iPhone asking for random Apple ID passwords after restore

Like everyone else who gets these messages from the same handful of email addresses, you have a pirated song in your collection that was tied to that account.

Yes I know, everyone who has pirated music and gets these messages that only happen because of pirated music claim, "I didn't pirate anything." The only way for these handul of accounts to show up, is for pirated music to be in your library, assigned to these popular accounts. That Apple has finally shut down.

For example, songs tied to that particular account was reported comprimised as early as 2009

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/j3pYDC-9La4

It has nothtning to do with the device you are setting up. The reason it happens when setting up a new device (or restoring) is because now iTunes is trying to authorized the previously reported pirated music. And no, it isn't that the device Apple GAVE you had the pirated content. Restores don't work that way.

So. Stop pirating music. Stop letting your girlfriend or boyfriend or best friend give you songs. Those files your roommate put on your hard drive and forgot about? Maybe that's where it came from. Don't let your kids download music from the internet.

I FIXED IT!

I had the same problem and I figured it's caused by downloaded music. When you restore from iCloud backup, the iPhone read the Apple IDs in music metadata.

Just go to iCloud settings on the iPhone and in the Restore Backup menu click on "Cancel backup" (I don't know if it's actually like that, I'm Italian so I read it in Italian). Anyway there's should be a red message to click on. Hope you understood what I meant. Sorry if I haven't been more precise.

I was having similar problems trying to update apps on my new (out of the box) iPhone 5S, which I today upgraded to at the Sprint store. It had no mp3 or other multimedia of any kind in its library and it also showed that it was was not connected to iCloud. This problem is not necessarily a result of pirated files. After first deleting all of the apps before updating them, I clicked "Delete Account" (listed in red, perhaps as anth3000 explained). After signing back into my iCloud account, the problem went away. Try calling Apple if you're still having problems. Hope this helps - good luck.

I was getting the random ID issues when I got my new iPhone 6.

The problem centered around iBooks. I followed the advice of deleting the previous Apple ID and putting in my one and it seemed to help.

I had my phone replaced today under applecare and was asked for a password for swiftgw@hotmail.com also. Very strange... Must be some sort of a hack attempt??

That's a nice theory, but it doesn't hold water. In my case, absolutely none of the software or music on my iPhone has been sourced from outside of the App Store. I don't have family sharing activate. I have a genuine Apple Music account. All of my devices are synced. Yet, I've been having this issue since yesterday morning.

You are my hero, thanks😉