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June 30, 2014
Changing Email Address on Apple ID
So, now that I'm getting away from using wispertel as my ISP, I have to change my email address in a zillion different places. Not bright to use your ISP for your email address but, hey...we all make mistakes.
Change primary email on Apple ID
Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses
Apple ID's - The Nightmare Continues
So, go here first: https://appleid.apple.com/
Click on "Manage Your Apple ID".
Put in Apple ID/password.
Click on Edit on Primary Email Address.
Put in my new gmail email address.
Click 'Save'.
Says Verification Email Sent.
But the Verification Email doesn't say much. Says it's been updated, essentially.
OK. This was the wrong (old) email address.
The new email address has a Verification link to click on, sign in, using gmail as my Apple ID. It works. So, that's a start...
Now -
After changing your Apple ID, refer to these steps to make sure that each store or service is using your current, renamed Apple ID.
What to do after changing your Apple ID: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796
There is a way on the iPhone, as it turns out, to identify what the Apple ID is.
In iOS 6, it's Settings - iTunes and App Stores.
Mine says "xxx@wispertel.net"
Click on "Apple ID".
Select "Sign Out".
Click on "Apple ID" again.
Enter new Apple ID: (my gmail account)
Enter new Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Click "Sign In".
Message: "Verification Required: Before you can make purchases, you must tap OK, then verify your payment info."
Click "OK".
New screen...Loading...Shows my credit card data...
"Payment Type - You must verify your payment info before you can make purchases."
Put in Security Code...
Hit Done....
I mean, it seems like it worked, but it doesn't say "congratulations...credit data verified" or anything like that.
Next: Find My iPhone
So, first, I have to install Find My iPhone. Why isn't it installed? I have no idea.
iOS 6 and later: Open the Find My iPhone app.
Enter my new Apple ID (gmail) and password to sign in.
Looks like that's working. OK. Good....
Next: iCloud
But, if I go into Settings - iCloud - Account, it has the old wispertel email address in there.
So, click on "Account", but it won't let me change the iCloud account Apple ID to the new gmail Apple ID. Nice.
How to change iCloud account on iPhone, without deleting data on iPhone
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")When you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
This sounds reassuring....
I went ahead and deleted my iCloud account from my iPhone, and surprisingly enough, it actually did give me the option to keep the data on my phone. It's like they were just kidding about the warning. So I didn't end up having to sync back the data after all. Thanks anyway, Winston Churchill.
I'd also like to point out here that:
1) You cannot sync Notes that were created with Notepad before you set up the Notes to Sync with Icloud.
2) Once you set up your notes to sync with iCloud, you cannot even tell where the notes you're looking at on your iPhone came from.
For instance, you'll notice at the top of your "Notes" screen, it lists your notes, but ont he top it says " So, not only can you not sync the Notes created on the iPhone before it was set up to sync with the iCloud, but you also can't tell which ones were create on the iPhone. Oh, sure, in theory, you could look at all of the other sources and try to deduce where each one was created, but who wants to do that when they have created hundreds of notes? WTF, apple? WTF??? OK. So, I emailed all of my notes to myself, and put them in a single massive word document named Notes_iPhone_42.doc out on my s: drive. It only took me 2 days. Thanks for that, Steve Jobs. Well done. Now, I'm trying to continue with the process of deleting my iCloud account. Settings - iCloud, and before I delete anything, I want to turn off Mail, Contacts, and Notes first. Click on Mail. NO problem. I Choose Keep on my iPHone. It says "Turning off Contacts". Now, I click on Notes. It turns off. Doesn't say anything. Nice. Now, I turn off "Find My iPhone". Needs a password. "Turning off Find My iPhone". Now, I hit "Delete Account". "Delete". Saving.... I honestly can't tell if I lost any notes. This thing is so fucked up. They aren't numbered or anything. So, it's nearly impossible to tell if you have 300 notes or 400 notes. Or where they came from. Apple sucks so hard. Now, I'll try to set up the iCloud again with my new Apple ID. Settings - iCloud - Enter new Apple ID and password. Your Safari data, reminders, calendars, and contacts on this iPhone will be uploaded and merged with iCloud. I have no idea what this means. "Merge or Don't Merge"? Merge. Saving.... Allow iCloud to Use the Location of Your iPhone? This enables Find My iPhone features, including the ability to show the location of this iPhone on a map. Click OK. Posted by Rob Kiser on June 30, 2014 at 9:35 PM Comments
Click on Contacts. - Says "What would you like to do with the previously synced iCloud contacts on your iPhone?" "Keep on My iPhone", "Delete from My iPhone", "Cancel".
Hit Sign In.
Verifying....
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