Luckily this is a setting that you can turn on off on the iPhone so that those other devices are not able to use the iPhone’s cellular connection to make and receive calls. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can disable it. If you are attempting to make a call to another country but your iPhone keeps adding numbers, then you might be wondering why does my phone say dial assist?
Stopping iPhone Call Forwarding to an iPad
The steps in the article below were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9.2. These steps will assume that you have an iPad that can make and received calls when on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone, and that you want this behavior to stop.
Here is how to stop your iPad from being able to make and receive calls from your iPhone –
These steps are repeated below with pictures – Step 1: Tap the Settings icon. Step 2: Scroll down then tap the Phone option. Step 3: Tap the Calls on Other Devices button. Step 4: Tap the button to the right of your iPad to disable this functionality. You can disable it entirely, for any other devices that use your iCloud account, by tapping the button to the right of Allow Calls on Other Devices at the top of the screen. Not sure which version of iOS is installed on your iPhone? You can check your iPhone version directly from within a menu on the device. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.
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