unable to accept new icloud terms and conditions iPadOS 16.7.10

I have tried all day to try to update to iOS 17.7.1. Continually get "update failed". This is a ridiculous waste of my time and energy.

go to settings and then general and update software. After you update to 17.7.1 you should be able to go back in and update to 18.1

I had to update to 18.1 to get it to allow acceptance of T’s and C’s. That’s on an iPhone 11.

Since we don't know what device you are using nor the iOS either for the iPad or iPhone, it is hard to say what to do. If it's a iPhone that can be updated to 18.1 then do that. Apple doesn't seem to care about this bug nor that people can not connect to iCloud because the can not accept the T & C. If you can not get around it Contact Apple.

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That seems a lot of work. Many times when I log in, I get the message that the login can’t be recognised, No I haven’t forgotten it. I make note of when I last used it. So that’s why I say the suggestion seems like a lot of work because you have to go through the tedious process of resetting it. W hats going to happen if we ‘can’t’ the terms? Thanks for the suggestion though.

I’ve been trawling through this post as I was having all the same issues. I upgraded to 17.7.10 and still nothing. I tried to upgrade online - still nothing.

then I went back and saw that I could upgrade to the 18 version on my iPad Pro.

That’s finally worked.

Very frustrating process though and if your device doesn’t support the 18 version - I’m not sure what would work.

But if you CAN upgrade to the 18 - try it.

As several people such as myself have said, we do NOT want to upgrade to IOS 18. It has AI built in. It is a quantum leap in surveillance of you and your entire house or surroundings when using it. Which is why this is happening for the FIRST time in the history of apple and they are NOT fixing it. It is to FORCE us all to update or our phones are near useless if you need icloud. I refuse to upgrade. It is the final straw for me. I am SO glad it I didn't buy one of the new iphones now that I see just what a bad apple, apple is. For the first time since the iphone 3g I am changing over the android. This is the straw that broke the camels back. Elon REALLY needs to get in the phone making business.

Thank you for checking into this! Very appreciated!

I know my phone isn’t syncing but my iPad does with iCloud. This is a significant problem for me. My devices are older, iphone 11 and laptop is 2011.

I can’t update the laptop without losing almost everything. I updated my husband’s and lost so so much data. I don't get everything back from Time Machine saved externally.

When I checked with Apple about this the response was ‘it is voluntary to update OS’, yet now it is a hostage/blackmail situation.

BTW 2011 laptop is a workhorse and I regret getting the 2016.

I was already signed in to iCloud, when this alert appeared.

My fix was to sign-out of iCloud and then sign-in again.

Message alert disappeared and all was good.

(The iPad appeared to be out of sync with iCloud thus the error alert and nothing seemed to fix it but to log-out)

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I should add that the new terms acceptance worked fine on my iPad (iPad Air 3, iPadOS 17.6.1).

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Same thing is happening to me. I didn't pay much attention to the request to accept terms and conditions until I realized that my Notes were all gone.

Same on my phone

First steps in Apple Intelligence taking over the world.

Worse than Meta.