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Iphone locked to my ID, but won't accept my UN & PW

I erased everything off of my iphone and a friend tried to activate it- it showed that it was still linked to my email address...I went into my account online and took it off of my account. Now it is still showing that it is still linked with my email address, but when I put in my email address and password it says it's the incorrect Apple ID.....can someone please tell me what I can do to get into it? I have access to all of the accounts, but there is not an apple store close for me to take it to.