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I want to reset brand new Iphone 7 plus
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I just tried it. It obviously will allow me but it want me to add payment method (t states that i won't be taxed until i purchase something). I did not sign in, but the way i see it the first 3 times are free and you need to pay to create another account. I don't want to do that. The support team is my last hope, although i have some doubts..
deano1972
macrumors 6502a
it wants you to add a payment method in case you need to purchase anything from iTunes but I'm sure you can skip this part .. well I have in the past managed too. Take your time going through all the setting up stages of your iTunes account with your gmail email address.
Seriously your worrying way too much..
.. who dares wins!
deano1972
macrumors 6502a
Well why not add your card then so if you ever need to purchase anything you can? It can't just charge your card without asking/telling you so don't worry
Well i will do that as last resort, i still hope calling support on monday will help. The strange thing is, everytime i tap forgotten Apple Id, it wants my name and email assossiated with it, but i never added any email, it was the icloud account (that is forgotten) that became my email and eventually my apple id. So this 3 accounts will now remain forever and unused?
Newtons Apple
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After reading this thread it kinda makes me feel like there is something fishy going on here.
Friends, i am really sorry for opening this new thread, but its on more different subject. can someone give me good explanation what Apple ID is. I created three different icloud accounts and currently i am singed out from all of them- i used erase everything and restore settings every time. Does that mean i have no Apple ID in the moment? Is my iphone assossiated with any of those accounts since i deleted them (singed out) and erased everything. If i sign in with someone else's Apple id- like my cousins account, will it become my new apple id. Can he remotely control install something on my iphone if i am signed with his apple id? If i sign out and erase everything and restore settings again will he be able to have any control of the device since i am no longer logged to his account?
The way i see it if i signs out and erase everything, the privious account should have no more control over the phone? Like if you buy a second hand phone and so on. Atleast that's how it was on android before. Please help me understand this one.
The way i see it if i signs out and erase everything, the privious account should have no more control over the phone? Like if you buy a second hand phone and so on. Atleast that's how it was on android before. Please help me understand this one.
Newtons hi, there is nothing fishy, the phone is mine, i can prove it anyway you want- contract, warranty serial, check from the city center i bought it thorugh 🙂 I can even picture myself with it if that's gonna help. I am just that type of paranoid guy, i used to change accounts and reset my privious android phones numerous times, i did the same with my new iphone without the knowledge it's limited. I also used help from my cousin who i dont really trust. As i said, i can do anything to prove the phone is mine, no problem with that 🙂
Newtons Apple
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Have you considered to stop messing with it and just use it. All the credit card stuff from other people is what sounds fishy. Do not do that anymore and do not let others use your phone and you will be less paranoid.
Just use you phone and stop all the stuff you have written above.
Yes Newtons, i will. I just hurried way to much, i reached the limit without memorizing my accounts and let another person (cousin) to mess with the phone. Now am trying to fix things back and starg clear. I opened a new thread it hope to undestand more about apple id's because i am really confused here. If you have time take a look there, and thanks for your support 🙂
MarkX
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You've created 3 Apple ID's but you've signed out of all of them, why?
I think you should take the time to research this yourself.
Edit: I've just read your other post, I seriously think you shouldn't have a phone.
I think you should take the time to research this yourself.
Edit: I've just read your other post, I seriously think you shouldn't have a phone.
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MarkX hi there, out of stupidity. New to iphone and didn't realized the importance of those ID's and limit. I don't want to explaine further since i duplicate my privious threads. I tried to research but i am bit of confused. Now since i had three accounts, which is my actually Apple ID- the frist one, the last one? I am currently signed out of all of them, does that mean that currently my iphone has no apple id.
Also and very important- if my cousin sings in with his Apple account (from his phone), does that become my ID at thhe moment? Because after i forgot my first accounts we tried to use his, i gave him the phone and he told me that it didn't allow him, but i couldn't see exactly what he did. Now i got paranoid since i fear he accessed my phone with his account. I erased everything and restored factory setting, can he somehow compromise my phone if he was once signed to his account? If his account was the last that was signed to my phone does that mean somehting, or my Apple IP's are the ones that i made through my own phone. It's really confusing, i wasted my accounts like a F"rt in the wind and i am mad at myself now.
Yes, i am with you on this one, i really shouldn't use phone, but there is no other option at the moment :X
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Also and very important- if my cousin sings in with his Apple account (from his phone), does that become my ID at thhe moment? Because after i forgot my first accounts we tried to use his, i gave him the phone and he told me that it didn't allow him, but i couldn't see exactly what he did. Now i got paranoid since i fear he accessed my phone with his account. I erased everything and restored factory setting, can he somehow compromise my phone if he was once signed to his account? If his account was the last that was signed to my phone does that mean somehting, or my Apple IP's are the ones that i made through my own phone. It's really confusing, i wasted my accounts like a F"rt in the wind and i am mad at myself now.
Yes, i am with you on this one, i really shouldn't use phone, but there is no other option at the moment :X
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Please bookmark the below links, they will be invaluable to you.
About Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com/faq/#!&page=faq
Apple ID security: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201303
Apple support: https://support.apple.com/apple-id
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ardchollie50 thank you for that info, i however already had read it. But here it is again
I can't remember the usernames of the accounts i created I did them in a hurry without knowing they are of importance. I do remember the passwords of two of them (if i am not wrong). I dont remember the answers to the questions - i wrote some crap there. I erased and reseted my iphone after each of the accounts, so i cant at all trace information about what they were. I know it sounds way ridicilous but it happened. All i can prove is that the phone is mine (i am sure some will assume something fishy is going on here) and i have a minor memory of how the passwords were. When i tap on forgotten Apple ID it wasnt my names and the email, but it's the email (username) that i cant rememer when i created the account in cloud. Now i have three empty accounts that i cant reach. On top of that i gave my cousin to try to access the phone with his account and although i reseted and erased again after he tried, i got paranoid if he somehow can now remotely access my phone (i don't know if that's possible at all) So:
1- if i am currently singed out of any apple id accounts, can someone (like my cousin), somehow gain access to my iphone if he was once singed in with his personal account, that he made with his phone or whatever device he had?
2- If i explain the situation to Apple Support, when i prove the phone is mine, can they simply erase those accounts i dont remember and allow me to create final one, so i can repaired the dumb mistake i did (to waste my threee accounts)
I can't remember the usernames of the accounts i created I did them in a hurry without knowing they are of importance. I do remember the passwords of two of them (if i am not wrong). I dont remember the answers to the questions - i wrote some crap there. I erased and reseted my iphone after each of the accounts, so i cant at all trace information about what they were. I know it sounds way ridicilous but it happened. All i can prove is that the phone is mine (i am sure some will assume something fishy is going on here) and i have a minor memory of how the passwords were. When i tap on forgotten Apple ID it wasnt my names and the email, but it's the email (username) that i cant rememer when i created the account in cloud. Now i have three empty accounts that i cant reach. On top of that i gave my cousin to try to access the phone with his account and although i reseted and erased again after he tried, i got paranoid if he somehow can now remotely access my phone (i don't know if that's possible at all) So:
1- if i am currently singed out of any apple id accounts, can someone (like my cousin), somehow gain access to my iphone if he was once singed in with his personal account, that he made with his phone or whatever device he had?
2- If i explain the situation to Apple Support, when i prove the phone is mine, can they simply erase those accounts i dont remember and allow me to create final one, so i can repaired the dumb mistake i did (to waste my threee accounts)
I am from Bulgaria, the phone is bough on Friday from Tehnomarket Europe (It's a tech store, hugest in the country) The phone has warranty and so on. The thing is it's not bough directly from Apple store. I don't see how going back to Technomarket will help since they don't seem to be specifically aware of Apple. My hope is the support call.
I think your best bet right now is to go to Apple Support, but you will need concrete proof that you own that device. After ownership is proven to their liking, they should be able to assist you with everything necessary.
You've made a bit of a mess, but that is understandable being that you are new to Apple products and services. However, with the security involved, and what that security is protecting, I feel you need to get this straightened out with Apple and then go from there.
No problem, i will show them everything they need, the documents are right here with me. The confusion came because i was used to reset my old android phones and switch google accounts without any consideration, i don't have any important information that i need to keep, i use the phone just to talk, taking photos and possibly facebook/twitter, so for me its not a problem to start new account. I only hope that the service here in my country will have authorization to help me with the problem.
[doublepost=1482687151][/doublepost]And also, about my cousin, as i said i let him to try to sing in with his personal Apple account, he told me it didn't allowed him to (i wasn't watching exactly what he was doing) It's a paranoid question but this guy is not fully trusthworthy, a few hours after he did that attempt i eraesd my phone to factory settings. I did not payed attention if the phone was sing to his account.
Can i require information from Apple to tell me what accounts were signed to my phone. If he did signed in with his, could he somehow did something maliscious to my phone (like jailbreak it remotely or whatsoever) and if he did, does erase and restore to factory settings get rid of it. Can he somehow reconnect with his account (that is his, not made on my phone), even after i have signed out of it. Thats why i want to know what Apple id is, if someone else logs to hiss apple account through my phone, does that mean that now my apple id becomes his. I hope you understand what i am saying here..
[doublepost=1482687151][/doublepost]And also, about my cousin, as i said i let him to try to sing in with his personal Apple account, he told me it didn't allowed him to (i wasn't watching exactly what he was doing) It's a paranoid question but this guy is not fully trusthworthy, a few hours after he did that attempt i eraesd my phone to factory settings. I did not payed attention if the phone was sing to his account.
Can i require information from Apple to tell me what accounts were signed to my phone. If he did signed in with his, could he somehow did something maliscious to my phone (like jailbreak it remotely or whatsoever) and if he did, does erase and restore to factory settings get rid of it. Can he somehow reconnect with his account (that is his, not made on my phone), even after i have signed out of it. Thats why i want to know what Apple id is, if someone else logs to hiss apple account through my phone, does that mean that now my apple id becomes his. I hope you understand what i am saying here..
Applejuiced
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All this back and forth with this new user is giving me a headache😀
Weird situation with most his posts, maybe he's too young to understand and gets really anxious and does things without thinking.
Not sure what he wants from anyone here to do? All he has to do is call Apple.
If I may say so, I feel you are overlooking something vital here. You've hurriedly created three different Apple ID's without memorizing anything or writing anything down. Perhaps, in the future, you should document your actions in order to avoid a repeat performance? I'm just stating what I feel is obvious.
Well you are right Applejuiced, the situation is really weird, i understand that completely. Thats why i first want to gather information before calling the service, i dont want to sound crazy when i do.
It's really simple situation in reallity. I registered three times and erased the phone three times to start again.
Absolutely, i do admit it is my fault. I also shouldn't have let other people (cousin), to try fixing things up. But the wrong is done there is no turning back. I am searching for an options of what can be done, obviously the only thing now would be calling the Apple service 🙂
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In worst case scenario, i will simply sign in though different email provider (yahoo, gmail). as if i understood right i will be able to do that as long as i provide personal credit card.
But i still can't find the answer to if another person (in my case cousin) did sign in with his account, can he somehow compromise my iphone (like install something remotely or so on) becuase something similar did happen once to my android device's gmail that i used to share with friend. And if i erased and reset everything after that would clear any connection with him and his account?
It's really simple situation in reallity. I registered three times and erased the phone three times to start again.
Absolutely, i do admit it is my fault. I also shouldn't have let other people (cousin), to try fixing things up. But the wrong is done there is no turning back. I am searching for an options of what can be done, obviously the only thing now would be calling the Apple service 🙂
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In worst case scenario, i will simply sign in though different email provider (yahoo, gmail). as if i understood right i will be able to do that as long as i provide personal credit card.
But i still can't find the answer to if another person (in my case cousin) did sign in with his account, can he somehow compromise my iphone (like install something remotely or so on) becuase something similar did happen once to my android device's gmail that i used to share with friend. And if i erased and reset everything after that would clear any connection with him and his account?
Applejuiced
macrumors Westmere
You already sound crazy 😀
So what are you trying to accomplish?
You said you erased it so do you have it locked into any icloud account and you cannot get in and remove it?
What is the end result that you're trying to get to and what is stopping you from creating another apple ID and moving on from all these extra logins you created?
Man i really do sound like that. Ok one final explanation. I will give you step by step what happned.
Friday afternoon i buy iphone, i turn it in while i am in the shop, i plug my sim card and i register (because it asked me to create icloud account, i did not knew i can skip that) simply to check if the device is working, ok and so on, with clear mind that i will erase it to factory, because i always do that when i buy new phone- its just me. So i did it, on the way home in the car i was so excited that i registered again to simply take some photos and enjoy the phone. I did not memorized the password again. I realized i cant sign in to ituens because it asked my icloud password. After a few wrong attempts i waited to get home and i reseted again. At home, i did registered, and i did finally accessed itunes thorugh my icloud account, i downloaded few apps and since my VISA card was completely out of money i asked my cousin to purchase a game with his card. We applied her, at first it kinda excepted it but than it said that the transaction failed. I get bit annoyed and i though that it may be due the fact its not my own credit card, so i decided it will be best to erase again. Next thing i saw after the erase was- Phone cannot create more apple id. Believe me if you will, i cant remember the exact username i used. I do remember the passwords of the last two ones though. So my cousins says let me check and he played a little, he told me he tried to access the phone with his account but it did not worked. We had to leave in a hurry so i've left my phone in my bag and went to finish my daily tasks. At the night, the first thing i did was to erase the phone again. I did not checked if my cousin's account was signs or not- i just erased again and with the same result- limit reached. So i find a way to start the device with registering to apple. Than i started to check the forums and ask around. I know you can't magically help me, i just have two simple questions:
1. First and most importantly, since i dont trust my cousin, i just gave him to play with the phone because i was panicked when it said it cant register. If he did signed in with his account, could he impose some threat to my device- like to install something and so on? Because i did not check right away if he is signed or not and he went home after that, i only erased eveything few hours latter/ Since i erased the phone after that, i am somehow linked to his account (like if he can pull something remotely) as long i am no longer signed, and it was not account created by me.
2. When i burned my three accounts, is apple authorized to allow me to create new one, or is there any possible way for me to create new apple id and use Itunes? I tried to register on itunes using gmail account, it required to apply payment method to register- Visa Master Card and so on.
I tried to make it simple here 🙂
I made letter mistake up there, i mean after the last erase i found i way to start the iphone withOUT registering, simply bypassing Apple id registration
Friday afternoon i buy iphone, i turn it in while i am in the shop, i plug my sim card and i register (because it asked me to create icloud account, i did not knew i can skip that) simply to check if the device is working, ok and so on, with clear mind that i will erase it to factory, because i always do that when i buy new phone- its just me. So i did it, on the way home in the car i was so excited that i registered again to simply take some photos and enjoy the phone. I did not memorized the password again. I realized i cant sign in to ituens because it asked my icloud password. After a few wrong attempts i waited to get home and i reseted again. At home, i did registered, and i did finally accessed itunes thorugh my icloud account, i downloaded few apps and since my VISA card was completely out of money i asked my cousin to purchase a game with his card. We applied her, at first it kinda excepted it but than it said that the transaction failed. I get bit annoyed and i though that it may be due the fact its not my own credit card, so i decided it will be best to erase again. Next thing i saw after the erase was- Phone cannot create more apple id. Believe me if you will, i cant remember the exact username i used. I do remember the passwords of the last two ones though. So my cousins says let me check and he played a little, he told me he tried to access the phone with his account but it did not worked. We had to leave in a hurry so i've left my phone in my bag and went to finish my daily tasks. At the night, the first thing i did was to erase the phone again. I did not checked if my cousin's account was signs or not- i just erased again and with the same result- limit reached. So i find a way to start the device with registering to apple. Than i started to check the forums and ask around. I know you can't magically help me, i just have two simple questions:
1. First and most importantly, since i dont trust my cousin, i just gave him to play with the phone because i was panicked when it said it cant register. If he did signed in with his account, could he impose some threat to my device- like to install something and so on? Because i did not check right away if he is signed or not and he went home after that, i only erased eveything few hours latter/ Since i erased the phone after that, i am somehow linked to his account (like if he can pull something remotely) as long i am no longer signed, and it was not account created by me.
2. When i burned my three accounts, is apple authorized to allow me to create new one, or is there any possible way for me to create new apple id and use Itunes? I tried to register on itunes using gmail account, it required to apply payment method to register- Visa Master Card and so on.
I tried to make it simple here 🙂
I made letter mistake up there, i mean after the last erase i found i way to start the iphone withOUT registering, simply bypassing Apple id registration
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ibookg409
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- Just set up an new Apple ID
- Take a pencil and WRITE DOWN THE INFO
- done.
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