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Q: iPad Mini 3 will not allow me to use my current ID for FaceTime or Messaging and now I am not able to download Apps nor any updates!

Lets begin with the Apple ID issue. I bought this iPad Mini 3 December 2015. Since then, I have not been able to use my current ID (new) for FaceTime nor Messaging. From the beginning I have gotten the same thing. It goes right back to the home screen and won't allow me to sign in. After doing some digging awhile back many had his same issue with the newer versions of the Mini. Some advised that we use an older ID. Finally getting acces to a very old ID, I gave it a try and Tadaa! It worked! But, (yes there is a but :/) First person I FaceTime'd for a few times contacted me not only a week after stating someone was contacting her through my ID. It was so weird and they kept Facetiming her from my ID even at the same time I would. So I completely wiped my iPad and started new with my current ID again and haven't used Facetime nor Messaging on it since. Now...... present day.... I grab it and try to complete this awesome update as I did on my phone yesterday. Any other updates have worked fine. After entering pin code to do it I notice some of the Apps I tried downloading yesterday were still stuck in "loading" mode on my home screen. Weird. So I delete and retry. While doing that I go to General to retrieve the update and it continues to tell me its checking for update and after about 30seconds it gives me an error message stating "unable to check for update : An error occurred while checking for a software update. I've tried at least 30 times today. Nothing! Even though there is a number 1 (as in an update available for download) showing in General. Seriously.... what is going on with these Mini's????

iPad Mini, iOS 9.3.5

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 5:21 PM

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