Face time question mark in icon?

we tried the face time. it seems to work. once, her screen was all black. she could see me, I could only hear her ( yes she accepted), then it worked. but there still is a question mark on her icon any ideas of what or why?

I also see this happening in my phone... I tried toggling the Factime option after that I am able to call one of my friend with facetime but it does not work with another number who has iphone 4. Actually I held both phones in my hands and tried. My phone shows a ? mark but the friends phone does not... Wonder what is the reason...

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