iOS 7 and Facetime dialing (multiple numbers for one contact)

Another work around, instead of creating a separate contact...if you initiate an iMessage text to the iDevice you wish to ultimately facetime (for example, send a text to your spouse's iPad via iMessage). Once you have that thread started, now select 'Contact', you'll have the option to facetime that particular device. It's not the best fix, but at least you don't have to create a new contact for every person that has multiple iDevices.

Nope you are wrong. It only gives an option to imsg or to mail that particular email. Anyway doesnt matter ios 6 is fine. When they fix this stupidity ill update again

I frustrated with the same issue... When I call a contact thru FaceTime it goes to an office number and there is no way to force FT to use email. I resist to duplicate contacts... Skype seems to be my workaround until Apple does something about it.

Skype is a battery killer because its a microsoft app, and microsoft cannot utilize memory and cpu usage not even on a simple ios app. Ios 6 is the best worl around

I do totally agree with you on Skype; but I have no other choice to call some of my contacts as FaceTime is selecting the wrong phone number by default.

Ok! I have the fix (workaround).

1. Instead of going to the favorites section, go to Contacts.

2. Find the contact you want to add and tap his/her name.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the contact's details and tap the button entitled 'Add to Favorites'.

4. Pick the appropriate phone number or email address.

5. Select FaceTime or FaceTime Audio.

Done!

Nice try but this isn't a work around.

This is just what you do to FaceTime a particular contact.

The real problem that we are trying to solve is when one contact has two or more FaceTime addresses i.e one for the iphone and one for the ipad (mobile no. & email address).

IOS 6 allowed this to happen.

IOS 7 obviously had a small child with crayons draw up the designs for the FaceTime part of this software.

No this does not work. There is no work around apart of making separated contacts. Which means if your contact has 2 iphones and 1 ipad you have to have 3 contacts so you can facetime everytime correctly. I won't do that. IOS 6 works fine. Im pretty sure apple either is not aware of this either they are resisting to change it as they want to have "one click" calling style which apparently does not work the way they want but yeh who cares for the customers...

I have the same problem. I found a workaround - it's not ideal and won't allow one to pick one of multiple FaceTime numbers but it works.

I opened a contact and Edited the details. Deleted any phone number that appeared before the number I want to use for FaceTime and added it back as a new number, this making the FaceTime number the first in the list.

This way, starting FaceTime uses the correct number.

Another work around is to add URL entries for the contact and use the FaceTime URL scheme https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Referen ce/FacetimeLinks/FacetimeLinks.html

Eg. If the user's number is 1234567, add facetime://1234567 as a URL for the contact then select a custom label e.g. FaceTime iPhone. Then if the iPad email is ipad@icloud.com, add facetime://ipad@icloud.com as another URL entry then label it FaceTime iPad.

FIX THE PROBLEM APPLE! I can't believe this. I just upgraded from iOS 5 where everything was working fine. Now I use facetime for the first time on a 5S and I actually get a wrong number and because of this, worries and anxieties that something was wrong with the person I called, when in fact it was A ()*&)(*&&) PH....CK UP by Apple. NOT SURPRISED anymore. I now expect these unprecedented things to happen.

its same with me, when i call my wife on the phone, her mac also ringing.. and when she pickup on the phone,

the screen will show connecting for few second and then call failed. but when she pickup on her mac its connected.

I really frustrated with this issue..

Why you dont care about this major issue?????? just fix the bugs on facetime!!!!

We need our facetime back, like on IOS 6.

Same problem here. Any fix for this yet?

Just adding my name to this one. Current workaround is deleting all other numbers on file for the contact, but I'm the first to acknowledge that it's the stupidest workaround imaginable.

Hey Apple - BUMP.

Here's hoping for a fix in iOS 8.