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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 4, 2016 12:44 PM in response to Champaggne

As far as the pictures go, it depends on how you have them set up. What iOS are you running on your phones? If you are using Photo Stream, then once the iCloud account is signed out of, the Photo Stream will go away. Anything in the Camera Roll would stay, and anything that was sync'd directly to the phone via iTunes on a computer would stay, but Photo Stream is tied to the iCloud account that is signed into iCloud.


If you wanted those photos on his phone, you can always send them to his phone from your phone using iCloud Photo Sharing:


iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ - Apple Support


You can also have shared albums with the Family Sharing account, so you should be able to get the photos back to his phone fairly easily via either one of those two mechanisms.


And yes, to your first question as well - by signing your ID out, and his ID back in, you are "re-assigning" the phone and all of the places where that phone is connected back to his ID, so the accounts would then be separated again.


Cheers,


GB

Feb 4, 2016 8:51 PM in response to Philly_Phan

>> When did I or anyone else call him a liar? You/re the only one that used that term.


You don't have to use the term to call someone effectively a liar. Really! Do you think folks can't read what you're saying? He called Apple and was told it was definitely a bug. He was immediately called delusional, a troll and you supported the delusional claim with a "statement of fact".. links are provided below.


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Feb 4, 2016 8:52 PM in response to JAta2

JAta2 wrote:


>> When did I or anyone else call him a liar? You/re the only one that used that term.


You don't have to use the term to call someone effectively a liar. Really! Do you think folks can't read what you're saying? He called Apple and was told it was definitely a bug. He was immediately called delusional, a troll and you supported the delusional claim with a "statement of fact".. links are provided below.


Re: My recent calls appearing on another iPhone!?

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You remain the only individual to use the term "liar."

Feb 5, 2016 6:59 AM in response to DuncBob

I mean no disrespect with that response and feel that logic is correct right here, reality however not entirely. And then again I can not find info anywhere that iPhone is an actual phone and mac book air is an actual computer. At least not directly from Apple. So for the time being I intend to agree with you, until Apple tells me that iPhone is an actual phone - I will stop making calls. Looked over all of the specifications and the word phone only exists in one of the green apps named like that.

http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/

Feb 11, 2016 6:58 AM in response to gail from maine

gail from maine wrote:


Not wanting to read through this whole thread again, just wanted to make sure that you have seen the link to send your feedback to Apple: Apple - Feedback


There are enough people who don't like this behavior that I think sending feedback would be useful.


Cheers,


GB

Thanks - I saw one of your posts earlier and took your advice 🙂

Feb 11, 2016 7:10 AM in response to gail from maine

gail from maine wrote:


Not wanting to read through this whole thread again, just wanted to make sure that you have seen the link to send your feedback to Apple: Apple - Feedback


There are enough people who don't like this behavior that I think sending feedback would be useful.


Cheers,


GB

I will also make sure to send my feedback, that I love that feature, ability to react to phone calls that my wife missed when she is at work and the once that I missed when I am at work. Thank you Apple for providing us with that feature.(bug). I love you Apple. I will feedback you Apple.

Mar 20, 2016 5:37 PM in response to barneyman

I just recently started having this same problem with ios update 9. Apple support says that with this new update, every device using the same apple ID will show all the calls made from every device using the same apple ID. I've been doing this for years with my four iPhones because of the find my iPhone app so I can locate my kids. This problem only started with ios 9 update. Apple support told me there is no fix for this problem. Apple tech suggested I complain via their feedback website because they have received so many complaints and calls about this issue. Take the time to send a negative feedback for this issue so they will fix it. http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Apr 3, 2016 8:03 PM in response to Thendil

No one here is advocating that you use two separate Apple IDs for your own devices and your own use.


Apple has long discouraged two different people sharing the same Apple ID, which has become more and more chaotic as the technology to make a single user's experience between their devices and computers as seamless as possible.


There is no question that for those people who have a single Apple ID, but who use two different devices for two separate purposes, the intermingling of call lists is problematic to say the least. This is something that we have encouraged time and time again to send Feedback to Apple about. Only they can change the way the system currently works: Apple - Feedback


In the meantime, if you decide to have two or three or 500 people all use the same Apple ID, then you will get no sympathy from anyone here. There are a myriad of ways for people with separate Apple IDs to share those things they wish to share, but having the same ID for two entirely different people is simply asking for trouble.


Cheers,


GB

May 8, 2016 7:50 PM in response to @lice

It's not a secret. It's called Continuity, and it is a feature of signing into iCloud on all of your devices:


Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support


This is what allows you to make calls from any device or Mac. Obviously if all of the devices and computers can make calls or return calls, they need to share a call list to do that. As has been stated time and time again in this post, if you don't like the way it works, tell Apple: Apple - Feedback


It also has been stated multiple times in this thread that we are all users here. So stop browbeating everyone. You are just as capable of any of us to do a little research. If you don't like what you see, then let Apple know. We do not have any control over what Apple does or doesn't do. We just try to help people in the best way we can. No matter how many times you stamp your feet, it is not going to result in anything changing. So, again, tell it to Apple. We can't help you here.


GB

May 22, 2016 10:27 PM in response to RexRox

RexRox wrote:


We share an Apple ID because Apple have not yet come up with another suitable option for a family (who are also a small business) to share Contacts, Calendars etc.

OK, so apparently you have never heard of Family Sharing, which was introduced at the same time that iOS 8 was:


Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing


You should look into using this feature if you do not want to continue to have the issue with the call logs.


Cheers,


GB

Jun 5, 2016 9:55 PM in response to garypaul

Re: My recent calls appearing on another iPhone!?

This will solve the problem go to settings--Mail,contacts,calendars-- scroll down to the contacts section and click on the my info tab and change that to the correct iPhone contact number. If your phone is logged into the same iTunes iCloud sign in it defaulted to that main contact. I have a personal phone and business phone and my business phone was listed as my personal contact name under my info that is why all the calls would show in recent calls this will solve the problem.


I added a new myinfo contact with the number of my business on my business iPhone and log sharing has disappeared, Chances are that if you do the same for your multiple iPhones on the same iCloud account the call logging will stop. You will have to add a new contact for your self on each phone

but with the primary number of each particular phone.


If this indeed is the 'solution" we all each owe PenelopeDoloa 1$

Jun 27, 2016 10:09 AM in response to rcarlosr

I called Apple support on this issue again and talked to Eden at level 2. She has an iPhone 5s and an iPhone 6s and she is not having this BUG.

I also left a feed back with Apple. I was able to get around the problem by shutting off Facetime on one phone but that was just a work around.


I would sugest to everyone having this problem to leave a feedback with apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Jul 6, 2016 3:08 PM in response to garypaul

Oct 9, 2015 12:27 PM in response to barneyman


This will solve the problem go to settings--Mail,contacts,calendars-- scroll down to the contacts section and click on the my info tab and change that to the correct iPhone contact number. If your phone is logged into the same iTunes iCloud sign in it defaulted to that main contact. I have a personal phone and business phone and my business phone was listed as my personal contact name under my info that is why all the calls would show in recent calls this will solve the problem.


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Sep 10, 2016 4:55 PM in response to Dennis Poust

Dismissiveness does not help.


Right back at ya.


People on this thread have already made an intelligent decision that sharing an Apple ID is the best option for them to share the features they want to share


As is their right. Which has been acknowledged throughout this thread ad nauseum.


Shouldn't intelligent people should also accept the consequences of their actions? By sharing an Apple ID, you are presenting yourself, from a communication perspective, as one entity. In POTS terms, a party line.


You come here looking for solutions, but reject them when given.


iTunes Match is $25 a year. iCloud storage is a buck a month. You want Apple to engineer a privacy solution to save you those costs? Perhaps send me your address and I'll gift you the $37 for your first year.


Vent here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/



If not, just repeating, "Don't share an Apple ID" is a waste of everyone's time.


as is repeating this...


people have very good reasons for sharing an Apple ID

Call History showing up on another iPhone

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