Wife and my iMessages all messed up despite two different iCloud accounts.

[Kabob]

My wife and I share an AppleID but have two separate iCloud accounts for contacts and iMessage and whatnot. Originally we had the same iCloud account and didn't use iMessage but about a month or so ago I created my own.

All has worked perfectly fine until Saturday where I had a strange message on my phone saying that one of our devices (I think it was our iPad) was going to use the AppleID for Facetime. I didn't really think anything of it, but yesterday we both texted the same person and my messaged appeared on her phone as being sent by her. Now when she texts me everything she types appears twice on her phone as well, and anything I send to someone who's using iMessage appears as coming from her and on her phone.

Her iMessages is set up to use her AppleID and mine is set to use my separate, unaffiliated iCloud account, I checked in settings and neither my phone number, email, or anything is toggled on as an attached number/address to send from. The only change I've made is I changed my phone's name the other day, but nothing on iCloud or any account or anything.

Anyone have an idea what could be going on?

 

[Slamrish]

I need a little more information to shine some light on this, I want you to check all of your iOS devices and check what you're using for iCloud and what you're using for iMessage. For example on the iPhone's people generally use their phone number and on iPads it's an e-mail address. But the thing is with 10.8 (If you have a mac at home with that) you can merge the number to the account which is what I believe happened from what I'm reading.

If they are merged, you need to get in touch with AppleCare and see if they have anything they can do.

 

[Kabob]

My iPhone is using my my iCloud account and is using my phone number for iMessage. My wife's phone is using her AppleID email and phone number for iMessage, the iPad isn't using iMessage at all.

When I was trying to make my own iCloud account I originally did it from my phone while logged into her AppleID and it merged it to the account so I made a separate iCloud account on my computer which is completely free standing.

Also, now when conversing with my wife it seems to keep switching back and forth between iMessage and normal text messages. Typically it seems that if I don't message her for a while it reverts to a text message but if I message her several times in a row it sticks with iMessage, although that could be wrong. Usually when I leave the conversation window and then come back to it they all show up as iMessages.

 

[FerrelGeek]

This happened to my BIL's family. Also a friend of my daughter's and her dad. All got messages meant for the other.