icloud: The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone.

Just discovered this problem as I handed over an old computer to someone. I checked out the Apple legal terms and conditions for iCloud, in the third paragraph of REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF THE SERVICE :

"Apple reserves the right to limit the number of Accounts that may be created from a device and the number of devices associated with an Account."

http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/en/terms.html

I guess Apple wanted to cut third hand macs out of the iCloud loop.

What I wa

I can’t sign iCloud :(

ME too!!

If you read the responses already posted you will find the answer.

Hi

Maximum number of icloud id activated in my iphone i can not sing in what should i do

I want a way to reset my iCloud since the maximum number has exceeded

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I have 2 questions:

1. I did make a new iCloud account on an iMac, but unfortunately if I tried to sign in on the iPad the error message came back. Why is this?
   
2. If you use another iDevice for "activating", do you also lose one possibility to create a new iCloud-account on that device?
   

A quick google search makes it appear as though this is related to a problem with the embedded serial number in the device (iDevice or Mac) that is trying to create an account.

It's entirely possible there is a "problem" with the phone. Maybe it was repaired by a 3rd party, or jailbroken/hacked.

Is the phone Jailbroken or hacked to unlock it?

MrLOVER wrote:

...My iPhone is Factory unlocked and it is now jailbrocken...

Whether jailbreaking is the problem or not is moot.

Jailbroken devices can not be discussed here. It is a violation of the terms of use for these forums.

This has less to do with the phone, more to do with apple keeping an association between the device's ID number, and the Apple IDs that had been used on it. no relation to the phone being Jailbroken or not being reset. How may one remove the Apple ID from the Serial number's list of previously used Apple IDs?

Thank you TooDarkPark for your reply. Other threads talked about having motherboard replaced or an issue with the serial numbers, none of which was true in my case. I wonder what the issue is that they cant delete an iCloud account once its been generated. I can understand a limit of 3 accounts per device but why there isnt a way to remove them from the device and the Cloud isnt very practical.

At the very least there should be some documentation available about the limit so this can be avoided whenever possible. Im setting up several ipads to be used in a library and now this one is hosed so I cant use it for the project that it is intended to be used for. Its wasting valuable and scarce $$.