Phone rings mine and my wife's at the same time

[dmarando]

You guys are over looking one thing with iCloud accounts

My wife and I use one icloud account also and we use it for a reason and for what it is intended for. Our Grandson only has a iTouch for him to iMessage us we all need to be on the same iCloud account. If my wife had a different iCloud account then me and my Grandson then he wouldn't be able to text her or facetime with her. So there is a valid reason to use one iCloud account and that was what Apple intended it to be used for.

 

[C DM]

My wife and I use one icloud account also and we use it for a reason and for what it is intended for. Our Grandson only has a iTouch for him to iMessage us we all need to be on the same iCloud account. If my wife had a different iCloud account then me and my Grandson then he wouldn't be able to text her or facetime with her. So there is a valid reason to use one iCloud account and that was what Apple intended it to be used for.

Out of curiosity, why couldn't he have two separate contacts for you and message or FaceTime either one?

 

[dmarando]

Out of curiosity, why couldn't he have two separate contacts for you and message or FaceTime either one?

I don't think you have 2 iCloud accounts on the same phone without having to logout of one and log into the other. Every time he wants to text one of us he would have to logout of one account and log into the other. also then he couldn't group message both of us.

 

[C DM]

I don't think you have 2 iCloud accounts on the same phone without having to logout of one and log into the other. Every time he wants to text one of us he would have to logout of one account and log into the other. also then he couldn't group message both of us.

I'm not sure I follow. He has his own account and you each would have your own and he can then contact each one of you separately on your individual devices.

 

[jayes]

I'm not sure I follow. He has his own account and you each would have your own and he can then contact each one of you separately on your individual devices.

and use group message so each of you are in the same conversation.

 

[dmarando]

I'm not sure I follow. He has his own account and you each would have your own and he can then contact each one of you separately on your individual devices.

Correct but then we lose findmyiphone function, for findmyiphone to work all the devices need to be logged in the same icloud account

 

[C DM]

Correct but then we lose findmyiphone function, for findmyiphone to work all the devices need to be logged in the same icloud account

It can work on separate individual accounts as well.

 

[maverick432]

thank you

You guys are life savers,my wife and kids and i have been using the same i cloud for years because of the whole photo stream thing and no family share option..... i found this post after my phones all started ringing when i did the update. The only thing that sucked is i had to recover allot of email passwords to make apple id's for new i cloud accounts...lol

 

[Phal Wottmer]

With handoff turned back ON all four devices (iPhone x 2, iPad x 2, all with same apple id), WIFI ON and the FaceTime, iPhone Cellular Calls turned off, it is working correctly. I tried it both ways and works.
So, it wan't handoff doing it. It was the phone passing it off to the other phone.
It says: "Use your iPhone cell connection to make and receive calls on devices signed into your iCloud account when are nearby and on wi-fi"
Sounds like I can't use my iPad to make and receive calls if she is using the same apple id on her phone/ipad too.

Thanks so much for solving my issue!

 

[charlituna]

Updated to IOS 8 last night and just realized that when someone calls my wife, my phone rings too and visa versa.
I checked Settings, Phone and we have different numbers. Call forwarding is off. I can call her and she can call me. But, when either of us are dialed, they both go off. We are with ATT on a shared account. Any ideas??

are you using the same Apple ID for iCloud or for Messages/Facetime. That could be the culprit since that id is how Continuity and Handoff work

 

[XTheLancerX]

Use different iCloud accounts. Apple intended for people in a family for example, to use seperate iCloud accounts, it's what calls one persons many devices theirs. Their stuff syncs through their devices. Phone calls ring on all of their devices.

Just make new Apple IDs, and when you need to "sync" your contacts, go to contacts, find the new contact, and tap "Share Contact". Then you can just text the contact to your wife for example, and she can save it to her phon. Also, invite her to your calendar events, and have her invite you.

If you separate your IDs, you don't have to seperate your purchases. Just keep the same account on both devices for iTunes and App Store. iMessage and FaceTime can also be a different Apple ID than your iCloud and iTunes and App Store IDs as well. I prefer to just use the same ID for messages as my iCloud account though.

I got by using the same iCloud account and iTunes/App Store account with my whole family, and it was a pain. I had to add many email addresses so we could use iMessage and FaceTime separately (just check your address and uncheck the other family members address). Also, I went into iCloud settings and unchecked EVERYTHING that could be synced. Pretty much separated the devices, but was not great to have things that way. Separating everything was a breath of fresh air.

 

[Morvran]

Check Settings/Facetime for "iPhone Cellular Calls."
Try turning it off.

Also, try restarting both phones.

This worked for me! Thanks.

Everything was fine during the day when I received calls, but when I got home from work my wife's phone and mine rang anytime either received a call (one call would ring both phones). Turned off that FaceTime feature and all is well again in the world.

For further info my wife and I use the same iCloud account and have for a long time.

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Use different iCloud accounts. Apple intended for people in a family for example, to use seperate iCloud accounts, it's what calls one persons many devices theirs. Their stuff syncs through their devices. Phone calls ring on all of their devices.

Just make new Apple IDs, and when you need to "sync" your contacts, go to contacts, find the new contact, and tap "Share Contact". Then you can just text the contact to your wife for example, and she can save it to her phon. Also, invite her to your calendar events, and have her invite you.

Ah but see this is the exact reason many of us use the same account. We don't want to have to manually share things. We love that we can input a contact and it instantly shows up on the other person's phone. We love that we can enter a calendar event and all those date settings are instantly on the other phone. Honestly if my wife had to take an extra step every single time we share info on our phones, which is many times daily, it would usually never happen.

 

[Mrs. J]

IOS 8 Update Havic, FIXED

Thank you for the info. My husband and I have shared an itunes account for several years as when we first got him an Iphone and we plugged it into our computer it just happened. We figured out how not to share contacts, we share our business email (which is quite handy), and we purchase on the same account. When this suddenly happened to us today we could not figure out how to stop getting each others calls. This discussion was so helpful.

Settings/Facetime for "iPhone Cellular Calls."
Try turning it off.

Thank you all for your help.

 

[Mikalysse]

Don't need handoff to be turned off

Check Settings/Facetime for "iPhone Cellular Calls."
Try turning it off.

Also, try restarting both phones.

Just by turning this feature off both phones worked PERFECTLY for my kids who share their iCloud acct. When any of their friends would call one person both phones rang. Now by doing this step and resetting both phones, they get their individual freedom back. Thanks so much.

 

[Flowerman]

PEOPLE!! It's got nothing to do with the "handoff" feature. Go to SETTINGS>FACETIME>iPhone Cellular Calls and turn it off. That simple. You can still have the same Apple ID as your spouse. I use the same ID for my phone, my wife's phone, both our iPads, all 3 kids' ipads and my Mac. It's not rocket science. You can choose what you want and don't want to use across devices by what you select on your iCloud settings on each device. Stop over thinking it.

 

[C DM]

PEOPLE!! It's got nothing to do with the "handoff" feature. Go to SETTINGS>FACETIME>iPhone Cellular Calls and turn it off. That simple. You can still have the same Apple ID as your spouse. I use the same ID for my phone, my wife's phone, both our iPads, all 3 kids' ipads and my Mac. It's not rocket science. You can choose what you want and don't want to use across devices by what you select on your iCloud settings on each device. Stop over thinking it.

Not really sure you can all have your own iMessages and FaceTime for example sharing the same iCloud account.

 

[aggiesrwe03]

The same iCloud account may be it. But, I have been doing this since the beginning, and it has worked out fine. So, I need to get her an apple ID and add it to the family plan? Then, change her phone to the new apple ID?

Are you getting each others texts too?

 

[aggiesrwe03]

It seems Apple has missed the mark with this whole family sharing thing. Your iCloud account is designed to be your identity that you use for all the services apple has yet family share really only offers options to control purchases and whether to join a photo album and a calendar.... It seems it should be simple enough to separate things a little more than that. For instance one guy said he and his wife share an iCloud account to back up their devices and to share a photo stream without having to physically "share" pics to the family album, seems like these should be options included in this family share concept. You should be able to stuff without worrying who might get your iMessages, or phone calls, yes I realize you can change the phone call setting, but what if you DO want to FaceTime or use your Mac to make phone calls? You're pretty much outta luck without you wife or kids getting the same call. I don't know about anyone else but I don't want my kids answering when my boss calls, and I sure as hell don't want them reading some of the iMessages I send to my wife!! Everyone SHOULD be able to have thier own identity in the form of an iCloud account, instead people use the workaround of sharing one with someone and miss out on features...

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I understand you are trying to use an icloud account in your own specific way, but this is not how an icloud account was designed and intended to be used.

Apple designed the icloud account to be assigned to individuals, not partners. That way, when you jump from your iphone to your ipad to your mac, everything remains beautifully in sync.

if you and your wife want to share apps and music, great, share an apple ID for apps and music.

If you and your wife want to share a calendar, great, you can share a calendar through icloud to each other.

if you want to share contacts, well, this is where apple doesn't really have a solution for you. but luckily, microsoft exchange uses push, and you guys can share an account there. or you can use gmail contacts, sadly those will no longer push updates to phones. these aren't perfect solutions, so i recommend you give apple feedback and ask for shared contacts.

again, icloud accounts were never designed to be shared between two people. you are using the icloud account incorrectly, so you really shouldn't be upset that things aren't going the way you want them to.

there are solutions out there for everything you're looking for. again, just want to reiterate that icloud calendars can be shared amongst individuals to achieve what you want.

the only thing you won't get by using the system properly is shared contacts through icloud.

AGREED 100% it's a problem that Apple should consider though, like I said above this family share thing had potential but missed the mark for things like this!! To put it simply iCloud is your identity, and Apple id is your bank account, sharing a bank account is one thing sharing an identity another!!

 

[aggiesrwe03]

am i the only one who can't imagine having all my girlfriends photos pop up on my phone? like every damn bra and nail polish she sees when she's out shopping with her girlfriends? do i really need the whole victoria secret collection in my photos app? i'm exaggerating, but it is what it is.

Great point and I'm 100% certain she doesn't want to see when I take a pic of a hot girl in the store and send it to my brother### I kid, I kid... But hell yeah, I don't want 6000 photos of kittens, cute shoes, and weenie dogs on my phone!!!

 

[Arndroid]

I guess I started a good off topic conversation on this thread.

My wife and I share the same icloud account. We do not share contacts (google), tasks (we don't use tasks), calendars (google) and imessages (imessages and texts come to our phone number). I must be smarter than the average bear since I have our phones setup properly, despite having the same icloud accounts on both.

You're correct that itunes and icloud accounts are different so I guess sharing purchases isn't part of this conversation. But we really wanted to be able to share a photo stream since we each take a lot of pictures of our newborn and it's nice having the pictures right there on each other's phone when we're both on wifi.

So you don't accept iMessages via email?

Do you own any macs or iPads?

 

[Flowerman]

Not really sure you can all have your own iMessages and FaceTime for example sharing the same iCloud account.

Yes, actually you can. iMessage and FaceTime are all strictly handled by email address (iMessage also uses your phone number for your iPhone). I have 5 separate emails associated with the same Apple ID and I can choose what devices uses the email address that belongs to each person.

Again, not rocket science people.

 

[aggiesrwe03]

Yes, actually you can. iMessage and FaceTime are all strictly handled by email address (iMessage also uses your phone number for your iPhone). I have 5 separate emails associated with the same Apple ID and I can choose what devices uses the email address that belongs to each person.

Again, not rocket science people.

You can use your phone number to send and receive iMessages on iPad, and Mac too, so in theory anyone on that account can enable whichever email address or phone number they wish on any device associated to the account and "snoop." "But I have no reason to hide messages from my wife." Yeah I get that not calling anyone here a cheater, but you still may want to talk to someone about her surprise anniversary party, or want to hold off on telling her the bad news about the big account until you get home. Maybe that doesn't apply to you, and that's great to each their own, but it's causes quirks to do it that way, things like find my friends which device shows up yours or your wife's? Who gets the FaceTime from your uncle in Connecticut you or the wife? Just examples obviously, but in reality it wasn't designed for Two people sharing one account, and there should be a few improvements to where you don't have to. On a side note though family share on the photos is a no brainer really it's as simple as touching the screen once, and my wife doesn't have to see the pictures I take with the camera pointing up my nose that I send to my buddies. IDK there are just things I don't care to see that my wife takes pictures of and vice versa, and if your wife is anything likemine and has 42,000 pictures of FB screen shots, weenie dogs, and the lady in the car next to her at the light picking her nose because she NEVER deletes anything Nd gets pissed when I do, then I hope you got the 128 gig 6...

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Legit question, could you set up Automator on Mac with a type of IFTTT rule to where when one iCloud users stuff gets sent to iPhoto, it automatically sends it to another iCloud users folder in iPhoto, wala photo stream issue resolved using your Mac... Just a thought, that would be cool if it's possible...

 

[C DM]

Yes, actually you can. iMessage and FaceTime are all strictly handled by email address (iMessage also uses your phone number for your iPhone). I have 5 separate emails associated with the same Apple ID and I can choose what devices uses the email address that belongs to each person.

Again, not rocket science people.

So someone else on a device can choose another email address associated with iMessage and can get/send someone else's messages? Also, since only one phone number is associated then only one phone can be used with all of that. Not rocket science of course, but not what a lot of people would want either.

 

[JimBob504]

It worked for me

I was having the same problem after updating mine and my wife's iphone to iOS 8. With the help of the information in this post I went to icloud on my phone and found I was signed in on my wife's ID. I signed out and presto! The phones now work properly. Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[aggiesrwe03]

So someone else on a device can choose another email address associated with iMessage and can get/send someone else's messages? Also, since only one phone number is associated then only one phone can be used with all of that. Not rocket science of course, but not what a lot of people would want either.

You can associate more than one phone number to you iCloud account as well, I have a work phone, and personal phone both on mine and can send and receive from bothe devices