Ipad keeps asking me to enter my password for my Apple ID

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Ipad keeps asking me to enter my password for my Apple ID

I have a 4th Generation 16GB 9.7" ipad, iOS 7.1.2, ipad. Woke up this morning and got a message on my iPad telling me to enter my password for my Apple ID to sign into the iCloud. I couldn't do anything else. I couldn't access any other screen. I turned off the ipad. The message was still there. I thought it was a major problem, so I decided to restore the iPad. I connected the ipad with a USB cable to my computer then followed the prompts for backing up and then restoring the ipad. Took about 1 hour. Afterwards, the message was still there.

I finally resorted to entering my password on the ipad for my Apple ID to sign into the cloud. I do not really use the cloud, and don't remember for what purpose that I set up the cloud on this ipad. After entering my password for the Apple ID, I proceeded to delete my icloud account on this ipad.

Was this original prompt a normal message ? Why did I get this message ?

iPad, iOS 7.1.2, 4th Generation 16GB 9.7" screen

Posted on Sep 1, 2014 2:46 PM

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Kappy

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Sep 1, 2014 2:50 PM in response to old and tired

It was a normal message. iCloud needed to communicate with the pad, and in order to do that it asks for the account password as part of the security measures.

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Sep 1, 2014 4:59 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks for your reply. Just curious, for what security measure ? Not sure why I got the prompt today, as opposed to any other day.

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Kappy

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Sep 1, 2014 5:08 PM in response to old and tired

The security measures intended to prevent an unauthorized person from gaining access to your device. As for you other question, I don't have an answer inasmuch as I don't know a thing about your device or what prompted the request.

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Sep 2, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Kappy

Okay. Thanks very much. This makes me feel a little better.

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Ahmetu

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Feb 7, 2016 5:20 AM in response to Kappy

Of course, but why does it keep on asking after and after? I also have a mac and Iphone they are connected to the same cloud, I guess they don't need that much security those machines do not prompt.

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