My 2 sons shared an apple ID and itunes account........

Hi
I hope someone can help,  My 2 sons used the same Apple ID and itunes acounts from way back when they got mp3 players, now they both have iphone 4.
They really need to get their own accouts as arguements are being caused as you can imagine!!
How can I set up a new account for my youngest son without him loosing all the apps and stuff he has bought??
Any help would be gratefully received

no, you can't do that, but what you can do is this:
create a new apple id, then you sign in with the old apple ID on the iphone 4s, then with the icloud help you should be able to install all the apps you want in the iphone, and finally you sign out and sign in with the new apple id. This way you would be able to use all the apps from the other ID but all the new apps your son is going to download are going to be from the new apple ID. Hope you understand it

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