Activation of 2nd iPhone

Hello all! I recently lost my job and in order to make sure everything was going to be okay until I found another job, I sold my iphone and bought a cheap pay as you go phone to use in the meantime. Well things are looking up and I have found a new job and am feasibly able to purchase another iPhone, and will even benefit from it at my new job. My question is, since I cancelled the iphone data, when my new iPhone arrives, do I activate it like last time, or do I use my same sim chip I had from the first iPhone and just call into AT&T to add the iphone data back on? Thank you in advance for your time on this question.

Use the SIM card that ships with and is pre-installed with all new iPhones.
As an existing AT&T subscriber, you add the iPhone's data plan to your calling plan as part of and required for the iPhone's activation process.
I was an existing AT&T subscriber before purchasing the iPhone. I activated the iPhone as an existing subscriber entering my cell phone number. My existing calling plan remained in effect which cannot be changed as part of the activation process so my only option was the $20/mo unlimited data plan plus 200 SMS and I could have added additional SMS at an additional cost.

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I am trying to setup iCloud account and when I login I see a popup. The Maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone. Pls, help me fix it. What other accounts? Thanks

I am trying to setup iCloud account and when I login I see a popup. The Maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone. Pls, help me fix it. What other accounts? Thanks

Then you'll have to use another iOS device or Mac running OS X Lion or higher to create a new account for you to use on your phone. If you don't have one, perhaps a friend would allow you to create and account on their device (note: this will use one of their three maximum accounts). To do this, they would need to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which will delete the account from their device but not from iCloud), then allow you to sign back in with your ID to create the new account. Then tap Delete Account to delete the new account from their device, and finally, sign back in with their iCloud ID to restore their iCloud account to their device. Then you can sign in with your ID on your phone in Settings>iCloud and use the new account.

Can i use a 2nd iphone if i install itunes on another user account.when i tried to create a second library i messed up both phones, the second one now has all my contacts and when it sends txts it either says its my other phone or email address

can i use a 2nd iphone if i install itunes on another user account.when i tried to create a second library i messed up both phones, the second one now has all my contacts and when it sends txts it either says its my other phone or email address. i can cope with the first phone and getting it back on itunes but dont want to syn the 2nd phone until i know it is independant of the other one. Does it matter that both phones use the same itunes store account?

Deleting the account on your phone only removes if from your phone. The account and it's data remain intact and doing so will not effect your daughter's phone.
To do this, first go to Settings>iCloud on your phone and turn any synced data (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off, and when prompted, choose to keep the data on the phone. When finished, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Then set up a new iCloud account with a different Apple ID and turn any data you want to sync with iCloud (contact, calendars, etc.) back to On. This will upload your data to your new iCloud account.

HT204053 I have an iPhone 4S and when I try to add an iCloud account is gives me an error "Cannot Sign In, The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone." Is there any way to deactivate an account?

I have an iPhone 4S and when I try to add an iCloud account is gives me an error "Cannot Sign In, The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone." Is there any way to deactivate an account? I have one for myself, one for my family and one for my work. I had all three on my iphone and then I deleted my work. I wanted to get my own person @me.com account. It wouldn't let me create it from my iphone, so I created it from my Macbook Pro. I am trying to add it to my iphone, but it keeps giving me that error. If there is a way I can deactivate my work one so I can use my @me.com personal account?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Unfortunately once all the 3 iCloud accounts have been created on your mobile device, you cannot create any more regardless of what you do. You will need to re-use one of the accounts that you have already created or create your new account on another device or computer.
You should however be able to add existing accounts to your device, are you sure you aren't trying to create on rather than simply use an existing one.

How do i add a 2nd iphone to my itunes account

how do i add a 2nd iphone to my itunes account

Just login to that phone with your current iTunes account.

HT5538 i activated my brothers iphone under my apple id now all his imessages come to my phone aswell how do i remove his number from my apple id

i activated my brothers iphone under my apple id now all his imessages come to my phone aswell how do i remove his number from my apple id

Ummm...Read the article you linked here from that's listed above.
Search before posting. Your question has been asked and answered dozens of times

Was the amount of free accounts activated in this iPhone, as to proceed?

Was the amount of free accounts activated in this iPhone, as to proceed?

Each device can ony create a limited number of iCloud accounts. Once the maximum number of accounts have been created, all you can do is use one of the accounts previously created, or create a new account to use on another iOS device or Mac (running OS X 10.7.2 or later), if you have one.

2nd iphone 4 in a row that keeps needing to be restored everyday?

Ok,
2 weeks ago my iphone 4 started acting funny. Everyday for whatever reason i would lose service and then it would say "connect to itunes " and I would have to restore the phone to its original factory settings. this went on for 3 days until finally it refused to be restored through itunes, and it was now not reading my sim card. so i went and got a new sim card at ATT , didn't solve the problem. So I took it to the apple store, they determined that it couldn't be restored and they gave me a replacment unit. well a few days later , the same thing has been happening . This is a completly different phone , and every 24 hours it needs to be restored. what is going on ? why is this happening .

ok , so went to the apple store, they were able to restore the 2nd iphone back to factory settings, but they had to do something special or something to get it to work. we then set it up as a new phone, and guess what ? a day later same thing happened, and it happened after the phone had been restored and i hadn't synced it with any device yet. ok , explain that one to me. presently it gets stuck "restoring iphone firmware" and gets stuck doing that . i don't want to drive to the stupid apple store for the 3rd time in 2 weeks. ARRRGH !!! this is ********

I cant open an iclude account. they wrote the maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone.

i bought my iphone from someone, then i created apple id, i forgot the password...and created a new one
now i want to creat iCLOUD with my last apple id and it wrote the maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone.
what can i do ?! someone can help me?

Tell your brother to do the following. He will need your Apple ID and password to create your account.
Open his "my photo stream" album on his phone and save any photos he wants to keep to his camera roll by tapping Edit, taping all the photos, taping Share, then tapping Save to Camera Roll.
When finished, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, and choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted. This will only delete his account and the data he is syncing with iCloud from his phone, but not from iCloud. His data will be synced back to his phone when he signs back in at step 5.
In Settings>iCloud, sign back in with your Apple ID and password to create your new account. Do not turn on any iCloud data syncing (i.e., keep everything turned to Off in Settings>iCloud).
In Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account. If prompted, choose Delete from My iPhone.
In Settings>iCloud, sign back in with his original iCloud ID and password and turn his iCloud data syncing back to On. This will sync his iCloud data back to his phone.
His phone should now be back to where he started, except that it's likely that not all his photo stream photos will be in his my photo stream album (which is why he saved them to his camera roll at the beginning).
You can now go to Settings>iCloud on your phone and sign in with your Apple ID to use the new account he created for you on his phone.

I got my 2nd iphone 5s brand you, it s getting very hot after 10 min of usage

I got my 2nd iphone 5s brand you, it s getting very hot after 10 min of usage

It means take it back to where you bought it from. If you don't want to do that you'll have to be more specific like how long you've had the phone and how you are using the phone when it gets hot. That kind of information. The more we know about the phone the easier it is to diagnose and offer suggestions.

HT5622 "The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone" message is received when I try to set up iCloud. How can I overcome this problem please?

I tried to set up icloud on my iphone 4 and I get this message that "the maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone". My iphone was used by someone else before I got it. How do I deactivate these accounts or overcome this problem?

You were trying to create a new Apple ID for icloud. But once the device reaches is max allowed to create IDs then you can't create more. That's your situation now. To create a new account you must use another device or computer.
You can't deactivate or turn back the clock.

ICloud the maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone, how to fix this?

i have problem here on iCloud using my iPhone when i log in it says "the maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone" how to fix this guys? please reponse

You would have to contact Apple and see if they would grant an exception and allow you to create another one. There's nothing you can do on your phone (that I know of) to correct this.

Icloud: The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone.

HI, I just bought a used (second hand) iphone 3gs recently. I have activated my apple id it's working for app-store well, but when i try to use it for icloud it gives me the error that
"The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone"
What I must do to sign in to icloud please help me.
I suppose the previous owner has already activate an icloud account from this iphone and the IMEI number of the phone is registered to icloud. Is there a way to erase it, or just make a second account from this iphone?

You need to sign in to your iCloud on another device before you can use iCloud on your iPhone 3GS.

TS4009 "Cannot Sign In" The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone" message when I log-in my Apple ID.

Hello,
Is it possible to delete the existing account of my Iphone 4s? How?
It always displays the message " The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iphone"
everytime i attempt to LOG-IN in Icloud.

Each iOS device can create a maximum of three iCloud accounts.
You will need to create your iCloud account on another device.

TS3988 I receive a "the maximum number of free acorn have been activated on this iPhone" when I want to sign in iCloud with my Apple ID on my iphone...someone help me...

I receive a " the maximum number of free account have been activated on this iPhone " when I want to sign in iCloud with my Apple ID on my iphone..please someone help me..

Any one device can create only three iCloud accounts: this is tied to the hardware, not the user account, and there is no way round this.
You will have to create an iCloud account on another iOS device or Mac, then you can sign into it on your iPhone.

Activation of 2nd iPhone

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