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

[tentious]

Permanent fix for me! Chimera v.2.0.1 fixed this completely for me. Also improved performance on a few games, like Diablo 3. Not sure the relation.

 

[krushed18]

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>

u the man bro!! Saved my life...i was trying to sort out this problem from few weeks...now i can log in easily with no probs..Thanks once again brother...

What i did:

1.Downloaded the EFI_Studio 1.1.
2.Started it and then selected the "Ethernet" option from "Select Device" Option.
3.Clicked on "Add Device" Button.
4.A Window popped up.
5.Clicked on "write to com.apple.boot.plist".
6.Entered password and authenticated it.
7.Restarted.
8.OMG!!! App store login worked flawlessly!!

Special Thanks to: solbergw, tonymacx86, EFI_studio developers

Try and try, till you succeed.

 

[blindwarrior]

Trying to get my Mac App Store to authenticate. Following along here, but my ethernet adapter never shows up or lets me add it. I got a string out of EFI Studio for ethernet and I stuck that in my chameleon boot.plist. After reboot though, when I click the + in Network, Ethernet never shows up. So what am I missing?

Fun fact, my ethernet is Marvell Yukon black sheep edition but I didn't read on here how people were permanently screwed by using an incompatible chipset so I don't think that's the problem.

Any help is very, very much apprecaited!

 

[iindoow]

Hello guys, I'm having this problem as well, after a week searching on the net and this forum I tried all methods mentioned in this thread with no success, unfortunately my on board Ethernet doesn't work / is not supported, so I have to use wireless adapter TP-LINK TL-WDN4800. Can anyone help me out please? Thank you in advance.

 

[pandev]

I change my asus bios , and now I'm using a GA H61MA-D3V, and now, with chimera 2.0.1, all run fine, icloud, appstore, imessage

 

[snnail]

Since upgrade to Mountain Lion I am unable to sign into Apple applications. They were working flawlessly with SL and Lion.

Applications have the following errors.

iCloud
Unable to sign in because of a problem communicating with iCloud.
Try signing again.

App Store
An unknown error has occurred.

FaceTime
The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later.

Messages
The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later.

I have tried almost everything I could find in the forum. But feel free to repost in this thread any fixes you may have. I will respond as I try them.

I have the same problems, I disabled my Lan chipset in Bios, and I use the newest Chameleon 2.1r2109

And i use genius Apple Wifi card(with airdrop) to get internet. any ideas?

Do I have to use the build-in Lan chipset?

 

[epoon2]

I have the same problems, I disabled my Lan chipset in Bios, and I use the newest Chameleon 2.1r2109

And i use genius Apple Wifi card(with airdrop) to get internet. any ideas?

Do I have to use the build-in Lan chipset?

repeat post http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-support/99291-imessages-not-working-chameleon.html

 

[iindoow]

So I updated my bios, and did a new install, App store is now working, but iCloud does not. I'm getting desperate feels like my head's gonna blow up

 

[pandev]

With my new motherboard, Gigabyte H61MA-D3V , and chimera, icloud, appstore and imessage working perfectly

 

[eminit]

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>

I have had the same issue for a while now have tried many options with no success. I tried doing this fix in the networkInterface.plist it now says

<key>IOBuiltin</key>
<true/>

where it used to say false

However this still did not fix my issue of logging into the app store/ iCloud/ iMessage / face time
any suggestions?