Switch primary icloud email address on iPhone 6 - I have 2 email addresses, one of which is obsolete. Each has its own apple id, icloud account and itunes account. the phone shows the obsolete one as primary in iCloud. Can I switch it?

I have 2 email addresses (and apple ids, icloud accounts and iTunes accounts). One is obsolete but my iPhone 6 shows it as primary. How to I change this?

See: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud - Apple Support
If that doesn't resolve it contact Apple Account Security: Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support Or call the main Apple support number for your country and ask for the Account Security Team.

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We do this in my family now. We have one account for purchases, so it is used to share music and apps (I think that is in Settings/iTunes & App Stores). Each iDevice has this configured.
Then, each of us has our own iCloud account that is configured under Settings/iCloud. That then allows us to have our own Mail/Contacts/Calendars/Reminders/Safari Bookmarks/Notes/Passbook/Photo Stream/Documents & Data/Find My iPhone/and Backup. That Backup piece is pretty sweet and comes in handly if you replace your iDevice. You can just restore from it.
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Whom so I bought an Second in hand iphone 5s from a mobile dealer .The phone shows a message like Activation Required- asking icloud id and password.Is it possible to unlock or please help me what to d

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I bought an Second in hand iphone 5s from a mobile dealer .The phone shows a message like Activation Required- asking icloud id and password..Is it possible to unlock or
please help me what to do .
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I bought an Second in hand iphone 5s from a mobile dealer .The phone shows a message like Activation Required- asking icloud id and password .Is it possible to unlock or
Activation Lock in iOS 7 > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
The Apple ID and Password that was Originally used to Activate the iDevice is required.
If you cannot get this information from the seller
Removing a device from a previous owner’s account
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Welcome to the Apple community.
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