Granzo

Q: icloud thinks my Apple ID is my old, non-existent email address. How do I change this?

At least once a day for the last year or more, iOS on my iPhone (currently a 6, as of yesterday running iOS 9.2) asks me to "sign in to iCloud". The ID offered is an email address that died of spam a couple years ago and no longer exists at all.

 

I've never used iCloud, so I wouldn't care that much...except that some part of Apple still thinks I'm someone I no longer am, nor can become again even temporarily. So I can't use the method offered here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202667 or here  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203828

 

Is there another way to tell iOS that it has an Apple ID that is no longer in service, and can't be pressed BACK INTO service?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2

Posted on Dec 27, 2015 12:26 PM