Verification failed : There was an error connecting to apple id server

My sister had this issue and we figured it out together, it may work for you.

1. In Settings go to your App & iTunes preferences (even if you're just trying to use iCloud).
2. Click on your Apple ID at the top.
3. A popup will allow you to sign out, do that.
4. Sign back in.

Let me know if this works for anybody else.

connect your iphone to your computer and itunes. hold down the power and home button together until you see an apple, the apple will dissapear, keep holding down until you see an itunes symbol and follow prompts on your computer to restore device

😁 Guys, Hello there!

This issue is related to the iPhone/iPad network settings, mostly happens when there is a network related change or any other change in the software like an update or new Applications running in background.

This issue can be sorted by simply by doing Network Settings Reset from Settings > General > Reset Network Settings > Confirm.

If this doesn't fix the issue, please comment below.

CHEERS!

😁 Guys, Hello there!

This issue is related to the iPhone/iPad network settings, mostly happens when there is a network related change or any other change in the software like an update or new Applications running in background.

This issue can be sorted by simply by doing Network Settings Reset from Settings > General > Reset Network Settings > Confirm.

If this doesn't fix the issue, please comment below.

CHEERS!

I read through all the posts as I had a similar problem. It took a lot of steps to finally sort out the problem but I got there in the end!

Got error message: Verification error - cannot connect to Apple ID Server

I changed the Apple ID Password via my PC

Turned off the wifi, logged off from the router and logged back in again

Changed the date and time

Turned the wifi on and off again

Then I got a new error message: An unknown error occurred

I then reset my iPad (held the square button and start down) and to my amazement after trying each of the above steps finally it had worked!! Thank goodness for that! 🙂

Thanks to everyone who posted before me as using all the comments I got there in the end and hopefully this will help someone else before they rip their hair out!

The thing that I did that helped me was going to settings, general, scrolling all the way down to Reset, and hitting the very top reset all settings. I am on ios 9.3.1 and don't know if it will work on other versions but it doesn't hurt to try.

Try to check if you are connected to your wifi or to your cellular data. I tried restoring mine and I had this error pop up constantly.... only to realize after 10 minutes that I was not connected to the internet.

I have just updated my sons iPhone 5c to iOS 10. It had the same problem after two hours I checked the time and date and they were wrong. Reset time and date and signed straight in. I hope this helps?

I finally solved this on my IPhone 6S Plus (IOS 9), by simply turning off my wifi connection and then signing in with my Apple ID using only the phones 4G (LTE) connection. Once my Apple ID was verified, I could turn wifi back on.

I tried all of these suggestions. The only thing that worked was to "Reset All Settings" under "General" --> "Reset" in Settings.

Nope. But turning on the wifi did!

I have an iPad Mini, up to date as of today, and this problem occurred. The solution of signing out and back in to Apps/iTunes worked for me. I also restarted the iPad.

this has helped me. I forgot I had set the date and time and forgot to set it back

I Had same problem. Date & Time in settings "Set Automatically" had been turned off.