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Making calls on a Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2

dabigm

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Hello All,

Wasn't sure if I should stick this into the mobile/voip or in the broadband section so apologies if it's in the wrong place. Long story short, I'm starting to mess around with phone calls on my modem. I got a cheap handset and plugged it into the TEL port on my Huawei 5G modem, but when I lift the receiver all I hear is BEEP BEEP BEEP (not a dial tone) and dialing any number fails.

Here's a recording of the sound. https://vocaroo.com/1l53prQkvBOW

I know some people have had it working, there doesn't appear to be any options I need to configure here. Is this a firmware thing? a network thing? How do I get this to work ?

If I call the SIM card number, it just goes straight to voicemail.

I have two Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2's and they both do this. I've tried O2 and Three SIMs both the same. Both SIMs do have the ability to make calls (they're not data-only SIMs)

Thanks.
 
@The Wee Bear am I right in thinking you've made calls on yours before? or did I imagine that?
 
@The Wee Bear am I right in thinking you've made calls on yours before? or did I imagine that?
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I used to use it as my main phone, but it was on my original CPE Pro dabigm, not the Pro 2.

It worked well, I don't have my BT adaptor now though so can't try it on my CPE Pro 2. :(

I didn't have to change anything on the router dabigm, it just worked.🤷‍♂️
 
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Thanks pal. I found another thread that said it requires 3G. Don't think the CPE Pro 2 even does 3G (My choices are Auto/5G/4G). Then again the Huawei site lists the CPE Pro (1) as being 4G/5G too.

:unsure:🤷‍♂️
 
Thanks pal. I found another thread that said it requires 3G. Don't think the CPE Pro 2 even does 3G (My choices are Auto/5G/4G). Then again the Huawei site lists the CPE Pro (1) as being 4G/5G too.

:unsure:🤷‍♂️
I always wondered about that too dabigm, it shouldn't really have worked but it did.

Won't matter soon anyway with no 3G, I doubt they'll bother to include VoLTE in a firmware update. :rolleyes:
 
I always wondered about that too dabigm, it shouldn't really have worked but it did.

Won't matter soon anyway with no 3G, I doubt they'll bother to include VoLTE in a firmware update. :rolleyes:
MC801A has VoLTE on Three and can make calls just fine with a broadband cable instead of a telephone one 😁
 
MC801A has VoLTE on Three and can make calls just fine with a broadband cable instead of a telephone one 😁
I'm so pleased for you Bubbles, I will bin all 4 soap dispensers forthwith and replace them with MC801A's. :rolleyes:

No cancel that till I try it on the soap dispenser first.:unsure: 😊
 
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If you download the Free Version of HuaCTRL App you can Default the Router to 3G for Testing, it should in theory Default the Router to 3G when atempting to make a Call if the Router is set to Auto Network Selection, but having said All this with the Networks switching off 3G this year (O2?) is it worth it messing around long term.
 
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am probably being thick, but what do you mean here?
Since the routers don't use the standard BT cable, you can just use a cable you would usually use to plug a broadband router into a BT socket to connect the Telephone to the 4G/5G router instead of messing with adapters.
 
Since the routers don't use the standard BT cable, you can just use a cable you would usually use to plug a broadband router into a BT socket to connect the Telephone to the 4G/5G router instead of messing with adapters.
an RJ11 cable?
 
Not sure what they're called in all honesty, but it's the cable that used to go from the wall to my BT Hub and it works fine with the Telephone on the end of it if it's plugged into the ZTE on the other side 👍

Yeah it's an RJ11.

Something that the soap dispenser doesn't have.

I think I have a billion RJ11 cables up in the loft from the dial up modem days.

Those were the days. 😊
 
If you download the Free Version of HuaCTRL App you can Default the Router to 3G for Testing, it should in theory Default the Router to 3G when atempting to make a Call if the Router is set to Auto Network Selection, but having said All this with the Networks switching off 3G this year (O2?) is it worth it messing around long term.
yeah i've given up on all of this. my modem won't do it. I was planning to run my own asterisk server too, but I just tried that out over the weekend and the call quality was horrendous. I guess porting the number to AAISP is a good plan except that i've got about 6 months left on my contract at the moment.
 
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