Ok thanks Diana, pleased it’s all sorted and explained ;-) Relax and Have a Happy Easter ... eat plenty of Chocolate Easter Bunnies 🐣🐰🐇!
Kind Regards. Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 29 Mar 2018, at 3:41 pm, Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes, VW Golf, it’s paired with that. Should have thought of it but brain > drowned in cortisol, not working properly. > > I have worked out why I can’t see his iPhone in FMI, he has a separate Apple > ID. I can > see his MacBook Air because we both use it. When we updated the OS, I set it > up and it assumed I was the boss and entered my email that is used for our > shared Apple ID. > . > Thanks for your help. > > Best wishes from Diana > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 29 Mar 2018, at 2:49 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Diana, >> Rob has already sorted the Hotspot connection for you. >> >> This “VW BT 3209” you are concerned about. Do you have a VW (a Volkswagen >> car)? >> This looks like when you pair your iPhone - Connect iPhone to VW Bluetooth? >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 29 Mar 2018, at 10:44 am, Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Rob >>> >>> I had already restarted the iPhone with no effect. This time I turned off >>> absolutely everything even eMac and G4 tower which don’t appear in FMI. Did >>> not go as far as disconnecting power. Rebooted modem and Time Capsule. >>> Turned on iPad, iPhone. Bluetooth shows only the iPhone. Hopefully all >>> hunky dory. >>> >>> Still don’t understand why FMI does not show the iPhone. >>> >>> Thanks so much, I can have breakfast now and start my day. >>> >>> Best wishes from Diana >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 29 Mar 2018, at 9:23 am, Rob Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> restart all devices? >>>> >>>> Sent from OPPO Mail >>>> On Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]>, 29 Mar 2018 9:14 a.m. >>>> wrote: >>>> I have decided I can’t do without WAMUG, I shall pay my dues today. >>>> >>>> If this is a bit garbled please bear with me, I am very depressed, any >>>> fellow sufferers will know this means no ability to concentrate, accident >>>> prone etc. >>>> >>>> Present problem, I needed to use my iPad away from home. Set up Graham’s >>>> iPhone as hot spot, turned off wifi on iPad to do it. Turned wifi on >>>> again. Did not need to use the iPad after all, left it at home, this was >>>> on Tuesday. >>>> >>>> All well until today, iPhone tells me to turn on wifi for better location >>>> services. Didn’t think I had turned it off. Hit the button, I can’t >>>> remember what it said but whatever it was I assumed it would turn wifi on. >>>> I cursed myself for using 4G for lengthy phone calls but it was necessary >>>> because our landline has had an intermittent fault for over 2 weeks, off >>>> 50% of time, Telstra technician hasn’t been able to solve it. >>>> >>>> Connection unsuccessful. Message make sure “VW BT 3209” is turned on and >>>> in range. >>>> >>>> But it is connected, icons for Telstra and wifi. I have no idea what this >>>> device is. >>>> >>>> Looked in Bluetooth which shows both my iPad and this device as >>>> unconnected. I get the equivalent message to above. But Find my iPhone on >>>> my iPad shows my iPad and my old iPad 4 as connected. No mention of >>>> foreign device. >>>> >>>> Find my iPhone on the iPhone, logged me out for my own protection, logged >>>> in again, it shows my two iPads, the iPhone doesn’t appear. >>>> >>>> At one stage I managed to select the foreign device (I can’t remember >>>> how). Forget this device was greyed out, I tried to Sync contacts, the >>>> only other option got the same error message. >>>> >>>> On my iPad the only device in Bluetooth is the iPhone. >>>> >>>> I turned off Bluetooth on the iPhone, powered down and restarted. Unknown >>>> device still there. >>>> >>>> Should I turn Bluetooth off, if warns me against it? >>>> >>>> The only other thing that might be relevant is that I noticed Graham has >>>> not turned on Two-Factor Authentication. >>>> >>>> I haven’t a clue what to do next nor whether this has serious >>>> implications. Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Regards Diana >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad
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