iOS 16 always asking for Apple ID password every restart

[dliwski]

16.0.2 fixed the issue.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

nope, no change.

 

[zz_nosa_r]

16.0.2 did not fix it. i can confirm. This is pathetic.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

16.0.2 did not fix it. i can confirm. This is pathetic.

Apple is well aware of this, as well. Someone at their support has made the engineers aware of it, but no results so far.

 

[fakestrawberryflavor]

I didn’t have this issue UNTIL I installed 16.0.2 🤦🏼‍♀️

 

[Godsbusy]

As brinkeguthrie said.. the update did nothing for my iPhone Pro Max 11. I have tried almost every workaround that there is on the apple forums and apple sites, none seem to work!

 

[papbot]

16.0.2 didn’t fix it on my 14PM but as others noted just tap cancel and you’re done with it. No need to enter anything.

 

[dliwski]

Yeah, you're right. 16.0.2 didn't fix it. It was fine for 2 reboots and now my iPhone asks me for the password again.

 

[papbot]

Yeah, you're right. 16.0.2 didn't fix it. It was fine for 2 reboots and now my iPhone asks me for the password again.

Thought it was my imagination but you’re right, it didn’t pop up the last time I rebooted but did this time. Anyway cancel gets rid of it.

 

[dliwski]

So it seems we have to wait for 16.1 or update to beta version right now.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

amazing they couldn't deal with this for the new update.

 

[NUFC2025]

I have the exact same problem.
The QC is getting worse every year.

 

[dliwski]

The more expensive the worse.
I miss iOS 5/6 and OS X Snow Leopard...

 

[dliwski]

By the way, I've lost all my cloud files from Readdle Documents app after the update. I don't know whose fault is that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Apple's...

 

[madeirabhoy]

glad people have mentioned this as a bug, i thought it was a 'feature'

 

[w_aldo]

I had this problem when I updated.

A fresh install fixed it.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

I had this problem when I updated.

A fresh install fixed it.

a fresh install of what?

 

[w_aldo]

a fresh install of what?

Of iOS via iTunes. Preferably a DFU restore.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

what does "DFU" mean? you mean it just overwrites the current install? Why would this fix it? And how do you do this via 'iTunes?'

 

[w_aldo]

what does "DFU" mean? you mean it just overwrites the current install? Why would this fix it? And how do you do this via 'iTunes?'

A normal restore via iTunes would probably fix it, but if you're going to the lengths of doing that, you may as well do a DFU restore. There are guides on the button sequence to place your device in DFU mode. See here

It's the deepest restore mode possible. AKA a complete nuke. You can then restore from an iCloud backup. I would avoid device to device transfer or an iTunes restore. They seem to bring a lot of junk across to the freshly restored device.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

and as the password request is intermittent, although it seems to be just after waking or powering up from cold state, how do you know this fixes it? I have OKTA on my phone for 2FA and wouldn't want to lose it.

 

[w_aldo]

and as the password request is intermittent, although it seems to be just after waking or powering up from cold state, how do you know this fixes it? I have OKTA on my phone for 2FA and wouldn't want to lose it.

I don't know for sure, but when I upgraded my phone OTA, I had this problem every restart. After a fresh install, I've not seen the pop up once.

I personally don't think it would be worth a full restore if this is the only issue you're having. A fresh install usually fixes weird bugs like this though

 

[brinkeguthrie]

I'm a little leery of doing all that, mainly because I'm not confident that I won't bork it.

 

[tor_2]

Just for you to take into consideration: I haven’t had this issue until I restored my phone with a clean install from my Mac…

 

[brinkeguthrie]

Just for you to take into consideration: I haven’t had this issue until I restored my phone with a clean install from my Mac…

you mean you did a clean reinstall and then this started happening?