How to set up imessages on 3 devices sharing the same apple id?

i have an ipod and iphone and an ipad. i have one apple id for all of them. when i did the ios 5 update it asked me for my apple id to set up icloud, thus being the same for all.
however i have encountered a problem. when trying to set up imessages by default it uses my apple id email address. so all my devices is trying to use the SAME email address for imessages. thats not goint to work because it will be messageing itself! HELP! it doesnt give you the option to change email addresses so what do i do???? how do i set up 3 completely different imessage accounts and still beable to sync between devices??

Facetime only works with two devices at a time. You can have the same Apple ID, but the two devices can't have the same email address. Get a new gmail account. Normally you use wifi for connection, however, with iOS 6 and an iPad 3 you can use cellular.
Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
The Complete Guide to FaceTime: Set-up, Use, and Troubleshooting Problems
http://tinyurl.com/32drz3d
I saw one post where a user said dust got inside the small microphone hole. Using a vacuum cleaner removed the dust and restored the audio.
 Cheers, Tom

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What do yo mean by: " it will backup on all devices"?
If you mean that is one persone purchases an app it appears on all device then on each device go to Settings>Store and turn off automatic downloads.

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Hi,
I am trying to use more than 5 different devices (i-Phone's, MacBook Air, iMac, PC etc...) on the same Apple ID.
The Apple ID is not allowing me to add more than 5.
Do you have an idea what could I do?
I would like to share all the devices in my Home network thru i-Tunes.
Thnx

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I currently have three devices sharing one Apple ID. Ipad (Work) Iphone (Wife) & Ipod Touch (Son)
I have purchased an iPhone for Christmas and want to migrate the ipod to a new Apple ID. I haven't created the an ID for the phone yet but just wondered what the easiest solution would be? Would it be a case of creating a new ID on the phone, then signing into the iPod with this ID. I understand whatever has been downloaded to the Ipod will no longer be available, but wondered if there were any solutions to this problem.

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We had Son1 use our "family" Apple ID when he got his school iPad set up. I wanted to be able to monitor purchases and keep my VISA number under my control. We also wanted to be able to share the apps, games and music we buy for our family. But our device info is merging in unhelpful ways, (i.e. his contact list names override mine in my iPhone; when he tries to use iMessage from his iPad he ends up appearing as my identity instead of his... stuff like that.) With Son2 soon to get a school iPad, I need to know how to separate identities, yet not have to buy etextbooks over and over when we have already purchased them for Son1.

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This will give you a pretty good idea of what you want to do.
http://getmegeeky.com/2013/04/solve-a-great-icloud-mystery-dealing-with-multiple -apple-ids-across-apple-devices/

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Hi, thank you for this post. I hope you might be able to help me too?
I am relatively new to apple (have an iPad) and having been a PC user for years I was pleasantly surprised with the apple experience and am now trying to work out the best set up for me, my husband and young son as I am buying them both of them apple products this Christmas. New Mac laptop/ ipad for hubby and then an ipod touch for my son oh and a new mac laptop for me. We are also thinking of moving from Blackberries to iPhones. Yes we seem to be hooked! but i am unsure about the home family set up and how to replace my PC network that I run off an 8TB server.
In reading the forums I keep seeing people talk about problems they have with two apple IDs and trying to merge them. I have also heard about a family ID allowing us to share apps legally. I am really nervous of setting us up wrong and then having problems later and hence i am now looking for some advice on how to share as much as we can legally but also make usage practical and not invading each others privacy. thoughts so far:
Music - I think we are happy to share the same music and access using one ID (we currently don't buy much music from apple but have lots of CDs we share).
Photos - It would be nice to share photos - as long as my son or husband cannot accidentally delete photos of mine (which is my biggest concern). I currently load all camera photos onto my 8TB storage box as the network owner and my husband has full access to copy any photo to his laptop but can never delete the original copies by accident.
Apps - If possible i would like us to share these but they are cheap enough these days to separate if really needed. Would be good to share licence for pages etc though
cloud, contacts, facetime, email - this is what is making me consider separate IDs or learning how to have multiple users in one apple ID - I do not want to have to share synced contacts with my husband. I have near 300 contacts now through work etc and he will not want them plus i will not want his or him being able to delete mine by mistake. and then for email and facetime, well I want to give him his privacy so I do not receive his messages etc. especially now that we are considering switching to iPhones
Then last but not least, i don't know the best solution for my son. he is only 7 years old so even though I don't want to pay for things again I don't want him being able to download "just any" app from the purchased icon in Appstore. Also, is there a child friendly setting to prevent him from viewing inappropriate content on the internet?
Appreciate I have asked a lot of questions here but I am looking for any genuine advice out there. Thank you or other potential advisers in advance.

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if you want to share app don't use the same appleID use family sharing
if you do use the same appleID turn off imessage and be prepared that you will never be able
to message between the devices or use facetime between them in the world of apple the appleID is 1! indentity

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