ITunes store password popping up

in the past week or so my iPhone has been prompting me to enter my iTunes store password several times a day. Why? It never used to do this.
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Have you got an app in there that hasn't finished installing or updating, or some songs from the store? That would be the most likely reason.
If you start to get something from the stores but then lose the network connection you'll get re-prompted for your password when the connection resumes.

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I was using my iPad last night when it just started asking for my iTunes store password and I was browsing the web in safari. I just entered it and scratched my head. Later I was playing a game - the same prompt interrupted the game.
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It happened about five times before I finally went to the settings app and signed out of the app store. I don't think it's related to any one app since the prompt was happening at seemingly random intervals no matter what I was doing (even on the home screen with no app "running")
Signing out seems to have corrected the problem. Apps still run and I will try signing in again later once I need to download anything. I haven't done much other than update 5 apps earlier in the day.
Does anyone else have experience on what caused this?
Here's what it's not:
1) Time - I checked the date/time on the iPad - they were within seconds of my mac which sets time automatically on the internet.
2) Password wrong - I downloaded a free app from the store app on the device after entering the password - so the password was fine for a purchase/download after the prompt. (Yet the prompt came back again within 30 minutes)
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Thanks for the suggestion! I did have two downloads for free songs I got from a card at Starbucks. They started but never came on my iPad (and that was 4 days ago). The store error is happening only yesterday - possible but a long time after the "failed download". I just got those songs after your suggestion on my mac by checking for available downloads. Maybe that was the root cause?
Add rebooting to "here's what it's not" - I forgot to write that down. Also - I was not interested in restoring the iPad - like taking a firehose to water a flower, that certainly would fix it at cost of overkill. (and maybe only until the backup was restored if the file causing the issue is something that would be backed up).
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Try from a computer. You may have to reset your password. If you can't get the comfirmation email then you can use the secret question. Once you can log in then you change the the email address.
See:
Frequently Asked Questions About Apple ID
Here is how to contact iTunes:
Apple - Support - iTunes - Contact Us

IPad asked iTunes Store Password out of Nowhere

Hello,
I'm using a 3rd generation iPad. Earlier in the day I was deleting some apps to make some space for the big iOS 8 upgrade. I have apps downloaded by two different Apple ID accounts and I probably deleted some apps which belong to both of them. Anyway my actual question is while I was doing that iTunes Store screen popped out from nowhere. I wasn't downloading or upgrading an app. And I didn't select the "upgrade automatically" option. I read some of the similiar stuff here but most of them was saying that it keeps doing that, mine was just a one time thing.
Do you have any idea what was it?

Given the spate of identity thefts as of late (think of Jennifer Lawrence's nudie pix getting swiped from her phone), usage profiling has probably been tightened down. So, whenever you do something out of your ordinary workflow, the system automatically triggers a validation to make sure you are you. My credit card does that whenever I try to purchase something way different or more expensive.

Itunes store password is incorrect

Hi all,
I tried to update my apps, clicked on "update all" and then entered my password. I get a warning message that my Itunes store password was incorrect. Tried several times. Powered off the phone, tried again. Went to itunes on my PC and opened the store, password works fine.
I am using a 3gs with ios 4
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Ron
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When you change your USER ID (which is generally your E-MAIL), Itunes for some reason gets confused... Any apps, music etc. purchased off the itunes store before you made the change still bring up the original USER ID to update, authorize etc. So if you try and enter the password without changing to the new user ID, even if the account is technically the same, you're going to get "incorrect password" or "can not connect to itunes" or possibly "account doesn't exist". I found this out the hard way when I upgraded from XP to Windoze 7.
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ITunes store password incorrect -reset and opened new apple I'd -never helped

I had a problem before as the username Aninimy and
Apple I'd [email protected]
I was charged on orders that I didn't do.
Know it prompt-your iTunes store password is incorrect and sometimes
Your account is dissablled .
I tried to reset my apple I'd opened new
And input new credit card details and
Turned on/off my iPhone and synchronize
Many times-
Know I'm holding 4 apple I'd -
[email protected]
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[email protected]
I preper to loose them all accept the first [email protected]

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Does it show in the Purchased section for downloading ? Click on the Purchased under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store homepage.
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When I open itunes it automatically tries to connect to the itunes store but the "connecting to itunes store" status bar keeps popping up even after it has connected. I'm unable to navigate the itunes store without this status bar popping up. I've updated to the latest version of itunes (currently version 10.3.1 for mac) and the same problem occurs.
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cancel or review option boxes.
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store; To begin creating your apple id click continue".
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A new window appears and says, "your session has timed out. Try
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