when i call family the calls usually fuck up alot. either they hear me and i don’y hear them or vice versa… or calls just entirely drop.

this is irregardless of it being over phonelines or a VoIP like Signal.

we both use stock android so far but i really intend to move us both to atleast an open source fork of android, leaving a secondary device with stock android to comply with demands of having a digital ID for citizenship stuff like banks online payments and logging into government sites.

but to reiterate: why do stock android fuck up calls so much? is it just intended to fuck with people’s mental health, like an agent programmed to do this or is it ineptitude on the behalf of billion dollar corporations?

  • Moodel@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    8 hours ago

    I’ve never had an issue. Used Android for memory years with zero issues.

  • CallMeAl (Not AI)@piefed.zipEnglish
    23·
    3 days ago

    why do stock android fuck up calls so much?

    In 10+ years of using stock android phones I have not had that experience at all.

    • CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      1 day ago

      There have been instances where I have seen such behaviour , but it has almost always boiled down to ISP hardware in a very specific location. Multiple different devices in different locations? Most likely user error

    • NKBTN@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I think it’s maybe one call in 20 for me, but usually voip calls rather than regular

  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.euEnglish
    13·
    3 days ago

    On android since Nokia fucked up symbian. Never had such experience. I think your provider sucks or the reception in your are sucks or your phones have broken antennas or whatever…

    • bluemoon@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      22·
      2 days ago

      FairPhone 5 and my family member uses whatever comes at a discount every other year when “their previous phone breaks down” (always software issues only)

      • bonenode@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Sorry, that sounds a lot more like your family member does some performance reducing stuff on their phone and it impacts their call quality. Like some phone with massive bloatware already, then they maybe installed a ton of apps on top, logged in everywhere, notifications till there is no tomorrow. These kinds of things.