I changed my Apple ID but my iCloud ID is causing trouble

I changed my Apple ID and everything was working.
Now I went back to my phone one day and it asked me for my iCloud password for a backup, but the email is still the old one.
If I check iCloud in settings there's the old email.
Entering the password doesn't work because the Apple ID is gone and it'll always say it's wrong but in order to remove the iCloud ID the password must be entered, because Find My iPhone is on.
How do I get it to change without losing data? A new iCloud account is absolutely not an option.

Teena33 wrote:
Hi - I am having the same problem - but I can't delete the iCloud account without the password, however, because find my iPhone is on and to turn it off I need the old password. It is a very frustrating roundabout I'm on. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I have lost all my contacts and need to restore a back up...
If the old ID is yours, and if your current ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID.  Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change.  Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address.  You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll.  When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud).  Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was.  Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

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