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apple ID and password doesn't work on my iphone.

Hi, my iphone won't recognize my apple ID password but the ID is correct and works on my MacBook and ipad. So I'm not getting my emails or imessages to my iphone. This this just occured after doing a software update to IOS 7.0.6. What do I do?

iPhone 4

Posted on Feb 27, 2014 5:59 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2014 3:45 AM

Hello!

I have the same problem on my iPhone 5, it won't take the Apple ID, but it works on my Mac and iPad. 😟 I try restored it 3 times, same problem.

Any help??

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Jan 10, 2016 10:22 AM in response to Dawnseven

That happened to me too. I finally tried getting off my wifi. Then checked cellular to be on n also data ROAMING as cellar was already on. While on LTE cell usage, I went into I tunes.com n signed into my acct with user id n password. That worked!!! I do remember yesterday that I had disnliaded a wifi mgr n password app trying to get into their wifi n wifi app did not work even tho it said I was on their wifi. Thinking I should Delete that app now.

Jan 27, 2016 4:10 PM in response to sglover007

I had the same issue. Apple ID/password fails on my iPhone 5s but works on my iPad and PC. so it was annoying that I could not update my apps.

Rebooting did nothing. I do have 2 Apple IDs. It would recognize 1 but never the other. I resolved this by going to Settings-iTunes & App Store then logging out of the current Apple ID and logging into the Apple ID that would fail. For some reason it accepted the ID/password there after it had failed from the App Store App.

Feb 7, 2016 12:54 AM in response to sglover007

you think that's bad.I reset my password on my ipad, now get this that password works everywhere, on my iphone 6s on my pc to get me here.But guess where that password doesn't work you guessed it on the ipad where i reset it in the first place. I am so sick of this apple password Since getting my new iphone 6 s I have had no end of trouble and must of reset this password about 50 times in 1 month.Starting to wish i never heard of apple

Apr 17, 2016 10:41 AM in response to sglover007

OK, so I have found a solution that worked for me ...


Just to set the scene - i have three AppleIDs i use, for a number of different reasons ... it's madness, but when I started with Apple i got my pants in a mess and didn't really know what I was doing, but I am living with it quite OK.


I have m.p@mac.com for iCloud and all things associated

I had iphone@mp.co.uk for personal iTunes / Apps etc

I have applestore@mp.co.uk for my photography related business apps

(all email addresses abbreviated for demo purposes)


All of a sudden, some weeks ago (after the 9.3 update - i think it was this one), my iphone@mp.co.uk username & password combo were not recognised on my iPhone 6 Plus. No idea why. It has continued for some time and had gotten to the point today where I had 17 apps to update, but no way of doing so ...


If i used the same account to login on the Apple Website, it worked.

If I used the same account to login via my iPad, it worked.


Frustrating, as many of you have experienced.


I tried all the previous suggestions ... reboot / shutting off iMessage / logging out of everything / Reset All Settings (painful) / Changing password .. nothing worked.


So then this afternoon I came across a brainwave ... and I changed the email address associated with the Apple ID. I have been meaning to create me a new gmail account anyway, so did that first, checked mail was flowing, logged into this URL 'https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage' and changed the email address of my Apple ID to the new one I just created.


Attempted login with my iPhone 6 ... BLAMMO!!! First time, in and all apps updated.


Of course, that's a real PITA as I have iphone@mp.co.uk like EVERYWHERE, but a small price to pay compared to the frustration i have been feeling these last few days. (At least the new AppleTV has Siri dictation to make this easier 😉 )


So, that's what I did - i really hope it helps everybody who is still suffering with the problem. Basically, change the email address associated with the AppleID, and see what happens.


Good Luck !!

Apr 26, 2016 11:09 AM in response to dubwha

My macbook pro could log into my 2nd appleID, but my iPhone and iPad couldn't. t resolved this by r

  • resetting the password on the iPhone and logging in with that
  • then resetting the password on my iPad and logging in with that
  • then logging in on the iPhone with the new password that i had set with the Ipad
  • then logging in on my macbook with that password

I'd tried a bunch of the other things listed here and none worked

May 29, 2016 9:30 AM in response to Kid Pan Alley

I have the same problem. My Apple ID/password works on every device, the website, etc. but not one iPhone 6. I tried everything else in this forum and this is the one that worked for me.


Change your Apple ID email via the website. When done, log in on the troubled device using the new email ID (can be the same old password). This worked.


B/t/w - I was able to then change my Apple ID email back to the old email (still the same password) and now that works on the troubled device too.


My guess is that I somehow reset the cookies or whatever Apple's cloud god was looking at on my troubled iPhone.

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