Primary Phone

My daughter and I have iphone 6S. It seems that her phone has been made the primary phone because when I add an app, it gets added to her phone too. How can I change this?

Also, Can I lock her access to certain settings?

And, when I do the Find Friend feature, both her phone and my phone are only locating where my phone is located.

Posted on May 2, 2016 7:07 AM

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May 2, 2016 7:34 AM in response to gilboyc

There is no such thing as a "Primary" phone. If you are using the same Apple ID, and automatic downloads are turned on, all apps downloaded to one device will be automatically downloaded to any others using the same Apple ID.


Turn on Automatic Downloads

Stay in sync across your devices, and automatically download purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store to your computer, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with Automatic Downloads.

Turn on Automatic Downloads - Apple Support


You can go into Settings->iTunes & App Stores, and turn off Automatic Downloads on both iPhones.


Beyond that, you can set up restrictions on your daughter's iPhone to disable any features you may want.


Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

You can use Restrictions, also known as parental controls, to block or limit specific apps and features on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, including access to explicit content in the iTunes Store.


Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


As to Find My Friends, since you appear to be using the same Apple ID on both iPhones, only one device can share its location at a time.

About Find My Friends - Apple Support

You need to choose which device is going to share its location.


However, as elcpu suggested above, the best option to get everything to work, is to use separate Apple IDs on each device.

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