Why am I being asked to update my apple ID password ?

I have updated my apple 5 s id .. but it’s still showing up like I need to update with a 1 beside the icon of the settings ?? I don’t know how to fix this issue ..

You probably have a weak password and Apple is asking you to change it. The other option is not to turn off the devices at night.

Exactly the same thing is happening to me. Both my iPhone and Mac are switched off overnight - the iPhone because I'm contactable via a landline phone, the Mac because I'm not using it.

I have a very strong password and yet each time I start-up either machine, iCloud asks me to re-input my password. The iPhone also suggests I input a verification code (where? It doesn't say) in order to log on to the 'other' machine.

I have changed the password in case someone has managed to get hold of it and is trying to login via an unidentified device, but this hasn't stopped the problem.

It's getting tedious so has anyone any ideas as to how I can sort it out?

iPhone IOS 9

Mac: Mavericks 10.9.5

Managed to get to the point where I input the iCloud password and the iPhone refuses to accept it and tell me it is incorrect. It isn't.

Whenever you turn off the phone you will need to input your iCloud password. It is part of the security protocol of iOS 9. As to the verification code, you might have 2 step verification enabled. Check out your Apple ID settings at:

https://appleid.apple.com

Hum, sorry to say that FelipeV, but, unless you have a link from Apple showing that it's indeed a security protocol of iOS 9, I can't believe you.

I have the exact same problem, exactly for the same causes as tacitus99, (the iPhone because I'm contactable via a landline phone, the iPad because I'm not using it), and it was not the case with iOS 9 until iOS 9.1.

I'm updating my iPhone and iPad to iOS 9.2 right now, let's hope it will fix this issue!

I will let you know the result tomorrow!

Pierre

Go to www.icloud.com and login with your Apple ID and password.

pierrefrommontpellier wrote:

Hum, sorry to say that FelipeV, but, unless you have a link from Apple showing that it's indeed a security protocol of iOS 9, I can't believe you.

Believe what you will....If you turn off your phone you will be asked to enter your iCloud/ Store ID at some point later on after your turn it back on.

HI FelipeV!

I'm really happy to report that, as I was hoping, this issue is gone since updating to iOS 9.2!

We can again switch off our iOS devices and switch them on again in the morning without having to enter our password! What a relieve!

Sorry Sberard1, if you had waited a few hours more you wouldn't have needed to change your password!

Anyway, you can put this post as resolved!

Cheers,

PIerre

Thanks for all the comments - it's good to know that I'm not alone in experiencing this problem. I've upgraded to iOS 9.2 and so far at least the problem has gone. I'm still on Mavericks on the desktop but with the arrival of El Cap 11.2 I shall be upgrading over the XMas holiday, something I suspect is going to bring another load of grief. However, I am wondering whether the problem has its roots in the fact that I have two Apple IDs: a single name which was originally used for iTunes since the early iPods and subsequently the App store, and my iCloud one for which I use an XX@me.com email address which I set up back when Mobile Me first hit the shelves. There's also the possibility that addresses ending in me.com are deprecated and I should be using XX@icloud.com

All App store/iTunes purchases have been made with the original 'single name' whereas iCloud sync has been done using the Mobile Me email address. Since Apple will not allow the merger of the two IDs there's probably not a lot I can do about it unless I junk one account, probably the me.com, since purchases were done through the other one. This will bring its own set of problems since I've used the XX@me.com address quite widely believing it unlikely to be changed. Ideally I would merge the accounts using the XX@me.com for the 'single name' account

A workaround might be to set up family sharing using the two IDs both of which happen to be myself, but I could see that leading to an even bigger mess if a machine registered in one name, attempts to sync to calendars etc registered under another name. Also if the iPhone is backed up to a machine registered under a different ID

Please Apple find some way of resolving this mess by allowing mergers, since I doubt I'm the only one in this situation. Whatever happened to, 'it just works"......

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

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