I forgot to update this thread. Yesterday, I managed to find a thread somewhere about manually updating it. Call me a n00b but I didn't know you could do that with OTAs but gosh darn, I was excited.
Wifi calling works great now. I think I'm going to stay away from the wifi hotspot bit as they are going to charge for that soon. I am fine with just using VISIONary and wifi tether app for free.