07-06-2025 11:24 AM
EE… people cannot hear me when I make calls.. 4/5 times… I then call them back on FaceTime or WhatsApp.. it works fine.. I’ve done all your diagnostic tests.. I’ve reset my network settings.. I’ve checked the service status page to see if there is a problem in my area.. apparently there isn’t.. yet it’s happening all the time.. my girlfriend has the same issue at work.. 10 miles away..
there is obviously a serious issue with the network as I see 100s of people reporting the same thing..
please investigate it.. also please acknowledge the problem.. and take ownership of it.. rather then pretending it must be the individual.. and making them go through the same steps I.e resetting the phone.. and checking the coverage maps when you know it’s not going to resolve anything.
please click the kudos button to let EE know you’re having the same issue.
07-06-2025 11:47 AM
Where exactly do you see hundreds of people reporting the same thing? On support fora, people tend not to post to report good service, but I'm still intrigued where you've seen these complaints. Facebook & Twitter have people complaining about most companies sooner or later, if that's where you're thinking.
Some basic bits that you've not covered would be... can you use mobile data whilst on calls (checking for 4G-calling)? Is this a complete lack of outgoing audio on every call? Or does audio come & go during a call?
As a first-line check, the online status tool includes an option to "report a problem" and select "in-call audio problems" - have you done this? If yes and issues are persisting, then reporting to CS is the next step. If you can collate a handful of examples of problematic calls over a 2-3 day period prior to calling, then ultimately you should get a fault case raised for further investigations.
Which stage of this process are you at?
07-06-2025 11:58 AM - edited 07-06-2025 12:04 PM
Like many others, I have full signal.. I can hear the caller perfectly.. but they can hear nothing their side. I have tried with or with out WiFi calling enabled.. I’ve gone to the trouble to register to post on this forum, suffice to say I’ve tried all the ‘basic stuff’
it’s interesting that I have seen you specifically commenting on other people’s posts who have the same issue as me, and yet jumping to EEs defence.. “Facebook & Twitter have people complaining about most companies sooner or later, if that's where you're thinking”.. not sure if you’re just a chat bot.. I’m not interested in that.. you only have to do a quick google of posts from the past month to see I am not alone.. I just want the problem fixed.
I have reported it to EE and followed all the steps above.. all I got was a text message saying their were no faults found in my area.. and a load of other pointless troubleshooting steps I had already tried before I contacted them.
The ‘stage I’m at’ is wasting my Saturday morning writing this on a forum having tried everything else.
07-06-2025 12:31 PM - edited 07-06-2025 12:35 PM
Good that you've seen some previous posts on this forum, if they're mine you'll hopefully have read about being methodical - whilst frustration is understandable, better results are usually achieved by a clear approach. If that's what you call "jumping to EE's defence", it's not something I'll ever apologise for.
It sounds like you've followed the first stage of using the online faults reporting, that's not worked. Fine, so you now follow the second part, of contacting EE-CS with timed examples, with a view to getting a fault ticket raised. When you mention "having tried everything else", does that include that call to CS? I would consistently recommend this in most of my other posts that I hope you've seen.
07-06-2025 12:39 PM
As mentioned above, I’ve tried all the basics.. that includes ringing customer services.
07-06-2025 12:47 PM - edited 07-06-2025 12:49 PM
Can you explain exactly what was said on that CS call then? What advice was offered, and what was your response?
You've mentioned "pointless troubleshooting steps", but alluded to having tried them before calling. Which begs the obvious question of what CS' response was when you pointed this out.
This is what I mean by getting to the detail of an issue instead of letting frustration drive a rant. The latter is a natural reaction, but isn't how to solve issues.
07-06-2025 12:49 PM
I completely understand the value of being methodical. I’ve been trying to follow every reasonable step and rule things out before resorting to venting online. But let’s be honest: when multiple people are describing the exact same issue (full signal, I can hear them, they can’t hear me – both with and without WiFi Calling), and all that comes back from EE is a generic “no fault in your area” message, it’s hard not to get frustrated.
To be clear:
This isn’t about emotion vs method.. it’s about the fact that customers are reporting a real, recurring problem that doesn’t show up on EE’s diagnostics, and it’s not being taken seriously. I’ve seen multiple threads (some of which you personally have commented on) where users are consistently describing this exact fault. That’s not just social media “noise” – that’s a pattern.
Also, the comment about people rarely posting when service good.. is just completely irrelevant here. Of course most people don’t go out of their way to write glowing reviews of things working as expected.. that doesn’t invalidate the fact that something’s clearly wrong for a growing number of people. Dismissing that as just the nature of online complaints doesn’t help fix it.
What I need now is someone at EE to treat this as a technical fault worth investigating properly. If that requires me to provide further call examples over the next few days, fine ..I’ll do that. But I’d like some assurance that those examples will actually lead to something beyond another shrug and a text saying “all is fine”
07-06-2025 12:50 PM
Perhaps others will see this post and maybe EE will actually investigate rather than me having to jump through hoops.. it seems to be effecting a number of people on the Chichester area specifically.
07-06-2025 12:56 PM
@Hacompany wrote:
To be clear:
- I’ve used the online fault reporting tool and selected the relevant call audio issue.
- I’ve spoken to customer services.
- They ran through the usual checklist, couldn’t find anything wrong, and didn’t escalate.
- The issue continues – and it’s repeatable.
That's a clear failure on EE's part, however it takes two to tango and I'm often curious on what's said on these calls.. When a customer calls CS to report an issue and the agent is baffled, do they just shrug their shoulders and leave the customer with no solution? That's a poor show when it happens, and I'm sure that CS agents across many companies - not just EE - take advantage of users who aren't prepared to stand their ground when necessary.
@Hacompany wrote:
What I need now is someone at EE to treat this as a technical fault worth investigating properly. If that requires me to provide further call examples over the next few days, fine ..I’ll do that.
Yes, do this. Then call 150, follow the process, and don't terminate the call without a satisfactory outcome. A fault reference would be ideal - that allows follows-up.