iPhone 4S, iOS 6
Set your calendar to some other date, say 9-20-2013. Then launch passbook. You can set the date back after using the passbook.
I tried this trick but won't work still stumbling in this issue...
You need to save your Apple ID again via your settings ---> iTunes & App Stores
I had the same issue 😀
I tried DuQu's suggestion and had no luck. I logged out and back in again in iTunes & App Stores, and it still behaves exactly as described by the OP.
I was having the exact same issue for about 24 hours after I upgraded to iOS 6, then this morning when I went and attempted to access the App Store through Passbook it simply started working. No extra steps. No work arounds. Nothing. It may be the App Store being overwhelmed with requests on the first day.
For reference: I was able to access the App Store through 3G (Sprint) and through WiFi.
Got the new Iphone 5 and the passbook keeps saying "Cannot Connect". I tried the fix of changing the date. Nothing changed. Still doesn't work.
I've tried both the 'change the date' approach and the 're-save Apple-id' trick, but I still have the same problem.
Try switching Wi-Fi to off.
Changing the date worked for me, then I was left wondering why I had bothered. In order to, say, show a boarding pass in this, I have to load the airline's app. Both airline apps will already let you use an electronic boarding pass, so what did I gain with this? There are several apps that already let me store customer cards, and they let me store any card, where this work with about three stores and, again, I have to have that store's app loaded as well. So what is the point of this app? All I can see it does is give me one more app on my screen that I can't delete. For those who can't get it working, I suggest not wasting any more time on it.
I can't seem to access the App store except for 'featured' and 'charts'. 'search' and 'updates' gave me the 'couldn't access app store' message. The above change date suggestion does nothing for me.
Same with me, didn't work after resetting Apple ID and changing the date.
For no particular reason, it's now working ok for me 😕 I checked it again this morning (didn't do anything special) and it's working as expected.
Good luck to the others having this issue. Hope it does the same for you.
I upgrade to iOS 6 and my passbook app doesn't work. when I click on app store(see in below image) it says coudn't connect to app store even though my wifi is working.
