can't sign in to icloud from iPhone 4

Once you reach the maximium of three free iCloud accounts, per iOS device, the only fix is to create the iCloud account on a computer or another iOS device, that has not reached the limit, then setup that account on your phone.

Hi, now you have to create your own iCloud account, if you need information about, check this link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4436?viewlocale=en_US

You do realize that support article you provided the OP a link for has nothing to do with his/her question, correct?

Rottenanarchist,

This is a common issues with used or resold iOS devices. There is however a fix. If you call AppleCare they can submit a ticket to get that resolved and the maximum number of accounts reset. 🙂 Thanks.

Just resolved the same issue on my iphone 4 with a call to apple support. In my case the phone had been restored to factory default and the same symptoms occurred in that I was unable to sign in using my apple i.d. It turns out that my apple i.d. was not in fact an icloud i.d. which was confirmed when accessing the app store on the phone in question as it was signed in with my apple i.d. When going to settings and trying to use the same i.d. to access icloud and apps using location service such as find my phone I came up against the account limit issue.

The solution was to use another device, my fathers new phone in my case. On this device we went to settings and signed out of his icloud account and then signed in again using my apple i.d. Once verified I signed out and my father signed back in to his icloud on his phone. Now my apple i.d. was a recognized icloud account and I was able to complete the set up on my phone.

Erm.. I faced the same problem but it's not the matter i want to create a new ID on this device.. It's show up even when i'm trying to sign in my ICloud's ID..