New Iphone Owner

Hi,
I just got a used Iphone 3g and this being my first iphone i have some questions. one is the phone has apps the previous owner purchased and i would like to retain these apps but would also like to wipe to phone so i can start with a fresh slate is there anyway to do this?

You won't be able to save the apps since they weren't purchased on your iTunes account, and they won't transfer or sync to your computer. When you set up your iTunes account and activate your phone, all apps and iTunes will be replaced.
There is no other way to store or transfer apps to or from the phone.

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Going to be new Iphone owner on X-mas. Questions ????

I can't wait until Dec 26th when I can go to my mall and buy my new Iphone!!! (I have to wait b/c I am getting like $300 of gift cards to buy one, and yes I called my Apple store and I can use them)
The wife and I are currently with Sprint, but we will be switching. I have talked to an ATT rep and they are going to waive the activation fees and give us like $100 towards my wife's phone to switch.
I was planning on going into ATT and signing up with them, get my wife a phone and get a free one for me (to keep in case my Iphone craps out), then go to Apple and buy my Iphone.
My main question is:
*Do I have to wait until my phone # has been ported over from Sprint and my free phone works before I activate my Iphone??? And then do I activate as a current customer of ATT ???? Sorry, I have been with Sprint for like 8 years so it's been a while since I have switched companies. And I have never ported my number over. Have many of you done this????*
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

We just went through this.... we had a family plan (my husband, our son, and I) with Verizon. I got my iPhone and ported my number to AT&T when I activated it with the basic (450 minute) plan. About a week later, we ordered two phones through AT&T (the "free" with plan activation phones), and put in the request to port the other two numbers over and establish a family plan (700 shared minutes). When the phones arrived, we activated them and added the two plans together. We're now all on a 700 minute family plan consisting of my iPhone, and the two "free" phones.
If I had to do it over, I would probably have gotten three "free" phones, and THEN activated my iPhone to have the extra phone as a back up. If you're planning to do that, then yes, you would need to get the numbers ported over to AT&T and the new account activated, then activate your iPhone as a current customer of AT&T.
AT&T actually has very good customer service. I ended up calling them several times throughout this process, which was complicated because my son is going to school in another city about 100 miles from here and has NO access to a land line. We needed to make sure that his old phone would not be disrupted while we were getting the new account set up and the agreement from Verizon to release our numbers. Once everything was in place, we activated the new phones and he was able to use his immediately.

New iphone owner icloud e.mail change

hi
i bought an iphone 5 2nd hand
it was already on ios 7.1 when i purchased it
the person had the icloud and find my iphone e.mail & passwords deleted from the phone before he sold it to me
so i have put in my email account and password on icloud & find my iphone ect...
now my question is
if i update my phone to 7.1.1 will the phone look for my icloud e.mail and password for it to activate once updated
or will it still want the person who owned the fone before me's e.mail and password (ie;the first e.mail address linked to the phone's icloud)
also the phone is registered to the previous owner (just incase that makes any difference)
please only reply if you are positive you are correct with the answer
thanks
ps also if i was to purchase an iphone that is on ios 6.
and the exact same thing as i done above
whos email would it ask for
mark

If you are just updating, you should not be prompted for the activation lock information, but just in case you do end up restoring or the update fails, it will ask for the Apple ID and Password for the account currently listed in Settings > iCloud if Find My iPhone is enabled on that screen.
Activation lock runs off the Find My iPhone feature and not the iPhone's registration. Device registrations can be found at supportprofile.apple.com. More info on Activation lock can be found here.

New iPhone owner review - wish list - question

Louder and better quality speaker phone and ear speaker
Flash Player
Wide screen option for all apps
Games or at least the one I purchased on itunes
No special adapter for headphones
I have all things Apple. So my 2 email accounts .mac and contacts is awesome.
Goggle maps is amazing. I will not go into detail. But how it integrated into what I needed to do was a job well done.
Internet was as expected for a cell phone. iPod quality as expected.
If it never got any better. I would still have one. What it does by far out weighs was some feel it lacks. No deal breaker. Which I think comes from building so many iPods.
Two things hurt the iPhone sales. The first is the mistake marketing made in the original pricing and 2 options. They admitted the 8gb was what people wanted. So the normal Apple choice or option in this case was a mistake. The price should have been 499. Then the 100 dollar price drop would have made a ripple rather than a title wave. Marketing missed the other major factor. Flagship product introduction with preventable Bad PR.
The other (hurt) thing that will hold back sales for at least 2 years is existing contracts that cost a customer to switch carriers. I think marketing felt the 200 dollar price drop would resolve that issue. But it did not. Apple and AT&T dropped the ball on that also. Apple should have issued a store credit and AT&T a reduced pricing plan for "switchers". Yes. That would affect short term profits. But thats the mistake. Real success is in long term customers. What they missed was volume of sales ( market share ) to offset short term profits. It could have been 3 million iPhones sold and in use now instead of 1.
This leads up to my question. Why is it when I called iPhone support the staff are not trained well. Has anyone else had the same people?

I'm with you Kmosh. I hope the update, if/when it finally arrives, includes more than just iTunes/Wi-Fi stuff. There are those of us out there who use these iPhones as communications devices and not just iPods with a phone thrown in. I don't need an easier way to buy music while I'm driving down the road or sitting at work. I hope the update includes things like cut and paste, Safari Flash, more customization, and numerous other functional enhancements I've seen mentioned in this forum. I'll be less likely to be a promoter of the iPhone if all we see is music-related enhancements. I like what it does now, and I'll continue to like it, but a few improvements would be good to see.

First thread a new iPhone owner. I've got a question

I just got an iPhone 5, the first iPhone device I've ever owned so I trying to get used to it. I've got a question though. Is this normal or is the iPhone disfunctional. Sometimes I would get a text and hear the text recieved notification sound. I wouldn't check the text and after like a minute or so the sound goes off again. At first I thought I got two texts but it was actually the same one.
Is this supposed to be some kind of reminder that you've got an unread text pending?

That's by design based on how many times you ahve it set to alert you.
I suggest you read the manual: http://support.apple.com/manuals/

HT201317 New iphone owner needs h

If I want to save my photos on my PC do I have to move them from the Photo Stream File on my PC to another file on my PC?
How do I save photos on my iphone from the photo stream to the camera roll as they seemed to have been deleted when I manually download them onto my PC?
My iphone says I don't have enough storage to back it up yet the storage says I have 3.58 GB left of 5GB?
My photos are gone from my photo stream on my phone and PC - Why? are they gone for good. They are even gone from the file I copied them to.
SOMEONE please help
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See Here > Syncing photos using iTunes
From Here > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
For Photo Stream... See Here...
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQs
iCloud: Resetting your Photo Stream
iCloud: Photo Stream Troubleshooting

HT204022 New iphone owner needs help

If I want to save my photos on my PC do I have to move them from the Photo Stream File on my PC to another file on my PC?
How do I save photos on my iphone from the photo stream to the camera roll as they seemed to have been deleted when I manually download them onto my PC?
My iphone says I don't have enough storage to back it up yet the storage says I have 3.58 GB left of 5GB?

See Here > Syncing photos using iTunes
From Here > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
For Photo Stream... See Here...
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQs
iCloud: Resetting your Photo Stream
iCloud: Photo Stream Troubleshooting

I am a new iphone owner?

I'm trying to get into google loaded in and also would like to put google icon on the device

Google is the default search engine in Safari, the iPhone's web browser. If you just type into the address bar and hit "GO" it will search Google for you. You might want to take a little time to browse through the User Guide. Here is a link, http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf or you can access it with Safari bookmarks on the phone or it is downloadable as a free book in iBooks.

How do I replace someone else's Mac ID with my own? Bought iPhone second hand. Previous owner re-set the phone but his ICloud account stayed on now my phone. He uses his macID on his new iPhone now?? Any ideas, as this issue is blocking my access to iTune

How do I replace someone else's Mac ID with my own?
Bought iPhone second hand on TradeMe.
Previous owner re-set the phone but his ICloud account stayed on now my phone. He uses his AppleID on his new iPhone now and, understandably, does not want to give me his password. Any ideas?? Please.
This issue is blocking my access to iTunes and any other file from my home computer. It keeps on telling me that I have to autorise my computer to pass on files, yet, it seems, for all this to happen, I need to get logged in through the phone's Apple ID. This of course is different to my one on my computer - and I have no password for it.
This phone is not stolen!! I payed still a fair bit for it. Am still in contact with the previous owner. He doesn't know how to fix the problem either.
Would appreciate any suggestion ????
Thanks
SamSings

Settings>general>resets>erase all content and settings.
That will put it back to its out of the box state. Set it up with your own apple Id.

I am a new iPhone 4s owner. I have a tone in iTunes that I downloaded from the web as a m4r file. Why won't it sync to my iPhone so I can set it as a ringtone.

I am a new iPhone 4s owner. I have a tone in iTunes that I downloaded from the web as a m4r file. Why won't it sync to my iPhone so I can set it as a ringtone?
Lois

Yes, the tone is available and checked in iTunes under the Tones library.
Yes, it is also listed under the Tones tab for my iPhone, but it is grayed out.
Yes, tones are selected under "sources" in General Preferences, along with everything else.
SyncTones was NOT selected under the Tones tab for my iPhone. I did so and it synced.
Thanks for your help!
Lois

HELP !!!I want to give my old apple to my girlfriend, SO SHE CAN PLUG IN HER NEW IPHONE, CREATE AN APPLE ID AND USE MY OLD LAPTOP TO DOWNLOAD itunes music, but im having trouble deautherizing it, and making her the OWNER, IF you get my drift, how to i mak

Hi
I have a new powerbook and want to give my girlfriend my old G4 power book, she has a new iphone 5s, and wants to create a new itunes/apple id. When i try to de authorize the G4 and sign in with her new apple ID it says bad password, how can i release the G4 from my cluster of authorized apples and make her the owner so she can download music and more importantly sync her music with her phone, she only has 3 songs on her iphone, and loaded all her CD's into the g4 but cant sync, im no dummy and this shouldnt be hard, but its driving me crazy!!!!!!
thx u so much for your time heeeellppppp.

Perhaps, as we have the same music tastes, for now i should just authorize her phone to my power book just to sync music, not pics, contacts etc? I'd hate to overright her contacts etc lol????
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Bought a new iphone and i cant activate it unless the previous owner deletes the account from their icloud but i lost contact with the previous owner how can i fix this?

bought a new iphone and i cant activate it unless the previous owner deletes the account from their icloud but i lost contact with the previous owner how can i fix this?

Take it back where you got and and get your money back.
As has been pointed out, if there was a "previous owner", the phone is not "new". Thephone you purchased is most likely stolen. If whoever you bought it from won't give you your money back, turn it over to the police.

HT4623 Is their any other iPhone owners that dislikes the screens, fonts, display varieties this last update provided ? I know at least ten of my friends and family do not like the new fonts, screens it downloaded with the update. Is there away to change

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Is their any other iPhone owners that dislikes the screens, fonts, display varieties this last update provided ? I know at least ten of my friends and family do not like the new fonts, screens it downloaded with the update. Is there away to change these ?

Can I return my new iPhone?

Hi all,
Can I return my new iPhone 4? I have had it for a week, and just wondering if I can return the phone, and how that would work with AT&T?
Why, you ask? I think overall the phone has sub-standard quality, at least what I had grown used to with my 3Gs. My 3Gs was a tank, and had fantastic reception, and was fast. I am a power user, use my phone all day for business, uss Apps & games everyday on wifi and 3G. My 3Gs was very reliable, and rock solid. No complaints. And I am also a decades long Apple user, having bought several MacBooks, and an iPad earlier this year.
My complaints? The phone is slow. I live in Manhattan where there are cell towers on every block. Sending/receiving email is painfully slow and often times out, even when I am connected to a high speed home wifi signal. Calls now drop nearly every time I call someone. And again, I live in one of the best places for AT&T coverage in the US. Games are also slow, they "stutter" as if the OS is slow.
There are yellow spots on my screen. With a case the squared body is thick, and does not lend itself to slipping in your pants pocket. And sorry, if you dont use a case and a screen protector your phone will get trashed in no time, its common sense. This phone feels fragile, as opposed to the 3Gs which was a tank. My dropped my 3Gs several times over the last two years, only breaking the screen once which was easily replaced. I feel like if I drop this phone it will crumple.
Overall the iPhone 4 has been a low performing fragile phone. The yellow spots really top it all for me. The quality is not Apple, and this recent update wasn't revolutionary(it doesn't change the way we compute), its cosmetic & merely the old OS in a better looking body with some superficial new features.
Again, I am a proud life long Apple owner. But this is the first time I have been very disappointed by their products.

Like Obama says... yes you can
I did it last week because I bought an iPhone 4 as a wedding gift but then I changed my mind and wanted an iPad, so the bride could use it together with the groom (while the phone is personal).
I returned the iPhone to the apple store and I paid the difference to buy the 32GB iPad, no problems
I didn't opened the case, but the guy at the apple store told me I could have returned the phone even if it was opened. It must be undamaged tough.

HT204686 I bought an iPhone 4 from a youngster who had put his own Apple ID on it but could not remember the password. I backed it up yesterday and restored to my new iPhone and it copied the Apple ID across too. Now I have 2 phones with it on. Anything I

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that must be really annoying !!
so this is what you call
FIND MY IPHONE ACTIVATION LOCK Find My iPhone Activation Lock - Apple Support
when you start using iCloud on any iOS device and enable find my iPhone, this prevents a new user from using it, and also prevents anyone from using the phone
as it is locked to previous owners account ,this is also the case if when a phone is lost or stolen.
the only way around this is to have the previous owner reset their apple id by going to @ applied.apple.com
if they are unable to do this, then the only other way around this is to have the previous owner get a copy of their original receipt and call apple support who can then lift this lock if they get a copy of the receipt
unfortunately there is no quick fix -> the below link explains what you should do before you sell or give away an iPhone
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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