Handoff doesn't work

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I too have this problem.

Trying to find an answer about that.

Handoff requires both iOS8 and Yosemite (https://www.apple.com/osx/preview/mac-and-ios/); I think Handoff will not work until OS X is upgraded to Yosemite.

I was struggling to figure this out as I was having the exact same issue. I had bluetooth and WiFi on my iPad 4 and iPhone 5, yet Handoff wouldn't work. I then thought about AirDrop. I popped up the notification center on each of my devices and set AirDrop to everyone. Wah lah, Handoff works!

After this I went ahead and installed the beta of Yosemite. Hand off worked there too. I then experimented with turning Bluetooth off on my phone and mac to see if it was really necessary as I read someone had success without bluetooth. Well it stopped working. I turned Bluetooth back on and now my iPhone can Handoff to my mac but not vice versa. That last bit was irrelevant to your issue but I hope setting AirDrop on your devices helps you.

***One more note, one quirk I don't like about Handoff is that the device you want to handoff from must not be locked. I feel like this defies the whole purpose. If I am composing an email on my phone in bed when I wake, and then put my phone down and lock it because my stomach is demanding breakfast (as was the case today) I want to be able to pop up the iPad which is in the dining area and continue my work. If I can only use Handoff while the phone is unlocked I may as well just bring it out with me. Dang first world problems.

It does not require Yosemite to work between iOS 8 Devices that are supported. I can confirm it worked between my iPad and iPhone before I ever even downloaded the Yosemite beta.

It worked for me after I enabled AirDrop for everyone! 🙂

Do you also have the "Suggested Apps" options turned on as well? According to Apple Insider:

Additional Continuity features in iOS 8 are available by enabling the "Handoff" feature. Users can do this by opening the Settings application, choosing General, and then selecting "Handoff & Suggested Apps."

"Handoff lets you start something on one device and instantly pick it up on other devices using your iCloud account," Apple's description reads. "The app you need appears in the lock screen, app switcher, and the dock on a Mac."

Not sure what specific feature of Handoff is not working for you, but the examples they show of picking up on a website via Safari from one device to another, and continuing a Message between two devices, indicates that all three buttons on that page are turned on. Here is the link:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/17/how-to-use-ios-8-continuity-between-yo ur-iphone-ipad-for-calls-texts-apps-more

Cheers,

GB

Believe it or not: Can't get it to work here between a 5s and iPad mini retina....

(I hate to admit this 😀)

I Had the same issue I just toggled on and off the airdrop back to "everyone" and now works. You don't need iCloud Drive I have it OFF on both iPhone 5 and iPad air.

I finally got handoff to work on my iPad Mini...

Go to https://supportprofile.apple.com/ and make sure the device you're having issues with is registered to your apple ID. Mine wasn't, but once I added it and restarted my device it worked for me! 🙂

Well, I can get it to work with calls. Was able to answer a call to my iPhone on the iPad. Did nothing. I'm assuming, as this uses the wifi network and not bluetooth, it worked. Bluetooth was off.

I can confirm that changing airdrop to 'everyone' also worked for me.

I finally found out how to get it working.

I logout from iCloud on all my devices and restarted them.

Then I logged in again and that's it.

Handoff working