NYCButterfly24
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Q: Bug in iMessage Can't Log in with different Apple ID

My husband, four boys and I share my iTunes Apple ID to back up data to the iCloud and share music, as I pay for a large amount of storage for all of us. I set up a different Apple ID for my messages, as the boys keep turning on iMessage with MY phone number on the iPad, iPod and their iPhones (sometimes on purpose i think!).

 

Since i upgraded to the iPhone 6, I can't get it to take my different iMessage login! It took it with no problem for FaceTime, but won't log me in for iMessage and tries to revert back tot he main Apple ID. It is hard to even get it to open the space to put a different Apple ID in - it keeps loading it automatically without giving the option to change it. I have to keep turning it off and trying again in Settings. Finally there and it tells me "Could not log in. Check your network connection and try again." Um - what? It works everywhere else without an issue! I just tested it on the mac. No network errors, password works just fine.

 

Help! Is this a bug? Where should I report it? What's going on? I need my private texts!

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.1, iMessage sign in with different id

Posted on Nov 23, 2014 7:27 AM

by Ralph Johns (UK),Solvedanswer
Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK)
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A:

Hi,

 

Up to Mavericks in combination with earlier iOS versions it seems that you could  use different IDs in different apps.

That is to say the iCloud ID in System Preferences > iCloud could be the same on an iPhone to sync the contacts and other function but a different ID could be used in Messages for iMessages and FaceTime  (I would keep theses the same as your Invoke FaceTime for Video chats)

 

However it does seem that Yosemite and iOS 8.x.x when you want to do Text Forwarding on the iPhone to be able to SMS on the Mac wants or needs to use the same ID all the way round.

 

Having said that I once used two separate ID on two separate iPhones and this got very complicated on my Mac.

I decided to delete one of the iPhones which I have managed (it never shows up).  However the Apple ID keep popping up on various devices when I open them.

Despite me saying "no" when it asks me it does seem to get put through on the Mac.

I can delete the .plist that stores the info but is still gets to show as an unticked option in the Received At list.

(I can see it re-appearing on your children's devices without too much issue).

This might help https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

 

Like you I do use different ID in different places  for various reasons although any form of sharing is not the reason for me.  (I just don't want to  lose all functions if one ID gets compromised)

It does seem this is becoming more difficult.

 

 

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Posted on Nov 23, 2014 12:36 PM

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  • by NYCButterfly24,

    NYCButterfly24 NYCButterfly24 Nov 23, 2014 7:32 AM in response to NYCButterfly24
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    Nov 23, 2014 7:32 AM in response to NYCButterfly24

    Now it says "waiting for activation" - it did this before, but after it took forever, I got the network error again. Argh!

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Nov 23, 2014 7:59 AM in response to NYCButterfly24
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    Nov 23, 2014 7:59 AM in response to NYCButterfly24

    Not much from Apple.

     

    FaceTime, Game Center, Messages: Troubleshooting sign in issues

  • by NYCButterfly24,

    NYCButterfly24 NYCButterfly24 Nov 23, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Nov 23, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Eric Root

    Thanks…yeah I did look there first. Seems to mostly give advise about deselecting different advices and signing out of iCloud.

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Nov 23, 2014 10:48 AM in response to NYCButterfly24
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    Nov 23, 2014 10:48 AM in response to NYCButterfly24

    Stop sharing an ID.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),Solvedanswer

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 23, 2014 12:36 PM in response to NYCButterfly24
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    Nov 23, 2014 12:36 PM in response to NYCButterfly24

    Hi,

     

    Up to Mavericks in combination with earlier iOS versions it seems that you could  use different IDs in different apps.

    That is to say the iCloud ID in System Preferences > iCloud could be the same on an iPhone to sync the contacts and other function but a different ID could be used in Messages for iMessages and FaceTime  (I would keep theses the same as your Invoke FaceTime for Video chats)

     

    However it does seem that Yosemite and iOS 8.x.x when you want to do Text Forwarding on the iPhone to be able to SMS on the Mac wants or needs to use the same ID all the way round.

     

    Having said that I once used two separate ID on two separate iPhones and this got very complicated on my Mac.

    I decided to delete one of the iPhones which I have managed (it never shows up).  However the Apple ID keep popping up on various devices when I open them.

    Despite me saying "no" when it asks me it does seem to get put through on the Mac.

    I can delete the .plist that stores the info but is still gets to show as an unticked option in the Received At list.

    (I can see it re-appearing on your children's devices without too much issue).

    This might help https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

     

    Like you I do use different ID in different places  for various reasons although any form of sharing is not the reason for me.  (I just don't want to  lose all functions if one ID gets compromised)

    It does seem this is becoming more difficult.

     

     

    3Sigcopy2.png

    8:36 PM      Sunday; November 23, 2014

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad

  • by NYCButterfly24,

    NYCButterfly24 NYCButterfly24 Nov 23, 2014 1:22 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Nov 23, 2014 1:22 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    TThank you Ralph! i finally did get it to save, but it took forever. Seems it really didn't want me to. I will save that link. Thank you!

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 23, 2014 1:25 PM in response to NYCButterfly24
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    Nov 23, 2014 1:25 PM in response to NYCButterfly24

    4thanx.gif    for the    2correct.png  Points.

     

     

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    9:25 PM      Sunday; November 23, 2014

     

    ​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad