Q: passbook doesn't work

Tried everything, going forward with the date + resetting the iphone... its just not working.

This is BS! i am disappointed in Apple, NEVER did i expect something like this from a company so great... yep,as someone just said in Mr.Jobs presence this would have never happened.

Really wish they fix this soon

i wanted to know if i can add me target eployee discount card? and sams clubs ? ap

Agreed. Felt slighted.

Tried the "Date Change" fix on iPhone 4.  Didn't work.  Stopped getting the "Can't connect" message, but it does't connect- just keeps trying until he phone goes to sleep.  If I keep the screen live by touching it, it just keeps trying to connect but never does.

Bravo! It worked for my phone. I hope more vendors follow suit soon.

After I read the posts about Walgreen's rewards being accepted in Passbook, I went in and added my Walgreen's account and then tried again to open Passbook.  This time it opened without an error message and the rewards card was there.  Thanks for the advice!  I guess I have to wait for the other rewards programs to accept Passbook then they will update automatically.  Maybe.

i was at the apple store today and asked about ios 6 the response was its awesome i have it... that being said the genius' and other apple reps in store all had ios 6 and passbook worked im going to go there again tomm and figurethis out will post thread reply later ....im having the same problem as all of you thsanks for the info.

tried the date and time thing, it didn't work for me. strange thing is that when i first got iOS6 it worked without doing the date and time thing, now it won't work either way...bummer.

Well, just to add some more confusion and diversity...

An iPhone 4, a 4S  and a iPOD Touch... All of them upgraded to IOS 6 yesterday....

I am im Portugal, Europe. My dates settings "went" to 2013, 2014, 2015 :-) and back again in all of those devices..

Still Passbook "Cannot connect to iTunes Stores". In any of them.

It would be prefarable to have a a disclaimer saying that (for example) in some countries it did not work yet (like Apple did with Music Match, before).

This is frustrating and "cost" me my Staurday morning. Now, I gave up.... And I'll wait. For what? I really don't know but it will be solved. Eventually...

PS - There is no Passbook at all in iPAD 2 with IOS 6, in case you are wondering...

Cheers

Jorge

Key Ring is a much better app, is 5 star rated, and has most all stores and vendors. Passbook will not be totally operational until mid-2013.

Yep, I use Key Ring and it is awesome.  Once Passbook is up and running will be good to compare the two.

Same here. I've got an iPhone 4, and have tried closing down Passbook, resetting the date, no effect at all. Still get the Cannot connect to iTunes Store message. Still, I'm making progress. When I first tried to turn on Genius for apps, I got stuck at a screen that told me I'd signed up, with no way of getting out of that screen! That seems to have sorted itself. Kodak Pic Flick hasn't worked either since upgrading to iOS6, it just crashes out every time I try to open it. I'm looking forward to a flood of bug fixes!

Does anyone know how to get rid of this useless app?   By the way the date set idea going forward one year scared me.  Got a message with someone elses email address, so I got out of there quick.

I got it to work this way:

I updated some Passbook enabled apps like Target and Walgreens.

Within the store's app I loaded a mobile coupon or store loyalty card then clicked the Add to Passbook button.

Now Passbook works.

I was able to relocate the icon to another screen unlike what others have reported.

I agree this is a sort of backwards way to get it to work but to me this is more logical than advancing the date.

Unlike Cardstar or Zagg Passbook automatically sets the screen brightness to max when it's launched. When you exit the brightness returns to your normal setting.

I can't tell you how many times I've gone to checkout at Target only to have the scan fail until I adjusted the brightness to max. This feature alone makes Passbook a winner to me.

Read this on Engadget, "AmEx, Starbucks announce plans for Passbook intergration: both live by end of the month".