HT204053 Can you switch the Apple ID your current phone is backed up on?

I have always used my the same Apple ID as my dad for my phone, but I recently updated my phone to the IOS software. After my phone was updated my phone's contacts and my father's combined so we both have each others. Also, we are both recieving each others text messages. How do I fix this? Is it necessary to create a new Apple ID with a different credit card and then switch my phone to that ID?

Set up his iCloud account in Settings>iCloud and turn on Find My iPod.  You can then download and install the free Find My iPhone app from the app store on both your iPhone and iPad.  Then sign into his iCloud account on the Find My iPhone app and you should be able to track his iPod Touch as long as it has a connection to the internet.

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