Q: Spotlight on iPhone 4s iOS 9
This has already been brought up in a general topic about iOS 9 and iPhone 4s but I thought it was an issue in itself.
Since upgrading to iOS 9 on my iPhone 4s, Spotlight seems to have disappeared - or at least I cannot find a way of launching it. I'm not alone in thinking this as I have already read of other people's experience but although that is frustrating in itself (and I can't understand why if the new Spotlight implementation is incompatible with iPhone 4s, it couldn't be left as it was), there are still Spotlight settings in Settings > General > Spotlight Search in which there is a toggle switch next to every app on the phone.
If there is no way of using Spotlight, what is the point of the Spotlight Search settings?
Anybody got any ideas, please?
iPhone 4S, iOS 8.3, 32GB
Posted on Sep 18, 2015 9:37 AM
Community Specialists
Hey Alf,
I understand that you are not able to search using Spotlight on your iPhone 4s. That is something that you should be able to do by swiping down somewhere near the middle of the screen. When you do that, you should see Spotlight and will be able to search. For more details, take a look at the article below.
Use Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201285
Take it easy
Posted on Sep 19, 2015 9:56 AM