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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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Jul 3, 2017 8:46 AM in response to barneyman

i have this problem and update 8.4 is years ago. it's a pain in the butt that apple is ignoring clearly since this issue is still alive in 2017. i have FaceTime turned off. we don't use the iCloud in spite of how hard apple keeps pushing it on us. we don't have hand off or family share turned on nor do we share a wi fi connection as my mom lives more than 200 miles away from me. we have cellular data turned off. so, can i hear a solution that actually addresses the problem?


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Jul 3, 2017 7:44 AM in response to 777lawless777

It is so easy to attribute everything to a dead man. It is to desecration to do so, however. And you are also wrong. Family Sharing and the idea that Apple IDs are personal was part of Mr. Jobs' grand design for iOS. The normal life cycle of product features starts years before they are released.


Your recent calls appear on another phone because you are not using it the way it was designed to work by Steve Jobs. Apple IDs are not intended to be shared, and never were. It wasn't a problem when all an Apple ID was for was to buy music, videos and apps. But once the continuity features (spec'd by Steve Jobs) were added it became important to not share Apple IDs or unpleasant consequences would result. As you have discovered. But Mr. Jobs anticipated this, and solved it by adding Family Sharing. So rather than attributing your issue to the demise of Mr. Jobs you might try using your phones the way Mr. Jobs intended them to be used.


And if you don't want to use Family Sharing you should still get separate Apple IDs for each user. If you want to share music, videos and apps, log in to the iTunes and App Stores with the same ID (which is allowed) but still use different Apple IDs for the phone itself.

Jul 3, 2017 10:59 AM in response to 777lawless777

777lawless777 wrote:


i have this problem and update 8.4 is years ago. it's a pain in the butt that apple is ignoring clearly since this issue is still alive in 2017. i have FaceTime turned off. we don't use the iCloud in spite of how hard apple keeps pushing it on us. we don't have hand off or family share turned on nor do we share a wi fi connection as my mom lives more than 200 miles away from me. we have cellular data turned off. so, can i hear a solution that actually addresses the problem?


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If you are not using iCloud at all, i.e. none of you are actually signed into iCloud, then the behavior you are reporting is simply not possible.

That's like saying that when you change the channel on the TV in your living room, the channel changes on your mother's TV 200 miles away when there is no physical connection between the two.

Aug 7, 2017 2:59 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Mr Finch,


If I create new apple id for my kids and husband, you suggest that I can do this and still share music? And what about photos when I go to sync with my desktop mac... i won't have issues there? I am nervous to take the step on what consequences for separating IDs. However, this recent calls thing drives me/husband nuts. The facetime fix is not working.


How many separate apple IDs are allowed for my desktop? Any issues there on authentication of devices? Big family, LOTs of devices.


Michelle

Oct 8, 2017 5:52 AM in response to KiltedTim

Before IOS 11.0.1 two phones Shared Apple ID for our calendars & different ID for iMessage & Face time. With new IOS this isn’t allowed and two phones mirriored. Turned off ID and assigned just phone numbers for face time & iMessage. Still didn’t solve the issue. What’s going on .. we need to share calendars but not our iMessaging

May 22, 2015 3:00 PM in response to barneyman

I'm getting the same thing. My wife's call log is appearing on my iphone and on an old iphone 4S we have that is signed into icloud. I have asked my wife to reboot her phone to see if it clears things up.


FYI we share icloud because it allows us to have a synchronized calendar, "find my iphone" and contacts under the same account. But this **** is weird. If I find anything, I'll share it here.

Call History showing up on another iPhone

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