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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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 13, 2017 1:31 AM in response to dbaker0926

This Feature was Disabled by Apple, they cannot disclose why they disabled it for security reasons, only that its no longer a shared Application only the Main user can access Home Kit Devices via the HOME App.

They would not give me a timeline on the next update from Apple, I would suggest you just get the Native APP for each device and put on your family iphone so they can control devices.

Dec 13, 2017 12:11 AM in response to Maciej Szydlowski

I have had this same issue, and even attempted to delete the entire "home" and restart. I was able to invite both parties back, and it says "invitation pending" but there is no invitation on their devices. I have tried canceling the invite and resending, and I get an error "this email address is not associated with an iCloud.com email" even though both emails are @icloud.com ones.


What gives?? I'm on iOS 11.2... and my device works flawlessly. This is so frustrating!! Would appreciate any updates.

Dec 13, 2017 8:27 AM in response to Maciej Szydlowski

I have the same issue trying to add my wife. Initially I was able to add her, but she could not see all the devices so I tried removing her and re-inviting and the "Apple ID is not registered with iCloud" error started. I believe this was before I upgraded to iOS 11.2. However still occurs after upgrading.


She also can not login via desktop to https://appleid.apple.com. It will initially login, but immediately logs her out stating session has timed out for your security. Not sure if that has anything to do with the issue. She has iPhone 7 with iOS 11.2 and iPad 2 (don't think it has been updated to 11.2) associated with her iCloud account.


I have iPhone 6 with iOS 11.2, apple Tv 4k with iOS 11.2.


For me everything is working, although I had to go through a lot of hoops to get Apple TV to connect to Home and get automation working. I am really enjoying my HomeKit devices and features in Home app, but really hope Apple can get these bugs worked out. It shouldn't be this hard and error prone. I am concerned I may regret my investment in an array of HomeKit devices.

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