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Cannot add cards back to apple pay after restoring.

I had all my cards on apple pay until yesterday. But yesterday I thought to restore my phone as new and since after doing that I can't add any cards back to the apple pay. When I enter all the information, It says verifying and then displays a message that says "Card could not be added. Please try again later or contact the card issuer for more information."

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Dec 13, 2014 10:40 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2017 3:13 PM

Sadly my Scotiabank Amex (Canada) is not working with that particular fix. I would give my provider the benefit of the doubt however in this case the rejection process seems to be happening at the very last moment when it *should* take. (After the terms and conditions are agreed to). All other compatible banking products work just fine. I just tried your method a third time and it just will not work. Fortunately I don't take these things too much to heart and am patient with new technologies :) thank you just the same. Your efforts are very much appreciated!

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Dec 20, 2014 12:03 PM in response to Roshanalex

Similar thing happened to me today. I went into the Genius Bar and figured they would swap my phone entirely, except they were able to repair the camera instead. So I elected for that. Except in preparation of a swap I turned off Apple Pay, Passcode etc. Then upon arriving back at home I tried to add my credit cards back. No luck. Same issue everyone else is having with adding them back.


I performed a hard reset to the phone (holding the home button and power button same time for about 10 sec) and then force quitting the Pass Book app, and then attempting to add a card back I was able to get one of my Bank of America cards back on. No luck with any other cards following the same procedure. Going to keep trying. My thoughts are (and this is just a guess) is that it takes a bit of time to clear out the old card from the system before you can re-add it.

Dec 22, 2014 12:09 PM in response to jpatel08

I ended up going to the Apple Store and going to the genius bar. They proceeded to do all the thing I already tried.

After they did a restore and set up as a new phone and saw they it didn't work they went in the back and brought out a new phone.

I Fired up the phone and went thru steps to add my cards to Apple pay and everything worked. So getting a new phone fixed the issue.

It has nothing to do with my bank, or possible corrupt backup. I'm glad I didn't wait around and took matters into my own hands.

I Told them I don't have time for the back and forth just fix it. I have Apple care just give me a new phone. They replaced it and it didn't count

against my apple care. What happens when you restore your phone and go to sell it or give it away. The buyers are going to be extremely disappointed

Dec 25, 2014 6:21 AM in response to Jonathan Guidry

I have been working on this issue with Apple, AMEX, MasterCard, Chase and Barclays. All say they have elevated it to their highest priority and their techs are working with Apple techs to solve the issue. I also have a ticket with Apple and Zack who has been quite helpful has indicated he cannot replace my phone until Apple Engineers determine it's an issue with the phones.e


While on the phone with Barclays and AMEX they can see in real time when a card is added to be provisioned. Nothing is happening on their end which tells me our phones are not communicating with Apple Servers.


This many page views over 1100 currently can't be wrong. So if we can get the credit cards companies and all the banks to step up maybe we can get this solved. Zack also said I am welcome to go to the Apple Store and they more than likely will swap out the phone, but why do I want somebody else's problem with a refurb. Can I live without Apple Pay, sure I can, but I paid full price for my 6 plus and I purchased from Apple and not ATT, so I should have full functionality of my device.


I'll report back once I get resolution from any of the card issuers, Visa, MasterCard or AMEX and see how Apple responds.

Dec 26, 2014 9:34 AM in response to Roshanalex

Well, good to see I am not alone. I had a glitch in my software, 8.1.2, and did a restore from backup. It solved my initial problem, but created this one. I use Apple Pay quite a bit, so I'm not thrilled about this glitch. Seeing that people have solved this issue by Apple exchanging their phones, I have an appointment at the Apple Store tomorrow. I am hoping they can give me a new phone! I don't have the patience for this kind of problem.


And to the folks who poo-poohed about possibly getting a refurbished phone by exchanging, that's utter nonsense. The 6-series phones are too new to have any available for refurbished sales, yet, not to mention replacement. But even if that was the case, a refurbished product from Apple is just as good as the new thing. Carries the same warranty etc.


i'll report back tomorrow on how my genius appointment goes.

Dec 26, 2014 9:44 AM in response to CongressDJ

You can opt to be a knucklehead as you said but not everyone else wants to. You can get a refurbished device and nobody cares about it. But please don't say it's been only two months since iphone 6 came out and nobody have yet returned their device for warranty. May be you don't know, but more than at least 1000 devices are returned everyday all over the country. Some people even do drop test on their phone and they get replacement for it because they have apple care. And we don't know the phone you're gonna get tomorrow is a phone that someone else has drop tested. like I said before, nobody cares if you get a refurbished phone and that doesn't make you smarter than us.

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