How do I change my iCloud ID on my iPhone which an email address that no longer exists

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This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID, verify the changes, enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone".
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, verify it once again, delete the iCloud account from your device and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock.

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How can I change the iCloud associated with my iPhone when the email account no longer exists?

My mum had the iPhone that I'm now using for a couple of years, and the iCloud account attached to it uses an email address that was shut down by Virgin, so we can't access it any more to verify emails, etc.
Now that I'm using it, I want to assign it to my ID or even reset it, but the password my mum is certain she used won't be accepted. I looked around the community and tried to change her iCloud settings online to the old email address and then delete the iCloud on my iPhone using the new password for the new ID she now has, but it won't seem to accept any password.
Is there any way at all I can do this, or will I have to get a Genius appointment or something?
Thank you for any help you can give me!

Hi:
Log in and click on your user name, then look at the upper the right side of the page.
Click on the triangle to the left of the "More Resources" section.
This will drop down, and give you options.
Select User Settings.
This will now open a page, and in the light blue type on top, follow it along to Contact Information, click on that, and change your e-mail address to what you want, and hit the blue submit button on the bottom right side of the page.
Paul

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Hello,
I am hoping someone will help me. I have an invalid icloud account on my iphone. The email address is no longer valid and I have no idea what the password might have been. My current apple id and password don't match the icloud account currently on my iphone. I can't even restore my phone because it requires that I know the password to the icloud account which no longer exists so I'm trapped. What can I do?

wjosten wrote:
TJBUSMC1973 wrote:
First, just try the current password to your current Apple ID, even though it shows the wrong Apple ID.
The OP did, didn't work...miss that?
Third, you can go to appleid.apple.com, and change the primary email of your Apple ID back to the old email, just long enough to log out of that old email Apple ID on your device. Then change it back to the current primary email.
Since the Apple ID the OP wants to change is no longer a valid email address, that won't work, as there is no way to verify such.
First, OP said "I have no idea what the password might have been. " and "My current apple id AND password don't match the icloud account currently on my iphone." Nowhere did he say that he hadn't tried the current password for his current Apple ID on his iCloud that displays the old Apple ID. He may have been trying to guess an old password. There is no harm in him trying the first step, even if he's tried it once before. Many people accidentally mistype their password. What's the harm in him trying again, even if he's already tried it once? It takes less time to try it again than it took you to type up your response. Additionally, I like to include all possibly relevant steps, especially when the relevant troubleshooting article lists that step.
Second, you don't have to verify the old email address for this procedure. As soon as you change the primary email address on your Apple ID, it's changed in the system. Once you've fixed the issue, and changed back to the new email, that one you'll have to verify... and the OP never said anything about not having access to the new, current email address, did he?
For your reference, wjosten:
iOS 7: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5223
1. Use your current Apple ID password
Trying using your current Apple ID password. If that doesn't work, continue to the next step.
2. Sign out and back in to iMessage or FaceTime
If you are currently signed in to iMessage or FaceTime
If you are not signed in to iMessage or FaceTime
3. Change your Apple ID temporarily
If signing out and back in to iMessage or FaceTime didn't work, try these steps:
Change your Apple ID to the Apple ID you used previously. You shouldn't need to verify the email address.
Tap Settings > iCloud and try to sign out.
Change your Apple ID to the new email address that you want to use. You'll need to verify the email address.
Tap Settings > iCloud and sign in with the new Apple ID.
Enjoy! It's always a pleasure to assist in increasing the knowledge of a fellow Apple Support Community User!

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You may be able to change or reset the password on this old iCloud/Apple ID account, even if you no longer have access to the email address associated with it. Once the password is changed/updated, you should be able to log your iPhone out of the old iCloud/Apple ID account and log in to the correct new account. You may find the information and steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support
If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud - Apple Support
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
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Hi everyone,
Please let me explain my situation first.
I was using email1 for my iCloud backup on my iPhone4. Then I had a problem with that email and had to change that email to email2 via the web browser.
I then changed my iCloud ID on my iPhone to reflect that change. Then I had a problem with the iPhone so had to restore via iCloud. Upon restoring, my iPhone keeps asking to connect to iCloud but the ID it use is the email1 not the new email2 I am currently using. I try changing the iCloud email on iPhone but it would simply not let me. Can anyone help me change the iCloud ID on my iPhone?
Thank you very much in advance.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Shirley

I did but that caused my ID to reflect the change and caused the problem in the first place. Thank you but I just found a solution here https://discussions.apple.com/message/22605888#22605888.

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