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my apple id on my iphone 8 has been forgotten and changed without my permission and now i don’t know the password. but i had to get a new phone. now i can’t connect my apple watch to my new phone because i have “activation lock” on my apple watch
iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 15
See if anything here helps. If necessary, you can use account recovery as explained in the link at bottom of the article.
Verification code - how to get one and sign in with two-factor authentication. *
If you can get a code and sign in, you need to change/add the number on your Apple ID. Look in the Security section when signed in online. You may have to add the new number before you can remove the old number. After the change, allow up to 24 hours for the change to sync. Before trying to make the change, sign out of Messages/FaceTime on all devices/computers.
See if anything here helps. If necessary, you can use account recovery as explained in the link at bottom of the article.
Verification code - how to get one and sign in with two-factor authentication. *
If you can get a code and sign in, you need to change/add the number on your Apple ID. Look in the Security section when signed in online. You may have to add the new number before you can remove the old number. After the change, allow up to 24 hours for the change to sync. Before trying to make the change, sign out of Messages/FaceTime on all devices/computers.
See if you can recover the ID/password. An iCloud e-mail address is an Apple ID. Use every email address you can think of.
Apple ID - How to find your Apple -
Other ways to find your Apple ID
You can check to see if you're signed in to the App Store, FaceTime, or Messages on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, or check to see if you're signed in to iTunes for Windows on a PC. You can also go to iCloud.com or appleid.apple.com and see if your Apple ID prefills on the sign-in screen.
If you forgot the Apple ID (iCloud) password, enter the Apple (iCloud) ID, and click Forgot Password. See if you can get a Rescue or Notification email option if necessary. Link to contact Apple Support at the end of the 2nd article.
If you have 2 Factor Authentication enabled, if you can't recover the password using the steps above, you will need to use Account Recovery. The Recovery Process is an automated process and the length of time it takes can vary a lot. Apple ID Support can only answer your questions. They can't intervene in or speed up the process. The article below has some suggestions to shorten the time the process takes.
Apple ID - Recover your Apple ID with two-factor authentication account recovery. *
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well the thing is when i open to change my apple id it asked for my number to recover but i got a new number on that phone and i couldn’t change the number on my apple id without the password that i don’t remember. so i’m stuck in a hole technically. is there any way y’all can hack my watch and like do something to where it’s like new?
my apple id password has been forgotten and i got a new phone now i can’t switch my apple watch to my new phone. and i got a new phone because the apple id password had been forgotten
