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

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Oh my goodness haha! I drove myself nuts for over an hour and that is why mine wasn't working either. LOL

Check the date on the device. One of my students had the date set to 2030. Going back to automatic fixed the problem.

i tryed int but nowits saying im logged out of itunes and app store but not logged out of icloud and still verification failed!!!

apple make everything sooooo!!!! complicated DAMM!

I had this problem also today. I was at work and the iPad icon showed that I was connected to WiFi. I tried multiple times and the invalid pop-up continued. I read these posts and tried everything. Then it dawned on me, that we have a secured WiFi. So I needed to log into Safari and add the User and security code. After an hour of trying to figure it out, it was a "DAH!" moment...totally forgetting that I need to log into security WiFi every time I am on the work WiFi. Once I logged in, the problem went away.

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?

"Verification Failed... There was an error connecting to the Apple ID Server" and constant requests over the past few months now on my MacBook Air, my iPhone 5S and my iMac to sign into iTunes is not only driving me nuts, but is VERY CLOSE to making me go to the AT&T Store and canceling my iPhone 7 and getting a Samsung.

Then, add in the complexity of trying to listen to iTune purchases I have made over the years and not being able to access the music I bought... (I'm now buying all my music through Amazon)....

My first Apple computer was a LISA I bought in 1983. Been an Apple fan for decades BUT the last few years have been nothing but frustration.

Hey, Tim Cook! Can you here me now? If you can, do you understand what "Adios Apple" means?

My problem is that it doesn't even allow me to sign out of my account!! It's making me give my password for that and when I do, it says that they can't contact the apple server! I literally just switched to an apple device for the first time, and I guess this is what regret feels like...

Worked beautifully! IOS 10.0.0 Fixed the problem in one try! Thank you!

Have the same issue when sharing internet by Personal Hotspot, got it solved by turning Wifi off.....

DDidn't work for me can't find it

Thanks! I actually had the opposite problem from you; I had to DISABLE Wi-Fi and then I was able to sign in just fine. My guess is it had something to do with my corporate firewall not even allowing Apple's updates to come through... even though this iPhone is a contracted phone from the company... sigh.

This was it!! The date/time was not set to automatically...weird! Clicked that on and it fixed the problem...thanks!

I've just had this issue myself. Hands Off! started silently blocking akd connections to gsa.apple.com without consulting me first..

In case anyone else is running HandsOff! or LittleSnitch or similar network monitoring software, make sure that it isn't blocking /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AuthKit.framework/Versions/A/Support/akd (and other Apple services)

I hope this will help someone!