RVcrazy
Dec 21, 2014Explorer
facetime issues
We have a Verizon account. When we try to use facetime on the iphone, we get a message that says that we need to connect to wifi. We thought we were already using wifi when we use safari, post pix e...
soos wrote:it's carrier dependentMrWizard wrote:
let me preface
i have android NOT iphone
but cellular is NOT wifi
yes its wireless but its not wifi which is wireless fidelity networking
my understanding is that "facetime" is a wifi only app, as it is video "voip", data networking not a regular phone call
this would mean a WiFi connection for the internet
i'm sure someone else will correct me , If im wrong
I believe you are correct. At least with my older iphone, it has to be wi-fi. you can not use the data on your data plan to do facetime. I thought with the newer phones you can, but maybe not.
And as mentioned, using the internet on the phone is not necessarily wi-fi.