'cannot connect to itunes store' SOLVED

[sèphér]

Is there some problems with the apple servers at the moment?

i cant connect to itunes, appstore, ibooks, podcasts or itunesU on my ipad 3.
i get the 'cannot connect to itunes store' message in all of the apps. :O

[Apetrick]

Theyre working fine for me, is your connection strong? it can also do that when the connection isnt secure as in someone is running sslstrip

[sèphér]

yeh, im tethering with my phone. i have a perfect data connection on everything. just cant use the apps mentioned in my last post.

iv never experienced this before on an idevice and am puzzled.

i can connect fine on my iphone, its just my ipad.


Edit :-
Wow!! Very annoyed right now.
I searched all over the web to find many people experiencing the same problem on iOS 6. I tried changing the date, changing the location settings, hard resetting the device, erase all content and settings, normal restore and dfu mode restore.
All supposedly fixes the bug but didn't work.

So I decided to try a different network. Still didn't work. So I went into settings and switched on "automatic app downloads" then opened AppStore. And boom it fixed it. Now working on my original network.

Very stupid bug on the apple server :/

[Bianconero]

Me too i cannot connect to iTunes store and i cannot restore my iTouch in other side the restoration can't completly ends, my iTouch stay in the DFU mode i tried to reset it but no ameliorations!!! please Help

[sèphér]

Check my updated post dude. I managed to find a fix for mine.

Also do a hard reset to get out of dfu mode (hold down power and home button at the same time until you see apple logo then let go).

If the hard reset doesn't work, install tinyumbrella on your pc and use it to kick your device out of dfu.

[sèphér]

Update:-
Found another problem that can cause "cannot connect to iTunes" in AppStore/iTunes apps.
But more importantly it can cause an issue while evasion is operating during a device boot. It will cause your device to boot loop.

There is a downloads.28.sqlitedb file in var/mobile/Media/Downloads folder.

This file is used by AppStore/iTunes apps and also itunesstored process when a device is booting.

ifile for some strange reason will sometimes randomly change the file access permissions and ownership when editing files.

The access permissions for the downloads folder should be-
User- read, write, execute
Group- read, execute
World- read, execute

The ownership for the downloads folder should be-
Owner- mobile
Group- mobile

And the downloads.28.sqlitedb file should also have exactly the same settings otherwise the AppStore/iTunes apps and boot loop problem will occur.

Hope this helps anyone.

[Ironman]

Thanks for sharing that sepher!!
+1