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90 day iTunes device association rule
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1572378" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>I recently purchased an iPhone 4 second hand from a seller on eBay.</p><p>I sent her an article on how to prepare an iPhone for resale and she followed the instructions to the letter thanking me for the info.</p><p>I backed up my old iPhone 4 to iTunes then returned it to factory settings.</p><p>I then used iTunes to restore the new iPhone and gave it a new name. So my new iPhone was now a duplicate of my old one with all my apps and settings preserved. Smooth huh? </p><p>BUT, when I opened Music I discovered a list of artists and albums on iCloud that belonged to the previous owner.</p><p>Puzzled I had a look at My Devices in my iTunes account (I had already removed my old iPhone) sure enough my new iPhone was added but it stated that it could not be "Associated" with my account for 90 days.</p><p>I don't use iTunes match and most of my music is from CD's so not really a problem for me but I can see it could be a problem for others.</p><p>I have read a number of other forum threads on this subject and there are a lot of angry users out there, people with more than one Apple ID and especially multiple users on the same device.</p><p>My question is why is this rule applied and is there any way to get around it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1572378, member: 204485"] I recently purchased an iPhone 4 second hand from a seller on eBay. I sent her an article on how to prepare an iPhone for resale and she followed the instructions to the letter thanking me for the info. I backed up my old iPhone 4 to iTunes then returned it to factory settings. I then used iTunes to restore the new iPhone and gave it a new name. So my new iPhone was now a duplicate of my old one with all my apps and settings preserved. Smooth huh? BUT, when I opened Music I discovered a list of artists and albums on iCloud that belonged to the previous owner. Puzzled I had a look at My Devices in my iTunes account (I had already removed my old iPhone) sure enough my new iPhone was added but it stated that it could not be "Associated" with my account for 90 days. I don't use iTunes match and most of my music is from CD's so not really a problem for me but I can see it could be a problem for others. I have read a number of other forum threads on this subject and there are a lot of angry users out there, people with more than one Apple ID and especially multiple users on the same device. My question is why is this rule applied and is there any way to get around it? [/QUOTE]
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