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incoming calls ring on multiple phone numbers

After getting the iphone 6, incoming calls simultaneously ring on my kids' phones that are also on my account. How do I stop this from happening?

iPhone 6, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 28, 2014 5:20 PM

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Nov 28, 2014 3:15 PM in response to lorifromfla

I had the same problem with my kids phone, since we are using the same AppleID for iCloud on both devices. You can change AppleID on each phone to eliminate this problem. Or...


Go to Settings > FaceTime, Turn off the iPhone Cellular Calls option.


This allows all other app functions to work on each person's phone (i.e. FaceTime, Handoff, etc.).


Hope this helps others.

Jan 19, 2015 10:35 AM in response to AmirHussein

same problem. iPhone 5 with ios8 is my old contract phone with two more months to run. New phone is 6 plus with a different network. If my new phone rings, my old phone does too. Texts to new phone also go to old. Apple couldn't help. Each phone is set to receive and send only to that phone. Email address is unticked. I have to keep old number for a while as I do still get calls on it. So sick of all the problems lately!


Any more suggestions?

Feb 4, 2015 3:26 PM in response to LinUK

When features become problems it's time for Apple to rethink how it deploys new features.


This multi-phone capability gives you the ability to use multiple phones as "extensions" on one or more numbers to give you a functional model matching that of the old landline based phone service. You can answer your calls in any room with a phone nearby. You can support multiple numbers on the same handset. We used to share the phone in the old days, remember?

incoming calls ring on multiple phone numbers

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