I’m trying to set up my new iPhone 12. I can’t complete the setup past signing into iCloud. I get a verification failed message first saying there was a problem connecting to the server and then saying an unknown error occurred. I have changed my password on my old phone and then tried on the new phone which hasn’t worked. Any help would be appreciated.
See if anything here helps.
https://appletoolbox.com/error-connecting-apple-id-verification-failed-how-to-fix/
https://macreports.com/verification-failed-there-was-an-error-connecting-to-the-apple-id-server-fix/
https://appuals.com/fix-verification-failed-there-was-an-error-connecting-to-apple-id-server/
https://errorcodespro.com/there-was-an-error-connecting-to-the-apple-id-server/
Some other things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.
Try a restart.
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Try a forced restart.
If necessary
Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.
Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.
New phone setup
