Thanks. None of our phones are hand-me-downs, so each is correctly set for its
user. As for the rest of this, we’ve done most of it, but not all. For example,
in my daughter-in-law’s contact info, under Facebook, I found a picture of a
guy from western Maine that none of us knew. He is a real Facebook user, and
how his FB info wound up in Shiva’s contact on my phone, I’ll never know. We
got rid of him post haste. I do know that FB will get into your phone and root
around and do stuff you don’t even know about. All of the people in my contacts
who are FB friends as well now have their profile pictures with their contacts.
One trick might be to try to expunge FB from everything except the FB app, and
maybe even that, too.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Apr 4, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> Go through Contacts on each phone and make sure all the family members have
> only one entry and all the contact info is
> correct. Somehow, we have multiple entries for various people in our shared
> Contact list. At least some is the fault of
> bringing in lists from elsewhere when we got iPhones. Some may be adding
> contacts, auto or manually from calls, emails, etc.
>
> Then, one each phone, iPad, etc., go into Settings=>Messages
>
> First, make sure the AppleID at the top is the right one for this phone/user.
> IF phones have been traded, it may not be.
> When I gave my 5 to Carol and got a 5s, the phone folks said they transferred
> everything, but this and a couple of other
> personal account settings weren't changed.
>
> Then, select the contact choice(s) at which you want to receive iMessages on
> the individual device. Best is probably the
> Apple ID above. IF Contact info includes both the ID and phone #, phone #
> should work, too. These may be duplicated. For
> example, I receive Messages on both my iPhone and my iPad Mini.
>
> Once all phones have Contact and iMessage settings straight, each one should
> send a new Message to each other one. Use
> the New Message icon (empty square with pencil) link at the top right of the
> Messages panel/column to start the message,
> then the plus sign in a circle icon to select from the Contact lists, to
> assure the correct, possibly new to iMessage,
> address is used. For this step, don't send to multiple recipients, just one
> at a time. Not that I know that won't work
> right, but I don't know that it would, either.
>
> Then each should reply. If you then use those threads, either old ones that
> are OK, or new ones, everybody should be
> connected.
>
> This was right for us. Some may not be strictly necessary, but getting it all
> straight is worthwhile to avoid future
> problems. Hope it helps.
--
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