I have an iPhone 4 and and 2 iPhone 5's that I use together. they have an auto update function that when I add a contact or note in one phone, it automatically updates the other 2 phones. I want to know how to sever the update function between phones. anyone know how to do?
iPhone 5c, iOS 7
That happens when they all share the same iCloud account. A basic function of iCloud is to allow you to make a change on one device and have that change automatically reflected on the others, so they remain in sync with each other. If you don't want this to happen, you can either stop using iCloud, or migrate them to different iCloud accounts.
Going to Settings>iCloud and turning off the data you don't want to sync with iCloud should stop the syncing. For example, to stop syncing contacts you would go to Settings>iCloud on each of your devices, turn Contacts Off and choose Keep on My iDevice when prompted.
To stop using iCloud entirely, save any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll, and open any notes you are syncing with iCloud and email them to yourself, then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide your password and choose Keep on My iDevice when prompted. You will then have to recreate any notes by copying and pasting the text from the emails you sent earlier into new notes.
You have been a great help. I appreciate. I have several questions that I hope you can help me with and then I think I am all set.
First question, I made sure that on my phones, under the iCloud function in "Settings" that all my function settings such as contacts, notes, mail, etc. were all turned off. Then I tested the functionality by adding a new phone contact on one of my phones, and found that is still synchronized on the other phone. Do you know why?
I also noticed that not all "notes" synchronized between phones, only some of them. I also noticed that none of my "photos" synchronized between phones. Can you tell me why? Actually, I don't think I am backing up any data to the Cloud. As I look at my storage available and the storage used. I looks like I am not using it.
If I delete the iCloud account from my phone, does it delete the entire account and make it non-functional or does it just delete from that phone?
If i delete from phone, can I still keep the contact list stored on my phone?
If I then create a new iCloud account on this phone, can I use the new account to synchronize the contacts and photos with my other phone later? I understand the "notes" cannot.
I suspect the reason your devices are still syncing contacts is that they are syncing them with another service such as Google, Yahoo or and exchange account rather than iCloud. Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars and tap each of your accounts to see if you have contacts syncing turned on. If you do, you'll have to turn that off in order to stop syncing them across your devices.
If only some of your notes are syncing across your devices, it's probably because not all of them belong to the iCloud account (iCloud only syncs contacts that belong to the iCloud account). If you want them all to sync with iCloud, you'll have to open the Notes app, tap Accounts, then open the notes in your non-iCloud accounts and copy and paste the text into new notes created in the iCloud account.
To have your photos sync between your phones, go to Settings>iCloud>Photos and make sure My Photo Stream is turned on. After that, new photos added to the camera roll will be added to your photo stream whenever the Camera app is closed, your photo is connected to wifi, and has at least 20% battery life remaining. You can access these photos in the My Photo Stream album within the Photos app.
To determine if you're backing up to iCloud, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup to see if iCloud Backup is turned on.
If you delete your iCloud account from your phone and want to keep your date, begin by saving any photo stream photos to your camera roll and emailing any notes that you are syncing with iCloud to yourself. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide your password and choose Keep on My iPhone when prompted.
If you create a new account on one of your phones you can sync the data in the new account with your other phones in the future by simply signing into the same account on your other phones in Settings>iCloud. When you do, the iCloud data in the new account will download to them as well.
How to discontinue the iCloud function? I set all the settings under iCloud in the Settings menu to off. I even tried to close the iCloud function, but I can't seem to stop it.
Really appreciate the help. I think you explained well enough that I now understand what is happening and how to solve. Thanks.....
You're welcome.
how to sever the update connection between my 2 iPhones?
