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GeorgeHow
Sep 19, 2026Aspirant
iPhone Wifi Calling on Airplane Mode
I normally use airplane mode on my iPhone when at home.Wifi Calling is enabled. Recently all three of our iPhones are no longer able to make and receive wifi calls (popup "No Network Connection" sel...
StephenB
Sep 20, 2026Guru - Experienced User
schumaku wrote:On your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro, open Control Center and tap the Airplane Mode button. This turns off all radios except for Bluetooth.
Not on my iPhone ...
Enabling Airplane mode only turns off my mobile data connection. WiFi and Bluetooth both remain on. That is because I turned WiFi back on after enabling Airplane mode (quite a while ago). iOS remembers that I did that - and leaves it enabled when I enter Airplane mode again. That is mentioned in your second link.
That said, the wifi connection is the first thing to check when WiFi calling doesn't work.
schumaku
Sep 21, 2026Guru - Experienced User
StephenB wrote:Enabling Airplane mode only turns off my mobile data connection. WiFi and Bluetooth both remain on. That is because I turned WiFi back on after enabling Airplane mode (quite a while ago). iOS remembers that I did that - and leaves it enabled when I enter Airplane mode again. That is mentioned in your second link.
Realized that both quoted sections are coming from the official Apple ressource pages?
Appears even Apple sometimes has not understood how the feature is finally working on reality.