I restored an iPhone backup that has my old Apple ID

Question

I restored  my iPhone 5s today with an old backup that was associated with my old Apple ID and now it is asking for the password to an Apple ID I no longer have. I can't use iCloud on my iPhone now and the phone keeps telling me the password is wrong. I tried entering the old password that matches the old Apple ID and my current password. Neither will work. I tried to change my Apple ID back to my old one but it says that is my recovery e mail but it is not my current recovery e mail. Please help.

Answer 1

Try going to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID.  Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change.  Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address.  You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll.  When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud).  Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was.  Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.