Trouble with iCloud restore - should I "Stop restoring iPhone"?
I had to replace my iPhone 4 and am restoring from an iCloud backup, but I changed my Apple ID email address just prior to getting iCloud set up. My phone won't complete the restoration until I enter the password for my Apple ID - but it's the old email address that they're asking for the password with. This is the wrong account ID email, so the password isn't accepted. (The old Apple ID email address didn't even have iCloud!) The restore won't complete without me entering my password, but the iPhone also won't let me change my Apple ID to the correct, new Apple ID email address while my phone is still restoring, saying:
"You cannot delete your iCloud account because your account is being restored" - I take this to mean that I can't switch it to the proper ID while my phone is still restoring. However, if I elect to "Stop Restoring iPhone" from the options under "Storage and Backup" - it gives me an "are you sure" screen that says "Stop Restoring iPhone? Any data that has not been downloaded will not be restored or backed up in the future." Well most of my stuff has not completed downloading - it needs me to enter my password for that - nor have any of my pictures, which is what I am most worried about.
If I press "Stop Restoring iPhone" so that I can change it to the correct Apple ID, will this cause me to lose the data that I've been trying to restore forever? This seems like the only way I can change it to the correct Apple ID... but the warning message makes me very nervous.
Apple's explaination of this warning message is:
"This message is provided if you decide to cancel a background restore. If you proceed you will need to restore again to get all your data on your device, or download your music, apps, and other data again in another way. The best way to avoid this is to not cancel a background restore. If you do cancel a restore, make sure you have copies of the data that was not restored. If you wish to restart a canceled restore, you will need to erase all the content and settings on your device and reinitiate the restore during the iOS Setup Assistant."
My interpretation of this is that if you cancel the restore, the remaining data in the backup will not be restored to your phone until you restore again, unless you have copies of the missing data that you can restore to your device another way (such as by syncing). I believe you'll be able to restore the backup again, you will just need to go to Settings>General>Reset, tap Erase All Content and Settings, then go back through the setup screens on your phone and when given the option, choose Restore to iCloud backup and this time enter the correct iCloud ID.
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I was looking into the issue you are experiencing and found an article that may shed some light on the subject. It's called iCloud: Account troubleshooting found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3988
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