Error 1004 iOS 4.3.3 downloading App Store

the anser for this problem is :

to play with the colck and move the time forwerd

and have to do this all the time and the problem fix.

but apple sould find the problem why and fix it ,

i dont understand why when i move the time the appstore is working

Give my post above a read. This is a new and completely different issue than what you are refering too. I now see this issue cropping up all over the Internet in different forums - validating this was a recent bug introduced by Apple. Something happened several weeks ago (my guess is it has something to do with Apple authentication services - i.e. server side) that has triggered this issue.

One a much more speculative note - could they be tweaking things getting ready for an iCloud announcement at WWDC??? Either way, it is is a new issue that is affecting a small but significant portion of users.

I did play with all the settings on the clock and can not get the 1004 error to go away. I do think it is somehow related to their authentication services (which almost certainly uses a time stamp), so this may be part of the issue. Either way, it does not fix the issue and in some users cases it does not work as a work around either.

Ok guys to fix this problem you have to go into 'Settings' then 'General' then 'Reset' and press 'Reset All Settings'. Once done error 1004 should disappear and you can start downloading / updating your apps again.

Cheers

Yes, 'Reset all settings' works perfectly. 🙂

Brilliant, thanks mate.

Works perfectly! Thanks for the solution, I never thought erasing the settings would get it fixed over restoring it :)

Problem solved! I also confirm the reset all cleared up the issue.

I had tried to reset the network settings a few days ago with no luck. So close. Great to have this cleared up.

I am still guessing something happened server side and for some reason got cached incorrectly on the iPhone. Either way, it is fixed now. Thanks.

Had this problem too with a ipod of a few days old. Could download a few apps but after sync actions in itunes the problemen occurred. Then I saw that the clock in the computer and ipod were exactly a month off (that could not be a coincidence). What did happen here? Did I set the clock wrong in the ipod and did it set the PC clock with the sync?

Anyhow did set the clock in PC and ipod to the correct date (and month) and the 1004 error was gone.

Thanks a lot! Issue is solved and the oscar goes to FantomFanFlinga 🙂.

Resetting the iPhone also cleared the issue on my iPhone4. And the funny thing: I am sitting in an original Apple Store waiting for my support specialist and now I do not need the date any more ;-)

Great community.....

Big thank you FantomFanFlinga, after spending too long answering the same questions over and over with the Apple Tech support guy. Did a search on the internet followed your advice and now my iphone can down load apps again!

Brilliant

Have done this NUMEROUS times and I still get the same Error 1004 Please try again later. Message

As far as I can see a lot of answer to solve the issue of "error 1004" appear !!

Mine is another one! after to test a lot, except these who aim to install crack or whatever software that apple is not agree, I realize that my iphone time setting were in "Set Automatically" and for some reason I dont understand the date and time is beyond the current date time....so...

Go to Settings->General->Date&Time

and check if it is true...if ti is...set to off and set manually the date and time for you iphone....

after that go to appstore and update!!!

that will solve the problem for me!

Guys all you have to do is reseting your setting!!!

I had the same problem until i tried this and i work!!

Btw guys when you reset the date make sure you reset the years, it dont reset auto.