iPhone asking for “Company Portal sign in required” after reset — been using this phone personally for 6 years
I’m really confused and stressed rn. I’ve been using this iPhone as my personal phone for around 6 years without any issue. Never had any company account, never used a Microsoft account on it, never got this screen before.
My storage was completely full because of “System Data” (around 30GB+) so I backed up my iPhone using iTunes on my Windows PC and then factory reset the phone to clean it up.
But after resetting and starting setup again, it suddenly shows:
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and it’s asking for Microsoft Company Portal / work or school account login.
I never enrolled this phone in any company system myself. I’ve used this phone normally for years. Now I’m stuck on setup and can’t access my phone.
Things I already tried:
- Restarting
- Resetting again
- Different WiFi
- I do have my Apple ID
- Backup exists in iTunes
Questions:
- How can a phone suddenly become managed after 6 years?
- Is there any way to remove this MDM / Company Portal thing?
- Could an old work/school profile have stayed hidden all these years?
- Is there any legit fix without the company account?
Would really appreciate help because this is my main phone and all my data/life is basically on i