My iPhone kept nagging me that it needed a system upgrade. I don’t like doing system upgrades, because I assume the thing is working nicely, so why risk buggering it up?
But the iPhone kept nagging, so the other night I caved and punched the buttons for the upgrade.
Then it started asking me questions. Questions I didn’t know the answers to. I guessed a bit, especially when it asked something about a keychain? what keychain? there’s no chain on my iPhone?
En tout cas.
Now, my iPhone thinks it’s Mrs Piper’s iPhone. You see, we only have one Apple account. It’s made it easier to share photos and stuff. That seems to be the root of the problem, though.
When I send a text to anyone but Mrs P, it shows up on their phones as a text from Mrs P.
When I send a text to Mrs P, it shows up on my phone as a text from Mrs P, and as a text to my iPhone number.
And when Mrs P phones me, it shows up on the call log on my iPhone as a call made by Mrs P and a call to me (two entries, one from Mrs P and one to my iPhone).
Aside from rigorously keeping to my earlier resolve not to upgrade the system, is there anything i can do to unbugger it?
Ah-ha! It had both our iPhone numbers ticked. I unticked Mrs P and sent her a test - didn’t get it back, so that may have fixed the needs ages part, thanks!
Any idea about the dual phone listings on my phone log? Is there something similar? I will go check.
I believe because it’s all one Apple account, any messages you send or receive are going to appear on all devices associated with that account.
Make your own Apple ID. You can have a separate Apple ID for Messages and Facetime but keep using the original account for iTunes and the App Store.
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[li]Create a separate Apple ID at: https://appleid.apple.com/[/li][li]Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive[/li][li]Tap on the current Apple ID being used by both iPhones and Sign out[/li][li]Tap Sign in again[/li][li]Enter the new Apple ID you created[/li][li]Go to Settings > Facetime[/li][li]Tap on the current Apple ID being used by both iPhones and Sign out[/li][li]Tap “Use your Apple ID for FaceTime”[/li][li]Enter the new Apple ID you created[/li][/ol]
ETA: I’d do a full backup of the phone first, just in case. Always a good policy whenever you’re going to mess with your devices.
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Trouble is, iMessage is supposed to work like that. You could log one of the phones out of iCloud, which would stop the phones mirroring messages - but that stops that phone being useful. It isn’t just phones logged into the same account that do this - you can log your desktop or laptop in as well, and all the messages mirror there as well. This is a great feature.
You really need to set up another account. iCloud will allow you to set up family sharing of stuff in a controlled manner. Otherwise you are going to continue to get issues like this. Right now you have the modern equivalent of a party line.
No, you can absolutely share an icloud account but have separate text messages. Check her iphone in the same place as you checked yours, and make sure to uncheck your phone number.
This will often revert any time you do an iOS upgrade, and you’ll need to manually uncheck them again. My in-laws experience this constantly.
Why, have you forgot, Apple knows how the gear must function better than we do, regardless of whether we know we we want or need it to do so It may be they decided on a new default during the interval since your last upgrade.
Did you adjust the settings for both phones? In the iMessage “Send & Receive” setting for both phones, make sure only your respective individual phone numbers are check marked for both “You can be reached at” and “Start new conversations from,” and any emails that are listed are unchecked.
Thanks all. Yes, I went to her phone and made the adjustments there as well, and now the message function seems to be working well.
Still this odd thing where all phone calls to or from her are showing up twice on my phone log. I will call our telephone company and see if they can help on that one.
The charging portal stopped working. My battery started dwindling down, and the telephone company where I bought it couldn’t fix it.
Fortunately, I got Apple Care Plus when I bought it a few months ago, and after a horrible hour and an half on the phone with Apple, they are sending me a new one which will be free, provided I send the old one back to them.
Then I re-load the SIM card and see what new horror lurks…
It may be they decided on a new default during the interval since your last upgrade.