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cannot connect to itunes store on ipad

tying to update my apps and tells me cannot connect to itunes store

iPad

Posted on Aug 22, 2012 1:13 PM

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Sep 3, 2012 1:55 PM in response to boltond

Sept 3, 13:55


Ok! I got mine to work using that date change. I set date to 2021 in the Setttings->General->Date&Time->Diabled Set to Automatically and change date to 2021. I went to the App Store app. Went to Updates..and it gave me a message about it hasn't perform an update in a long time due to one of the reasons it gave me. After that...it told me to go to the settings. Anyway, I closed App Store in the Multitask area. Went back tto Date&Time and change date back to original and set to Automatically again. I reopened App Store and at the Update options it told me I had several apps that needed update. IT WORKS NOW!

Sep 3, 2012 3:38 PM in response to boltond

i have this issue too. haven't changed any settings on the ipad and it started happening by itself.


Can sign-in/connect to itunes store, but when i want to update the Apps I have installed, I get the 'can't connect to itunes store' message.

if you go in manually and select the applications you have already installed, if there is an update pending the button will read 'update'. press this and the update gets downloaded to your ipad. bit tedious, but a workaround to the problem in the mean time. hope it helps until someone figures out why it's happening.

Sep 3, 2012 6:09 PM in response to nickwill20

This worked for me. I think maybe I am getting the problem because I was chanigng the date for a game app so it would give me more energy the next day. It was a sort of cheat comand. Maybe not, but what nickwill20 suggested worked for me. Moved date to todays day in december 2012. Was able to update all apps I could not before. Same message, could not connect to istunes store for upates.

Sep 4, 2012 8:15 AM in response to boltond

I'm having the same issues - First noticed it yesterday 'Cannot connect to iTunes store' on both my iPhone and iPad. I've tried moving the date ahead, but for some reason it gets stuck there! And refuses to go back til I do it manually, as automatically does nothing. =(


Anybody know of other ways I can get apps to update or be able to download new ones? It's driving me crazy.


I thought it was my Internet at first, but that's working fine.

Sep 4, 2012 6:13 PM in response to boltond

Go into settings and manually change the date/time to 1 year in the future. Open the App Store, click on the Update button. Once the error regarding security appears and says to update the time, close and go back into settings and set the time back to the current correct time.


Reopen App Store and click on the Updates button again, and all should be good. This was what worked for me (and seen many others after sifting through many responses here).


Hopefully helps others!

cannot connect to itunes store on ipad

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