changing itunes account on iphone.

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changing itunes account on iphone.

is there a easy way to change the assigned itunes account on iphone.

my friends battery was dying on his iphone and asked me to charge it, the only charger i have goes directly in my pc. when it connected itunes came and i made sure it didn't sync. two days later he has a app update and it won't let him update because my info is linked for itunes on his iphone .

Imac, tv 40g, iphone 8g, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Mar 13, 2009 2:28 PM

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deggie

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Mar 13, 2009 2:32 PM in response to frunkis54

He needs to start iTunes, log into his account, and then sync his iPhone.

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frunkis54 Author

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Mar 13, 2009 2:36 PM in response to deggie

i was afraid of that. the computer he sync's to he won't have access to for a couple days.

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deggie

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Mar 13, 2009 2:40 PM in response to frunkis54

You can have him again not sync on your computer, but in iTunes log in to his account on your computer.

Just don't sync.

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Damon M.

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Mar 18, 2009 11:23 AM in response to frunkis54

One thing that might help out.
If you are trying to purchase music or an app on the iphone and the wrong account is showing up, try resetting all settings on the iphone.
Go to Home Screen > Settings > General > Reset.
Tap reset all settings.
Once the iphone restarts, then try the purchase again.

Hope this helps.

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Answer 5

Mar 30, 2009 7:53 AM in response to Damon M.

No offense, but that's a lame solution...Reset all the preferences as the only way to restore the proper account settings???? There has to be a proper way to do this...misstep by Apple on this one.

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Damon M.

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Mar 30, 2009 7:56 AM in response to Mark Holoubek

If you would like to leave feedback, this link might help out.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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