My Iphone can not be activated because it is associated with an old email address that I can no longer access. How can I activare my phone?
I have an I Phone 4s, 16K. IOS 8.1 (I think, although I can't check it on my phone) that apparently is associated with my old email address that I no longer have access to and my phone says connect to I Tunes to activate.
How can I activate my phone? How can i disassociate my phone from the old email address and associate it with the new one?
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See also Lawrence's post in this thread:
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