My iPhone 6+ is recognised incorrectly by Air drop

I have an iPhone 6+ and recently purchased an iPhone 6s for my wife and set it up for her. We have separate Apple Ids and icloud accounts. And she is added as a family member in my Apple id so that I can share my purchases with Her. How ever I'm facing a peculiar problem when using Air drop to share things. When she uses air drop to share pics with me, my phone shows up in her name on her screen. And her phone also shows up in her name when I use air drop to share pics with her (which is how it should be).


Why is her phone not recognising my phone correctly. Where does air drop pick up a phone's identity?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.3, 64 GB

Posted on May 19, 2016 8:46 AM

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May 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to hibhaven

hibhaven wrote:


I have an iPhone 6+ and recently purchased an iPhone 6s for my wife and set it up for her. We have separate Apple Ids and icloud accounts. And she is added as a family member in my Apple id so that I can share my purchases with Her. How ever I'm facing a peculiar problem when using Air drop to share things. When she uses air drop to share pics with me, my phone shows up in her name on her screen. And her phone also shows up in her name when I use air drop to share pics with her (which is how it should be).


Why is her phone not recognising my phone correctly. Where does air drop pick up a phone's identity?

How to use AirDrop with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


by contacts name.


Or by device name.

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