Changed Apple ID. Now I can't change it back.

This really stinks! Apple forced me to change my ID after upgrading to ios5. It wouldn't let me use my old ID. I had to use an email address. So I went to ID change, found the IDs it had forced on me and changed user name and password. Nothing was said about losing ownership fo apps I had already purchased. Now I can't update them and will lose all the data in them when I delete and repurchase. I tried with one already.

I see by the dates of the above posts that this is a known issue, but no warnings and now no alternatives have been forthcoming from Apple.

This is a class action suit in the making.

Shame on you Apple.

OK, I have just sent a much shorter version of this problem to Apple Support Express. They claim to get back to people within about 48 hours. That may be longer with all the ios5 stuff going on, but I will come back here with whatever response I get.

Same problem, imessage mess too

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