iPhone and Cloud

[Anonymous]

I have handed my 3gs iphone to my daughter - she is on the Orange network.  I have a new iPhone 5 on O2. Somehow I think both phones are linked to the same iCloud account. We used to be able to send texts to each other without any problems. Now, I get text from her but the ID that shows is my Apple ID. When I respond to that text she receives it but I also get a copy sent from the name I have given my phone. I also see a copy of the text that my daughter has sent to my granddaughter's phone!!!!  I don't know how to unravel it. 

[adamtemp64]

you need to setup your daughters iphone with its own itunes account and then remove the your account in imessage settings etc

[Anonymous]

OK how do I set up her own iTunes account, where do I do that? - it's probably self explanatory once I start but I'm not very techie as I'm in my 60's (she's even less techie than I am). Once I've set up her account, how do I delete mine from the iphone.

[adamtemp64 · Accepted solution]

1 Is she using her own pc?

2 You can create an apple id here https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

3 you should have seperate ids so you do not get charged for app store purchases your daughter makes.

4 once set up new id on apple go to settings> itunes and app store click your id and sign out.

5 then sign in using new id

6 in settings> messages > send and recieve> ensure the new apple id is there and remove your id from you can be reached by imessage at

Hope that helps

[adamtemp64]

Normally when you pass an iphone on it is recomended to setup the iphone as new and that removes all traces of your account from the iphone and puts it back to the state it was when you unboxed it.

Your daughetr could do that and then setup an apple id as part of the process (but you lose all your apps etc you have put on )

[Anonymous]

We've got separate laptops, Yes, I set up her own itunes account did that on her laptop.  I'm not sure I did anything else though - don't think I signed out. Step 4 - do I do that on the phone or on the computer?

[adamtemp64]

steps 4,5,6 on daughters iphone

[Anonymous]

I think setting up as new is definitely what I should have done. Do I do that by doing a factory reset? Before me giving her my 3GS I had given her my 3G and that is what she was using up to Christmas Day.

Should I tell her to:

1. Put her Sim back in the 3G

2. Back-up that 3G phone to her laptop.

3. Do a factory reset on the 3GS

4. Put her Sim into the 'empty/factory reset 3GS'

5. Is this where we link her Apple/iTunes account?

6. Restore from the 3G backup to the 3GS so that she has all her contacts from her old phone?

7. Would the apps from her 3G not be restored when she did step 6?

[adamtemp64]

I would recomend that and yes any app on the 3 would go on 3gs

stage 5 happens as part of the setup as old phone function when connecting the wiped 3gs to itune chose set up as old iphone 3 phones name

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much, I understand what you are telling me and I remember seeing the bit at the end of your instructions on item 6. You genuinely have been really helpful. I tried talking to a Guru but I don't think he understood what I was trying to say.