help me create a new apple id on an old phone

A cousin of mine deleted his icloud account and removed all his information from his phone and he gave me the phone to use....and when i try to sign up for a new account,it keeps saying"this phome has reached its maximum sign up for a free icloud account....can someone tell me ehat to do???

Posted on Apr 28, 2017 6:38 AM

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Apr 28, 2017 6:48 AM in response to faith_dee679

You will need to use another Apple device to create an iCloud account. While you can create an AppleID from any device, you must use an Apple device to then use that AppleID to create an iCloud account.


The device lifetime limit on new iCloud account creation cannot be reset or over-ridden. However, once you create an iCloud account on another Apple device, you can sign into it and use it with that iphone.

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