unable to accept new icloud terms and conditions iPadOS 16.7.10

iPhone 8 can’t be updated beyond iOS 16…so hmm is this apples way of pressuring folx to upgrade? (Which I really don’t want to do—I have chargers/case for iPhone 8 and it’s plenty for me. But I do not want to lose my notes either and they’re starting to malfunction…

I’m going to check w apple. They don’t offer iOS 18 to users of older phones/pads, and the message seems limited to users of iOS 17 and lower, but they’re going to have to offer a workaround or face an unpleasant class action. (Presumably there are more users of older phones than newer.)

In other words they are trying to FORCE us to upgrade to the new AI version of IOS??? That's why this is being PURPOSELY done. No thanks. I was just on the apple website last week "shopping" for a new iphone. When I seen the total at checkout I got sticker shock and backed out. I will switch to android before I allow this final slap to the face. I have only used iphone since the iphone 3G. I have had enough. Tim is THE WORST ceo in history. I used to pretty much be an apple fanboy but not loyal to the point of stupidity. The last few years have really pushed me away from them. This literally might be the final straw for me. I remember when we laughed at android and windows users for things like this as we bragged about how great and problem free apple was. We can't say that any longer. I can't believe that I appear to be the only human on earth that sees what a disaster Tim is. I am the ONLY person I know who talks about it.

Just got my post deleted for simply criticizing this situation and apple. Apple, here's the word. That was THE FINAL straw. I am officially done after almost 20 years of buying everything apple. I am going the way of android and Linux. You people are as bad as microsoft these days!

Since we don't know what device you are using nor the iOS either for the iPad or iPhone, it is hard to say what to do. If it's a iPhone that can be updated to 18.1 then do that. Apple doesn't seem to care about this bug nor that people can not connect to iCloud because the can not accept the T & C. If you can not get around it Contact Apple.

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My phone is an SE 2020 with a weak battery. I've been avoid upgrading to iOS 18 in case it has a higher drain on battery.

in any case, forcing people upgrade to iOS 18 is not the proper solution. Apple needs to fix this error!

That seems a lot of work. Many times when I log in, I get the message that the login can’t be recognised, No I haven’t forgotten it. I make note of when I last used it. So that’s why I say the suggestion seems like a lot of work because you have to go through the tedious process of resetting it. W hats going to happen if we ‘can’t’ the terms? Thanks for the suggestion though.

Thanks but your repeated responses to ‘contact Apple’ are not at all helpful.

Apple should be providing proactive advice / hotfixes to affected users given the scope of the issue and the potentially serious (legal) implications of locking users out of their cloud storage.

It is not the responsibility of individual users to go out of their way to all contact support in the slim hope of getting advice, when Apple has all the information they need in this thread. It is the mega-corporation’s responsibility to maintain their services to a working standard and, failing that, to provide PROACTIVE advice and support when their services fail.

TLDR: contact Apple Support.

I’ve been trawling through this post as I was having all the same issues. I upgraded to 17.7.10 and still nothing. I tried to upgrade online - still nothing.

then I went back and saw that I could upgrade to the 18 version on my iPad Pro.

That’s finally worked.

Very frustrating process though and if your device doesn’t support the 18 version - I’m not sure what would work.

But if you CAN upgrade to the 18 - try it.

Same here when logging in to icloud.com as suggested. Nomoption to accept. Icloud is still syncing for me. Typical Apple support - not very responsive. Guess they’re big enough to not care about customers.

As several people such as myself have said, we do NOT want to upgrade to IOS 18. It has AI built in. It is a quantum leap in surveillance of you and your entire house or surroundings when using it. Which is why this is happening for the FIRST time in the history of apple and they are NOT fixing it. It is to FORCE us all to update or our phones are near useless if you need icloud. I refuse to upgrade. It is the final straw for me. I am SO glad it I didn't buy one of the new iphones now that I see just what a bad apple, apple is. For the first time since the iphone 3g I am changing over the android. This is the straw that broke the camels back. Elon REALLY needs to get in the phone making business.

Thank you for checking into this! Very appreciated!

I know my phone isn’t syncing but my iPad does with iCloud. This is a significant problem for me. My devices are older, iphone 11 and laptop is 2011.

I can’t update the laptop without losing almost everything. I updated my husband’s and lost so so much data. I don't get everything back from Time Machine saved externally.

When I checked with Apple about this the response was ‘it is voluntary to update OS’, yet now it is a hostage/blackmail situation.

BTW 2011 laptop is a workhorse and I regret getting the 2016.

I’ve accepted the terms on my iPad successfully. I still get an error message on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Since my Apple ID has accepted, why do I need to accept on my phone, too? How do we fix this issue? My phone is up to date btw.