When James says "Chatr is a Rogers flanker brand and so uses the Rogers network." he means that Chatr coverage should be identical to Rogers 4G coverage. Rogers is a major network and should have reasonable coverage in the GTA. Even so, there can be dead spots but they are not likely to be large. (My house is in a valley in Toronto and is in a dead spot for some carriers. That's one of the reasons I like WiFi calling: it lets my phone connect even in our 4G dead spot.) There is another problem that you might be expriencing. Cell coverage comes in frequency bands. Different carrier use different bands. Some Canadian carriers use bands the are not well-supported by phones not made for Canada. Was you phone made for the Canadian market? Example: many phones sold on Aliexpress don't support all the bands used by Freedom Mobile.
From: Karen Lewellen via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
Thanks, Perhaps chattr is just dreadful, much like Roger's cable. No, on knowing anyone, not sure how that would be relevant given device difference. There was some dispute on weather the wine would work on just anyone's 4g network though.
On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, James Knott via Talk wrote:
Chatr does not support WiFi calling, so there's no configuration to be made. As for dropped calls, that's hard to say. Do you know anyone on Rogers, Fido or Chatr with a different phone? If so, how are their calls. I am not familiar with your phone, so I can't get into specifics with it, but given it supports LTE (4G) is should work fine with any carrier.
On 1/2/26 15:09, Karen Lewellen wrote:
fair enough. first, I am using a 4g sim card in this new phone. Chattr established that the lg wine would work on their network. Second, if I am following..and may not be, the mobile shop staffer would have needed to configure wifi calling. Meaning the constant dropped calls on this 4g network device might be cellular?
What phone setting indicates just what is being used?
Kare
On Fri, 2 Jan 2026, James Knott via Talk wrote:
On 1/2/26 14:35, Karen Lewellen via Talk wrote:
I have a question about this concept.
It's hard to figure out exactly what you're asking, but here goes:
The 4G & 5G networks use VoIP in the form of VoLTE on 4G and VoNR on 5G. Chatr is a Rogers flanker brand and so uses the Rogers network. However, they do not support WiFi calling, where you can make phone calls over WiFi. Rogers has that and I use it all the time. While all smartphones can use WiFi, you have to set it up for each one you use. For example, my phone is configured to use only my home WiFi and none other. With Chatr, WiFi is only used for data, not phone calls. You mentioned you're using a 3G SIM. That could be the dropped call problem, as 3G is going, if not already gone. That LG Wine is a 4G (LTE) phone and should be used with the proper SIM. Also, newer phones support eSIMs, which means you don't have to get the physical SIM to plug in. I don't know if your phone does. I don't know that messages are stored in the SIM any more. What does the SIM have to do with the clock? As long as you're connected to the cell network, the clock will set automatically and still run when not connected. ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/HPW5RKR...
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