Account Limit Reached

I've arrived to this point where it said "Account Limit Reached" on my ipod touch. Which explains why I couldn't log in with my AppleID.

Is there a solution for this?

Hi Michael,

I've got the same problem when i try to create my iCloud account, 'Account Limit reached'. Can u kindly send me the dmg at furqan100pk@hotmail.com . Your effort would is appreciated.

Regards,

Furqan.

SOLVED... from me anyway.

I have a 2 year old iMac where the logic board had been changed by Apple and no serial number shows up on the system profile (About This Mac.)

I went into System Preferences, iCloud and received the same "Account Limit" message when I tried to set iCloud up.

I called Apple. They told me that iCloud does not check for a serial number.

The tech could not figure out why the account would not work.

She escalated the issue to a higher level. The second tech said I should use another device to create the iCloud account. I told him I didn't have one available (iPhone was in car.) He asked for the account ID and did some checking and said that for some reason the ID (which was NOT a dot me email address) would not convert to iCloud, even though it worked fine with iTunes and AppStore.

He created the account on his end... using my "invalid" ID and a password. Took about 1 minute for the account to be created. I then went into System Preferences and signed in. I also tested to see that I could get in to the iCloud web, and made sure it still worked in iTunes and AppStore.

The tech said this was the first time he had heard about this issue... there was nothing in the Apple tech logs about it (which is why the first tier tech had to escalate it.) I told him to Google for it and he'd see a lot of posts about it.

So if you have this issue, do the "express lane" support process... I got the tech person after about a 1 minute wait (Saturday, 7:30 PM PDT). If the tech does not know what to do maybe they can see case 334530452 assuming the tech made notes on how he fixed it.

BTW, he said that if people call about iCloud issues they don't have to have Apple Care.

Hope this helps.

Al

www.jaya123.com

Sign into your account on a different device. Once you sign in on that other device you will be able to sign in on the device that was giving the error. Just appears to be a glitch in the system

HI Michael,

I have the same problem with the serial number after a repair. Please send me the BBS to ivanatista@gmail.com

Thanks

hi, i have the same problem with a MBP mid 2007 and nowadays ive already noticed about my seriel number...

as i read all the posts here Michael can you also send me the file please?

iall5tar87 at gmail dot com

thanks in advances!

Hi, Same problem here with black screen_. Does anyone have a working copy of the bbs that they could send me? leaman35@msn.com

Thanks

hello michael, I have the serial number problem in my MBP 2012, it always had a serial number, but just one day it disapears, I don't know how, any way, can you send me the BBS if it's possible the lastest version?? thanks a lot jaime.matovelleATgmailDOTcom

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

hello michael, I have the serial number problem in my MBP 2012, it always had a serial number, but just one day it disapears, I don't know how, any way, can you send me the BBS if it's possible the lastest version?? thanks a lot jaime.matovelleATgmailDOTcom

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Thanks Michael! This is exactly the problem I was having too. Performed a clean install of Mountain Lion on my older 17in MBP last week from Snow Leopard - because I wanted to use Messages and Facetime. I could login to my phone with Messages and Facetime, but not the laptop. My MBP went in service a few years ago for the video logic board problem and I guess they never wrote the serial number on the new board. I tried for a good hour yesterday trying to log into messages to no avail. I found your post, obtained the BBS tool you mentioned, ran it and after rebooting I was able to log into Messages 1st try! And Facetime right after that.

You are awesome 🙂. You can go have a beer now knowing that you helped somebody out today.

Michael Amazing!!! after hunting for ages this seems to be the problem im having on my old MBP, repaired logic board no serial number... can some one please email the BBS so i can see if i can get this to work! cpollocks@yahoo.com THANKS!

Hi Hi-Fly,

How did you solve the black screen with a "_" in the end? I'm stuck with this problem right now. I've tried 3T106 and 3T110 with both CD and usb drive, but none of these works. Thanks~

Same issue with the blank screen and "_"

I'am not sure to have a good version of the Blank Board Serializer (MacPro 2008)

If someone could send it to me on "lagffw at hotmail dot com"

Many thanks !

I tried two versions of BBS and neither worked. Then I went to a local repair shop. Some tech guy removed a chip from the motherboard, placed it on a chipset, connected it to a computer, and run some kind of software to write the serial in.

The motherboard had been repaired before but not in an Apple Store (out of warranty then). And some chips were replaced. My guess is that BBS can only deal with blank motherboards from Apple but not those repaired on a chip level.

Good luck on a good version of BBS!

Hi,

I solved my problem with the Blank Board Serializer, v.3T106, part number 693-6430.

Works on a MacPro end 2008 2,8 Intel core 2 Duo, my motherboard have been replace by an Apple retailer in 2009 (at that time the Stores didn't exist in France).

You can look for a file named blank board serializer 3t106 063-7137.zip

Previsouly I should have downloaded a bad version of this tool.

Many thanks to Yuyucai and the community

Harpa