I noted that the last paragraph in the iLounge article states "Keep in mind also that AirDrop is only available when the receiving device's screen is on". By any chance, do those whose devices are not showing up as available in AirDrop have their screen curtains on? Or are the displays turned off? Just a thought.
Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of brian albriton Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 12:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: AirDrop Explained was RE: Apple could not even help with frustrating airdrop issue my wife and I share the same Apple ID and don't see each other. If I understv this, the Apple ID has to show up in either the contacts list for each of us, or it has to be the caicloud address which we don't actually use for anything. We just have nrmal email addresses. Kind ofahead scrqcher. On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:24 PM, "Alan Lemly" <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: The following iLounge article does a pretty good job of explaining AirDrop and was copied from this page: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/problems-sending-via-aird rop-/ Q: I can't send stuff out using AirDrop to my girlfriend's iPhone. It never seems to find her iPhone, even though we both have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and AirDrop on. We're both in each other's address book, but it can't find her iPhone regardless of whether I set AirDrop on my iPhone to "Contacts Only" or "Everyone." Any clue as to what's wrong here? - Ben A: The first thing to check is to set both your iPhone and your girlfriend's iPhone to "Everyone" and see if AirDrop works in this mode; also be sure to give it a few seconds as other devices don't always appear immediately. The "Contacts Only" setting in AirDrop applies only on the receiving iPhone. In fact this is the case with the AirDrop setting in Control Center in general-you don't need to have AirDrop enabled at all in order to send to another device; the setting is simply there to determine whether AirDrop is on for receiving from other devices. For AirDrop to work properly with the "Contacts Only" setting, both devices must be signed into iCloud and the receiving device must have your iCloud email address listed somewhere in their Contacts. In your case, this means that at least one of the email addresses associated with your iCloud account must be somewhere in your girlfriend's address book. Ideally, this should be the primary address-the one that you use for your Apple ID-although other addresses should work as long as they've been associated with your Apple ID. You can see which addresses have been associated with your Apple ID by going to http://appleid.apple.com in a web browser from your computer and logging in with your Apple ID. Also make sure that any additional addresses are showing as verified. Essentially, the way that AirDrop works is that your device (the sending device) broadcasts out an AirDrop request that contains all of the email addresses associated with the iCloud account you're using. Receiving devices that are in "Contacts Only" mode will only respond to requests that match email addresses that are stored in that device's contacts database. The receiving device doesn't respond if nothing matches, in which case you'll never see it in the list of available AirDrop destinations. >From an AirDrop connectivity point of view it doesn't matter if the recipient's address is in the sender's contacts. The sender's contacts database only determines what information shows up in the AirDrop devices listing; the recipient's contact info will be shown if it's available, if not the name of the remote device is shown. Keep in mind also that AirDrop is only available when the receiving device's screen is on, and will also be automatically disabled when a device is in "Do Not Disturb" mode; since the AirDrop alert will be suppressed in this mode, there's little point in trying to send something to the other user. Read more at http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/problems-sending-via-aird rop-/#9O58rXWohSMTPlLP.99 -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 8:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple could not even help with frustrating airdrop issue First, one forum suggests disconnecting from wifi. So, "forget" your home wifi network, on both phones, and try Airdrop. If it works, you can probably get back on wifi. I've successfully Airdropped with another phone and we were both on the same network at the time, but perhaps this will, I don't know, jumpstart something? Next, and this may be further than you are willing to push the issue, but try a network settings reset. This will wipe out all saved wifi passwords and bluetooth pairings on your device. Do that on both phones and try Airdrop. As above, if it starts working, put your wifi and other network settings back and see if it keeps working, which it should. On Mar 22, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: Neither of us has do not disturb enabled. Sending via message or email works, but given the many pictures we wish to send, this is inconvenient . . . and frankly, since we have the feature, we want to use it, and we are baffled as to why it will not work . . . and so were the two Apple techies I talked with earlier. Christine -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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