Texts going to wrong phone in account

We have 5 iPhones in our family account. Recently, person 1 will send a text to person 2, but the message will show up on person 3's phone. Oddly, person 3's text display show the message as if person 3 sent it! The messages often go to several of the phones, so it's impossible to tell (without asking) who actually sent the message. Any ideas?

I am having the same issue. My wife & I both have iphone 4. We both use the same iTunes Apple ID. After we both updated to IOS 5.1, iMessage conversations that she has started showing up on my phone. They don't arrive with an alert like a new message, they just show up. Also, iMessages that I get from her appear as if they came from me, which gets confusing. I think this has something to do with the new "feature" that your iMessage conversations appear across devices, like if you have an iPhone and an iPad. I already checked, and my phone is set to receive iMessages from my number and my email. Her phone is set to receive iMessages from her number and her email.

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Another iphone 5 received text messages meant for my phone and one other but only happened for the first time at the weekend when in close proximity. How do I stop this happening? Didn't happen with all texts just from one source.

I had the same problem, after upgrading to IOS 8.x
Look under Settings > iCloud and see if have "Set Up Family Sharing . . ." turned on.
I did, thinking it was for sing iCloud backups. Instead, my texts got shared.
Not all the texts and not all the time, but often enough to become a nuisance.
I turned off Family Sharing and I also noticed that I had multiple phone numbers and email address assocatiated with my account.
This is because I pay for all the apps on several phones in the family.
I had to remove all those extra phone numbers and emails that were not associated with each phone.
Unfortunately, the problem continues, although not as often.
iPhone 5S
IOS 8.1.1
This shouldn't be so hard to understand or fix, but that upgrade was the most confusing I have ever gone through.

Texts going to wrong phone

My son and I both have iPhones on my AT&T account. I also have an iPhone for work. (Yes, we're slightly addicted in this house). When my son sends texts to certain people, they show up (as well as the replies) on both of my phones. The same thing happens when one friend of mine texts me - he receives our entire conversations on his phone. Strangely, this doesn't happen with all our contacts - just a few.
Then last night, I upgraded to the new OS and now he's getting NONE of the texts I send to him.
Any ideas?
Thanks -
Sherry

I had the same problem, my husband was getting all my messages, I went to:
General Settings
Then down to Messages(green)
Then checked "Send & Receive" option, it shows you how many addresses/phones "you can be reached by iMessage"
Choose your phone and your email only. Your son will have to do the same in his phone.
Hope it works
Martha

Texts going to wrong people

Does Verizon ever act on these blog messages? I called Verizon yesterday to report that my texts are going to the wrong people. They said that had never happened and referred me to tech support who could not figure it out. No solution provided. I use texts for personal and business. This is an extreme compromise with privacy laws and personal privacy as well. What can be done?

A rep may reply but for real tech support you are better off going through Verizon directly. Have you tried doing an Internet search on your issue to see if others are experiencing it and have any solutions? It is an odd thing so I'm not aware of it being a normal bug with Verizon in general. You may have a hardware issue with your phone where it's not recognizing the correct numbers you are texting. Does this occur if you manually input the phone number you're texting versus texting a number in your address book? Have you gone through your contacts and made sure the numbers are still correct in there? If someone texts you first and you reply do they receive the reply or is it still going to the wrong number?

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I upgraded from iphone 4 to Nokia Lumia 928. I can call out, receive calls, and send texts on the Nokia, but all incoming text messages are still sent to my iphone. Any ideas on how to fix this? It's not real handy having to carry two phones around.

Hi there TGuinn!
I definitely don't want you to have to carry around multiple devices! As Suzy Q mentioned it seems as though your iMessage may still be activated for your phone number. The great news is it's easy to remove. Visit this link: http://vz.to/1aTAJuM sign in with your Apple ID and remove your number from iMessages.
Please test and let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks!
MelissaM_VZW
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Me and my mom share the same itunes account, everytime i download a app it goes to her phone automattically as well, how can i stop this?

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Open itunes
Connect her iphone.
Go to the apps tab.
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Text messages going to wrong people

I am new to this forum and I think I posted under the wrong forum for my problem. Please follow the link to my post. I really would appreciate some help.
http://community.vzw.com/t5/DROID-DROID-2-by-Motorola/Droid-Bionic-text-messages-going-to-wrong-people/td-p/733318

I have been experiencing this issue for the last few weeks and it is extremely annoying. I've called Verizon 7 times and have gotten nothing but the run around. What's even more annoying is hearing them say there will be a software coming out to correct the problem but they don't know when. I'm very disappointed in Verizon. I've been with them for many years. They were my first and only carrier. I will definitely not be taking this lying down. I'm going to get a resolution, and if that means leaving Verizon, then so be it. And if anyone from Verizon is reading this, PLEASE DO NOT offer up another apology. I don't want another apology, I want this issue to be corrected, NOW!!

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You can share the same Apple ID in
Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID: here
But for all other Apple services like:
FaceTime, iMessage, iCloud, etc, one of you should use a different Apple ID.

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I changed my Apple ID but on my iPhone 4S w/ iOS 7.0.4, when I go into settings > iCloud it still shows the old Apple ID. How do I change this? I was going to delete the iCloud account from my phone then add it back with the new Apple ID, but I'm not sure...help!

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5223?viewlocale=en_US
Peace, Clyde

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It is a Continuity feature. See the quote below from: Connect your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using Continuity
Phone calls
To make and receive phone calls on your iPad or iPod touch, here's what you need:
Your iPhone needs to use iOS 8 or later.
Both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network.
Both devices must be signed in to FaceTime using the same Apple ID.
Wi-Fi Calling needs to be off.

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How do I delete an individual text completely off my phone, so that the timestamp of the deleted text doesn't appear anymore.
ios 8, seems to keep deleted texts on the phone, if I delete a text message it will be removed from the message app but the person who I texted and the timestamp of the message still stays. this ends up showing the person in my messages with a timestamp for a message that doesn't exist.

Well you can try this, but I'm not sure it's going to work if this is an entirely new ID.
Go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Tap edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

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Hello there stidhambr15,
I was researching the issue you are having and recommend a couple of things. First it might be a good idea to reset the device following iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting found here http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Resetting your device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If that doesn't quite get the device going again, I recommend restoring the device.
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
Might even be a good idea to turn off the phone, reseat the SIM card, and turn it back on.
iPhone and iPad: How to remove the SIM card
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5163
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Hi LASalem,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that your iPhone is not sending/receiving messages to certain devices the way your would expect. To begin the troubleshooting process, I suggest working through the troubleshooting information in the attached article.
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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My brother and I phone number is link together on the same iTunes and Icloud therefore I am getting all his text messages on my phone, how do I stop this? He does not even have an Iphone anymore.

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Try going to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and uncheck the email address(es) shown under "You can be reached by iMessage at". If that doesn't work, you'll have to tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with a different Apple ID for iMessage.

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Are you sending the texts to his phone number or his Apple ID? It might be that the texts originated from your phone is to his Apple ID and not his phone number and his Apple ID was not registered for the Message app on his phone. So any texts to his Apple ID is not received by his phone.
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Texts going to wrong phone in account

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