My 2 family iPhones share an Apple ID and phone #2 receives calls intended for phone #1

My Phone and the wife's phone are on two different carriers. After a recent update to both phones, the wife's phone is ringing and is able to pick up, or gets the voicemail from the outside caller that are intended for my phone. I have unchecked the usual "receive calls on" in the settings for phone, messenger, and facetime. Calls are still coming through. Also prior to this, my phone was the primary phone on the apple ID account. Now it seems her phone is the primary phone.


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iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 4, 2024 12:46 PM

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Posted on Mar 4, 2024 12:49 PM

You don’t share your Apple ID. Stop sharing it and have her get her own Apple ID. You can then setup family sharing which will allow you to share purchases and many more things.


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Mar 5, 2024 3:08 PM in response to Appljim1273

Nothing has changed. What you are experiencing now has been experienced by those that share the same Apple ID for years now. It has nothing to do with updates. It just happened and will continue to happen unless you want to live with it or use family sharing.


You need to be more specific as to what you are referring to as "data" that you want to keep. In essence, she will not have access to any of the data shared or synched via iCloud on your account. You could export your contacts and have them imported to her account, assuming she wants to keep the same contact list that you have now.

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My 2 family iPhones share an Apple ID and phone #2 receives calls intended for phone #1

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