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App Store not working on iPhone 5

Ditto here, tried all the fixes as well. I imagine this hasn't made any front pages yet because it's not quite as widespread yet, but I sure hope it does eventually cause enough commotion to be addressed. There are plenty of apple support threads, but not as many as I've seen for other issues that ended up being mentioned on gizmodo/zdnet etc…

FWIW, I'm having the issue on an AT&T iPhone 5. (All tabs blank except genius and updates)
 
Working after a full restore (via iCloud.) Did it more to see if it would work vs. a real solution but at least it is working.

According to the thread on Apple that I linked to before Apple is now confirming that it is a known issue.
 
Beyond weird. No problems with my iPhone 5 (Verizon). Even managed to update 23 apps a few minutes ago. (Tapped em one by one, as I kept losing arguments with the Update All button earlier this week.)

But, the iPad 2 -- dead in the water. No Features or Charts pages, just blank white screens. Since around 5 this morning Eastern. Tells me no updates available, but I know better -- several of those iPhone updates are universal apps.

Me miss "just works."
 
Just spoke to apple support, apparently enough people have reported this and it's being fixed. It's not hardware related and has something to do with retrieving data from they're server. Just hold out for a bit guys and gals.
 
now my imessage is not working either. i wonder if its related at all. i have a 4 on verizon.
 
App Store still not working here. Siri has been VERY iffy today as well. Otherwise, iMessage works and iTunes Store loads. Haven't attempted a purchase though. Still waiting on doing restore in case Apple can fix it on their end.

Don't know if its worth mentioning, but after I reset all settings, I got a message saying my iTunes Match subscription has expired and to go on my Mac to renew. That can't be possible, but I went on iTunes anyways. iTunes told me there was an issue and to sign out and then back in to the iTunes Store. After doing so I had to "add" my machine back to iTunes Match.

It is most likely unrelated, but I'm curious if anyone else with the same problem has had Siri/iTunes match issues today also.
 
Been having this problem a couple days now :(

Cmon apple
 
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This is upsetting to say the least, especially for anyone that doesn't use a Mac or pc to backup or transfer apps. Apple needs to get the ball rolling here, the App Store has been useless since last night for me. Not having iMessage or iTunes problems, strictly App Store. I'm on rogers in Canada
 
now my iMessage is down too. the store went down last night for me around 9pm I noticed, then this afternoon iMessage stopped working. Apple has really dropped the ball lately.
 
kyleetrotter said:
now my iMessage is down too. the store went down last night for me around 9pm I noticed, then this afternoon iMessage stopped working. Apple has really dropped the ball lately.
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yeah and i dont have apple care so they told me to restore. i told them i already tired that so thats pretty much all they can do for me. this is dumb. its not like i can call verizon. its not their fault..
 
Just restored and it fixed issue...complete bull$&?@....not doing this every time they're a an issue
 
Soooo glad this isn't just me. I noticed this yesterday when trying to search for a new app for my Iphone 5 (on Verizon by the way). I think I'm just going to wait it out since it seems to be an Apple issue. I refuse to reset the phone at this point. Hopefully Apple develops a solution quick. I can update and download from the computer's App store though.
 
Same problem here. AT&T iPhone 5. Blank screens in featured, charts, search over wifi and cell. I have been able to update a few apps though. The date change fix didn't work -- hopefully apple releases a fix soon.
 
Same problem here. AT&T iPhone 5.

I'm not doing a restore. My guess is that apple did something on their end to make this happen. There are too many people having the problem show up at the same time.

Plus we have a 2 week old, and I'm spending my spare moments trying to get a little sleep. :)
 
It seems no one is reading the thread.

Everyone is reporting different model phones, different carriers, different locations.
Thus, through what should be simple logic, you should be able to determine that the problem does NOT reside in the model phone you have, or the carrier you're one, nor the location you're in.

Sheesh. Simple deduction people.

The common denominator is the actual app itself.
 
Same problem here. It's being discussed on this and several other Apple support forum threads.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/19997055#19997055

I just called Apple support about the issue and was told that a restore has about a 50/50 chance of solving the problem. He said it is some kind of problem on Apple's end. He recommended just waiting a few days for Apple to get it sorted out.
 
Anyone having any luck yet with this? Extremely frustrating and it's about to go back to Telus in the next few days if the App Store and iTunes doesn't start working!!!
 
I restored mine to default via iTunes and then restored from backup and the store works now. Huge hassle but it fixed the problem.
 
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