from Play Store and note what bands your phone sits on. Disable WiFi and run straight from cellular. Disable roaming. If you've monkeyed around with your APN settings trying to troubleshoot, reset them to default.
Here's my theory. In a periodic pique of assertive network management duties, in your area someone's gotten the bug to make sure that they're bouncing devices with marginal or missing VoLTE capabilities since their understanding of their e911 compliance requirements may require them to do so.
OK, sure enough, I don't have this checked in my T-Mo profile (under billing address). But this is a problem for me because I have family members on my plan that are in another metropolitan area.
This is a very interesting conversation with lots of good information!
I've spoken to six or seven representatives at this point (who have all been wonderful and very thorough) and have gone through all the basic troubleshooting steps, as well as having my network connection reset and having the engineers look into the matter. Each time, it seems like the problem has been fixed, but a few hours later, it unfortunately resurfaces. Switching my network type from "LTE(preferred)/WCDMA/GSM" to "GSM only" has been the only way to reliably receive my incoming calls.
I downloaded the T-Mobile BYOD app per @magenta5107645's suggestion (thank you!) and discovered that my phone "doesn't support Extended Range Coverage (700 Mhz) and Voice Over LTE." Per my most recent discussion with a representative today, my phone is incompatible with the modernized tower in my area and so will only be able to support calls over 2G. According to the rep, my only options are to use the phone on 2G only or to switch to a T-Mobile device.
This definitely makes sense with the timing of the tower modernization. However, I'm still not completely clear on why I'd be able to receive incoming calls intermittently, and to make calls and send and receive text messages without issue, if my phone isn't compatible with the newly modernized tower. It seems that if the phone were not compatible with the new LTE frequencies, it wouldn't function at all, rather than functioning intermittently for some tasks and well for others.
Thanks so much for reading and for any information anyone can provide!!
Unfortunately, Windows Phones do not use Android applications. I cannot download the application you referenced. Thank you, anyway.
Of course not. I should have considered that. Many apologies.
Is the Windows Store still accessible for your device? I am unfamiliar with what applications may be available that could duplicate the tasks I'm trying at this end.
contacted T-Mobile they said it's Apple. Really!! Someone needs to fix this problem.
Not receiving calls and delayed text messages is no good at all renoit! These issues actually sound more like a coverage related problem. Do you happen to know if this happens more often when he is in a specific location?
I have been experiencing this issue for couple of months. When my iPhone 5s goes into standby for couple of hours, it cannot receive call from anyone, the calls went to voice mail, but I am able to make calls.
I reset this iPhone to factory default and changed SIM with no relief. I put the SIM card into other two iPhone (5s and 6s), both started experiencing the same issue, they are able to make calls, but cannot receive calls after couple of hours in standby. These two iPhone (5s and 6s) working fine on other operators.
It seems it's an issue with how the network is configured, when a phone is in standby mode for hours, it simply can not locate or not page the phone.
Anyone has any idea as to what went wrong?
That is super strange magenta5678466! Do you know if this happens when you are in a specific area?
This has happened for several weeks, and it happens at some places more often than others. Any recommendations as to what is the solution,it is very frustrated of not being able to receive calls.
When issues like these are more frequent in specific areas, the culprit is usually the local tower and our techs over the phone can assist you with getting a support request opened up. Please contact us when you have a moment so we can dig deeper into this.
I called tech support, she had me keyed in special commands on my iPhone, the returned message showed the network has incoming calls routed to voicemail after the phone went to sleep. She did something on the backend of configuration, I can receive call now. However, she is not 100% sure she had get to the bottom of the configuration issue, I will monitor if I can still receive calls in next 7 days, and will report back then.
Hopefully, that's a help to others who have similar issue.
Ohhh, okay. Thanks for the update. Please do let us know how the next few days go.
Just to report back on the issue. It seems the issue has been resolved to a large degree. I can receive calls for most of the times, about 20% of the times, the call went to voicemail immediately as before, and there is no promote of missing a call on the phone. So, it seems the work on the back-end with the network configuration is working somewhat. By the way, the missed calls happened most around where I live.
Glad to hear it is getting better! If this is location specific, it is more than likely a local tower issue and if you contact us, or tech care folks can open up a support ticket for your area.
It is certainly strange and very unpleasant experience. I live in Marlborough MA and have good coverage at home. I tried using other t-mobile phones at home to call this number. It worked! I hope this issue will not repeat. Is there anyway to ensure?
I am also having similar problems. I've been told that when friends call my number it rings, goes dead silent, and then goes to voicemail. This happens a lot. I also have problems sending texts around where I live.
lindak4374 - Is this happening with 100% of your incoming calls and outgoing texts? If so, is it only happening where you live?
magenta5806482 - So what happened? You tested it again and the calls are coming through now?
It happens about 75% of the time...mainly where I live, but I've had the problem elsewhere. I'm new to T-Mobile and starting to wonder if I made a big mistake.
lindak4374 - We are going to need to look at your specific areas where this is happening. Please contact us so our tech care folks can gather the necessary information from you to open an engineering service ticket.
magenta5806482 - Please do let us know if the issue persists. As for the visual voicemail, could you elaborate on that a bit?
I am not sure anymore. It is clear that I missed many calls last week.
BTW, I couldn’t make T-Mobile Visual Voicemail to work on this new phone.
magenta5806482 - So this is going to happen when the network cannot reach your phone to notify it of an incoming call. If this is not happening 100% of the time, it is most likely a network issue. We would need to speak with you over the phone to gather some examples of this to really dig in to what is causing this. Please contact us when you have a moment.
I had a support online session today. I was asked to reboot my mobile. Support person called me. It seems to work fine. I was back with this issue in couple of hours. I even tried using my wife's phone to call my number. The call went straight to VM. After reboot, I started receiving the calls. Even a SMS for VM came thru'.
I need a close investigation and will reach the support line tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the update! If this issue is temporarily resolved after a reboot, we may need to look into replacing your SIM card as the device reboot forces the SIM to establish a fresh connection with the network.
A reboot helps mine as well...for a while.
You can let the support folks know over the phone that the reboots help and that should lead them toward a SIM replacement as it is a telltale sign.
This is what I did. It seems to be working fine.
Removed SIM and carefully cleaned it using hydrighy peroxide. Wiped the electronics clean, mounted it tight and reinserted it.
I have a Samsung S5 and I am not getting texts nor phone calls for the last 3 days. This is not acceptable since I am my mom's emergency contact and the facility has been trying to reach me for the last 3 days. At first it was just phone calls but now it texts. I am also having troubling with outgoing texts. I rebooted but no change.
Hey there! I'm sorry your phone is giving you such a hard time! On your device, does it show you have bars and LTE (or 4g, 3g, etc) service?
I've been having the same problems described here and in other similar threads. I can lend credence to the theory that it's associated with Chinese-manufactured phones because I have a OnePlus 5t. It feels like about half the time I have the issues described above -- calls not ringing and going straight voicemail, texts being delayed and received hours later, usually the next time I pick up my phone to place a call.
Hopefully this gets figured out soon because it has been very frustrating for me as well as friends and family.
I spoke once with Tmobile support to try and fix the issue and they recommended I clear my cache and reset network settings but the problems persist.
I have also had the same problem. I'm on a custom rom for my galaxy note 3, with latest baseband and modem.
Not just Chinese manufactured phones. I am same issues with Samsung note 8 dual SIM.
I am having the same problem with the same Sony Xperia but my boyfriend is having the same issue with a BLU phone. I called customer service and they told me that I needed to switch from an unlocked phone to a T-Moblie phone. I declined. I left Sprint because of being locked into their phones. My issue started about 2 weeks ago on both phones. I don't think its a phone issue. I think its a network issue. Customer support submitted my ticket to engineering. We will see.
Same issues on incoming calls.
Same issue with my phone, cannot receive text messages, however I am able to send? Weird. Also some phone calls I don't receive and no voicemail notifications. Also when I did receive text messages, it was sometimes delayed by a few minutes or even more. This is going to be a problem since tmobile is not admitting to any problems, I might switch to at&t.
2. The problem only happen when you connecting to a WiFi network. Every Incoming call will make the phone switch from 4G/LTE to GSM, but seems the phone loses the connection while SWITCHING. It means the phone lose the connection with signal tower/T-Mobile network, that's why the calls will go to voicemail directly.
3. After you make an outgoing call, then the phone will back to normal. But the incoming calls might drop again after couple hours.
4. Replaced a new sim card and problem keep the same.