iPhone 4s keeps asking for the wrong Apple ID

You can't do this, because the Apple ID is not changeable, it is locked in and cannot be changed. only the password field shows up as editable.

Justinshiding is correct. By restoring the phone as new, it wipes everything off of the phone, then replaces the iOS and firmware on the phone.

I kept receiving an update from a previous apple id download which I did not have the password for. What I did to resolve this problem was sync my Iphone to Itunes on the laptop, go to apps, on the left side listing all my apps to remove or install, it did not show the app that kept wanting to update. However on the right side that displays the phone page of apps, I turned to the page that had the app which wanted to update and there it was. I highlighted the app and pressed delete. The app deleted. I then re synced my phone and exited out of Itunes. When I opened the app store on the Iphone there were no apps waiting to be updated.

But it doesnt give me the option to change the username field, the only field I can enter anything in is the password

Same, 5S, any solution?

I fixed! Just click to skip, then the next apple ID will your, then it will start to download your backup, except the parts of the unknown apple ID's 🙂

My phone doesn't give you the option to edit the user id

I do not have the option to put in my apple id. I am trying to update an application and it is asking for my coworkers apple id. This is an application we use for our time clock. I have tried the following:

turning off icloud back up

deleting my apple id in the phone and reentering

restaing the phone/rebooting

loggining out of itune store in my computer

If anyone can help please do.

I usually am the one people ask but this has me stumped😕

Try this:

Settings

iCloud

Scroll to bottom ... Delete Account (it doesn't delete the entire account, just removes it from the iphone)

Then log into it again

Did that and does not work.

LOL! MY buddy downloads music from other peoples itunes and off the web ( i assume limewire napster etc) each time he syncs his iphone he gets like 5 different random emails to log in. Is it possible the OP is downloading illegal & or music,apps etc?

I have a problem also, Ive been using an android phone for a while and it broke. I went and found my iphone 4S that i havnt used in over a year. When i turned it on, it connected to itunes, there was the update to ios 7+ and i accepted. When the phone came back on, there is an activation lock on it with a gmail thats not mines. But itunes on my computer still recognizes it and shows up. How can i fix this. It doesnt sync to the account, though it does show all the backup, restore and all the others. thx

If an old Apple ID keeps popping up (e.g. when you try to update old apps), THE ONLY WAY to fix it is to ERASE those apps and upload them again. That's because when you downloaded them you used that old ID. Needless to say, you'll lose all the info (e.g. your pics in Instagram), but I see no way out. Yup, it s ucks.

aktivfilm wrote:

If an old Apple ID keeps popping up (e.g. when you try to update old apps), THE ONLY WAY to fix it is to ERASE those apps and upload them again.

unless you have updated your AppleID on the account..

If you created a new AppleID (instead of updating your old account), then eyes, you will need to download using the new account.

aktivfilm wrote:

If an old Apple ID keeps popping up (e.g. when you try to update old apps), THE ONLY WAY to fix it is to ERASE those apps and upload them again. That's because when you downloaded them you used that old ID. Needless to say, you'll lose all the info (e.g. your pics in Instagram), but I see no way out. Yup, it s ucks.

No, that's not the only way.

If Apple ID 'XYZ' pops up when you're trying to update an app, then use the password to the Apple ID 'XYZ'. Don't remember that password? Go to iforgot.apple.com to reset it.

I have apps/content from three different Apple IDs on my device. When I need to update an app, I simply use whatever password it asks for.