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

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

Oct 21, 2018 8:17 AM in response to Community User

Yes, as I've told you, that is the way to create an iCloud account, but I don't see the point of this discussion: we've apparently established that the phone can't create any more iCloud accounts.