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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:

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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Roger Wilmut1

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131,326 points

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 8:14 AM in response to Community User

jean-michelfromanchorage wrote:

by create icloud account u mean accounts add icloud? where u add also google and yahoo account>??

Please see the Apple Help page I linked to above. And if the phone is giving you the exact message I quote above then it's absolutely impossible to create any more iCloud accounts using it, so any other information is irrelevant.

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

i mean by that when i created the apple id and signed into my apple xsmax

i made this ...

to Settings > [your name] > iCloud (or Settings > iCloud), enter your Apple ID and password, then turn on the features i want to use...

So all my apple ids are signed in with icloud...

Oct 21, 2018 8:27 AM in response to Community User

jean-michelfromanchorage wrote:

bro now i tried to loggin with an old apple id from 5 years i created it,

it worked. so what the problem?

I really have no idea. You told me you were getting an error message, I explained what that means, I explained what you should do to be able to sell the phone and what you should tell the purchaser. I can't see that I have anything to add to that.

ProustGiulio

Level 10

208,584 points

Oct 21, 2018 8:40 AM in response to Community User

No.

ICloud Apple IDs you created on your device are tied to that device, not to your account. There’s no problem signing into existing different iCloud accounts!

You just cannot create any new iCloud accounts on that iDevice.

My English is not so good, sorry, but I'm sure you can understand me.

Thanks, best regards and best of luck.

Giulio

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to ProustGiulio

i know i created Apple IDs, on my laptop

what do u mean by iCloud Apple IDs? why no one explain me it?

so now i can use any old apple id and the 3 apple id i created on my laptop?

plz explain me with details thx

ProustGiulio

Level 10

208,584 points

Oct 21, 2018 9:13 AM in response to Community User

Read again all the answers. Among them you should be able to find this one:

...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...

Have a nice day.

Giulio

Nov 6, 2018 12:23 PM in response to ProustGiulio

so now when i want to sell my xsmax, if the customer want to sign in with a new apple id, he must first sign in with icloud

he put his apple id on another iphone activated and he enter settings icloud on

then it will works on the xsmax?

and if he had an old apple id with icloud it will works directly?

right?

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

explain me more , what do u mean by creating icloud account? i created all the apple id from my laptop on:

https://appleid.apple.com/account

so they must have icloud created...

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

Thank you, but can you give step by step how to make this. because if i want to sell the iPhone, its stuck with my 3 apple id..

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

i signed out from the device all the apple id, and removed my devices under devices on appleid.apple.com.

after 90 days i can add a new id? it takes time to deactivate id from the iphone?

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

i created the 3 accounts from my laptop not the phone

Oct 21, 2018 4:04 AM in response to Community User

If the message is that 'the maximum number of free iCloud accounts have been created on this device' then the situation is as I described. Obviously I can't say how the phone got to that state.

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

any solution bro? now im stuck with my 3 apple id on this phone. i need to deactivate them to add new ones..

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

any solution bro? now im stuck with my 3 apple id on this phone. i need to deactivate them to add new ones..so i can sell it

Oct 21, 2018 7:46 AM in response to Community User

Erase the phone. Then leave it alone so that the purchaser gets in its out-of-the-box state. Warn him that if he doesn't already have an iCloud account he will have to create one on another device.

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