I just upgrade my duaghter's iphone4 to iOS6, We have 1 itunes account. I turned on icloud backup on her phone, now her phone received all my contacts and now her text messages are registering on my iphone5???
iPhone 5, iOS 6
You have two different issues.
Receiving each other's messages is not related to iCloud. It's happening because you are both using the same Apple ID for iMessage. To fix this go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and do one of the following:
Her phone receiving your contacts is being caused by syncing data (such as contacts) on both phones with the same iCloud account. When you do this, the synced data is merged and appears on all devices using the iCloud account. To fix this you both need to have separate iCloud accounts (you can continue to share the same Apple ID for purchasing from the iTunes and app stores). One of the phones can keep the current account; on the one that will be moving go to Settings>iCloud and turn all data that is syncing with iCloud (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off. When prompted choose to keep the data on the iPhone. After everything is turned off, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. (This will only delete the account from this phone, not from iCloud. The other phone will not be effected by doing this.) Next, set up a new iCloud account on this phone using a different Apple ID and turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On. When prompted, choose Merge. This will upload the data to this new account. At this point you will have two different iCloud accounts, one for each phone, with identical data on them.
You will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer, sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the unwanted data (such as deleting the your contacts from your daughter's account, and vice versa). These changes will be reflected on each phone. When finished you will have individual iCloud accounts with just your own data on them.
randers4 YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!! THANK YOU!!! 😀 OH MY GOSH! This was sooo stressful...apple couldn't help 😟 at&t couldn't help 😟 ....a 5 year old knows more about this stuff than I do! Thank you so much. I did exactly what you posted and it WORKED!!! Praise Jesus for you!!!! 😀
Ok smarty pants, another question: 😀 Now I can't get my daughter's iphone 4 to log on to our internet...it says "unable to join the network". I've done the whole "forget this network"...still won't allow me to sign her on...help? 😟
Try unpluging your wireless router for 15 seconds, then plug it back in. Then on her phone go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Reset Network Settings. Then try joining your network again. (Note: resetting network settings will erase passwords for previously joined networks on her phone.)
ok...I went back and unplugged for the 15 seconds...I was just unplugging and plugging it right back in....it worked!!!! Can I just say again YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!! I hope you get paid for this stuff!! If you don't...apple needs to hire you! Thanks so much!!! Blessings! 🙂
Perhaps because you are sharing an Apple ID? You need to use different ones.
Create a new one: http://appleid.apple.com
Change it in Messages: Settings > Messages > Send & Receive
You're welcome. Glad I could help.
I did this already 😟 not working
Have you both power-cycled the wireless router and reset network settings on her phone (not just tapped Forget This Network)?
both... more than once, and shut the phone off
Is she able to connect to other wireless networks?
Great, glad it's working again. We're all just volunteers here, just trying to help each other out. 🙂
why am I receiving my daughter's messages on my iphone?
