Handoff not working between iPad and iPhone

No worries! One thing to add. With the exception of receiving phone calls on the iPad, Bluetooth has to be on on all devices for handoff to work. Seemed obvious to me when I wrote the last post, but I thought some might not be aware.

This worked for me:

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

b) Toggle iMessages off and on (on both devices)

c) Toggle icloud off and on (did not need to do this)

d) Turn bluetooth off and on (on both devices)

e) Restart (did not need to do this)

Thanks for the tip...

Just turn the Bluetooth on - on both the devices

Yes, the bluetooth is in fact the answer.

Instant Hotspot is the only thing of interest to me.

My wife, who has no tech savvy whatsoever, had no problem with her iPhone appearing under a new "Personal Hotspot" section of the wifi list on her iPad Mini.

However, I think Smidji may be correct, and although there is no list of "qualified devices", it appears that an iPad Gen 3 cannot connect via an Instant Hotspot. I am looking for confirmation one way or the other.

I checked "supportprofile", and since my wife's iPhone 5 Instant Hotspot works just fine without being on the list, I don't see it as a problem.

I Toggled Blootuth and iMessage.

I did restart both my iPhone 5C and iPad 3rd Gen.

But I couldn't locate a "toggle" for iCloud unless one means to actually log the iPad out of iCloud, which is not a simple toggle and involves the possible loss of photos and the need to re-establish contacts, etc.

However, if one means "iCloud Drive", my wife doesnt have it on, and her Instant Hotspot works just fine.

Besides, I read that turning on iDrive before it is also available for the iMac via Yosemite interferes with the current inter-iDevice sharing method.

Just for fun, I will also mention that placing and receiving phone calls via my iPad works just fine.

So was just wondering if anyone with an iPad 3rd Gen has or has not gotten it to connect via another iDevice's Instant Hotspot.

Okay, finally found it under the list off the 8.0 upgrade contents:

Available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation)

Thanks. This worked for me too. The only thing I can add is that you have to be signed in to FaceTime and under FaceTime settings, toggle the iPhone Cellular Calls to on for both devices and this will deactivate Wi-Fi calls and you should be able to receive calls on your iPad.

Yes this worked for me also I had tried everything else that I found on the web this is the first thing that has worked for me. Well done

Hi,

tried it all. Nothing works, but my problem is even stranger.

iPad Air & iPhone 5, all updated, all on the same network, bluetooth enabled, etc - the works!!

When i open on my iPad Safari/Contacts/Calendar/Reminders/Maps they show on my iPhone home screen (but not pages, numbers, keynote).

Now - wait for it - I open the same apps on my iPhone (Contacts/Calendar/Reminders/Map) they show on my iPad EXCEPT safari. (again not pages, numbers, keynotes).

Phone calls come through on both and I foolishly thought 8.0.2 would fix it. Tried all of tips and tricks available on the net, but may have missed one ;}

Does s/o out there has a solution?

HEy, I thought I'd jump into the fray too. I have an iPhone 5c and iPad Mini (1) both of which are upgraded to 8.0.2, but like Just about EVERYONE, I am having trouble with handoff. I Have already tried the listed solutions as of 10/3/14. I can cross recieve text and calls, but no cross usage on mail, Safari, keynot, pages, or anything else. I am also not getting location based app suggestions. PLEASE HELP ME! I have a pretty large background in IT (and I still can't fix it(!) ) so feel free to tell the solution like it is.Thanks!

same problem that i can hand off FROM iOS to OS X but not from OS X to iOS

Is that hand-off failing with Yosemite? As I understand, that stuff won't work until Yosemite is tossed into the mix. Perhaps I have misread.

Hi y'all.

my problem is still ongoing and it is just between iPad/iPhone. Waiting for Yosemite upgrade in UK, but have not much hope, as now my iPad is frequently not bringing up Swiftkey keyboard, actually no keyboard at all until I go into Setting>General>Keyboards>Keyboard>Swiftkey>Allow Full Access = toggle off & on, ok it and continue my work......frustrating to say the least and often not the work is utter to myself ;}

C'mon Apple guys, great products, but fix this and other problems. The competition is already snapping at your heels.