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verice115 Author

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My ipad

I am trying to set up my iPad and it’s telling me Your account cannot be created at this time why is this happening

Posted on Jan 7, 2022 5:56 AM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2022 8:49 AM

Some things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.

Try a restart.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch *

Try a forced restart. See the section towards the end of the article.

Reset Device. -

If necessary

Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.

Restore to Factory setting. *

Restore - If you see an error when you update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. *

Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup. *

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Jan 7, 2022 8:49 AM in response to verice115

Some things you can try. Do you have access to another WiFi network where you can try? That has worked for several people.

Try a restart.

Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch *

Try a forced restart. See the section towards the end of the article.

Reset Device. -

If necessary

Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.

Restore to Factory setting. *

Restore - If you see an error when you update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. *

Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup. *

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