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The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone

hey,

I bought my iphone xs max

i added my appleid to it , after 1 week i removed my apple id sign out and added a new apple id, later on i removed my 2nd apple id and logged out, finally the 3rd week also i made the same thing i removed my apple id and logged out ( sure in these 3 times i removed my device from the apple ids).

now when i am adding a new apple id it gives me this message:

The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone

i cant add another id, i just can use my 3 id i created before, how can i deactivate them from my phone and add a new id. because later i cant sell it...

plz any help

thanks


note: i removed the apple id signout icloud and delete from my iphone.

iPhone Xs Max, iOS 12.0.1

Posted on Oct 20, 2018 5:59 AM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2018 5:10 AM

You can remove the Apple IDs and you can erase the phone but if you have already created three iCloud accounts the phone will never be able to create any more. I've already told you the solution, which is for the new owner to sign in with an existing iCloud account. And before you sell it, erase it and don't add any accounts.

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Oct 21, 2018 5:10 AM in response to Community User

You can remove the Apple IDs and you can erase the phone but if you have already created three iCloud accounts the phone will never be able to create any more. I've already told you the solution, which is for the new owner to sign in with an existing iCloud account. And before you sell it, erase it and don't add any accounts.

Oct 20, 2018 6:05 AM in response to Community User

You can only CREATE up to 3 *new* Apple IDs on your iOS device.


You can ADD as many as you want, but may be prohibited for a certain amount of time from downloading new content after switching (90 days or so).


These measures are likely to prevent stealing content or sharing content outside of family sharing.


It sounds like you’re not adding existing Apple IDs but creating new ones. To create another new Apple ID you have to do it online, as you’ve met the maximum number on the phone.


But, my question is why in the actual heck are you using so many different Apple IDs?!

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

i will explain you more my case:

i bought the phone, created first apple id from https://appleid.apple.com/account and added it to my phone from the outside menu, when the 1st time u setup a phone

after i signed out from this apple id and erased all phone and settings, and created new one from also https://appleid.apple.com/account and signed out and finally i made the 3rd one also same steps.

after i signed out from my 3rd apple id created on my laptop, i made an erase also for the phone...

now i created my 4th is from my laptop windows, when i am outside menu, choose ur language> wifi> bla bla, u will be asked to enter ur apple id, here i added my 4th apple id , it gives me cant login. so i added 1 of my 3 apple id and signed it to the phone.

i am on the phone, icloud above i signed out from it, and signed in with my 4th id created, it gives me this message...The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone

Oct 21, 2018 8:00 AM in response to Community User

jean-michelfromanchorage wrote:


man when u create an apple id on the apple site, automatically icloud account is created

No, it isn't. Creating an Apple ID gives you a login for iTunes, The Apple Store and so on. An iCloud account, with its email and syncing facilities, is not created until you sign in with the ID in Settings>iCloud. If that sign in, with ID which have not previously created an iCloud account, has already been done three times then that phone has reached its limit and will give the error message you appear to have received.


Apple Help page on creating an iCloud account:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph2609?locale=en_US


You don't want to create another iCloud account, you want your purchaser to be able to do it, and I've told you four times how he can do that.

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Miss Smartie Partie

hey, some one is hacking my phone thats why.

when i opened the box i used the 1st apple id created on appleid.apple.com

after i removed it , even its not showing on the account after sign in on laptop (appleid.apple.com)


i did the same for the next 2 appleid

so now i cant add a new one/

i cant sell it anymore...can u please explain me more or give me a solutions how to deactivate all the apple id?

maybe if i delete the apple id from privacy.apple.com it may works or not?

thanks

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Miss Smartie Partie

hey

I created my 3 apple id from my laptop online, not from my phone.

when i received my XS max i added the 1st id, and signed in.

After 1 week i signed out from the 1st id. (this id is a new id, i didn't used it on any device before, means i created it for my XS max). Then i signed in with the second id and after 1 week with the third one.

All the apple id are new id, not used before on any device.

Now i cant add any other id, it gives me the message above, but i can use the 3 ids created , new one cant be used, on my XS max. Also i entered appleid.apple.com > devices > XS max remove just to be sure that my iPhone is removed from the apple id.

If I deleted the apple id on privacy.apple.com > delete , the new id may work or not on my XS max? or its a problem with the phone not apple id


please give me some solutions.

thank you

Oct 21, 2018 3:42 AM in response to Community User

This happens when a) you try to log into Settings>iCloud using an Apple ID which has not yet created an iCloud account, and b) the device you are doing this on has already been used to create three iCloud accounts. That three is the limit; after that you can't create any more iCloud accounts whatever you do - it's tied to the hardware, not the account, and deleting accounts from it won't make any difference. Note that an Apple ID, though it may have been used to purchase items from iTunes and to log in here, doesn't have an associated iCloud account until you specifically create one by logging in in Settings (or System Preferences)>iCloud.


What you can do is to create a new iCloud account on another iOS device or Mac (not Windows or Android). Once you've done that you can log in to that account on the first device without problems.

Oct 21, 2018 3:55 AM in response to Community User

If the phone has already been used to create three iCloud accounts it will never be able to create any more, no matter what you do to it. If you are going to sell it you you can sign out of the iCloud account currently on it (you must do this or the next owner will find himself locked out sooner or later), and you will need to explain to the purchaser that if he doesn't already have an iCloud account he will have to create an iCloud account on another device (iOS or Mac, not Windows or Android) and then sign into that account on the phone.

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

if i signed out from my icloud recently signed in, and erase phone, the customer will use his old apple id which he is using on his old iPhone. it will works for him? he can sign in or also the message will appear?

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

bro all my apple ids i removed them, and sign out plus from appleid.apple.com i removed the device. i created the apple id from my laptop not the phone.all my appple ids have icloud (5gb), what do u mean sign in with an existing iCloud account??

maybe if i made a restore from itunes with apple.ipsw may work?

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

man when u create an apple id on the apple site, automatically icloud account is created. you can go to icloud.com and login with your apple id and pass, after we can add images and stuffs. all the apple ids i added to the iphone , have apple id and icloud (i added stuffs to them on icloud.com ) can u explain more what do u mean by creating icloud account

give me steps how to create it?

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

bro all my apple ids have icloud account

when i created the 3 apple ids from my laptop

i entered to icloud.com logged in with my apple id and added there pictures notes and stuffs

and when i signed in the phone with my apple id, all the pictures and stuffs are uploaded to the phone

The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone

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