iPhone call history shared between devices after iOS 17 Update

You guys are right - my lists started syncing after 48 hours. I get how Apple would prefer us to use their meticulously designed ecosystem in the way they prefer us to, but we as consumers should also have options.

Well as one person I now have 2 Apple id’s. As I have 2 phones as 1 person. Leaving me with the fact that I cannot easily switch between my phones when using AirPods. Also Apple Music is no longer available. And as I am only one person I’m not willing to pay extra for family sharing as 1 person is not a family. So please stop indicating this is how it’s intended as no one knows what was intended even at Apple support they cannot indicate what is intended.

Just completed a service request that was escalated to a senior support level with Apple for this issue. Same message was delivered "this is how it works and has always worked that way". The fact is it was not an issue that could not be disabled until ios17. Maybe Apple will get the hint on correcting this or lose a faithful client base. I am due for a trade up and will not stay with Apple based in the inability to understand and resolve a pretty big privacy issue between devices. Call logs should be unique to the your phone number and device period. If you want to share call logs, you can make that call...not the vendor.

I understand not liking this. But to say it's a privacy issue, when you are using the very same Apple ID on more than one iPhone negates privacy as a concern. This means you WANT to share the same data on all the devices using the same ID. If you truly want privacy, don't use the same Apple ID. And I get you'd like to see a switch to alter this. But Apple owns the software on our devices and we have a license to use that software. If it doesn't suit your needs, then yes, buying something else may make more sense for you. It doesn't matter to us, as we're all users here. You should always buy whatever best meets your needs. OR, recognize the issues resulting from using the same Apple ID on more than one phone and change that. Your choice, of course.

I've noticed this too, iMessage (Blue messages) are not really an issue, but SMS messages (Green bubbles) are. I can't determine which phone the message came in on if they are not in my contacts. Sharing imessages between devices is fine, its the sharing of SMS messages.

Following as this is a legitimate issue for me as well and I've submitted feedback. I understand that this by design and this is a user forum, but seeing some people post the same thing every third post is not helpful. We get it.

Jennieaz wrote:

Following as this is a legitimate issue for me as well and I've submitted feedback. I understand that this by design and this is a user forum, but seeing some people post the same thing every third post is not helpful. We get it.

Lots of people don't get it. What you may not realize is how many people read the question, the recommended/solved posts and nothing else. So, repeating the suggestion to post feedback is not nearly as pointless as you think. And that's not even taking into account the people who repeatedly post the same complaints. We get it; there are people don't like the change.

ZeusTheAngryGod wrote:

Privacy. Don’t we need an 4 digital authorization code to share texting/ iMessages with a iPad or other devices on the same account?

The four or 6 digit code is called a passcode and it's to let you into the device to use it. It has NOTHING to do with the available data in the devices, once you've opened any device on the same Apple ID. It's used to validate you have the credentials to open the device and use it. So again, this is NOT a privacy issue. Use the same Apple ID on multiple devices (regardless whether each device has a different passcode, which Apple actually recommends) has nothing do with the privacy of data available on the devices.

I understand the frustration you and others are having. But this is simply NOT a privacy issue. You have chosen to use the same Apple ID on more than one iPhone. As far as Apple is concerned, they are one account, regardless if they are on two phones.

I was just following this thread and I was thinking why would you share your Apple ID with others? I personally wouldn’t, I can share it with my devices but not with someone else they could d/l all my files and photos delete them … I prefer the share my position or family share options, just a thought

100clicks wrote:

I was just following this thread and I was thinking why would you share your Apple ID with others? I personally wouldn’t, I can share it with my devices but not with someone else they could d/l all my files and photos delete them … I prefer the share my position or family share options, just a thought

The people here who seem most concerned, are people who have a personal iPhone and work iPhone and they use the same Apple ID on both phones. They don't want the call logs merged, which they actually should have been merging before iOS 17. I will be very surprised if Apple does anything to change this.

I wouldn't either. I work. I get work phone calls. I don't need a separate phone for work. My work calls come through an app my employer provides and I can see the work related call logs in the app, which are exclusive to my job. The last thing I'd want to do is carry two phones with me. But there are many who do. If a phone is provided by and required by an employer, I wouldn't want my employer to have access to my personal Apple ID, EVER.

It depends on how IT sets their systems up. My employer does not have access to my ID or my personal side of my phone. My company side of the phone is a password separate from the ID, and I have a separate login for my company side for security reasons.

Same process for my company laptop on a private network

Did your employer IT folks install MDM (Mobile Device Management) profile on your work phone? Most employers do and if they did, they usually have access to any data on the work phone. If you go to Settings > General > VPN & Device Management and you see a profile there, your employer has access to pretty much anything on your iPhone.

I just came back from Apple Store, they don’t have any clue about this issue, they tried some common stuff, but nothing worked. we know there is no fix through the system settings 🤪 finally they told me wait for next software update. Just spend 2 hours for Nothing,

It’s not a bug. At best it’s an intentional change to the OS with unintended consequences that they aren’t overly concerned with changing back, but it’s most likely an intentional change with expected consequences that were of little concern.