HT2731 Why will not let you use an Apple ID for free when reseted

Why if you reseted a iphone 4 that already had an free Apple ID on it but when you try to make a other free Apple ID on the same iphone 4 but reseted it still will not let you get an new one

Hi,
Some ISPs (the people that supply your internet) have porr DNS servers meaning that sometimes that cannot resolve where an app is trying to connect to.
In System Preferences > Network > Advanced Button > DNS tab add 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (two Google Public DNS servers)
If that does not work then go to the Apple Menu > About this Mac
In that Panel click twice on the line that tells you the Current OS versin.
It should change to the Build number (Another Apple Internal Counting of the OS version) and then show you the Serial Number.
If it is not present it will need "replacing" at an Apple Store or An Apple Authorised Service Provider.
The Number should be on the Logic/Motherboard.
If the board is replaced in a repair or refurbishment then the Number should be "flashed" to the new board.
If that does not seem to be the Issue have the Finder as the app in the Menu Bar
GO Menu > Go to Folder
Type etc/hosts into the Dialogue Box that appears.
This will show you a Hidden folder (etc) and a file called Hosts in it will be highlighted.
Right click the file and use the Quick Look Option to see the contents.
It should read like this if it is unalerted.
Some apps can change this file and you can have blocks to certain sites for certain apps listed.
If it lists Apple or Verisign then the iMessages App cannot register.
Let use know if this is the case and we can give further instructions.
9:31 PM Tuesday; April 9, 2013
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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How can I reset my IPAD 2 to resolve the fact that Apple will not let me use the APPLE ID and passwords that I want to use becasue they may have been used in the past year. I am very close to donating this contraption to the Good Will.

I have been an Apple User for almost two decades and have had no problems with my G4 Powerbook, my Intel MacMini, nor several other Macs as well as Windows 7 machines. However, the IPAD2 poses a problem of unfathomable disgust with the concept and implementation of the Apple ID. There is one for the computer, there is one for support, and there is one for itunes, and possibly another one for apps. There are different passwords for each. I am continually faced with notification that my Apple ID is incorrect or the password is incorrect. I have to keep an Excel spreadsheet with all of this unnecessary NANNY State protection matched only in pervasiveness by the Federal government.
I am told that an Apple ID can never be destroyed and replaced. Who dreamed that one up? I am told I cannot use a password that has been used in the past year. Why? By whose authority? I am not a walking encyclopedia that remembers every telephone number he ever dialed. Thankfully my cheap LG clamshell telephone keeps numbers and talks to Ford Sync successfully.
Bottom line is that the IPAD has become almost totally useless since I cannot change the several necessary passwords to anything I can remember because they are not novel enough. I also never seem to be able to keep the Apple IDs straight as they are too numerous to remember and I don't want to remember them anyway. Why? Even if you enventually get the ID right you have the wrong password and have to go through a merry-go-round of emails to change the password to something you have already used in the past year which is not permitted.
Has anyone out there used a competitive device with less cumberson overhead? Surely this is not the best American technology can produce.
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Thanks to all who responded. You are all absolutely correct. However, this Ipad was a gift to my wife who was dying of cancer in the hospital and wanted some entertainment. So I started it out with her Apple ID. After she passed away I moved from Sacramento to Austin and eventually proceeded to get the Apple ID changed from my wife's to mine. Meanwhile when she was in the hospital I opened an Itunes account in my name to buy movies for her. That was the first mistake.
Then during the move to Austin I lost track of the IPAD and later found it and tried to use support but could not remember the proper ID. Later the folks at the Apple store helped me create a new and novel Apple ID that was unfortunately unlike any other.
The botom line is that I am stuck with three Apple IDs and three passwords. I am told by Apple there is nothing they can do about this as IDs cannot be changed or destroyed. I can quit using them or start a new account but when I try to do that the system keeps remembering too many things from the past and resists.
Even if I sold this Ipad and bought a new one, the system memory is still there.
I think the real problem is that destop and laptop computers are totally owned by an individual and that individual can control logins and passwords to his liking. IPADs and similar Apple products are different in that the corporation has built in their own intrusion detection schemes because of the relation to Itunes.
One thing I thought about is to open a new Itunes account pretendding to be a new customer with my regular Apple ID. Perhaps I could do the same with Apple Support.
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Hi,
Some ISPs (the people that supply your internet) have porr DNS servers meaning that sometimes that cannot resolve where an app is trying to connect to.
In System Preferences > Network > Advanced Button > DNS tab add 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (two Google Public DNS servers)
If that does not work then go to the Apple Menu > About this Mac
In that Panel click twice on the line that tells you the Current OS versin.
It should change to the Build number (Another Apple Internal Counting of the OS version) and then show you the Serial Number.
If it is not present it will need "replacing" at an Apple Store or An Apple Authorised Service Provider.
The Number should be on the Logic/Motherboard.
If the board is replaced in a repair or refurbishment then the Number should be "flashed" to the new board.
If that does not seem to be the Issue have the Finder as the app in the Menu Bar
GO Menu > Go to Folder
Type etc/hosts into the Dialogue Box that appears.
This will show you a Hidden folder (etc) and a file called Hosts in it will be highlighted.
Right click the file and use the Quick Look Option to see the contents.
It should read like this if it is unalerted.
Some apps can change this file and you can have blocks to certain sites for certain apps listed.
If it lists Apple or Verisign then the iMessages App cannot register.
Let use know if this is the case and we can give further instructions.
9:31 PM Tuesday; April 9, 2013
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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Hi,
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HT5622 I have just received a new iphone 5s and need to set the Apple ID with my work email. I used my work email on my personal iphone 4s to set up an icloud account and it will not let me use my work email as the Apple ID on my new iphone. What do I do

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