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Transferring Iphone (vanity)
1 Jan 2017

Posted on 01/01/2017 11:45:24 AM PST by rey

Are Apple products not to be transferred? My step daughter gave me her old Iphone. I had no problem getting service for it. I was told Apple does in store classes/tutorials on the product. When I inquired about them I was asked about my Apple code or ID and other like information. This made me wonder if I wold be denied assistance with this product as it was originally registered in her name? Cannon was like this on a printer I could not prove ownership on (who retains purchase info from years ago?).

Thanks


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: iphone; phone

1 posted on 01/01/2017 11:45:24 AM PST by rey
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To: rey

Transfers are simple, you will not be denied service. If your daughter erased the phone contents, when you activate it the process is seamless.


2 posted on 01/01/2017 11:53:41 AM PST by datura
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To: rey

Datura is correct. Make sure you back up your phone with iTunes before resetting it.


3 posted on 01/01/2017 11:55:56 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: rey

My husband inherited our daughter’s iPhone 5, but he uses my Apple ID. I wonder if you can just register a new one (Aplle ID) for yourself. Tie it to whatever email you use and think of a password that fits the parameters they want now.


4 posted on 01/01/2017 11:56:30 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: rey
Your Apple ID is independent of your hardware. Here's a website with information on the subject and a link at the bottom to create an Apple ID. Note: it's best to use an @iCloud email which you can get for free when you sign up, otherwise you may lose some features. Hope this helps.

https://appleid.apple.com/#!

5 posted on 01/01/2017 11:58:19 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Swordmaker

Ping to you, Sir.


6 posted on 01/01/2017 12:00:32 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: FamiliarFace

I received a hand-me-down iphone. Now it is WiFi only, has been cleared of its connections to Apple and works fine as a tablet.


7 posted on 01/01/2017 12:05:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: rey

Looks like in iOS 10 to get a new iCloud account, you create it in your iPhone settings:

Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Acount > iCloud > Create a new Apple ID


8 posted on 01/01/2017 12:10:03 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: rey

Maybe it has been answered already in this case ignore. When my girlfriend bought a used iPhone we got an error message. I googled the message and the very first result was a step by step guide that the previous owner must do in the internet to release it to the new owner. It was quite simple procedure.


9 posted on 01/01/2017 12:12:14 PM PST by Krosan
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To: rey

If you don’t have an AppleID yet, they will help you set one up when you go in.


10 posted on 01/01/2017 1:38:50 PM PST by reed13k
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To: rey

you can create your own appleid. but you will be required to surrender your own personal desires and preferences in favor of what Apple has decided is proper, because Apple knows best.


11 posted on 01/01/2017 1:43:08 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: rey

You will have to create an Apple ID for it. That’s all they were asking about.


12 posted on 01/01/2017 2:08:36 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: JohnBrowdie

I’m pretty sure everyone got an Apple iD with their last flu shot. (Wish I could put a /sarc tag here!)


13 posted on 01/01/2017 4:12:56 PM PST by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
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To: Do_Tar

Oops!
A van just pulled up outside.

Honest! I was kidding about the flu shot thing!


14 posted on 01/01/2017 4:15:58 PM PST by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
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