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This is why my HomePod was stuck on configuring? I’ve been going crazy trying to get this sorted out!
This is why my HomePod was stuck on configuring? I’ve been going crazy trying to get this sorted out!
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Apple Setup Issues: Apple Watch Verification Failed, HomePod Stuck on Configuring
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So people understand that server load is probably the issue, yet they try "a dozen times" anyway? 🙄
How ever did humans survive this long? 🤐
How ever did humans survive this long? 🤐
You're assuming there's something more that Apple could be doing.
An internet connection is an "inter-network" connections. Essentially many networks interconnected together.
Delays and problems can be introduced at any point between A and B.
Walkie talkie has never worked reliably or consistently. I don’t know anyone who uses it.
Same issue here. Trying to do Family Setup for an Apple Watch SE for my son. I choose to reset encrypted data for my son and get the message in the attached screenshot on the phone using to set up. Still not able to complete set up.
Not our concern how Apple runs their services. Not Apple's concern how AWS runs their services.
Besides, this probably wasn't even caused by an AWS outage: In case Apple actually uses GCP mainly, that looks fine too:
Google Cloud Status Dashboard
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Well, if you want your thing to get verified, trying a dozen times does increase your chances.
Stop saying "Our" because you don't speak for a collective group you only speak for yourself.Not our concern how Apple runs their services. Not Apple's concern how AWS runs their services.
Besides, this probably wasn't even caused by an AWS outage: In case Apple actually uses GCP mainly, that looks fine too:Google Cloud Status Dashboard
status.cloud.google.com
And maybe you should admit that you are looking for yet another reason to complain about Apple and that you are using this upset over "Not being able to sign into iCloud" as a front to just complain about Apple. I hope it goes down again to keep you hair triggered people in a holding pattern for a while.
I don't like people like you and ill refrain from ever replying to a post of yours going forward.
It takes an Apple software engineer, a high-up one at that, to even know what is powering iCloud. So yeah, I speak for most people.
The holiday season has been the highest-revenue quarter for Apple for a long time now. That's a double-edged sword — it means lots of money for Apple (which they are clearly into, hence running holiday ads and all), but it also means some infrastructure peaks.
People are receiving their holiday gifts, and they do not work out of the box. At all. That's basically contrary to the stereotypical "it just works" Apple promise. If you're confused that a thread about this has some people "complaining", I don't know what to tell you. Try giving your significant other a gift and seeing how they react when it becomes a frustrating and futile evening of ad-hoc tech support. Odds are you'll prefer going with the socks+perfume route again next year.
To be clear, iCloud is only tangentially related to this.
ok cool
May I ask a slightly different iCloud related question here? I don't own an Apple watch, but I was wondering if my issue might be related to something similar.
I recently subscribed to Apple Music, what I didn't realize before doing so was as part of the service any music I have locally imported on the Mac is uploaded to iCloud music library. While this works fine on my iPad and iPhone accessing my imported music from the cloud, when I try to access this music from the music app on an Apple TV, it usually just sits at a blank white screen with a spinning gear cursor. Music I've purchased from iTunes typically loads fine, although some of that has issues of the same nature too. Does iClouse music library have known issues with Apple TV as those are the only devices that give me this issue. What I can say is, last year around this time, the apple TV(s) gave me the same issue with loading albums after clicking to open them.
Any feedback could help.
Thanks
I recently subscribed to Apple Music, what I didn't realize before doing so was as part of the service any music I have locally imported on the Mac is uploaded to iCloud music library. While this works fine on my iPad and iPhone accessing my imported music from the cloud, when I try to access this music from the music app on an Apple TV, it usually just sits at a blank white screen with a spinning gear cursor. Music I've purchased from iTunes typically loads fine, although some of that has issues of the same nature too. Does iClouse music library have known issues with Apple TV as those are the only devices that give me this issue. What I can say is, last year around this time, the apple TV(s) gave me the same issue with loading albums after clicking to open them.
Any feedback could help.
Thanks
This exactly describes my past experiences. I don't give tech as gifts anymore.
Again you don't speak for anyone other than yourself since iCloud is not required to activate a device. I'm not going to continue to argue with you. Acting as if someone cannot use an iPhone at all and that is it paralyzed without iCloud is dumb. That can be setup later.
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Actually most of the folks in my family are very tech adept and work for tech companies and understand that issues can happen and that there are workarounds and for the ones who don't work in tech they also know because most folks can use common sense and realize that on Christmas Day if there are issues signing into iCloud or PSN or Xbox live etc that is because everyone on their mother has gotten a device and to try later.
Anyways keep pushing your agenda but it won't be with me because I no longer want to speak with you and am blocking you. Obviously you have an agenda and wanted to find a reason to complain about Apple and I am sick and tired of you people who do that. So have a happy new year or not I really do not care.
I didn't say that. I don't even know whether you need activation to use an Apple Watch, HomePod, etc, got no interest in those. Guess it's time to ignore if you're going to be unfriendly.
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What’s a workaround for activating an Apple Watch or HomePod? And, if there is one, who the hell wants to spend Christmas trying “workarounds”?
Then why did you choose this thread of all things? 😳
They could take the "AP" in "CAP" if internet connections are a problem, but I don't think that's the problem here.
I don't really care about this particular outage. In general, iCloud seems flakier than other similar services. I still use it cause it's not that bad.
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Anyone find a way to get their HomePod out of perpetually configuring?
Id like to get it set up as a hub for HomeKit.
Id like to get it set up as a hub for HomeKit.
I thought it a bit odd, yesterday, that it was taking so long to "configure". Left it a few hours. Still configuring.
Fortunately I wasn't really relying on being able to use it straight away (and I already had three more, plus three full-size HomePods). Finished Christmas Day with the family. Went to bed.
Woke up this morning. Checked again. Still configuring! Started to get worried - but another busy day. Checked again in the afternoon - all done!
So it took about 24 hours, but without resetting it or touching it in any way (other than to check it) it eventually sorted itself out.
Fortunately I wasn't really relying on being able to use it straight away (and I already had three more, plus three full-size HomePods). Finished Christmas Day with the family. Went to bed.
Woke up this morning. Checked again. Still configuring! Started to get worried - but another busy day. Checked again in the afternoon - all done!
So it took about 24 hours, but without resetting it or touching it in any way (other than to check it) it eventually sorted itself out.
Had problems with a HomePod Mini yesterday during the day. Reset it and did a fresh setup about 6:30pm PST and it set up in less than a minute.
