Two iPhones ringing same time

If both devices are sharing the same Apple ID and are on the same Wi-Fi network, this is what will happen. It is part of continuity. Go into Settings>Facetime>iPhone Cellular calls, and turn that off. This will only occur when both devices are logged into the same Apple ID and Wi-Fi network.

You are the only one among 4 Verizon techs and 1 Apple tech who understood the problem which led to the solution. IOS 8 is new and the feature of having your iPhone ring on your iPad is new but Apple dropped the ball when not telling those on Family Sharing Plans, who also share the same Apple ID, and who are using the same wifi network, that ALL of their devices may ring if just one of their phones is called. Using your advice I turned off "iPhone Cellular Calls" on every phone but mine and the problem was finally solved.

There are reasons that families with minor children do not want those children to have separate Apple IDs. For those families, turning off "Use Cellular Calls" in FaceTime eliminates the problem of more than one phone ringing at the same time. Agreed Verizon Family Sharing has nothing to do with the issue.

Hi Chris,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

It sounds like call forwarding may be enabled on you wife’s iPhone, you can disable it from Phone under Settings. The article linked below provides additional information about the feature.

iPhone: Understanding phone features

I hope this helps.

-Jason

Family Sharing has nothing to do with it. It has to do with using the same Apple ID under Messages or FaceTime. And Apple never told you to use the same Apple ID for Messages or FaceTime on devices used by different people.

They are. If you use the same Apple ID on multiple devices for Messages & FaceTime, you will get message/call crossover.

Each individual person should always be using their own unique Apple ID for iCloud, iMessage & FaceTime.

Frequently asked questions about Apple ID

Can I share my Apple ID with someone else?

You shouldn't share your Apple ID account information with other people. Each person should have their own Apple ID.

Tremendously helpful - lots of searching in settings, knew it was there somewhere, but would not have thought to check the FaceTime tab. Odd that it is enabled by default. Suspect a lot of people surprised at the first time all their phones ring at once. Thanks!!

I spoke to 2 different Verizon Wireless tech and they told me only way to resolve it is to get a new Apple ID for the other phone(used by my wife). They told me that is the only way to resolve the problem. I tried your suggestion and it worked beautifully. Thank you.

I wonder if these tech people are trained or not :-)

Hilarious! It just happened to me; five minutes ago....I goggled "my wife's phone rang on mine" and it came right to this post. It was like reading my own description of events... Problem resolved. Thanks!

You don't disable either Apple ID. You decide who's going to keep using that Apple ID primarily. Then, the other person signs out of the Apple ID on his or her device(s). Then, he or she creates a new Apple ID, then he or she signs into that Apple ID on the device.

Question for you: If my 15-year-old son has a different Apple ID than me can I still use my iPhone or iPad to use Find My iPhone to find his iPhone? Or does that only work under the same Apple I.D.?

howardg23 wrote:

Question for you: If my 15-year-old son has a different Apple ID than me can I still use my iPhone or iPad to use Find My iPhone to find his iPhone? Or does that only work under the same Apple I.D.?

You could use the Find My iPhone app to locate his device if you have his Apple ID and password to log into iCloud with. Without that, you would not be able to locate his device.

Fido in Canada charge me an extra 72 $ of Internet because of that. I was traveling in Europe. I've already had an iPhone 5s unlocked using a prepaid France card and number. Just before my travel I got a locked iPhone 5s Fido. Updated both to iOS8 before my trip. In Europe both phones were ringing at the same time. Even if the cellular data on my Canadian phone was off (to use only WiFi), because of that new feature it used anyway data on the network of the french provider associated and I was charged by Fido (Rogers).

So those families should be paying several times over to buy the same media content from Apple? Until Apple comes up with a way of organizing hierarchical Apple accounts, this is a stupid solution. I agree with an earlier poster - this is indeed a stupid feature to turn on by default.

No, you are describing Family Sharing, no multiple purchases. Also, iCloud does not constitute purchases for content. If you are sharing the iCloud account and are on the same Wi-Fi network is when this will occur.