Updating apps wrong apple id

hello
just got the iPhone 6, so i hooked my iphone 4 to my girlfriend's computer, authorized it, backed up and restored.
now, when an update to one of the apps appears, it asks for HER apple id!!!
i don't want to delete them and re-download, too many important conversations on Whatsapp.
please help.
thank you.

FuNati wrote:
hello
just got the iPhone 6, so i hooked my iphone 4 to my girlfriend's computer, authorized it, backed up and restored.
now, when an update to one of the apps appears, it asks for HER apple id!!!
i don't want to delete them and re-download, too many important conversations on Whatsapp.
please help.
thank you.
So use her Apple ID password, if she provided it to you and allows you to do so.
Those are HER apps, not yours. You don't own those apps. She does.
If you want them, then delete them from the device and download your own copy.

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