[u-u] Surplus Cellphone

[William Park]

According to images online, "Wi-Fi Calling" is between "Wi-Fi" and 
"Bluetooth" (first 2 entries in "Settings | Connections" page). Well, my 
phone doesn't have it.  It may show up when I register at Freedom Mobile 
webpage.

Anyways, thanks for the info.

On 2025-10-25 16:16, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>> From: William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
>> Reading up on "WiFi calling" at Freedom Mobile site (I'm with them, too)
>>      - you have to register, but it's free.  Is it correct?
> 1. you have to have an approved phone model.  No Chinese brands, as I
> understand it.  I use a Pixel 8.
>
> 2. (if I remember correctly!) you have to turn it on in your phone and in
> a Freedom control panel for your account.
>
> 3.  Xiaomi phones apparently work if you enter a magic code
> <https://forums.redflagdeals.com/aliexpress-poco-m7-pro-5g-256-512gb-global-version-244-267-fs-2784674/#p40555140>
>
> 4.(anecdote) we have an old Pixel (3??) that my son got with Google Fi
> when he worked for Google in the US.  Google Fi is a proprietary cell
> phone service that would use WiFi.  This has firmware from Google Fi.  So:
> it is one of the first phones to support cellular service over WiFi but
> Freedom doesn't seem to support it.
>
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