The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPad
We're using a number of iPad Minis in a lab environment to train students and volunteers.
We're receiving the message "The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPad" after three accounts have been created on an iPad. Since we have a new group of students every 4 to 8 weeks, we need to find a way to allow free accounts, and we don't want to require students to provide credit cards.
We've looked at the work around to go to iTunes, Quick Links and Redeem, but that's a little messy for hundreds of students a month.
Is there a way to remove the association between the free accounts and the iPad serial number?
A couple of notes:
1. We can set them up under AppleID.apple.com, but as soon as we try to load a Free app (all the apps we use are free), it prompts for a credit card number and won't let them continue.
2. There is not a "None" option on the credit cards, as least for the apps we're using. Is this option app specific, or is this a feature that comes and goes, based on Apple's changing policies?
3. The iPads are in DEP and are managed via Maas 360
Why do the students need an account? Are they downloading apps?
You should be downloading apps by Mass 360. That means apps will be owned by mass 360 not individual student ids.
You may be in a bit of trouble. You need to get the students to go into there apple id and detach the ipads. Oh, well. Contact apple.
Somehow you are not on the golden path. Not sure how to advise you to get on it. I'm not sure how you get rid of the current apple ids.
Enterprise support:
Call enterprise support (866) 752-7753
I suspect you will have to go through this process to get rid of the ids
Undoing the Activation lock
iCloud: Activation Lock
Describes what the activation lock does:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13695?viewlocale=en_US
For how to remove, see Texas Mac Man post in
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6528124
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Open his "my photo stream" album on his phone and save any photos he wants to keep to his camera roll by tapping Edit, taping all the photos, taping Share, then tapping Save to Camera Roll.
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His phone should now be back to where he started, except that it's likely that not all his photo stream photos will be in his my photo stream album (which is why he saved them to his camera roll at the beginning).
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