T-Mobile WiFi Calling & LTE Signal Tips for Z3

For those of you having issues with WiFi calling try the following, it may or may not help you but probably worth trying:

1. Enable SIP ALG in your router

2. Switch to 5Ghz WiFi band especially if you live in an apartment or a Wifi congested area as 2.4Ghz band faces a lot of interference due to widespread usage as well as added interference from things like some Bluetooth devices and Microwaves. Only interference you may face on 5Ghz is possibly really old 5ghz cordless phones.

3. On the Z3 going to WiFi settings -> Advanced and select keep WiFi on during sleep (I keep it off but it may help)

4. Try disabling "Que Background Data" in Power Management (May alleviate SMS issues over WiFi)

5. Either disable Stamina mode or try adding your SMS/MMS app like Google Messenger to Whitelist.

For those of you who have the 4G Range Extender (NOT the Cell Spot router), it seems it actually sometimes interferes with the 5Ghz band oddly enough.

For those of you who live in a 700 MHz (Band 12) area you can force the phone to use only Band 12 when in an LTE area, for better signal and improved battery. Band 12 has lower bandwidth though like 7-10 Mbps but I get Full signal vs the other LTE Bands where its 1-3 bars but higher speeds.

Dial in phone *#*#386#*#* -> You will enter Tech Mode -> go to the LTE option and disable bands 2 and 4.

Flip Case? and Battery tips?

Anybody here with the OEM Flip Case? It was working well with power save (on). Where If I closed the flip case, the phone instantly locks the screen. I like this cause instead of reaching for the power button, my phone locks itself. Which is very cool when you use power amp since you can get full access to the main controls on the lockscreen

For some reason, my screen doesn't lock itself whenever I close the flip cover. It also leaves the edge screen on.

Help any tips? I am trying to squeeze more than 13 Hrs off this phone. I can get about only 5 hours of screen time and thats not gaming. thats writing notes, facebook, messaging. Thats it. The battery life on this phone is sad, even with stock KitKat

Battery Saving Tips? Stock 5.0.1 ROM

Hey guys. I just got my Note Edge. Yes I realize it is different from Note 4 but it still runs the same Lagwiz on T Mobile. I haven't had time nor do i have the time to look for custom ROMs. I also just got the phone for 400 bucks so I am very wary of doing any flashing since Samsung is trying to make it harder to make this phones useful for past a year.

Was wondering if you guys could impart some much needed wisdom. My phone came with 5.0.1 unfortunately so I couldn't tell it not to update. Battery life sucks on this. What T Mobile Bloatware and Bloatwiz stuff and other tips can I use. I just realized wifi takes more power it appears than data which has never been the case for me in the past