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Theydonboi

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 22, 2011
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Hey all,

I recently replaced my work iPhone 6s with an iPhone 11. I couldn’t remember the AppleId password for my work email (and couldn’t afford to wait 2 weeks for Apple to unlock), so I signed up the phone to my “main” Apple ID - i.e. the one I’m signed up to on all my personal devices.

My personal phone is an iPhone 12 Pro, and since I set up my work phone, I get the message “what’s next for this iPhone?” popping up occasionally, with prompts to erase data and get it ready for recycling.

I have no intention of selling my personal phone for at least another year. Is there a way to “tell” the phone this to stop these prompts?
 
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