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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by spiznnx on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:03PM (#20413830)
T-Mobile does add software to phones. Wi-Fi calling requires T-Mobile-specific OS-level modifications. You won't be able to use it on unbranded unlocked phones. It's definitely not bloatware though.
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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by scarface74 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:15PM (#20414601)
WiFi calling is supported on iOS devices across carriers and without T-Mobile making os level modifications.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204039

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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by brlewis on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:11PM (#20413904)
I'm pretty sure the Nexus 5X I got off of craigslist is an unbranded, unlocked phone with an OS from Google, and it makes wifi calls on T-Mobile.
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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by stevenicr on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:25PM (#20417354)
It would not surprise me to see kind of an opposite thing - such as other carriers selling phones where they purposefully turned off or hid settings for wi-fi calling, turning on hotspot and similar.. in which case if tmobile sold the same phone, then it would be a matter of them not turning off / hiding.

Would be an interesting chart to show the things the various carriers had turned on / off... added / removed which similar phones.

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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by pkaye on Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:14PM (#20415916)
I think its already a part of the Android software. I certainly see it enabled on the phone I bought outside of T-Mobile. The only thing I see I need is a the T_Mobile visual mail app but I don't use that much since everything is SMS these days.
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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by wmf on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:52PM (#20415129)
This has been somewhat fixed in recent years as my latest unlocked Sony phone has working Wi-Fi calling on T-Mobile.
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