Handoff not working between iPad and iPhone

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Handoff not working between iPad and iPhone

i have installed ios 8 on both my iPhone 5 & iPad 4th generation. They are both on the same wifi network & both have Bluetooth switched on. In settings I have made sure hand off is switched on.

I can make a regular call on my iPad but that's where the continuity seems to end. I don't see a button to open Safari on the lockscreen when it is in use on another device, I cant pass a half written email from one device to another, or see Pages documents etc. I'm at a loss.

iPhone 5, iOS 8, Ipad

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 2:42 PM

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Adam Cao

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Sep 17, 2014 3:10 PM in response to Joe8506

I haven't got it to work except the remote personal hotspot switching feature, but it requires AirDrop to be on in both devices. In this case under wifi for the iPad you see an option to switch on the iPhone's personal hotspot

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Sep 17, 2014 4:03 PM in response to Joe8506

I'm the same way. I can get handoff to work but I can't get phone calling to work on my iPad. It's getting really annoying honestly. Bluetooth is on and everything else, but I still have issues with it. Honestly, it stinks.

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wjones3

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Sep 17, 2014 4:40 PM in response to Joe8506

I have been able to upgrade both my iPhone 5 and iPad 3. My issue is Handoff is on the iPhone 5 but there is no option on the iPad 3. This is confusing and very disappointing.

My only option is to reformat the iPad 3, without restoring data, upgrade and see if anything changes!

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Jygar

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Sep 17, 2014 4:51 PM in response to Jason Trainer

Handoff seems to be partially working between my 5S and iPad Air.

Calling is working okay too, where I am struggling is with SMS/MMS from the iPad to 5S, it just doesn't seem to want to work.

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russyr51

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Sep 18, 2014 3:39 AM in response to Jygar

Handoff works between iPhone 5s and iPad mini (both ways) using the messaging and safari apps, but can't get it working with Pages, Keynote or Numbers

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Sep 18, 2014 4:03 AM in response to russyr51

Have you updated pages,keynote & numbers on iOS ? updates came out late last night from Apple

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russyr51

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Sep 18, 2014 4:12 AM in response to Robert Hawkes

Yes all up to date to the latest iOS8 compatibility!

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Sep 18, 2014 4:21 AM in response to Joe8506

have u got iCloud drive enabled ?

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russyr51

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Sep 18, 2014 4:39 AM in response to Robert Hawkes

Yes enabled on both devices and all relevant Apps included.

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Smidji

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Sep 18, 2014 11:16 AM in response to wjones3

Unfortunately, Hand-off doesn't appear to be available for the iPad 3.

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HoJoJr

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Sep 19, 2014 5:29 AM in response to Joe8506

I updated my iphone 5 and my ipad mini to iOS 8. Handoff doesn't seem to be working on either device. Yes both are logged into icloud. Can anyone help?

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Sep 19, 2014 6:13 AM in response to Robert Hawkes

So, iCloud drive must be enabled on both devices? I didn't set that up so that could be the problem. Also, my 'instant hotspot' is not working, does iCloud drive need to be set up for that, too?

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cboal1

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Sep 19, 2014 11:58 AM in response to Joe8506

This is so &&^&*& infuriating. Let's face it, Apple is now officially the company for rich people. Seriously? I have to BUY A NEW COMPUTER TWO YEARS LATER to use your shiny new "killer" app?? That's now the half-life of $1200 machines?? Two years? Can we all stop pretending that Apple is ANYTHING MORE than just another money hungry capitalist maw - EVERYTHING THEY DO is designed to make you keep spending more and more money for devices that are more expensive than anyone else' but increasingly do the exact same thing in a somewhat prettier package. I for one am sick to death of this ****.

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Joe8506 Author

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Sep 20, 2014 3:34 AM in response to cboal1

I know it can be frustrating sometimes when things aren't working well but I must say I think you are being a bit unfair. At the end of the day Apple are a business not a charity. I'm sure they love being able to survive being the company for rich people.

"I have to BUY A NEW COMPUTER TWO YEARS LATER to use your shiny new "killer" app??"

The two year old computer you have works fine, you don't have to update anything. You survived without the "Killer app" prior to it's release.

Also they have released a brand new operating system that they will give you FREE OF CHARGE that is backwards compatible to the iPhone 4s. Thant's a pretty good effort considering they could quite easily not bother.

Complaining that a phone company is just "another money hungry capitalist maw" and that "EVERYTHING THEY DO is designed to make you keep spending more and more money" seems a bit naïve. It's like complaining that politicians are only interested in getting votes. It's what they do.

I'm not trying to start an online fight. It just seems like a waste of energy getting angry about a tech company. Why not switch to another make of phone. Life's too short to be getting angry about stuff like this.

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Nexvick

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Sep 21, 2014 9:53 AM in response to Joe8506

Ok. i've had a similar issue using iPad 4 and iPhone 5s. I don't know that this is relevant, but I noticed that I had several devices registered with Apple Support that I no longer own and my current iPhone is not. With that being said, I picked this up on another support forum and it has worked for me. b-e apply to both/all devices. All steps may not be necesarry, but it worked in my case.

a) Go to supportprofile.apple.com and sign in. Make sure your current devices are registered with Apple Support.