Problem with wrong account when updating apps in iTunes on iPad

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Problem with wrong account when updating apps in iTunes on iPad

Hi there,

I've been using 2 iTunes accounts on my iPad, 1 for the dutch Apple store and one for the US apple store. Until recently this worked perfectly, now however, when there are updates for my apps and I try to update them on my iPad, iTunes wants me to log in with my US appstore account instead of my dutch account (which is my main account and the account I use to buy apps).

I've allready seached the web and these forums and found that in order to fix this, I need to sync my iPad with my iTunes on my computer whilst iTunes on my computer is logged in to my dutch account. I've tried this 5 times allready, and no matter how many times I re-login my dutch account on my computer, on my ipad I keep getting my US account even though I'm logged in to my dutch.

I rather not do a restore, so any help or other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanx

PC, Windows 7

Posted on Dec 7, 2010 12:40 AM

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SinnerNL Author

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Dec 7, 2010 12:42 AM in response to SinnerNL

Ps. my iPad is on iOS4.2.1

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jumboben

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Jan 10, 2011 7:19 PM in response to SinnerNL

Similar pproblem, my app update page has pulled an email address from one of my
computers and replaced my user name on the app-update page with it. Now I get error, " This Apple ID has been disabled..." and referenc to the substituted email address, which seems randomly taken from one of email programs. My real username seems intact, although I did reset my password several times trying to fix this. Need help!

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jumboben

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Jan 17, 2011 2:54 AM in response to jumboben

Mine has come by a remedy! Here's what happened:

1. I reset my iPad in Settings under the General tab.
2. I changed the 'owner' of my MacBook from the previous owner to myself.
3. I downloaded one app into the MacBook with iTunes and synced to the iPad. There was an error about '...unauthorized apps on this device...' and something about 'proceed to delete them' with two options, continue or quit. The unauthorized apps and the wrong username were from the previous owner's cellphone! I continued and got a warning or two something like, "some apps deleted, if you proceed, all apps will be deleted", which I declined by choosing 'sync', and a busy minute later, all was fixed.
I don't know what fixed it, the reset or the owner change or the download, but the app update page shows the proper username now and the apps update as usual.

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