Facetime icon disappeared from iPhone 5

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Facetime icon disappeared from iPhone 5

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I recently bought an iPhone 5 16gb variant from india. The problem I am facing is that the facetime icon has suddenly disappeared from my phone. It is still accessible from contacts but I am quite sure it was there as a separate icon as well as I have used many times. Now I tried searching for this problem but I saw a lot of people saying that the icon isn't there on an iPhone. Now Om quite sure it was there on my iPhone 5 running 6.0.1 iOS. So there is no doubt on my mind about that. It was surely there as till yesterday only I used the icon to access facetime. Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Dec 12, 2012 3:23 AM

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wjosten

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Dec 12, 2012 3:27 AM in response to Kuldeep

Sorry, there has never been a FaceTime app for any iPhone, thus there is no icon. FaceTime, on an iPhone, is accessed through the contacts app. Always been this way.

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Answer 2

Dec 12, 2012 3:36 AM in response to Kuldeep

If you have Facetime before, so try to sign out from Facetime and sign in again. Set your Facetime to call/receive calls by your email .

Hope it will be helpful

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wjosten

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Dec 12, 2012 3:38 AM in response to Kuldeep

Once again, there is NO FACETIME app for the iPhone.

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paulcb

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Dec 12, 2012 7:08 AM in response to Kuldeep

The iPad has a FT app, the iPhone does not, and never has.

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ckuan

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Dec 12, 2012 7:18 AM in response to Kuldeep

The iPod touch 4th gen. has a FT app too but not iPhone.

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Kuldeep Author

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Dec 13, 2012 5:15 AM in response to Kuldeep

Thanks for your input guys. I would like to know how many here are using iPhone 5 on iOS 6.0.1? Maybe it has facetime app icon. I'm quite sure it was there as I didn't just see it once or twice. I was using it for weeks now so its definitely not my imagination. Please can some iPhone 5 user on iOS 6.0.1 confirm that there's no facetime icon shortcut. Only then can I truly believe it as I suspect iPhone 5 may have it different as it has an extra row of icons. I really appreciate all the help you guys are giving.

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wjosten

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Dec 13, 2012 5:17 AM in response to Kuldeep

Don't know how clearer we can be, there has never been a FaceTime app for the iPhone, thus there has never been a FaceTime icon.

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paulcb

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Dec 13, 2012 6:11 AM in response to Kuldeep

Maybe you'll believe the developer (Apple) of FaceTime...

"Note: There is no FaceTime app on iPhone. Use the Phone app instead."

About the middle of the page... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4319

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dipbaja

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Dec 13, 2012 12:51 PM in response to wjosten

Wjosten

Upon reading the previous posts, got a bit confused.

I got an iPhone 4s, and been trying to find the icon for face time, since under Settings, I have Face Time Applicaition and under that application at the bottom I have an option ´Use Cellular Data´ on/off

and says ´Turn Cellular Data off to restrict FaceTime to Wi-Fi Only.

What is confusing is this piece of information within my phone settings, since you and other posts mentioned there´s no facetime for iPhone.

Am I missing something? Your input would be welcomed

Cheers.

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paulcb

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Dec 13, 2012 12:55 PM in response to dipbaja

FT IS on the iPhone, it's just not accessed via an 'app' like it is on the iPad and Touch. On the iPhone, it's accessed via Contacts. See the link in my earalier post on how to use FT.

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dipbaja

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Dec 13, 2012 12:59 PM in response to paulcb

paulcb

Thanks for your input, this solved my question.

Cheers.

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paulcb

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Dec 13, 2012 12:59 PM in response to dipbaja

You're welcome.

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Scotch27

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Jan 17, 2013 12:09 PM in response to wjosten

Thanks Wjosten! Your response solved the supposed mystery. I think a bunch of us believed we should see the same Facetime app on our iPhone 5's as our iPads. Your response cleared things up!

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balaji08

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Jan 17, 2013 9:07 PM in response to Kuldeep

i also faced this issue with the facetime icon diasppearing from the iphone 5.

I noticed that the facetime icon disappeared after there was an update to 6.0.2 when i connected to itunes for the first time after i purchased this phone two days back

Rgds

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ckuan

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Jan 17, 2013 10:21 PM in response to balaji08

Man, did you read the whole thread?

THERE IS NO FACETIME ICON on iPhone, only in Settings.

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