Verification Failed.

Can't access iCloud after downloading iOS8.0. After downloading iOS8.0 I cannot join iCloud. Message I receive is "Verification Failed. There was an error connecting to iCloud." When I go to My Apple ID on my computer, I can access my iCloud account. Now my iPad won't access the internet.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 7:09 AM

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May 9, 2016 9:33 AM in response to thomasfrompottsville

Check/Fix Date & Time

I tried a bunch of different things for an hour (including "Reset Network Settings" as suggested above) but nothing resolved the problem. Finally I found a thread advising to correct Date & Time, and it worked!! For some reason the date & time were wrong, so the device could not properly contact and sync with the Apple server (even though my Apple ID/password worked from other devices and on iCloud.com). By turning on "Settings - General - Date & Time - Set Automatically" it made the date/time current and connected successfully.


Note: I did a hard reset after correcting the date/time, and then had to put in my username/password when prompted a few times before it was accepted. I think this was the time it took for the date/time to update, but after a few attempts it worked/problem solved.

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