Sharing HomeKit problem - Apple ID is not registered with iCloud problem

On last Thursday we shared a HomeKit (host is my wife's iPad) to my wife's sister. From that moment, I lost connection with iPad - Home App on my iPhone was showing an error connecting to it. So, I removed my my account from guests, then her sister's. Now, my wife can't invite anyone - Home App is always telling that this Apple ID is not registered with iCloud.

I tried:

- to restart all devices

- log-out and log-in to iCloud on all devices

- reinstall Home App on all devices

- disable and enable contacts sync

- to send invitation from “guest” HomeKit to the “host” HomeKit - ironically same problem - Apple ID is not registered with iCloud

Nothing works. Now, only my wife can use HomeKit devices. What is going on or what am I doing wrong ?

iPad Mini Wi-Fi, iOS 11.2

Posted on Dec 11, 2017 4:55 AM

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r205

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4 points

Posted on Dec 14, 2017 4:15 AM

Upgraded all iOS devices to 11.2.1 and also my Apple TV 4. Everything works fine again for me and also my invitees. Home crises over christmas prevented. :-)

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Dec 19, 2017 12:28 PM in response to J_sims

No luck uninstalling the Hue app. Still can't share the same home on homekit. I can use the Hue lights thru homekit and wife can use the August lock thru homekit. We can't both use both

Dec 20, 2017 12:16 AM in response to Paul Kirvan

Good morning Paul. Thank you. I’m looking forward to recieving this update. I haven’t gotten it yet.

Dec 20, 2017 1:50 PM in response to stevenross2011

Good news ios 11.5.2 beta part 2 fixed the issue. 😁👍

Dec 23, 2017 2:02 PM in response to Evotec

11.2.1 does not fix this issue.

Dec 23, 2017 2:36 PM in response to brown3699

Still doesn’t work

nmb4

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4 points

Jan 2, 2018 5:26 PM in response to hoekster316

How do you get the 11.2.5 Beta download?

Jan 30, 2018 3:16 AM in response to 91er

Thank you. I never would have tried that. We are so conditioned to use an email address.

prc11375

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Mar 10, 2018 9:08 AM in response to Maciej Szydlowski

I’m am also having this same issue. I cannot add my wife who uses an iPhone 5 with the latest upda

Ace1193

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15 points

Dec 14, 2017 11:06 AM in response to Maciej Szydlowski

Okay so I’ve got mine working like this....

I had the smart devices and Home App setup in my account- and I could not invite my girlfriend.

So on my girlfriends account and Home App I invited myself to a “fake” home, and accepted.

Then from my Real home, on my account- I invited my girlfriend and it all worked 😬😬😬

Hope that helps and makes sense?

Dec 17, 2017 6:00 PM in response to vibhors

Um weird. I invited my mom using her @icloud.com email (which she uses for nothing) and it worked and registered her with her actual Apple ID email address which is NOT @icloud.com. It’s @aol.com. This is after I tried the fake home trick unsuccessfully.

Dec 17, 2017 6:37 PM in response to PhotoBiker1968

Ouch.

I tried the “reverse add” by going to my wife’s iPad and inviting me to her home, that did succeed, however, I couldn’t get her to see any of the new Phillips hue stuff.

I unInvited myself then deleted my default home which resulted in some fun research to get everything back.

I still got the error after all that mess, however, I tried my wife’s old me.com account and viola that worked. I believe the alternate email is the trick.

All set now.

theMKFY

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4 points

Dec 17, 2017 2:32 AM in response to Maciej Szydlowski

I only get this error when inviting iCloud family members. Inviting others works fine. All devices/apps are up to date.

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