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App Store Updates (but only Updates) cannot connect to iTunes Store

The App Store icon on my homescreen shows I have 6 updates waiting to download.

When I go to App Store > Updates it says "Cannot connect to iTunes Store".

I can browse online with Safari so have internet connectivity. Every other tab in the App Store (e.g. Top 25) connects and I can download new apps. I can also access the iTunes store by using the iTunes icon - I can view and download anything from iTunes. The ipod touch can therefore connect to the iTunes Store, but for some reason the App Store Updater cannot.

I'm using OS 5.1.1, have searched the forums, shutdown and restarted the ipod, checked the DNS, logged out and in of my iTunes account, used different wi-fi networks, but no progress. Any tips would be massively appreciated !

iPod touch, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 6:25 AM

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Aug 26, 2012 8:56 AM in response to schan20

Thanks schan20, this worked perfect. I closed all apps, double tapping home key from home screen, turned set date and time automatically off, clicked set daate and time, changed year to 2014. I then opened updates on apps and got the security message, went back to set date and time, turned on set automatically, opened app store back up (did not force close after security message) , got to loading and had 21 apps to update


Not sure what caused this initially; but some things I had done in the past were, I had set date and time auto off, I had changed the date and time numerous times in a row for the game deer hunter reloaded to get gold, most of the time stopping around August each time. Other than that, I have not made any major changes or added any apps when it stopped working.

Aug 27, 2012 11:13 AM in response to maximus02

It doesn't work for me either. I've been having this problem since a software update about a week or so ago. I noticed some changes in words that get auto-corrected and I can't look for updates from my iPhone 4. I closed out of all my apps, changed the date and went back to the app store but no security message. This is extremely frustrating.

App Store Updates (but only Updates) cannot connect to iTunes Store

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