Call History showing up on another iPhone

robdinoto wrote:

Dear Meg St Clair, your comment is typical of someone who hasn't experienced the problem. In effect complete rubbish feedback. The actual problem is that recent calls lists are duplicated for SOME calls , at random , with no pattern , on some devices, not others , again with no pattern. What I personally experience is that every couple of days some calls made on one phone appear on another, but not on the third device. The next day the reverse happens , maybe, maybe not. So to blindly say this is expected behaviour is firstly wrong. Because in fact the calls lists are NOT duplicated. They're mixed, withough any pattern.

This is a bug. Plain and simple . And needs to be fixed.

Enjoy your iPhone.

I had the same problem: 2 iPhones (2 different numbers, 2 different carriers), one for business, and both sharing the same Apple ID (why not?). I think that this issue (having the recent calls list syncing on both iPhones) can be fixed turning the "iPhone Cellular Calls" on FaceTime setting off (Settings -> FaceTime -> iPhone Cellular Calls). For me, it solved the problem.

Sorry if this is in the new discussion already, I tried to go to the branch and was denied access.

I have the same behavior, and it makes no sense. It does not change for me after defeating the hand-off insidiousness. Apple is secretly backing up and sharing this data in a way that is not transparent. This occurs for me with all hand-off & facetime features turned off, while on separate networks. I have a TON of apple devices, many of which serve as Netflix TVs or audio platforms.

If you're about to say unique icloud accounts, please don't. There are many reasons to have this arrangement, and it shouldn't be a situation where users need to reconfigure and manage a household of accounts for people to have useful phone behavior. I do enough sys admin work as it is, I do not need to add more accounts to the mix.

At this point, it's frustrating. I've overcome all of the ringing on other devices, but can't get call logs to be separate. Why, exactly, do I need Apple to be privy to all of my families calling behavior? That's what's happening. Somewhere all of this data is being sent up to a server and downloaded to other devices. Not something I asked for and not something I want.

How do we shut that off? If anyone has figured this out, please let me know. I'm testing turning off iCloud storage right now and will report back if I get any traction.

-Michael

If you want use it in a manner not recommended that is up to you, there are consequences, as you have seen. You'll need to live with them. If it bothers you too much you'll need to use a different pair of phones, Androids maybe?

Squidaped wrote:

On a positive note, if you turn off iCloud syncing it fixes it. Now I'm curious which syncing item they are sneaking this under or if it's not covered by any of the select-able options.

Oh good, a solution. Well done.

Joewalsh91 wrote:

Is it too hard to understand that it wasn't broke until handoff was created? If ID's aren't meant to be shared why does Apple allow it? Don't tell people what to do when you don't know the answer.

Apple allows you to drop your phone in the toilet but they recommend against it. It's the same thing with sharing Apple IDs.

That isn't what Philly_Phan was referring to. Using the same Apple/iCloud ID on multiple devices is fine as long as all of those devices belong to one person. It works swimmingly with my Mac, iPhone 4, iPhone 5s, and iPad. But I don't share an Apple ID with my husband. He has his own Apple ID and is signed onto his own iCloud account on his multiple Macs and his iPhone.

Entirely different things....

GB

But exactly this icloud over different devices from one person does this (unwanted, buggy) call list sync. And no one should say, that it is wanted in the current way: Syncing of the list only one way, only sometimes, without a Switch to deactivate it.

Someony wrote a few wweks ago, that this sync does not happen anymore / this bug is fixed, with one of the iOS9 betas. Can someone confirm this?

I see no reason for sharing an Apple ID with other person. One can always set up the Family Sharing. And I can see no reason disabling iCloud syncing over different devices. That's what it was made for: sync over different devices!

For the Recent Call list syncing over 2 iPhones or devices (this forum subject) I've solved this problem turning off the FaceTime "iPhone Cellular Calls" in one device. Voilà! No more recent calls list syncing.

rgds,

Leonardo

Thanks arganto for something relevant, that's the scenario I'm seeing. ljcbraga - Facetime is off on the phone getting erroneous data. It's not a case of them syncing on the same WLAN - happens when the phones are on separate cell towers, so it's being uploaded to iCloud.

And I think I found it! Just turn off iCloud Drive and leave the other services on. Eureka!

Apparently you CAN use the same iCloud account across devices the way you ought to be able to, just took some digging.

Where is Apple in this matter? Apple confronted us suddenly with this major problem and keeps his mouth shut! If Apple wants us to have our own Apple ID (account) that’s fine, but it would be polite to the costumer if they inform us first, so that everyone can anticipate on the matter. Now I was suddenly confronted with the recent calls from my wife, what could be the beginning of a lot of problems. This matter came unexpected and unannounced and I am waiting for the first claim to Apple. So, this saying I think it’s an ordinary bug. I cannot believe that Apple is acting this way deliberately. If so, then it is a very arrogant action with no respect for the privacy of their costumers at all!

The fact that Apple introduced Family Sharing shows that the focus is on using same ID’s only for people who uses more devices and not for sharing it with family members. It can also be shared with friends and more and that is not good for the Apple store business. So Apple looked for a trick how tot tackle this problem. That’s hard, because how to find out for Apple who is family and who is a friend or neighbor? Well, you don’t like to share your recent call list with your friends or neighbors and Apple thought that sharing it with family would not be a big problem. IT IS! Apple forces us to make our own ID’s and gives us Family Sharing in stead with a maximum of six persons.

I understand Apple if this is the real reason for the change, but de execution of it doesn’t disserves a price.

Question: Does this problem not exists in Family Sharing? If not, all above makes sens.

(Excuses for my English, it’s not my mother language)

And again, what do this have to do with the problem? It is not shared between different users, but icloud is shared for different devices for one user. And this user gets this syncs from time to time and only one way.

HOMMEL wrote:

If Apple wants us to have our own Apple ID (account) that’s fine, but it would be polite to the costumer if they inform us first, so that everyone can anticipate on the matter.

What, you mean like they did when you created the account to begin with?

The fact that Apple introduced Family Sharing shows that the focus is on using same ID’s only for people who uses more devices and not for sharing it with family members. It can also be shared with friends and more and that is not good for the Apple store business. So Apple looked for a trick how tot tackle this problem. That’s hard, because how to find out for Apple who is family and who is a friend or neighbor? Well, you don’t like to share your recent call list with your friends or neighbors and Apple thought that sharing it with family would not be a big problem. IT IS! Apple forces us to make our own ID’s and gives us Family Sharing in stead with a maximum of six persons.

Um.. no. You have no idea what you're talking about.

arganto wrote:

And again, what do this have to do with the problem? It is not shared between different users, but icloud is shared for different devices for one user. And this user gets this syncs from time to time and only one way.

Then 'this user' has set everything up incorrectly.

And 'this user' can do whatever he/she wants, Apples position at least is clear.

And can you then please explain, what this user has ser incorrectly. The user enabled iCloud on two own iPhone to share (Keychane, documents, ...) over both iPhones and with this iCloud-documents (this is, for what iCloud is build for), the user gets the recent call list synced from time to time and only in one direction.

I have never read anything from Apple regarding this sync, that means, when it should occure and when not and in which direction, so Apple's Position is not clear.