spinning wheel icon next to wi-fi indicating network activity

Yes, Machine_Ruse. Of the Reset to Factory Condition class of resets, I believe that is reasonably complete.

I do understand how you came to the conclusion you did.

However, what I was referring to was that Reset to Factory Condition class of resets. (There are also “softer” sorts of resets, as I’m sure you know.)

Yes. «For this particular problem of the perpetual network activity indicator, the device can't be completely "virgin" (as someone else put it), because we will need to enter network settings to connect to the internet. I am not sure what other settings we are forced to set up in order for the device to run. The fewer the better.» (Emphasis added)

Great! I am glad the update helped. -- Mine still gets stuck after I use voice to text (which I use a lot) so I just need to remember to keep checking for the sticking data wheel. I hope your luck holds out!

Just got off the phone with Apple again they said we are not aware of any problems, I told them they were a bunch of liars I told them to come here to the forums. I spoke to a senior advisor who advised me that they would send me a refurbished phone not a new one. I will come on this forum and bash Apple products to her three times a day because they are absolutely garbage.

Same here. 14.4 and the wheel started spinning the first time I dictated a text.

I want to be rid of this SE 2020 but stay with apple. I'm growing to really dislike this phone. Does anyone here know if the iphone 12 models have this flaw?

Thanks

No unsurpassed technical expertise on my part. Just good powers of deduction, and my Google-Fu is strong, lol.

I'm really disappointed in this issue. I think the phone represents a good value otherwise, and the size is perfect for my needs. Since I have three of these iPhone SE phones in my house, and mine is the only one exhibiting this problem, then I'll probably try an exchange with Costco before doing an outright return. If that doesn't work out, then back to Android.

Just another user who has the same issue on an iPad Pro 11 (2018). Have spent hours w Apple Support to no avail. Have tried all the fixes described in this thread and none work. I think it does affect battery life. Does not occur on other iOS devices I have. Hoping there is a fix at some point, as I like using dictation!

I hate to bust anyone’s bubble, but I did that months ago, and those who experienced the issue years ago also stated they did the same thing.

Maybe this time will be different, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

When Apple tells me not to worry about it, I consider that a complete dismissal of my concern. they are not having to deal with a battery that runs down in hours if the spinning wheel isn’t caught and stopped.

And yes, they have been aware of this since iPhone 7. And maybe they might do something if we all report it again. Thanks for posting the link again! That makes it easy to submit a concern.

That’s great. It does not work so quickly or easily on mine. Despite the Oracle shrinking and then disappearing, the top spinning wheel often continues. I used to actually talk to siri, thinking that the voice would stop the spinning, but that was not a sure-thing all the time. So over the past couple of years, the thing that I stumbled onto was the repeated tapping while Siri Oracle was activated (it does still shrink down small) and always works for me. I am glad yours is simpler and works well.

Will do! I am glad it has finally been escalated to the engineers.

Apple actually replaced my iPhone SE 2020 to see it if was a hardware issue, but the problem persisted. I need to call them back but haven't done it yet.

It has GOT to be a random crazy glitch triggered by an app or a setting or some combination that only applies to some of us. I wonder how many people experience it and never NOTICE... I told my sister about it, and she went, "Oh my God, mine spins constantly and I never thought anything of it/noticed before you mentioned it! I just keep my phone on low power mode all the time..." Yeahhhh, no.... it's really NOT supposed to do that!

Dr_Pain thanks for the 'hey siri' trick. its better than rebooting for sure. I filed an incident with this and included a screen recording that shows the issue pretty clearly. FYI

https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/9031473

@Halliday, thanks for the reply. Interesting you can't see the link. I assumed since I could see a bunch of other ones they were public. Either way, here is a link to the recording if you're interested. No background refresh on, and this thing will spin for days.

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