Apple Setup Issues: Apple Watch Verification Failed, HomePod Stuck on Configuring

[iGüey]

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.

I don’t hate Apple neither have “an agenda” (just to clarify, because you seem to think “people like me” is what we use to do), and I also don’t complain everything about Apple. If that were the case, obviously I would be a fool by buying products I don’t like (which I repeat, is not the case), don’t you think?

BTW, could you be so kind to explain us, how is “people like me”. Also, could you be so kind to let us know, how and why do you think you are able to judge a person just by an 8 words sentence? —> “So maybe Apple should choose better its providers.”

 

[SchrodingersMartian]

I don’t hate Apple neither have “an agenda” (just to clarify, because you seem to think “people like me” is what we use to do), and I also don’t complain everything about Apple. If that were the case, obviously I would be a fool by buying products I don’t like (which I repeat, is not the case), don’t you think?

BTW, could you be so kind to explain us, how is “people like me”. Also, could you be so kind to let us know, how and why do you think you are able to judge a person just by an 8 words sentence? —> “So maybe Apple should choose better its providers.”

I don’t have to explain anything to you or people like you who want to sit there and get upset over every single thing Apple does.

The whole “ I can’t use my Apple products because of an iCloud” outage was over hyped because they still work without iCloud but much like I told your friend I don’t like people like you so I won’t be responding anymore to you either.

you people seem to work as a hive mind mentality and can’t leave people alone well your going to leave me alone because your blocked.

 

[tardman91]

I'm still not able to setup iCloud accounts for my kids to add them to my "Family." I can get all the way through the process and verification code, then it says there is a problem and they can't create the account and to try again later. Same exact thing as last night. More of an annoyance than a real problem. I wanted to reset their iPads and go "legit" with the family sharing. Guess I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[Naraxus]

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.

Tbh @SchrodingersMartian I've found @chucker23n1 to be fairly level-headed when it comes to Apple. We've disagreed on some topics but I genuinely respect his opinion as I do with a lot of posters here. @Baymowe335 among others.

 

[Baymowe335]

Tbh @SchrodingersMartian I've found @chucker23n1 to be fairly level-headed when it comes to Apple. We've disagreed on some topics but I genuinely respect his opinion as I do with a lot of posters here. @Baymowe335 among others.

Thanks. I’ve found many people are very binary here and struggle to consider multiple factors because emotion gets in the way.

 

[DrSkywalker]

Apple's status page shows an ongoing issue with "iCloud Account and Sign In" since early Christmas morning.

The issue seems likely to be related to activation issues users having been experiencing on our forums. Most notably are a number of users complaining that their new Apple Watch is failing verification upon setup. Users have been reporting this issue in our forums. BeatCrazy writes:A number of users have responded with similar issues in that thread. Meanwhile, another user reports having trouble with HomePod setup today.
Similarly, it seems likely related to a high load of traffic from new Apple users logging into Apple's verification servers for the first time.

At this point, it seems the best advice would be to wait until later to try again as the traffic dies down.




Article Link: Apple Setup Issues: Apple Watch Verification Failed, HomePod Stuck on Configuring

I had the same issue, and my observation is that it appears to be related to mesh-type routers. My new HomePod mini was stuck on "configuring" for a full day. I reset it to factory and had my iPhone connected to a second LTE mobile router and it configured quickly. I then reconfigured the Mini in Home and set it back to the regular home wifi and everything works.
Good luck.

 

[Neils83]

This issue has now been fixed around 1am GMT 27/12/2020. I’ve just successfully reset and setup my HomePod as a HomeKit bridge and is working as expected.

 

[iGüey]

I don’t have to explain anything to you or people like you who want to sit there and get upset over every single thing Apple does.

Once again, who do you mean when you say ”people like you”? I’m not even upset from this iCloud outage nor even your attitude against “people like me”, I’m sorry you do are upset.

The whole “ I can’t use my Apple products because of an iCloud” outage was over hyped

Could you please quote me writing that or even something close to it?

but much like I told your friend I don’t like people like you

What?? Which friend are you talking about??? I don’t have friends here!! Do you really think this is a conspiracy? 🧐

your going to leave me alone because your blocked.

What only seem is that you ran out of arguments.

 

[Naraxus]

Thanks. I’ve found many people are very binary here and struggle to consider multiple factors because emotion gets in the way.

I will be first to throw stones at me because there have been threads/posts I have become emptional on lol

 

[DavisEngeler]

The headline is like a text from mom

 

[SchrodingersMartian]

Tbh @SchrodingersMartian I've found @chucker23n1 to be fairly level-headed when it comes to Apple. We've disagreed on some topics but I genuinely respect his opinion as I do with a lot of posters here. @Baymowe335 among others.

Good for you I haven't I've only seen them either complain constantly about Apple or in the case of Baymowe you can read the post they put in the political forum about Covid.

This board seems like it should be renamed maccomplain or something else because it seems like no one here likes their Mac products.

 

[davidec]

I contacted apple this afternoon after the issue with setting up my new M1 Macbook Pro where it was failing at the 'Enter passcode from iphone' section'. They said this is due to the traffic they are experiencing with new devices connecting to the server. They advised to try again later.

You can check the status by visiting... https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

Wish I had of read your post before resetting all encrypted data as a last resort

 

[chucker23n1]

Good for you I haven't I've only seen them either complain constantly about Apple

One of the things I love about haters is how some of them accuse me of being a fanboy or shill, and others say I “complain constantly”. 😂

 

[DNichter]

Seems to be a regular occurrence with Apple. They really need to clean up the backend issues with a lot of their services. The Apple experience can’t have these gaps.

 

[Tuckrat]

Same issue here trying to activate my daughters new m1 MacBook Pro. Issue so far has been going on for almost 20 hours now.

Spent 2 hours on the phone last night with Apple care, they couldn’t resolve it, and at that stage there was no outage declared (Apple and I both checked status page)

When signing into iCloud, it wants Apple ID password, then MacBook Pro password twice, and then finally comes up with error saying it can’t verify MacBook Pro password

Tried removing the device from her iCloud account, doesn’t make any difference.

I ran into the device password verification problem as well. Wasted 3 hours before just doing a clean install and loading apps manually. Ugh. What happened to sending a code to a trusted device? That method worked great for years. What ”genius” at Apple thought it would be a good idea to rely on another device’s password, and putting device passwords at risk in the cloud? I guess they are not at risk, since not even the password owner can access them!

 

[MacBH928]

Put everything in the cloud, they said... It will be easier, they said...

I completely agree... cloud is stupid.

Cloud should be used as a mid point for syncing and backing up.
So If I connect to the cloud: I have local files->backup to cloud->sync to other devices+save locally.

What we have now is: Everything in the cloud<-device needs access. No cloud, no worky.

 

[chucker23n1]

I completely agree... cloud is stupid.

Cloud should be used as a mid point for syncing and backing up.
So If I connect to the cloud: I have local files->backup to cloud->sync to other devices+save locally.

What we have now is: Everything in the cloud<-device needs access. No cloud, no worky.

This is for two reasons:

• using the cloud as a source of truth for sync is far more practical than using devices as peers. It prevents most sync conflicts from occurring.
• the cloud serves as a trustworthy auth endpoint. The service can’t know if any of the devices are compromised.

 

[spiderman0616]

I had the same issue, and my observation is that it appears to be related to mesh-type routers. My new HomePod mini was stuck on "configuring" for a full day. I reset it to factory and had my iPhone connected to a second LTE mobile router and it configured quickly. I then reconfigured the Mini in Home and set it back to the regular home wifi and everything works.
Good luck.

Oh man—you got my hopes up. This was the one thing I didn’t think to try. Didn’t work though. Disconnected my phone from our Velop network and tried verifying over cellular, but the watch still hung up in the same spot.

I’m probably going to have to call Apple tomorrow and see if I can just try a different Watch. I’m tired of this.

 

[s1m]

Seems to be resolved for me now. HomePod mini was stuck on configuring for two days - all good now.

 

[nt5672]

This is for two reasons:

• using the cloud as a source of truth for sync is das more practical than using devices as peers. It prevents most sync conflicts from occurring.
• the cloud serves as a trustworthy auth endpoint. The service can’t know if any of the devices are compromised.

Man, you really keep up to date with Apple propaganda to get you to pay more for faulty cloud services.

 

[The Game 161]

Put everything in the cloud, they said... It will be easier, they said...

Well it is...not like these issues happen often

 

[chucker23n1]

Man, you really keep up to date with Apple propaganda to get you to pay more for faulty cloud services.

Sorry, what? You just upvoted a post of mine where I criticized Apple's cloud services a minute ago. Keep your simplistic worldviews out of here.

 

[Rob_2811]

Frustrating for HomePod owners, six unhappy people there for sure.

 

[hot-gril]

This is for two reasons:

• using the cloud as a source of truth for sync is das more practical than using devices as peers. It prevents most sync conflicts from occurring.
• the cloud serves as a trustworthy auth endpoint. The service can’t know if any of the devices are compromised.

Yeah, it reduces to what git does, not simple at all. I recall Dropbox and/or Google Drive with local files being very wonky. I've lost data before due to whatever automated decision it makes about conflicts, so now I only trust the web UIs.

 

[MacBH928]

This is for two reasons:

• using the cloud as a source of truth for sync is far more practical than using devices as peers. It prevents most sync conflicts from occurring.
• the cloud serves as a trustworthy auth endpoint. The service can’t know if any of the devices are compromised.

But now we have the issue that if there is no internet for any reason then you totally stop from working. Internet can go out for many reasons including being in a place without connection like an airplane or on the road.