"Cannot connect to iTunes Store" Error Message? Unable to update apps

Try logging out of your account on the iPad by tapping on your Apple ID in Settings > Store and then log back in and see if it works.

If that doesn't solve the problem, go to Settings > General > Date & Time and change the date to a few months in the future and then re-try.

The Complete Guide to Using the iTunes Store

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-using-t he-itunes-store/

Can't connect to the iTunes Store

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368

iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297

This works for some users. Not sure why.

Go to Settings>General>Date and Time> Set Automatically>Off. Set the date ahead by about a year.Then see if you can connect to the store.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

I had exactly this same problem on my iPhone4, It started about 2 weeks ago and no matter what I did (logout then log back in to iTunes, synch to my Mac desktop computer to update the Apps and iPhone, etc), the problem would not go away. Then I went to the Settings>General>Date and Time> and set the date to one year ahead. This did not fix the problem and I instead got a different error message about not being able to make a secure connection to the internet and to open Date and Time. When I went back in and reset the Date and Time to Automatically>On, this did fix the problem. Now I can see the correct window when I press Update under App. I have no idea why this would work or how long this will last. Obviously there is some bug but I have no idea what caused this to happen in the first place or why this would fix the problem. There was no update problem with my iPad2 or iPod Touch Gen4, just the iPhone4.

iPhone4, Mac OS

i have the same problem with iPad 1, have tried all the suggestions on various forums: restarted the iPad, reset date and time to future and to past, signed out of iTunes store. My ios is uptodate, my wifi works but I cannot update any apps because "cannot connect to iTunes Store!" Oh, I can access iTunes Store from its app but cannot access the app part. I am beginning to suspect that the problem lies with the app part of iTunes store. Maybe somebody will admit that eventually.

Same w/ my iPhone 4, but I update w/ my IMAC as we have 4 individual i-Devices. iTunes seems to have D/L'd all 20 updates sucessfully. My iPhone after a sync says "unable to sync 4 apps" check iTunes. iTunes says nothing about failures w/ sync. When I try to access updates via my device it just says "waiting" at each app, or "Cannot connect to iTunes Store" at the Updates screen @ App Store, despite being able to view all other screens involving "purchasing new stuff". I have enough space on my iPhone, but regardless I deleted two seldom used apps, reconnected with iTunes and then everything synced finally. My iPhone still won't connect to the iTunes store even now. Some glitch we are all suffering from, and as macbwt says somebody should take responsibility and get it fixed.

Maybe I can buy an App to fix my Updates App!

Thanks, this solved my issue on iOS 6 on an iPhone 4S!

Try this. Go to settings/general/restrictions. Enable restrictions for a about 5 seconds, then disable it. Go back to Passbook and try to open it. It worked for me. I tried the fix where you change your time settings to a date in the future, but I had no luck with that.

Had the same problem, kept getting error message "Cannot connect to the iTunes Store" I switched the automatic time setting off and set the date ahead by one year. Went back to the App Store app this this time I got an earror message that it could not connect but it also asked me to check my date and time settings. Went back to settings switched my date and time setting to automatically set the time. Went back to the App Store tried again and everything worked fine this time.

Go figure.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried every fix that I could think of or find and nothing works. When I change the date ahead, I do not get the security settings warning when I open the app store. It immediately says cannot connect to itunes store. Cannot access the app store through passport...it does the same thing - error message cannot connect to itunes store.

Go into settings --> Wi-Fi; open the Wi-Fi panel with the check mark (ie the wifi signal currently being used)...scroll down to where it says DNS, and backspace until no numbers are left. Then, type 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 --> this is the only thing that worked for me

The mention of DNS settings made me look further into that. Specifically whose DNS server is 8.8.8.8. Turns out it is Google. Maybe this is nothing at all, but considering how Apple & Google get along right now, and how busy Google servers can be, I switched my settings to another free DNS server, 4.2.2.2 and I immediately connected to the iTunes store. I just hope this 'fix' is one that stays. After all, how can one connect to anything without a reliable DNS server. I also checked and found my Macbook uses the same DNS as the wireless router. I suggest using the same setting as your router.

I went into my account and noticed that the security code for my MasterCard wasn't there. Once I added that, I was allowed to connect to the store.