Hi Ronni,
It is the second one you mention.
Thank you for these suggestions.
I will go through them the next time it appears.

> On 14 Jan 2016, at 2:56 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> What exactly is the message?
> 
> "There are actually two different pop-ups you may encounter with this issue 
> in iOS, the wording is either “Apple ID Verification – Enter the password for 
> (Apple ID) in Settings” or “Apple ID Password – The password for (Apple ID) 
> needs to be updated.” in both cases, you’ll have an option to go to 
> “Settings” and to “Sign In”.
> 
> Constant iOS Apple ID Password Verification Pop-Up Alert Fix
> 
> Resolving the continuous Apple ID password verification request is usually by 
> doing the following:
> 
> When you see the Apple ID Verification pop-up message, choose “Settings”
> Sign into the Apple ID with the password for the account as usual, this will 
> make the message go away temporarily
> Next, back up the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iCloud and iTunes, you need 
> to backup the device because you likely need to update iOS software
> Open the Settings app and go to “General” followed by “Software Update”, 
> install any software updates that are waiting available – If you’re already 
> on the latest version of iOS and there are no software updates available skip 
> this step, reboot the device, and go to the next
> When the device boots back up, go back to “Settings”, then to “iCloud” and 
> tap on the Apple ID username and email address, then sign in to iCloud when 
> requested
> Exit out of Settings, you shouldn’t see the Apple ID verification pop-up again
> A bit of jumping around, a possible iOS update, a reboot, and multiple logins 
> for the same Apple ID and iCloud account, but for most users this resolves 
> the issue. Contrary to some other reports on discussion boards, you do not 
> need to log out or change the Apple ID 
> <http://osxdaily.com/2014/08/01/change-apple-id-ios/> to resolve the issue, 
> simply verifying the password and rebooting is usually enough.
> 
> If you reboot the device after this, you should no longer see the lock-screen 
> error message requesting Apple ID password verification."
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 14 Jan 2016, at 2:29 PM, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com 
> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I keep getting messages on my iPhone 6s that my Apple ID needs updating.
>> At the start I changed it several times and still got the same message. 
>> (usually when turning the phone on).
>> It also mean’t re-setting my iMac and my wife’s iPhone 5 every time.
>> Now I tend to ignore it … but it is really starting to annoy me !
>> 
>> Is there some way to turn this request off ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Stephen Chape
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Regards,
Stephen Chape






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