HT203384: iCloud: Troubleshooting the Find My iPhone app

Learn about iCloud: Troubleshooting the Find My iPhone app
Jamesray2
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Q: Do not know how to accept friends request?

I am trying to set up Find a Friend - have it in but do not know how to accept the friend when it shows up? 

Also my wife and I share same email address and the message is: You cannot send  a message to yourself?

Is there any way to use the program like that?

iPhone 5

Posted on Jun 26, 2013 11:41 AM

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Q: Do not know how to accept friends request?

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  • by sterling r,

    sterling r sterling r Jun 28, 2013 12:54 PM in response to Jamesray2
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    Jun 28, 2013 12:54 PM in response to Jamesray2

    Hello James,

     

    To address your first question, there is a Requests button when you are in the Friends view.

    Take a look at this image from http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/find-my-friends.html

    findmyfriends_location.jpg

     

    All the best,

    Sterling

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Jun 28, 2013 1:05 PM in response to Jamesray2
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    Jun 28, 2013 1:05 PM in response to Jamesray2

    For your second question, Find My Friends identifies people by their Apple ID.  If you are both sharing the same ID you will be identified as the same person (which is why it warned you that you can't send a message to yourself).  If you want to share the same primary iCloud account, you can set up a secondary iCloud account on one of the devices by going to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and entering a different Apple ID.  It is not necessary to turn on any data syncing with this secondary account.  Once this account is created, you use secondary account ID for identifying this phone in Find My Friends.