Lucia Giamanco

Q: What the **** just happened?

I Used to be able to block certain people on my iPhone & now every time I block these people they are blocked on my husbands phone or the iPad's too!!!! This never happened before!!!!

 

We all use the same account, so to make a new account means having to buy those apps all over again which would be a rip off!!! When did this change and why????? Why assume we all want the same contacts or that we have an account per each device????

Posted on May 20, 2015 3:28 PM

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine May 20, 2015 3:34 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 3:34 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    Not sure why you are just noticing this now if you have both devices signed onto the same iCloud account.

     

    If you want to continue to share iTunes purchases you have a couple of choices aside from using the same Apple/iCloud/iTunes account:

     

    1.     Set up unique Apple IDs for each of you to be used for iCloud, Messages, FaceTime, but keep the existing iTunes Apple ID for your iTunes & App Store sign on

     

    2.     Set up a unique Apple ID for one of you, but continue to use the other persons ID for iTunes purchases. What this means is that when you sync the device via iTunes, you can select any purchased items in your shared iTunes library (both of you can have items in the library) to be sync'd to either device. You will just both need to know eachother's Apple ID password because when an app needs an update, it is going to need the password of the Apple ID that purchased the item

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Lucia Giamanco,

    Lucia Giamanco Lucia Giamanco May 20, 2015 3:41 PM in response to gail from maine
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    May 20, 2015 3:41 PM in response to gail from maine

    Because before, these ppl were blocked on my iPhone, but unblocked on his and we were STILL young the same account.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine May 20, 2015 3:55 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 3:55 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    Did you both have Contacts turned on in iCloud? If you did, then not sure how you would have gotten the blocked contact to be able to go through on the same iCloud account, regardless of the device. Blocked callers is based on the Apple ID, not the phone number.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Lucia Giamanco,

    Lucia Giamanco Lucia Giamanco May 20, 2015 3:58 PM in response to gail from maine
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    May 20, 2015 3:58 PM in response to gail from maine

    I Have no idea, but I signed out of the cloud....and that's what was doing it...I don't remember signing in tho, I don't use it.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 May 20, 2015 4:00 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 4:00 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    It is very possible this has to do with continuity, if you are using the same Apple ID and on the same Wi-Fi network. I would check if you have the phone number and Apple ID checked off for using FaceTime. You can go to Setting>FaceTime>iPhone cellular calls>OFF.

     

    This is only a guess, since as Gail has stated, I cannot see how blocking a call on one device would block on another. What happens when your husband removes the number from the block on his device, does it remove it from yours as well? You might also want to review the information in this support document about call blocking to see if it sheds any light on your situation. Block calls and block or filter messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

  • by Lucia Giamanco,

    Lucia Giamanco Lucia Giamanco May 20, 2015 4:03 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    May 20, 2015 4:03 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    I Don't use FaceTime(it's shut off from restrictions)...but yes, I would block, and it would block on his phone too, then he would unblock & it would unblock them on my phone....

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 May 20, 2015 4:05 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 4:05 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    Even though you do not use FaceTime, you would find this setting, due to the new continuity features. You may have to go in and activate it long enough to turn that setting off. I've read of that having to be done, unless you do not experience the two of you receiving calls at the same time when on the same Wi-Fi connection, such as at home.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine May 20, 2015 4:06 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 4:06 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    OK, so you were not signed into iCloud before when you were not having this issue, correct? Because if you are both signed into the same iCloud account, and if you both have "Contacts" turned on in iCloud, then anything you do with a Contact (including blocking) is going to propagate to all devices signed onto that same iCloud account. If you sign out of iCloud altogether, or if you simply turn off the Contacts option in iCloud (under Settings>iCloud), then you won't have the issue.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Lucia Giamanco,

    Lucia Giamanco Lucia Giamanco May 20, 2015 4:18 PM in response to gail from maine
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    May 20, 2015 4:18 PM in response to gail from maine

    That plus the fact that when I looked at the email listed under the cloud it was the iTunes email & not my other email that used to be there...not sure how that changed because I didn't change it.

     

    I Shut off the cloud acct on my phone. I dint need it.

     

    I have no idea what you're talking about Chris...FaceTime is not under settings because it's shut off in restrictions...

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 May 20, 2015 4:35 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco
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    May 20, 2015 4:35 PM in response to Lucia Giamanco

    Obviously you have not experienced being logged into the same Apple ID and on the same Wi-Fi network and when one phone rings, they both do. If you have not, then you have nothing to worry about. I'm sorry for interrupting.

  • by Lucia Giamanco,

    Lucia Giamanco Lucia Giamanco May 20, 2015 4:53 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    May 20, 2015 4:53 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    I Didn't, my husband did tho, his phone rang, he missed it, and then the iPad started ringing...so weird!!! & invasive.