{"id":4806,"date":"2013-02-25T21:03:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2013-02-25T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:03:10","slug":"stuck-in-the-wrong-app-store-with-ios-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/stuck-in-the-wrong-app-store-with-ios-6.htm","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the wrong App Store with iOS 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Account Not in This Store Your account is not valid for use in the U.S. store. You must switch to the U.K. store before purchasing. \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/apple-account-not-in-this-store.png?resize=192%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"192\" height=\"288\" \/>Earlier this evening, I tried to download an app that&#8217;s only available in the US App Store. iOS helpfully redirected me, where the store said my account was no use to it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But, after that, I seemed to be stuck in the States with an\u00a0account\u00a0that doesn&#8217;t\u00a0work\u00a0in the US store and a load of apps that need to be updated from the UK App Store.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"This Apple ID is only valid for purchased in the UK iTunes Store. You will be switched to that Store.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/apple-account-only-valid-in-uk.png?resize=192%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"192\" height=\"288\" \/>But there is a fix. It seems it&#8217;s a problem in iOS 6 (has there ever been a release of iOS as problematic as this? Or is it just that the major bugs in iOS 6 have been related to ActiveSync and have all affected me*).<\/p>\n<p>There is a fix though &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivalguide4idiots.com\/ios-6-bug-your-account-is-not-valid-for-use-in-the-xxx-store-you-must-switch-to-yyy-store-before-purchasing.html\">as described by Apurva Tripathi<\/a>,\u00a0the resolution is to switch to the Featured tab, then scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on your Apple ID \u00a0and select Sign Out. Then sign back in to be redirected to the correct store. \u00a0Reading around on the &#8216;net suggests this is not just a UK\/US thing &#8211; it could affect users in various geographies.<\/p>\n<p>*because Apple stuff &#8220;Just Works&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening, I tried to download an app that&#8217;s only available in the US App Store. iOS helpfully redirected me, where the store said my account was no use to it&#8230; But, after that, I seemed to be stuck in the States with an\u00a0account\u00a0that doesn&#8217;t\u00a0work\u00a0in the US store and a load of apps that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/stuck-in-the-wrong-app-store-with-ios-6.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stuck in the wrong App Store with iOS 6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[4,250],"class_list":["post-4806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-ios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stuck in the wrong App Store with iOS 6 - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/02\/stuck-in-the-wrong-app-store-with-ios-6.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stuck in the wrong App Store with iOS 6 - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier this evening, I tried to download an app that&#8217;s only available in the US App Store. iOS helpfully redirected me, where the store said my account was no use to it&#8230; 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