Call History showing up on another iPhone

Hi,


Hopefully you can help.


I use my phone for business and we have noticed in the last few days that all of the calls I make and receive are appearing in my wife's iPhone recent call history?


I have hunted high and low in settings on both phones but with no joy.


It is only affecting calls i make, not the other way round? so i am not seeing calls my wife makes on her phone in my recent call history?


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It is also not affecting text messages...

We are both using the same iCloud account but the inconsistencies above suggest its something more involved (or very simple!)


The slightly odd thing is that it only seems to do it when my phone is at home, i went out this afternoon and the calls made/received have not appeared on her history. so maybe its a wifi thing?...but...


I also phoned vodafone when i got home to see if they could help (they couldn't!) and that short dial number is also not appearing on her history?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 22, 2015 10:46 AM

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Posted on Jan 2, 2017 10:13 PM

I've had the same problem. Just found a setting under Phone that says Calls On Other Devices. It was on. Turned it off and will see if the problem is resolved.


Very irritating setting. Why would you want to do this?

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Jun 16, 2015 4:21 AM in response to FelipeV

Yes, it is possible to share photos through the Sharing features of OS X and iOS. However, this does not achieve the same result as having a unified photo account as the shared photos are in "optimized" resolution and without metadata, and as you need to share each album manually. I use this quite a bit, but with my friends, not my wife with whom I share the whole photo account. It may not be for anyone, and I am sure that for many people having totally separate Apple ID is the better solution, but to the best of my knowledge, for some of us, only using a common Apple ID for the primary iCloud account allows us (so far):

- to have one photo account (all photos automatically shared at full resolution in the stock Apple apps)

- to have the same Safari bookmarks, reading list etc

- to use a common keychain

- common back to my mac

- same iCloud drive for documents etc


There are indeed good solutions for many other aspects: Apple allows secondary iCloud accounts, so it is perfectly possible to have distinct iCloud accounts (and associated Apple IDs) for separate contacts, calendars and reminders (so your work reminders do not pop-up on your spouse's phone for example) while using the common iCloud account for the contacts, calendars, reminder and notes you want to share. As for music and apps, this never was really an issue, it is sufficient to use a dedicated Apple ID for iTunes. It means distinct Apple IDs for iTunes, iCloud, and then FaceTime and iMessage, but it works very well. But secondary iCloud account cannot apply to Safari, Photos, Documents, Keychain, and Back to my Mac. If and when Family sharing is updated to allow efficient sharing of photos, keychains, and iCloud drive (plus maybe iTunes Match, but I do not use this, and it may become obsolete with Apple Music), then I would no longer object to separate our iCloud accounts. But, unless I am mistaken, Family Sharing is not quite ready for that yet even if it is a step in the right direction.


Furthermore, beyond the merits of sharing or not sharing Apple IDs and iCloud accounts, the issue of recent calls from other phones does exist as a problem on its own: I share what I want to share, but I have two iPhones and my wife also has one: I do not want to mix the call records of these phones, not even of my 2 iPhones: they serve separate purposes, and each phone should have it own records. Mixing them is very confusing. So at the minimum, this should be an option. It may be seen as a feature by some, but not all. Hopefully iOS 8.4 will either remove this behavior or give us the choice.

Jun 17, 2015 12:26 PM in response to KAT3456

I talked with someone at Apple this morning about this; he had no clue about what I was explaining to him... this is weird, started to notice it this weekend, had calls to and from another province?!

Started to freak out about who was using my phone without me noticing; called the phone company; they had no idea what I was talking about...

Called Apple; no clue either...I asked my girlfriend if she made these calls and she said yes... So our call log are syncing right now...

just weird, I hope the update will fix it...

Jun 18, 2015 12:39 PM in response to barneyman

I use my phone for business and we have noticed in the last few days that all of the calls I make and receive are appearing in my wife's iPhone recent call history?


We are both using the same iCloud account but the inconsistencies above suggest its something more involved (or very simple!)


I had the exact same problem, let me tell you how I fixed it. First, my wife and I also share the same account. (I am familiar with the arguments for not sharing an account, we prefer sharing.) For security reasons, we only use the cloud for contacts. Interestingly, my problems started only after I purchased an Apple Watch.


On BOTH iPhones: Settings > FaceTime turn off "iPhone Cellular Calls".


After performing the above, the problem went away (Apple Watch working A-OK also). I can't guarantee it will fix it for you. I am simply describing what fixed it for me.

Jun 19, 2015 1:40 PM in response to Skynet75

Nothing seems to fix. It actually occurs only 1 way for my wife and I and it is only doing it while on cellular. Not wifi Turning off handoff did not help. We already use separate ID for messaging and FaceTime. The only thing we share an ID for is apps and music. Mainly because iTunes Match does not work with multiple ID family share EVEN though we paid the $25 for each account in the family share plan.


Skynet posted exactly why we share our main ID (Thank You) but we each use separate ID's for Facetime and messaging.

Jun 19, 2015 2:06 PM in response to amytula

My wife and I thought about creating separate ID's for iMessage and FaceTime, but since you can associate more than one phone number with an Apple ID, we just use our phone numbers only for iMessages and FaceTime and leave the email address for the iCloud account unchecked, and it works perfect for us.


It just amazes me about all the responses about how your not supposed to share an account and so forth when in fact you can and Apple even states you can.


Hopefully Apple fixes this bug soon.

Jun 22, 2015 10:24 AM in response to barneyman

I just logged into this support forum for the first time to say this is happening to me also, and none of the suggested items works.


To the **** continually saying not to share iCloud across multiple devices. That is not a valid answer and frankly your continual push for that solution makes you look bad.


We need a real solution that restores prior functionality, that Apple allows.


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