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Q: my Apple ID could not connect to Game Center on my iPhone

I've tried changing my password and email. still couldn't login to Game Center in my iPhone4s.

my iPhone can login other Apple IDs into Game Center but not mine.

my Apple ID can login to my iPod touch Game Center running in iOS 4.3.

so what's wrong here?

 

since I can login to Game Center on my iPod touch, there isn't a problem with my Apple ID.

I'm able to  login to apps store,FaceTime,iCloud on my iPhone4s but not Game Center?!

 

I've tried loging in to Game Center at the settings page this appeared:

"Unable to connect to Server.

The operation couldn't be completed. (Cocoa error 4097.)"

 

I've tried logging using the Game Center apps this appeared:

"Could not connect to Game Center server."

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 2:56 AM

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  • by Delgadoh,

    Delgadoh Delgadoh Nov 14, 2013 1:38 PM in response to Yuh Hang
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    Nov 14, 2013 1:38 PM in response to Yuh Hang

    Hey Yuh Hang,

     

    First, try taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below and see if that helps:

     

    FaceTime, Game Center, Messages: Troubleshooting sign in issues

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3970

     

    Have a great day,

    Delgadoh

  • by Yuh Hang,

    Yuh Hang Yuh Hang Dec 8, 2013 10:30 AM in response to Delgadoh
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    Dec 8, 2013 10:30 AM in response to Delgadoh

    Still no use.

  • by randalwall,

    randalwall randalwall Dec 8, 2013 9:03 PM in response to Yuh Hang
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    Dec 8, 2013 9:03 PM in response to Yuh Hang

    I'm having the same issue iPhone 5S w/ ios 7.0.4. It's only affecting game center. Facetime, download apps, wastage all work on my phone. Just not game center. But game enter works on OS X, even shows games I've been logged into on ios.

     

    Please don't include the above link as help. All over the boards that is posted. That doesn't work. Is there not another fix for this? I'm not prepared to erase everything. I'll try a restore tomorrow but this is ridiculous that there isn't a fix for this. There's so many complaints listed with just one google search. And all that ever included is the above link.

     

    Thanks

  • by randalwall,

    randalwall randalwall Dec 9, 2013 6:12 PM in response to Yuh Hang
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    Dec 9, 2013 6:12 PM in response to Yuh Hang

    So what I did was a restore as new iPhone so the actual firmware was reinstalled. Then recovered from backup and it's all working as it should now. Just remember the Backup your phone, maybe make note of the time for the restore time stamp.

     

    And it'll take an hour+ depending on size. Good luck!

  • by Awaji,

    Awaji Awaji Jan 28, 2014 4:35 AM in response to Yuh Hang
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    Jan 28, 2014 4:35 AM in response to Yuh Hang

    I have almost the same problem in my iPad . Strange thing I can use any other id but me and my id work on any other device except this iPad Game Center

     

    Please need help

  • by Animatic_33,

    Animatic_33 Animatic_33 Feb 8, 2014 5:09 AM in response to randalwall
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    Feb 8, 2014 5:09 AM in response to randalwall

    randalwall wrote:

     

    So what I did was a restore as new iPhone so the actual firmware was reinstalled. Then recovered from backup and it's all working as it should now. Just remember the Backup your phone, maybe make note of the time for the restore time stamp.

     

    And it'll take an hour+ depending on size. Good luck!

     

    This worked for me, I did the same steps to my iPhone 5S and I am able to log in to gamecenter right away. I hope no more errors pop up, though.

     

    Cheers!

  • by 神舟号,

    神舟号 神舟号 Feb 14, 2016 5:32 PM in response to Yuh Hang
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    Feb 14, 2016 5:32 PM in response to Yuh Hang

    我找到了最终的解决方案。

    我看到有人通过修改系统语言解决了这个问题,因此我意识到原因可能和语言有关。

    后来我发现在/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data里的文件夹是以语言分类的。

    其中只有我曾经尝试设置过的语言,所以我猜测它们是在第一次登陆Game Center时自动下载用于缓存数据的。

    我认为导致问题的原因是无效的缓存数据。cocoa无法解析必要的缓存数据而抛出异常信息。

     

    只需将/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data重命名为/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data1或者直接删除该文 件夹。

    然后你就可以成功登录Game Center了!

     

    Firstly, I wanna say that I'm Chinese. I'm not very good at English.

    I have found the solution finally.

    I saw someone solve the problem by changing the language so I realized that the cause may be related with the language.

    And then I found the folders in /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data are catagrated by language.

    They are only the languages I have tried to set so I guess they may be downloaded automatically to cache data from the Game Center server at the first time when we logged in the Game Center. I thought the cause leading to the problem was the invalid cache data. The cocoa threw the exception information because it cannot parse the cache data required.

     

    Just RENAME /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data to /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data1 or DELETE it directly.

    And then you will log in the Game Center successfully!

     

    If someone can get what I meant, please help me to rewrite the solution in native English in order to help more people. Thank you!