iTunes Radio unavailable on ipad

I have been using iTunes Radio since last week (love it, by the way), but yesterday it stopped working on my iPad. It continues to work fine on all my other devices (2 Macs, AppleTV, 2 iPhones), but on my iPad it attempts to play a song, fails to start, and then shows a message "iTunes Radio Unavailable. iTunes Radio is temporarily unavailable. Try again later". I tried to restart the iPad, turn it off etc. but the problem continues. I also tried to sign out of iTunes Match, from the iTunes Store, and it didn't help either. Any ideas, anyone?

iPad, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 24, 2013 6:01 AM

18 replies

Jan 17, 2014 11:30 AM in response to Dr. Spaceknob

So it only worked for one day. Turns out that was a coincidence, and after doing a complete restore, seems like it's a hardware issue. And Apple is still working on resolving my issue. I also found out that you cannot delete posts on these discussion boards. So instead of just teasing you guys, I have to plague you with an apology. Whatever...

Feb 21, 2014 7:29 AM in response to ateixeira

My iPhone 5c would not play iTunes Radio, Station Unavailable try again later error. So I did this and it seems to work so far...

Do you ever move the date forward in settings (maybe for Candy Crush?) If you go in to settings and move the date forward a day or two, then go and start iTunes Radio and while its playing go back and set your date correctly or automatic.

Worked for me.

Mar 20, 2014 12:42 AM in response to ateixeira

Someone else posted a response that fixed my issue.

The problem was changing my time in settings so I could advance in Candy Crush. Apple didn't seem to be aware of this.

I have Apple TV, an iMac, iPhone, MacBook Pro, and an iPad. Only device with the issue was the Only device I changed the time on, my iPad is the only one with Candy Crush. How stupid.

To actually fix it I restored the iPad. You might be able to search an easier solution based on this fact.

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