How do I approve my phone on another device signed into iCloud?

I reset the end to end encryption. I didn’t lose any data or messages, though there is risk of that. YMMV

Check the bottom link that says "Can't Approve this device" the keychain encryption will reset. No more annoying message!!

What a pain in the butt, circling around and around trying to approve a device which shows up on two other devices. Apples products are slipping. Always considered Apple products to be hassle free, NO MORE SO!

rainui wrote:

What a pain in the butt, circling around and around trying to approve a device which shows up on two other devices. Apples products are slipping. Always considered Apple products to be hassle free, NO MORE SO!

Do you want to clarify what you mean by trying to approve a device that "shows up on two other devices"? If that is the case, then why can to tap on the Approve on one of the other two devices?

We need a clearer understanding of your specific situation which may or may not be related to the OP's.

Are you signed into more than one place using the same iCloud account?

If so, what, exactly happens when you try to sign in on the "third" device?

GB

This is infuriating!!! Im in the same limbo land.

For the moderators:

my specific problem is this:

on my iPhone X, Settings shows my Apple ID settings need updating

when I click continue and enter my credentials, I get stuck in a screen asking me to access icloud from another device to approve this phone.

I don't have another Apple device, so log into icloud and apple id on my PC

but WHERE can I approve the phone from?

when I click on devices there is no approve option, although the phone is shown in my devices list

Please help or patch!

How do I approve my phone on another device signed into iCloud?

It just keeps waiting for approval...FROM WHERE?  Where do I go to approve it?

I tried to sign into iCloud on my pc as I do not have a mac.  I tried to sign in on my son's iPad.

There was nowhere to hit approve.

ALERT!!!!!!!!!!

your are God sent!! thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!! everyone please try this first. Oh my goodness it took me over an hour trying everything until I read this message tried this and woohooooo.. back in business..

I tried to do an update on my iphone 7 after having to reset my phone because my phone was disabled. After resetting my phone, it is saying I have updates in settings. When I try to do the update it asks me to enter my appleid, which in turn asks me to unlock the iphone with an old passcode and that didn't work. It is now asking me to approve the iphone on another device which is not working because my old passcode for the iphone is NOT working.

I updated my iphone and I get this message also. I go to my ipad, and there is no request to approve the iphone. I get verification codes when I try to sign in from my iphone, because I had to turn on two-factor authentication, but its as if my iphone is waiting for an approval from my ipad, which is not giving me a notuor way to approve my iphone. This sucks!

I found the way to approve the device by clicking on the "can't approve device" link at the bottom of the message; however, it looks like it will reset/erase data. What data will be lost/reset by doing it this way?

If you are somehow signed in to 1 of the 3 devices you mentioned ..it will reject signing in until your logged out. I find if its a safe app or site you cant have more than 2 devices sighned in at same session. Secret way to sign out as a back up. Goto your browser history& cache....clear each device. It will sign you out most sites. Then try to sign 1 device in at a time . That way the security software not confused. Hope this helps. And please. <Do- notreply- this email is not Apple Support.>

there is no selection for " I approve this iPhone"

I have the same issue!!! This is absolutely annoying! After hours on the phone with Apple, they still can't figure it out!!!!

I am not locked out of Keychain. I in fact turned it off to make this process easier and it has not helped. And I do not own a MAC so I am stuck!

I don't know where to go from my Windows PC to approve my iPhone to use Apple Pay. If I can't get this to work, I'll just move on to some other Pay App. What was their response to you?