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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 May 23, 2015 4:58 AM

John The Silent Musician wrote:



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.

It is not weird. It is working as it is meant to. iDevices that share the same Apple/iCloud ID will have content synched amongst the devices, and will "ring" once a call is received if the Handoff/Continuity feature is enabled and therefore you will see calls on the log of both phones. Handoff will only work if the two devices are on the same Wifi network.


If you want to "synch" calendars, share a calendar only or use the Family share feature:

Family Sharing - Apple Support

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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

Sep 16, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Dennis Poust

Dennis Poust wrote:


If Apple would just allow multiple Apple IDs to sync to the same Photos library and share iTunes Match, our problem would be solved. Family Sharing is a good solution for sharing between parents and kids, but not between spouses.

What Apple should or shouldn't do are not relevant here, nor is discussion of such permitted by the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use.


This is a user to user technical support forum. We can not change the way it works. How it works has already been explained to you. If you don't like it, you can submit feedback to Apple using the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page.


Please stop beating this dead horse.

Sep 16, 2016 1:04 PM in response to Dennis Poust

If you use the same Apple ID for iTunes & App Store you both would be using the same Apple iCloud Music Library, since both devices/computers would be signed into that one ID.


It is the iCloud and other sign ins that should not be the same ID.


Photos is one of the things that does not allow multiple people to use a single iCloud Photos Library. You might want to let Apple Know that you'd like to see that sort of feature added: Apple - Feedback


Cheers,


GB

Jan 2, 2017 11:29 PM in response to gail from maine

I definitely became an evangelist.. 😊 What I do not understand is why there so so many people with their thousands of points can not think outside the box. I found the right person to give credit for the solution:


PenelopeDolo



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

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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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Notice she has ZERO points..

Jun 9, 2017 1:39 PM in response to uskrums

You don't have to share an Apple ID to share photos. With Family Sharing you get a shared photo album. See the brief description here:Family Sharing - Apple Support about half way down the page. you can have both private and shared albums. Here are more details on sharing with anyone: iCloud Photo Sharing - Apple Support


But for greater flexibility I've found that Google Photos and Upthere.com are much better solutions. You are not restricted to sharing among family members; you can create albums that can be shared with anyone you want to. You can also use dropbox or box.com, although they aren't quite as feature-rich.

Aug 7, 2017 3:04 PM in response to Ponokona

Best to read this, which should answer most of your questions: Family Sharing - Apple Support


Start there, and come back with anything that isn't clear. To answer your direct question, you can have up to 6 separate Apple IDs in a family share. The idea is to have a separate ID for each user, however, if a user has more than one device they should use the same Apple ID for all of the individual user's devices.


You can still share music and app purchases, photos (you can have both private and shared albums), private and share calendars, etc.

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