Apple ID not active - Request Denied- Authentication Block - Cannot Be Removed
New iPad. Create Apple ID with gmail address (proton mail address did not work) and my iphone number. Works for 1 (one) day. Next day I try to log in. "Apple ID not active" Tried: reset password (no go) then re-activate Apple ID. Wait for one day for email from Apple: "Your request has been denied." Tried to reset iPad but could not log in so no go. Tried another obscure Apple website to remove "authentication block". Had to send in photo of receipt to show purchase of iPad. Sent in photo of receipt. Went to Apple Store: explain to 2 different techs who can do nothing. Apple store tells me to call Apple Support. I call Apple Support: explain to another tech who requests to share iPhone screen. I allow and try everything again. Apple Support says they can do nothing. I now have bricked iPad with "Apple ID not active". Days pass Apple sends email:
authentication block cannot be removed,
suggests I send a photo of receipt which I already sent. I return iPad to where I bought it 3 days ago and abandon the dream of giving my sister an iPad for entertainment, information and facetime with family. She has no Apple devices in her future.
Was going to purchase new iPhone 16 or 16 pro. Now I am looking at Samsung S23.
Will new iphone just be a brick like the iPad, with no help at all from Apple?
iPad (9th generation)