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How can i fix it? (Please someone tell me)

​"I bought a second-hand iPhone that reached its hardware limit for free account activations. I created my Apple Account on the web, but I cannot activate iCloud on this iPhone. Could you please assist me with initializing iCloud for my account?"

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A message saying too many free accounts have been activated is discussed in the support article: If you see “The maximum number of free accounts have been activated” - Apple Support


Apple apparently limits excessive Apple Account creation, or iCloud activation of web-created accounts, on any one device per year (presumably a 12-month period). Your options are:

1. Use a different account that has already been set up on a device previously,.

2. Set up the account on a different device that hasn’t reached this limit (you can then use it on the device that displayed the message previously).

3. Wait until the time limit has passed.


My interpretation from what Apple says is that recommendations made by others about creating an account online will not work. This may create a limited web access account but to make that a full account you have to activate it on an Apple device and a device that says too many accounts have been activated won't let you do that. (Frankly, if it was that easy then why would Apple bother with the account limitation feature on a device?)


You are welcome to contact Apple and check if they are willing to reset the count for you. I seem to recall they used to offer that in that article but have now removed it.


This support article has various country telephone numbers for contacting Apple for support and service ➔ Contact Apple Support - Apple Support Scroll down to “Connect with live support”. If your country is not in the list, go to the “Other countries” entry at the end of the list and click on the “options” link. Not every country has telephone support, and phone numbers may only work when calling from the same country.


For chat, you can try using the Apple Support App if it is available in your country.—> https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-support/id1130498044