iCloud, App Store, FaceTime, Messages - Unable to Authenticate

[howlinthurston3]

Hi,

I followed these steps trying to sort out the unknown error occurred when logging in the App Store.
Bigger problem now: Black screen after apple logo

Any boot flags to go back and restore that?? Thank you!

My build is:
Gigabyte Z77 UP5 TH
Intel i7 3770k
EVGA GTX 580

Absolutely

1. Open the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file located in /Extra directory with TextEdit.

2. Append the following XML

    <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>device-properties</key>
    <string>EFI String Placeholder</string>

3. Leave the TextEdit window open and launch the EFIStudio-1.1 App.

4. Select Ethernet from the Select Device: drop down.

5. Click Add Device, the Editor will be displayed.

6. From the Editor window click the Hex String to Clipboard button.

7. Switch back to the open TextEdit window and replace EFI String Placeholder with the EFI string you just copied.

8. SAVE and Reboot

Varying based on your settings, you final result should look something like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>DSDT</key>
    <string>/Extra/DSDT-GA-H61M-S2-B3-F3.aml</string>
    <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>Kernel Flags</key>
    <string>npci=0x3000</string>
    <key>PciRoot</key>
    <string>0</string>
    <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>device-properties</key>
    <string>4b00000001000000010000003f0000000100000002010c00d041030a0100000001010600041c0101060000007fff0400160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e0000000500000001</string>
    
</dict>
</plist>

 

[litoscu]

I followed the EFIStudio method and see all the things that you talk about in the .plist files but I'm still unable to authenticate with iMessages, iCloud. The funny/weird thing is that I am actually logged into the Apple Store with my Apple ID. I don't know if this is affecting anything, but any help will be appreciated.

Thank you in advanced.

 

[anjszulc]

THX Solbergw

that metode works for me

THX!

 

[maximum13]

Hi, I tried this.
But if I put this

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333]<key>device-properties</key>
[/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]<string>4b00000001000000010000003f0000000100000002010c00d041030a0000000001010600011c0101060000007fff0400160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e0000000500000001</string>[/COLOR][/LEFT]

in my boot.plist my graphic card doesn´t work.
it is booting and then ... BLACKSCREEN then I have to use the onboard card to remove this part.
it is an ASUS 210 ( nVidia GeForce 210 )
I hope someone can help me.

 

[francescomari]

can you authenticate imessage too?

 

[shofixti]

In case anyone else is still having this issue, I spent about an hour on it tonight.

The excellent suggestions from comment #8 got me partway there, but in my case, if I added the device-properties key with the long hex string value, my system would boot, but would hang at the gray metal background and never pop up the users so I could log in. If I left out the hex string but left in the EthernetBuiltIn key with Yes defined, it finally worked. So:

1. Removed Ethernet in Network Preferences pane
2. Removed NetworkInterfaces.plist file
3. Added the EthernetBuiltIn Yes stuff to /Extras/org.chameleon.Boot.plist
4. (side, not sure if it was necessary) Created an SMBIOS.plist in /Extras so I'd have a sane serial
5. rebooted
6. Added Ethernet in Network Preferences pane
7. Waited about a minute for the interface to be detected and DHCP to do its thing
8. Successfully logged into the App Store. Huzzah!

 

[Oshawapilot]

I upgraded to ML shortly after it came out and then as a direct result of all these issues I reverted back to my cloned version of Lion. I'm in the process of upgrading again this evening and was hoping to come here and discover that all of these problems had been resolved, but I guess not huh?

Ugh. Well, here we go again. Hopefully at least I can get basic iCloud functionality working this time as we use iCal a lot and can't do without calendar syncing at the very least.

 

[brettbulthuis]

If you have the TP link wireless card:

L/Pref/SystemConfig delete the network plist file

reboot

go to sysytempref panel delete the wifi already there.

add a new one, turn on and detect networks.

fixed.

Able to connect to all apple apps.

 

[Thegiordan]

I have been working on this problem for two days now. I tried this method step by step and it fixed my issue right away. ("An unknown error has occurred" when trying to login to app store). Googled EFIStudio, downloaded 1.1 and everything went smoothly.

Thank you very much for the solution, it worked for me and I am finally able to download mountain lion to upgrade from snow leopard after reinstalling.

Don't know why my previous purchase of Lion OS isn't showing up in my history..probably just another way for apple to steal from me since they upgraded? Very curious.... hmmm...

Thanks again!

Absolutely

1. Open the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file located in /Extra directory with TextEdit.

2. Append the following XML

	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>device-properties</key>
	<string>EFI String Placeholder</string>

3. Leave the TextEdit window open and launch the EFIStudio-1.1 App.

4. Select Ethernet from the Select Device: drop down.

5. Click Add Device, the Editor will be displayed.

6. From the Editor window click the Hex String to Clipboard button.

7. Switch back to the open TextEdit window and replace EFI String Placeholder with the EFI string you just copied.

8. SAVE and Reboot

Varying based on your settings, you final result should look something like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>DSDT</key>
	<string>/Extra/DSDT-GA-H61M-S2-B3-F3.aml</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>npci=0x3000</string>
	<key>PciRoot</key>
	<string>0</string>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>device-properties</key>
	<string>4b00000001000000010000003f0000000100000002010c00d041030a0100000001010600041c0101060000007fff0400160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e0000000500000001</string>
	
</dict>
</plist>

 

[goldjungee]

hi!

i just added the hex string into the boot file

now i see the apple boot logo but my monitor is saying "no signal".

The system boots but just the graphic is messed up.. how to fix this?