Set up family on several devices with same apple id

I have successfully started Family from my iphone and got my kids and wife connected. But when trying to add my ipad with same id as I use on my iphone I cannot succeed. It states that an account can only be connected to one family at a time. How is the procedure for this?

I could have solved it by inviting myself.

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Try it and find out.

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That's just the way it works, since you're using the same Apple ID on both. If you have a problem with that, go to http://apple.com/feedback/iphone.html.

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I am having trouble using facetime with my wife. I have an iPad 2 and she has an IPhone 4S. When we try to facetime, we are able to connect for a few seconds and then it drops off. We are then unable to reconnect. We both have the same apple Id and e-mail address although I am trying to contact her via her mobile number. Any suggestions would be grateful received.

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Facetime on multiple devices with same Apple ID?

Hi...we have an iPad 1, iPhone 4S, iPod touch from 2010 and new iPod Touch yesterday.
I have not set up the new iPod Touch yet...but all the other devices are using the same Apple ID so I can buy apps and allow all my devices to get the apps installed for free. Great.
How can I set up my new iPod Touch to use the same Apple ID and also do Facetime? If I use the same Apple ID I would think that my other devices would start to ring when I try to Facetime. No?
If you know how to do this, can you please reply and give exact steps?
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-Eric

@dutra - Your suggestion worked like a charm. I have two options setup under my daughter's name in Facetime: Touch and iPAd. All I need to do is choose which I want to call. Easy-peasy.
@jeffreyfromorillia - This advice may be too late... But, register each device using your ID, as you should. Once this is complete do the following:
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2 - Choose FACETIME
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You are good to go. Repeat same steps for your stepdaughter's device.
If either girl has multiple devices you want to Facetime, follow steps 1 and 2, and in the email field click on Add Another Email and enter - [email protected] - then go back and delete orignal email entered. Do same for second device - [email protected], remembering to delete orginal email here, too.
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Hi folks,
A bit of a long story but we've ended up with my wife's iphone and my son's ipad using the same apple id.
any app i buy for my son pops up on my wife's phone.
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Neither of them need any sharing to other devices either.
Cheers

Use a different Apple ID for each person. On each device, under Settings in the following areas, make sure that each device is only using the Apple ID assigned to that person:
iCloud (If you share an Apple ID here, your Contacts, Calendars, Reminders and PhotoStream photos will be shared, as well as using up the same free 5G of backup space. And it's 5GB per Apple ID, not per device)
Messages (If you share an Apple ID here, you'll receive each others iMessages)
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GameCenter (If you share an Apple ID here, then certain games/apps will share the same progress)
iTunes & App Store (If you share an Apple ID here, you'll have access to the same iTunes & App store purchases. This is the one place where it's not really a problem, since many families don't want to have to make multiple purchases of the same iTunes music or paid apps. And you can prevent the new content from automatically downloading to other devices by disabling that feature in Settings > iTunes & App Store.)

Texting with several devices on same apple id

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You would have to change the name in your Apple ID, you can make them their own accounts at the link below.
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It should be iMessages which are going from device to device, you can turn this off in recipient device. The same sort of thing for Photos, however on your phone/ipad you can turn off 'Photo Stream" which will stop the sending to other devices. You can do this under Settings>Photos & Camera.
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Two devices with same Apple ID

Hi there,
Unfortunately we are not a very technical fami;y and by mistake, or lack of knowledge I set up my son's ipnone using my husbands Apple ID. I now realise that I have to create a seperate I.D. for my son but how do I delete or disconnect him from my husbands Apple I.D. account without erasing all of my husbands stored data?
Thanks

Hi,
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Start with de-selecting the Apple ID as one of the Send and Receive options
Then remove the Apple ID itself.
Place the iPhone in in Airplane Mode for a few Minutes. This breaks contacts with at least the iMessages server in this case.
Now turn to Settings > iCloud.
Again turn off all the settings that it may be syncing with.
then remove the Apple ID here.
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Again check the iTunes app, FaceTime and the Game Center at least.
Then you can Add the new Apple ID that you or your son gets.
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Problem with Set/Get volume of input device with single channel

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I am trying to Set/Get Volume level of Input device which has only single channel but no master channel, then it fails to retrieve the kAudioDevicePropertyPreferredChannelsForStereo and intermittently kAudioDevicePropertyVolumeScalar for each channel. But this works well for Output device.
So is there any difference in setting/getting the volume of input channels?
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Recently, I purchased an app using my iPad. The next time I synced the iPad with the computer, I got an alert saying "The purchased item 'App' on the iPad
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So I choose Store > Authorize This Computer, and I get a second alert saying, "This computer is already authorized." A nifty little continuous loop that neatly precludes me from using the app on any device except the one I used to purchase it.
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Hi, i updated to ios 8
I have several devices under my apple id account. 2 iPhones (me and my wife ). 2 iPads also me and my wife and my iMac
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Hans Oranje wrote:
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has that to do that the ipad has no tel number of course?? Should I leave my id number on her iPad ??
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