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 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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Jun 22, 2015 2:56 PM in response to FelipeV

I agree that the calendar portion of that statement is the best way to go. My wife and I have had separate calendar accounts through gcal since they started, and we just "subscribe" to each other's calendars. Has worked that way for iCloud calendars as well.

The reason I share an iCloud account with my wife (even in the face of the newer family features) is due to contacts. Contacts can't be subscribed to, and manually syncing contacts between accounts is a step backwards.

There are workarounds on the phone, and it is more a matter of willpower setting up the requisite family icloud account and the (2) separate but equal icloud accounts for my wife and I. I dabbled before, but in the end found it easier to just carry on as usual.

I do fear that the day is coming somewhat soon when the utility of using one icloud account for (2) people will end.

Jun 27, 2015 7:29 AM in response to barneyman

What a most unhelpful thread!.


Those using the iphone since the launch of the first iphone will all know that sharing your ID was common practice to avoid purchasing duplicate material. How folks can repeat post after post that the IDs are not meant to be shared is beyond me. It's been the common practice of nearly all families since 2007. This includes folks who don't have an iphone, but an itunes account and again don't want to purchase duplicate material. This has worked fine for most until iOS 8.3. Apple changed something. What did they change? Duplicating all info from one iphone to another. What would have been more helpful would have been the following statement:


Although sharing IDs has been a widespread practice, with the changes of iOS 8.3 Apple has decided to place a single ID's content on all devices that are signed into that ID. In an attempt to alleviate the frustration, they have created Family Sharing. This in essence is an attempted replacement for sharing ID's across phones, tablets and computers.


Something you might want to be aware of if you go down the family sharing line. Even though apple say all purchases can be done through a single debit/credit card, in reality every new user who signs up cannot do so without their own payment details. Further, trying to create an account for a child requires adding a credit card to your account as proof that you are the account holder. So all-in-all family sharing is essentiually apple harvesting contact details of all your family members and gaining extra payment methods. nothing to say of the hassle of setting this up.


I think I can live with extra recent calls in my iphone and hope that the jailbreak community will issue a fix for this, as apple certainly won't.

Jun 27, 2015 8:03 AM in response to Csound1

That's the reason there is this thread. There was no problem until apple changed something. Now there is a problem.


In all reality you are correct about the single user ID comment as it pertains to icloud (introduced 2011). The difficulty I believe many users are having is that multiple users to one ID worked fine under mobileme (and icloud up until 2015). As for those old enough to have been using apple for the past 8 years, they have established a system for which there was no alternative in the early years. To be honest it's only with Family Sharing that this is being addressed by apple. My only annoyance is that it's a cumbersome fix for those already set up sharing their ID over a number of devices. Plus many (like myself) do not want their children to have an account with apple. Take a normal family of four. Everything working smoothly from one account. Now my wife needs an account with payment details (another account to keep track of), my daughter needs an account (I now need to enter credit card details for a credit card I have no intention of using even thought my debit card doubles as a credit card) and my son needs an account (repeat my daughter's set up steps). I imagine once they turn 14 their account will be blocked until their create their own account with payment details.


All this because my calls log is appearing on my wife's iphone!


My preferred solution would have been for apple to allow me to add up to 6 devices to my account. This would have been simple. I log into itunes add the six devices (in my case 4) and all is working smoothly. Some may argue that this is what apple has done but they haven't . Apple have allowed 6 family account to connect to one account, but the separate accounts are needed. For what purpose I ask myself. None except possibly apple looking to increase their income and harvest more contact details. I see no need of family sharing the way it has been set up. Each iOS device has it's own ID which is sufficient. It would have been far more customer friendly to allow people to add all their devices to one account, but apple have purposely not allowed this. This is a real shame.


Have a nice day!!

Jun 28, 2015 10:48 PM in response to barneyman

I am having the same problem. I just noticed this issue tonight. I am a child in the family and began to get all my mom's missed call feed. I attempted to make my own iTunes account prior to this happening and my mom told me to get back on the family iTunes. I was not experiencing this issue which bothers me quite frankly until tonight. Our ID is off for messages and FaceTime. Therefore, they do not transfer to one another. It is only the missed call feed. The actual calls do not appear on the other phone, just the feed. Our iCloud is set to allow only contacts backed up between devices. (besides apps, music, vids) My handoff is off and I am not quite sure about my mother's handoff. However, my brother is also on the same iTunes account and is not experiencing the issue. If anyone has any true solution besides saying to make my own iTunes account, please inform me.

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