Hi Walter,
Yes, this Is normal behavior if you use the same Apple Id on two iOS devices, but you can turn this off. Many people like this feature especially if they have an iPhone and iPad. An iPad normally can’t receive phone calls, but if you use the same Apple Id you could have your iPhone plugged in to charge in the bedroom and sit in the living room with your iPad and still accept incoming phone calls. The same goes for messages and this can also be turned off. Calls on other devices”. For phone calls, go to Settings > Phone, then double tap where it says “Calls on other devices”. On the next screen you first of all have to turn this on or off. If it’s off then you won’t have any further options. Underneath the On/Off switch you have the following explanation: Use your iPhone’s cellular connection to make and receive calls on devices signed into your iCloud account when they are nearby and on WiFi. If you turn it on, you then also have a list of available devices and you can turn each of them on or off independently. For example: You may have bought a new iPhone 6S, but you still have your old 5S for use on WiFi only and maybe you also have an iPad. If this is the case and you use the same Apple Id for iCloud on all three devices, you would see both the iPhone 5S and the iPad listed here and you can turn both on or maybe just turn on the iPad and turn off the iPhone etc. For messages, go to Settings > Messages and double tap on “Text Message Forwarding”. The explanation underneath reads as follows: Allow your iPhone text messages to also be sent and received on other devices signed in to your iMessage account. If you double tap on Text Message Forwarding, you then can again turn on or off any devices independently which show up in the list. This is a bit different than the phone calls since for phone calls you have to use the same Apple Id for the iCloud account and here you have to use the same Apple Id for iMessages. This is why it’s important to not use the same Apple Id even if you share the same Apple Id for app store and iTunes purchases. It is no problem to use a common Apple Id for app store and iTunes but to sign into iMessage and Facetime with a separate Apple Id which you only use for that purpose. This way each person in a family can have their own Apple Id for iMessage and Facetime, but use the same Apple Id to make and share purchases. Even if you disable text message forwarding, if you use the same apple Id for iMessage and/or Facetime on two devices and let’s say you have one device and your wife has the other, if somebody sends you an iMessage to your Apple Id it would still show up on both devices. In other words, you want to make sure your girl-friend does not do that *smile*. Best regards, Sieghard account From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Iolaire Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: One incoming call routed to two different phones Hi folks. First time I've ever known this to happen. Have updated both my iPhone 5c and iPhone 6 to 9.2. Both phones have different numbers and I was chatting to a friend in order to check for any bugs that might have come along with the upgrade. I asked her to call me after I had ended the current call so I could check something else and she did so but when she did call back, both my phones rung despite both phones having completely different numbers. My friend said it happens with her iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 also. Does anybody know why this should be? My friend reckons it is because they both have the same apple account but that shouldn't mean a call made to one phone will also be routed to the second. I can see privacy issues with this problem. In my particular case, there is no privacy issue because I live on my own but in situations where there are other family members then it might be a problem. Also my friend said if I send her a text then that text will also appear on her second phone (I haven't found that to be the case personally). If I have one phone and a family member had another phone, different number but sharing the same apple account then a personal call or text that is sent to me could be easily answered or read by the other family member. Do you think it is the fact that both phones are tied to the same Apple ID? Should this really be happening, after all, if somebody hacked your apple ID and was able to assign another phone to that ID then everything coming in would go to the phone they have also. 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