Can I let my friend borrow my iPad?

I was wondering if I would be able to allow my friend to borrow my iPad for a week to see if she wants to get one of her own. I would completely wipe it (as I have pretty much all my important stuff on iCloud or Google Drive) and have it be associated to her account, and then she would wipe it and give it back to me. But then someone told me to be careful since Apple prevents you from going back to your old ID for 90 days even if you completely wipe the device. Is this true?

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Apr 12, 2017 2:10 PM

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Apr 12, 2017 2:20 PM in response to palamaboy

Not as far as I'm familiar with. What they may be referring to is signing into a single device with multiple IDs in a way that you would share content...as in take Pam's iPad, sign into the app store with Alan's ID to download content then go back to Pam's ID while never wiping the device.


I would think if you remove it from your iCloud, restore it to factory defaults, load it to your friend then have her do the same it would seem like you'd be OK. It's honestly never a situation I've run across. I must say, you seem to trust your friend a lot with a very expensive device. Because once it's wiped and she sets it up as hers, in the eyes of Apple, it's no longer yours, you'd lose all control over the device.



So I was wrong, ignore my post.

Apr 12, 2017 2:30 PM in response to palamaboy

No, that 90 day limitation only applies if you download past purchases to a device and then try to switch the Apple ID back to the originating one without wiping the device first.


Once wiped, the previous association is no longer active, and you can associate the original Apple ID to it again.


Basically, the 90 day limit only applies as long as you do not restore the device. Once restored, it is no longer a factor, as all previous associations have been removed from the device by restoring it. And nothing will stop you from using another Apple ID on it.

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