This is RIDICULOUS.

[kaiak]

No, it would not have solved that problem, but I would have been able to completely backup everything on my iPad, therefore not even creating this issue. The problem was NOT my dad's canceled credit card, but the fact that I was never told how to completely and properly back up my iPad.

It doesn't matter any more, though, so why are we still talking about it?

 

[wjlafrance]

Frankly, despite the discovery of your father's cc being the issue, one look at the wide range of possible solutions at offer in this thread illustrates how far Apple seems to have lost sight of 1/2 of its heritage of excellence, that being a simple, logical and self-evident user interface. Itunes is a mess; a confusing, opaque, stubborn overlord. Setting up a wireless network with airport, when anything goes awry with the hardware (which happens somewhat infrequently) or when the network drops one or more extenders (i.e. airport express units, which happens constantly) requiring the user to delve into the bowels of airport utility, is sheer, head-in-bag jargonville (WDS? WPA? WEP? Relay? Remote? Exend? Join? Ai:rpr:ti:d#? Jesus...) OSX is still the best, without question, but just being better than the other folks didn't used to be enough. At any rate, I sympathize.

Was it supposed to say "Your credit card security code is invalid. Possible explanations include that your account is disabled due to suspicious activity, iTunes is having technical difficulties, your bank is having technical difficulties, your packets have been corrupted, your credit card was reported lost or stolen, your software is corrupt, or the moon has broken earth orbit because Mars got too close."?

 

[foranor]

No, it would not have solved that problem, but I would have been able to completely backup everything on my iPad, therefore not even creating this issue. The problem was NOT my dad's canceled credit card, but the fact that I was never told how to completely and properly back up my iPad.

It doesn't matter any more, though, so why are we still talking about it?

Actually, it is a myth that you can completely backup your iPad or iPhone.
The data that the applications possess is NOT backed up by this process. Unless the app itself has a process for that, you will always lose the data if you ever have to set up your iPhone/iPad again (as new).

 

[rdowns]

Can't you download the user guide as an e-book in iBooks? Then you can just keep it there for when you don't have a net connection. Physical manuals are, and should be, a thing of the past.

Apple should pre-load the manual as an e-book for its users.

 

[Night Spring]

Actually, it is a myth that you can completely backup your iPad or iPhone.
The data that the applications possess is NOT backed up by this process. Unless the app itself has a process for that, you will always lose the data if you ever have to set up your iPhone/iPad again (as new).

Not exactly accurate, application data ARE backed up. It's just that you can't restore selectively -- so if your system settings get corrupted for some reason and you have to set up as new to correct it, THEN you lose your data, because restoring is all or nothing.