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Iphone keeps asking me for my AppleID password

My iPhone keeps asking me for my AppleID password.


This usually happens after I wake the phone and/or start any app. The problem is intermittent (and too consistant that it has become very annoying!)


This started happening about 1.5 weeks ago.


I called into Apple support and they don't have any idea of how to fix it other than me backing up my phone and performing a brand new restore. I haven't done that yet as it seems to be a brute force approach (and lengthy timewise at that).


From what I can remember, I purchased a song from my iPhone using the iTunes store. Ever since then, it has started asking me for my password for my AppleID. If I enter the password and click OK, everything is fine, but after a few moments, it will ask me for my password again. Also, if I hit Cancel, everything is fine, and again, it will ask me for my AppleID password.


I have the lastest build/version of iOS 5.0.1 installed. The password entered IS correct. I am able to purchase music/movies/tv shows from my AppleTV with the same AppleID and password. I have verified on my iPhone under settings, Itunes that my AppleID is correct as well.


Anybody else getting this and/or have a solution?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 2:35 PM

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Jan 6, 2014 2:02 PM in response to Paul Squyres

Hi everyone, i've been sought out this discussion after having the same issue. None of the above helped my situation (password check on iphone 5 continuously). After much frustration, I noticed that on my iPad, there were several icons ghosted out - updating it seems but nothing was completing. i think i may have unplugged it before it finished updating apps and so it was in waiting state for that. Upon resetting the 'update all' in the app store, it finished those updates and now the warning no longer appears on m iPhone. Puzzling why the warning came up on my phone and not the ipad but I'm just happy it's stopped the password madness!

Nov 28, 2015 6:31 AM in response to Scott in Vancouver

I have just upgraded my wife's phone to an iPhone 6 from a backup on her own laptop. The old iPhone 5 had previously on one occasion be backed up to my MacBook. It is now asking for my Apple ID password for certain free apps such as YouTube, iTunes U, TripAdvisor which would never have been downloaded using my Apple ID. I have deleted these apps but it then starts to reinstall them. I have checked that the correct password for my wife's iTunes and iCloud are set up in the iPhone 6. Everything else is working ok including email. I am reluctant to input my password to solve the problem. I would appreciate any ideas on how to resolve this. Thanks.

Iphone keeps asking me for my AppleID password

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