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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 3, 2017 8:15 PM

Yes me is two separate people with different names, numbers and emails. Why would I create a separate accounts when we have had iPhones for 5 years with no problems before? This thread is on page 126 on my phone, that has been mentioned ad nauseum. I want the phones to work like they have the last 5 years.

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Feb 1, 2017 12:34 PM in response to n_revell

n_revell wrote:


Because you're attempting to use the device in a way that was not intended. That's why it's random and partial. Apple minces no words in saying that iCloud and Apple IDs are designed to be one per person, and all information associated with that Apple ID is designed to be shared across all of your personal devices.


Are you actually READING my posts before hitting the Reply button? You replied to my post, so yeah, I'm quoting you.


My situation: 1 person with 2 phones. iCloud is designed to share information between **MY** personal devices. It syncs everything quite well between the 2 phones...... EXCEPT CALL HISTORY. Call History is only random sync, about 1 out of every 10 items.


n_revell wrote:


Apple's ecosystem is not designed for use with multiple phones per person either


Well... WHICH IS IT??? Your first paragraph said "one person" and "shared across all of yoru personal devices". Now you say NOT for multiple phones. Phone == Device. CLEARLY Apple designed iCloud to sync CALL HISTORY between devices, which means they DID intend for MULTIPLE phones of a single person to be on the same iCloud account.


You're not actually READING my posts before hitting Reply-- but I wonder if you're even reading what YOU are writing.


n_revell wrote:


As far as "Not being able to keep track of" your kids having Apple IDs, I'm concerned with your cognitive abilities.

Who are you talking to? Certainly not me. I don't have a bunch of kids running around with phones. Therefore I am concerned with YOUR cognitive abilities, because you apparently aren't aware of who you're replying to.

Feb 1, 2017 2:03 PM in response to n_revell

n_revell wrote:


Apple's ecosystem is designed to be one phone number and one Apple ID per person. That way all your calls via Wi-Fi calling and all of your text messages will go to all of your devices, as well as all of your data.


Not really. The rule is one Apple ID per person. There has never been any limitation as to the type of devices that that one person can be signed into. There has never been any expectation that a single person with a single Apple ID could not have two phones that they were using. I've been using two phones for years. That is not one of the caveats....


GB

Feb 1, 2017 4:15 PM in response to n_revell

I am not concerned about his "cognitive" abilities. I am concerned about the arrogance of many here who refuse

to find an answer to the problem. This seems typical of Apple. You will use the device the way Apple says you

will use the device and the public be d**mned. It seems obvious to me that only a very obtuse individual can not

see what people want.. This would not be a problem for android users.


I pay the $12 a year to have storage from Apple, I refuse to pay another $12 a year to have a separate iCloud

account for my other iPhone. I was able to keep my 2 iPhones from sharing call history. It would seem to a

reasonable person that call history sharing could be shut off with a simple code rewrite.


Yes I have written to Apple's suggestion box.. Yes I am free to use the phone as I want. and Yes Apple should

consider most of these peoples needs and desires, because it is easier to share content in one iCloud account.

If people are concerned about a teenager clearing his mounting photo albums then put a software switch in the iCloud that iCloud content can only be deleted from an iPhone and a user can only delete content from iCloud by logging into the account from the web.

Feb 15, 2017 10:10 AM in response to barneyman

Reading through the replies to this question, I'm still not seeing an answer.

Here's what is happening on my phone.

I share icloud/apple id with my daughter, i agree with others that two separate is

ridiculous regarding cost, etc.

The main thing crossing over from her phone is texts from one number.

I also see see her caller id but i could care less about that.


How do I disconnect this one phone number from her friend so i don't receive their

convo on my phone?????

Other friends have iphones like this friend, but this ONE number is the only one

where the texts are crossing over to my phone....weird.


I have gone to settings and unchecked her number from my phone so that

i shouldn't see her convos, etc... that should disconnect her texting from mine.

But I continue to receive texts from that one number.


help.

Feb 15, 2017 11:03 AM in response to Kansasmama

What Kilted Tim said. And the people who are saying that two IDs are ridiculous are the ones that are using the same iCloud ID for themselves on two different phones - one a home phone and one a work phone.


Do not share your iCloud ID. iCloud is designed to sync everything when it is signed in to different devices and computers. You are still getting the texts because they are iMessages which do not care about the phone number. iMessages can send to anything that is listed in the Send & Receive list.


Your daughter should have her own Apple/iCloud ID. If you want to share an Apple ID for iTunes, then that is fine. She would just sign in your common ID into the iTunes & Apps Store under Settings. Sharing an Apple ID for iCloud is absolutely not fine, and you will run into endless problems if you continue to share an Apple/iCloud ID with any other person.


GB

Feb 15, 2017 11:33 AM in response to gail from maine

gail from maine wrote:


What Kilted Tim said. And the people who are saying that two IDs are ridiculous are the ones that are using the same iCloud ID for themselves on two different phones - one a home phone and one a work phone.



Nobody will answer the question why the sync is PARTIAL. I've seen many posts from different people complaining of PARTIAL sync.


I get that sync is supposed to happen by design. But it's supposed to be FULL sync, not sporadic random sync. About 1 in 10 call history entries sync between my devices. 9 out of 10 DO NOT sync.


THAT is a broken system.


But the Apple fanboys are so busy being mindless sheep, they can't see there IS a problem that IS NOT related to misunderstanding alone.

Feb 15, 2017 11:39 AM in response to rebus9

Nobody said there isn't a mystery here. We have no idea why the entire call list doesn't show on both phones. Maybe if someone really analyzed it, they might find a pattern. But, when two different people share an Apple/iCloud ID, they are going to have a lot more issues than a shared call list that is not a mirror reflection. The poster I was responding to (if you had taken the time to read the post), was wondering why she was getting texts from her daughter's friend.


There is really no need to log into this forum for the first time and to start insulting people. My response to the poster was correct and valid. And, in this thread, I have agreed several times that there is some sort of issue with the recent call list.


So, before you start accusing me (or anyone else) of being an Apple Fanboy, get your facts straight. And really, flaming is against the TOU of this forum, so there is no reason to ever call anyone names. A bit childish....


GB

Feb 15, 2017 11:44 AM in response to gail from maine

gail from maine wrote:



So, before you start accusing me (or anyone else) of being an Apple Fanboy, get your facts straight. And really, flaming is against the TOU of this forum, so there is no reason to ever call anyone names. A bit childish....




Calm down. I didn't say YOU were a fanboy, nor did I accuse you personally of anything. Referring me to the TOU is a bit over the top.


I referenced a very specific problem, shared by others beyond myself. Stop being so overly dramatic and let's keep on topic.

Feb 15, 2017 11:50 AM in response to rebus9

On topic? This topic is dead. It's been beaten to death. Don't share iCloud accounts. Full Stop. That's all there is to it. Insisting on doing so will cause problems that can be blamed on no one other than you.

Arguments as to why one must not share accounts, or insisting that doing so is somehow preferable to actually doing it the way it's supposed to be done are pointless. They will not alter reality in any way.

If you want to talk about why things aren't syncing the way you think they should on multiple devices being used by the same individual, go start a new thread. THAT is off topic in this one.

Feb 15, 2017 7:15 PM in response to garypaul

rockmyplimsoul's response was to a rude poster who responded to my post without even taking the time to understand the context of that post. In this situation, two different people were sharing the same Apple/iCloud ID, and the Mom wanted to know why she was getting texts from her daughter's friend.


So, again, in this situation, no one was arguing about call logs or a single user being signed into iCloud on different devices.


Cheers,


GB

Feb 21, 2017 9:43 PM in response to DemonLourde

Well good luck with that. That particular workaround has been recommended in several pages of this thread. The only actual resolution that seems to be a permanent fix is the one that was recommended by garypaul. So, glad you are all set, but ending your post with name calling hardly seems to be an appropriate way to make a recommendation that people will flock to. You really should consider who it is you are posting to here. Fellow users. No need to call anyone names....


GB

Feb 26, 2017 6:57 PM in response to gail from maine

Any chance somebody can compile a checklist of all recommendations?


*I've turned off the Handoff on all 3 IPhones 6+, 6s+, 7+.

*I've turned off using the Apple ID for FaceTime for all 3 phones

*I've made sure all 3 phones are set to their specific phone number for send and receive in Messages

* I've turned off WiFi calling on all 3 phones.


All this and there is still a mismatch on 2 of the phones the continue to provide 'recent calls' from the other phones, making it impossible to know if you missed a call to your phone or if another phone was called. Also, this situation is not good from a privacy standpoint as numbers to/from appear on other phones. There must be a simple answer. Thanks in advance for your help.

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