Call History showing up on another iPhone

Hi all

I just fixed this on our lines. Last few days all calls made by all phones showing up on recent called lists for each device. Don't listen to those folks making you turn off iCloud or FaceTime or poo-pooing shared apple id. We families use this feature to find everyone accurately.

Here's the answer.

This is a new slobbering feature in iOS 8.1.2;

To fix it go to setup/General/hand off & suggested apps and shut off ALL 3 options on that screen for each phone. Mine is fixed; I cleared all recents on all phones but most recent still shows up on the double-click apps switching screen. Do it now.... Save yourself!!!

good luck

You have no idea what you are talking about

So if you turn off handoff, then handoff won't work. Brilliant. This was not happening when handoff was on before, so your suggestion is pointless. And if you want to "share" IDs use the Family Share feature. IDs are not meant to be shared.

So poo poo to you..

your mom must be so proud of you.

Been sharing app I'd for years.

It works

Good for you. Fantastic. Now what do you want? A medal? It will work until the owner of the ID lets you and doesn't revok your access or lock you out. But whatever turns you on, I guess...

The same thing is happening to me. Wife uses a 4S on iOS 8.3 and I use a 5S on iOS 8.3.

I see all of my wife's calls on my iPhone. I noticed it two weeks ago and at first it freaked me out. Thought there was a glitch with the phone and cleared my call history, rebooted the phone and thought all is normal. But yesterday and today it is happening again.

And yes we both share the same iTune's account, didn't know that sort of thing was frowned upon. Regardless, we never had this problem before. I do not use Handoff & Suggested Apps, those things have always been turned off on my iPhone and that is not even an option on my wife's 4S.

And you do not need to be on the same network for this to happen. I am at work and my wife is at home and I am seeing all the calls she is making today while I am sitting at my desk at work. And two weeks ago when I first noticed it, she was on the other side of the country.

I guess its not a huge problem, it is just weird. I look at my iPhone and see all these calls I did not make or receive.

Hopefully Apple will come up with a fix for this soon.

Handoff is off on the 5. 4s is not suppose to be able to do this yet my 4s see the calls to the 5

4S does not have this option. How do I stop this now?

The 4S supports limited continuity features.

ID's have been shared since the beginning of ios. Handoff is the issue. New option in 8.3 with bugs.

Then don;t share them; it will solve the problem. Get separate ID and use the Family Share feature as has been explained here ad nauseam. Is that so hard to understand?

With no way to turn them off.

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.

Joewalsh91 wrote:

Don't tell people what to do when you don't know the answer.

The answer is again: use Family Share if the problem really bothers you.If you want more help contact Apple Support directly. Actually Apple (or anyone else on this forum) really doesn't care what you do or if you follow the advice given here. And I really don't care either. Deal with your reality as you wish.

Have a nice day.

I think the misunderstanding is on your part, sir.

I have never had the Hand-off feature enabled. I have used one Apple ID for all of my devices, so it isn't shared with anyone, but is on multiple devices. If you are suggesting that every device needs its own Apple ID, then what is the point of the Mail and Keychain sync capabilities?

Most importantly: what part of "no one reported this issue until starting last Friday, 22 May" is not clear to you? Another poster has stated that they have spoken to Apple via phone, and was told this is not expected behavior. Something changed, and of the 3+ dozen people on this thread, at least one of them (me) never changed a thing on the devices.

Enough with the "don't share Apple ID" stuff. It is a red herring. I've been in this field for 30+ years, and 13 of those were with... Apple. If you can offer a cogent explanation as to why one person sharing an Apple ID across multiple devices is bad, please offer it up to substantiate your claims. Yes, not sharing will "solve" the problem. That makes about as much sense and putting my phone in Airplane mode to stop spam phone calls 😝

It's a cloud-side bug that was introduced around 22 May, and Apple's typically opaque process for fixing anything doesn't help. Let's hope they get enough phone calls to alert the developers. As you say, they aren't paying attention to our nice discussion, lol.

skwirl wrote:

Enough with the "don't share Apple ID" stuff. It is a red herring. I've been in this field for 30+ years, and 13 of those were with... Apple. If you can offer a cogent explanation as to why one person sharing an Apple ID across multiple devices is bad, please offer it up to substantiate your claims.

Is it a red herring? This was just posted:

Separating iMessage due to Divorce

(and this is one of many "problems" due to sharing Apple IDs that have been aired here on this forum; do a search if you don not believe me). In any case, the solution as of this moment (unless you have a better one and/or until Apple recognizes the "bug" and fixes it) is the one I have explained.

Have a nice day.