Can't use iCloud or restore my iPhone because of old apple ID
I recently changed the email address on my apple ID. When I updated to iOS 7, iCloud decided it wanted to use my old email address.
I don't think there is any way to simply log into a different iCloud account. When I try to delete the account, it asks me to enter the password because I have to turn off find my iPhone, which I can't do because that apple ID no longer exists. When I try to restore the iPhone, it tells me i have to disable find my iphone first.
In order to do anything with your phone - syncing, updating the os and even getting tech support online your phone's serial number must be registered with Apple as active. When a phone is damaged Apple deactivates that number to associate a new number with your account. In my case I have neither now because the mix up involved two separate accounts. Now, because my phone was deactivated by an Apple store employee and there was nothing wrong with my phone, I'm not scheduled to receive a new phone nor am I able to use my present phone.
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