Merged Voicemails after IOS 17 Update

At this point my severe frustration is that we are not told what an update will do before we hit the “ok” button! We never know what that update will bring. We think it is for security purposes and all feel paranoid and take their word. Then end up being blindsided. Have you ever heard someone say they were happy with an update?

I'm usually NOT unhappy with the yearly major updates. Things change for sure. Most of the changes are ones I can live with and ultimately find they sometimes enhance the user experience. But for many, change isn't always welcome and some have difficulty adjusting or appreciate the changes. One thing in life we can count on is change. Next year, when iOS 18 rolls out, there will more changes. And the year after that and so on and so on. Apple has to continually make changes to keep up with things. But not everyone will always like them.

What is they say? "You can't please all the people all the time."

No This is not an "Apple problem". This is an "Attoriphone" problem...

Not to mention the fact that if your "underage son" is under the age of 13, and you are sharing your Adult Apple ID with them, you are potentially in violation of the law. You need to create a child ID for him using family sharing. There are restrictions on what information can be collected for usage by children. By allowing him to use your ID, you are violating the law by allowing his activity to be tracked by service providers and developers.

Stop sharing Apple ID's is the most ridiculous answer ever. So, separate our photos, music, pay for individual subscriptions? really? Might as well put our 3 AppleTV's on individual accounts as well as the iPad and just pay for everything individually on each device to. How about Apple lay off the updates for a year or two until this gets sorted out? Everything was working fine til update 17, which is useless, and only a downgrade in service and convenience.

If you refuse to follow the directions given by the manufacturer, you should not expect the product to behave the way it's supposed to. That applies to much more than Apple devices.

Go ahead and pour motor oil in the radiator of your car. After all, it's just the manufacturer's opinion that you shouldn't, right?

Actually, you are incorrect. This problem did not occur prior to ios17 as everybody but you have stated on here… ios17 caused these VM and texting issues..and btw, i have shared my apple id since 2007 or whenever it first was introduced and spoken with Apple several times… never suggested separating

It's not a matter of trust. It's a matter of all the problems you can run into due to cross contamination of data, which is what's happening to you.

You can trust your spouse all you want, but you really shouldn't share things like a toothbrush or nasal spray... There's a reason for that. The same applies to your iCloud account.

Been using iPhones since day one and used one Apple id for all my devices never had them share a single voice message before I just got an iPhone 15. So now I see all my wifes messages and she sees mine. Why would they make this something you can't turn off. That doesn't make sense to me it is two different phones and numbers why would they start sharing the messages? The feature could be handy in some situations but I should be able to turn it off if I want to.

You can certainly have many apple devices under one ID up until now and it kept the voice mails separate. So why did they change that... You can set an iPad or MacBook to not see or get text messages from an iPhone so why is this any different?

No one here can answer "why" questions. We are all users on this user to user only forum. We don't work for Apple or have any inside knowledge of how or why Apple does anything. And Apple doesn't participate here.

You can let Apple know what you think however, here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

This is an absolutely awful function. I have a work and a personal phone tied to the same Apple ID and have always been able to keep them separate until iOS 17. Now I have to create a new Apple ID for my work because I can't restrict calls, voicemails and contacts from showing up on my personal phone.

I would call it a band-aid because of Apples arrogance and need to control everyone's UX... That voicemail is tied to a phone number not an Apple ID. Apple does not provide the voicemail service. The carrier does. This is Apple trying to take services away from the carrier just like facetime and imessage... Voice is next, and you will have no idea what carrier you are making calls over, or whether you have voice QCI.

How did you create separate Apple IDs without losing all the stuff on your phone?

Or changing info on other phone. I created a separate one a couple months ago on my phone and it changed it changed on my husbands. Unless we’re changing the wrong thing. We literally have never had any issues using same id ever until update 17. Now our voicemails and phone calls are showing on each others phones.

BerryOriginals4 wrote:

How did you create separate Apple IDs without losing all the stuff on your phone?

Or changing info on other phone. I created a separate one a couple months ago on my phone and it changed it changed on my husbands. Unless we’re changing the wrong thing. We literally have never had any issues using same id ever until update 17. Now our voicemails and phone calls are showing on each others phones.

Use this guide

Change AppleId

We also are experiencing shared voicemails because we share an ID. We don’t want 2 IDs so we can easily share Contacts, Calendars, etc.

we tried turning off Live Voicemail as someone suggested but that didn’t work.

Apple needs to fix this.

It’s none of your business that people share ID. It’s a minor in our family who does not need to have their own ID. Apple that is adding more and more control over your devices that you pay arm and a leg for. This needs to stop but it won’t because Apple is never going to let user decide for their own device.