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Q: I have two phones with verizon and we keep having issues with texts coming in on the wrong phones

We have two phones that are on verizon, share icloud, and all of a sudden, our phones keep having our texts sent to the other phones.  we recently switched service from at&t.  It happened early on, and now it's happening again.  What do we need to do for this to stop happening?

iPad, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 1, 2014 6:16 PM

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Q: I have two phones with verizon and we keep having issues with texts coming in on the wrong phones

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  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Mar 1, 2014 6:21 PM in response to Meldgum
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    Mar 1, 2014 6:21 PM in response to Meldgum

    That's because you are using the same iCloud account for iMessage on both phones. The best way to resolve it is to log out of iCloud in Settings/Messages on ONE of the phones, and create a new iCloud account just for that phone and iMessage. Leave your other settings sharing the iCloud ID so you can share music and apps, and can trace both phones with Find my iPhone.

     

    The alternative is to go to Settings/Messages and change the addresses in "Send & Receive" so they are different for the 2 phones.