Possible fix?
Apologies if someone's already pointed this out, but I wanted to pop back into the thread to update on a fix that, for now, seems to be working.
Recap:
1. I have six family phones on my account, each logged in under its own unique Apple ID for quite some time before IOS 12 and the cross-texting issue. The "get your own Apple ID" suggestion was not a solution for me.
2. Only three of the six lines in the family were having an issue.
3. We discovered that, despite the affected three phones displaying a unique Apple ID (Settings>>select Apple ID under the picture on the first screen), when looking at the "Send & Receive" screen in the iMessages app (the screen that allows you to select the phone numbers used by the phone), the three impacted phones were all still displaying the same primary Apple ID (the one on my phone from back in the pre-Family Sharing days when we all shared one Apple ID).
4. The other three non-affected family phones correctly displayed the user's unique Apple ID inside the iMessage app.
5. From the iMessages setting, we logged out the two affected phone and re-logged them in under their correct Apple ID.
6. The problem seems to have resolved itself for now.
So, even if you switch your phones to unique Apple IDs (or already had them set that way before IOS 12), try double-checking:
Settings>>iMessage>>Send & Receive. Make each phone is in fact on its individual Apple ID inside the Messaging app.
Hope this helps.
p.s. When we switched to unique Apple IDs some time ago, none of us individually set the iMessage "Send & Receive" screen. For some reason, two of the six phones didn't switch over (mine never changed as it was the original primary/shared Apple ID).
My 2 contacts do not share an apple account / i’d and i am still getting this issue
yup me too
I can confirm that this issue is very much also occurring with IOS devices on the Verizon network.
You can create family members under your Apple ID. I think we'd all have access to the phones via Find My Phone, at least I'd hope so!
Looks like turning off iMessage did not work for me either. I am going to roll back to iOS11 tonight on all 3 devices and see if that corrects the problem.
Same problem. I even turned off iMessage on all three phones and it still combines them even as plain text. This isn’t just an iMessage issue.
you can. my daughter and i have 2 diff. apple id's. i am the family organizer. i can see her phone on Find iPhone.
I am having the same issue BUT with my BOSS and his wife! I am not able to text my boss as his wife was the last one to text me. This is NOT cool by any means! How can this be fixed????
As I am waiting for my iOS 11.4.1 ipsw to download and instal, is everyone on AT&T who has this problem or does this cross all carriers?
I am on the Verizon network and very much have the problem.
Wow, you have had the opportunity to review “every” case. Impressive. Well then certainly I bow to your experience mon ami. 😌
This issue is happening to me with 2 separate friends who do not have a shared Apple ID so that is def not the issue.
Obviously you didn’t read my comment that clearly states that our household has 5 iPhones with 5 DIFFERENT Apple ID’s and ALWAYS have had separate ID’s yet we are also having this issue.
No. Most families do NOT share.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Why is this such a difficult concept?
Not true. Most families, especially with small children, do indeed share.
Why is iMessage combining two contacts into one thread. I can only text back the last one that messaged me. This started with iOS 12
