Second hand iphone 4s gets original owners facetime requests!
Hi!
Our daughter has given us her old iphone 4s. We unlocked it in Australia and brought it over to NZ, put in a SIM card and hey presto! a working iphone 4S!
I also changed the name on the iphone. Now, every time someone facetimes our daughters new phone in Australia, we get the request in NZ on her old phone!
Can I change the settings to sort this out?
Woodylad
Sign out of her Apple ID, see this support document. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311
Go into Settings>Facetime>turn it off, wait a few minutes, then turn it back on. It should activate with your information. Then check the "You can be reached by Facetime at" and make sure it is just your phone number and if you want, your email.
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