spinning wheel icon next to wi-fi indicating network activity

Yes, it is independent of how I exit Siri. After initially just waiting for Siri to dismiss on her own, I switched to the method you suggested (using the Home button to dismiss). I've used both during these past two days and neither is working as reliably as usual.

Interestingly, I've also been experiencing some sort of network issues effecting SMS/MMS (delayed receipt of messages and some failed sends). If the two issues are related, then that would point to the persistent spinning network indicator actually having some sort of interaction with the network, as opposed to just being a "cosmetic" issue.

pavtan:

I’ve tried to «get the spinning wheel … using dictation to text when in Messages», on my iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) running iPadOS 14.4.2; but, everything worked just fine, without even having the network indicator («the spinning wheel») during dictation. (Admittedly, I do have reasonably fast Internet.)

So. The issue you are having depends upon more than the Operating System (OS).

I hadn’t contacted Apple Support since doing the exchange through Costco, so I did that this morning to see what they had to say. The support person did acknowledge this time that this is a known issue that is being worked on, although his/her response was a canned answer. See screenshots.

(Edit: “those people” are the folks in this thread, as I sent Apple Support a link to the thread)

He even put in the notes “Ran cellular diagnostics and unable to duplicate issue”. Which is ridiculous since I confirmed with him that the indicator was spinning the whole time I was at the store and the whole time the phone was in his possession. Also, it’s not a cellular issue since it happens on WiFi or cell data. He also wrote “Steps to Reproduce: Verified issue during appointment.”

I did tell him what activates it and how you can stop it, but I didn’t demonstrate that. I had it spinning already when I went into the store. I doubt he even knows what dictation or SIRI is. If it was someone more able I probably would’ve gone into more detail, but there was really no point. He was barely listening anyway.

I did look up my serial number. Mine was made at the same factory that was previously posted

• Factory: F18 - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn

I wonder if we all have phones from that factory?

I wonder what factory, SE phones without the problem come from?>

anyone care to post where their problem phone comes from?

Hopefully you’ll get some responses with some info. Although this is something Apple should be taking care of. I’m totally happy with my iPhone 8 now that I switched to it. Virtually the same as the SE, other than not quite as nice of a camera, and no constantly spinning network activity wheel.

We’re getting off the topic of the thread here, but updates are not done the same for OTA vs iTunes. An OTA update only downloads and applies the parts that have changed in the operating system (referred to as the delta), while an update done through iTunes is a complete reinstallation of the operating system. I’m still not saying OTA is inferior, but I can see the reasoning behind doing a complete reinstall of the OS every once in a while (like on a major update).

Machine_Ruse I am confirming your experience. There is NO SPINNING WHEEL AT ALL while using voice-to-text. I have tried it V2T on messages (NO wheel), in email (spinning wheel) and using Safari (spinning wheel). It stops appropriately when I use it on Safari -- BUT does not even appear in iMessages.

Thanks for the confirmation. I guess the question is whether or not this is a fix or a coverup, lol.

Oddly, my phone’s battery seems to be depleting quicker over the past two days. I want to stress this is purely anecdotal, and I have not done any troubleshooting other than a soft reset. I just know that some people in this thread swore the persistent network activity indicator affected their battery life, whereas I was pretty diligent about always using one of the tricks to dismiss the indicator. So now I’m wondering if this fix is actually just a cosmetic coverup, and whatever wasn’t working correctly that caused the persistent spinning still isn’t working right, and thus is affecting my battery life. I’ll have to monitor over the next few days.

Its all good. I didn't say it didn't use network activity. I said it uses very little network. The indicator/spinner is not shown for every short network connection and in some cases it is not used at all. Some apps choose not to use it. I had mis-read your post above. yes, they stopped the network indicator from being used at all during dictation. Which in turn did solve the problem :)

HardleyHare wrote:

I’ve updated and the network indicator is still spinning

Thanks for letting us know.

Other than a possibility that iOS 15 may eliminate this issue, I, myself, haven’t been expecting iOS 14 updates to actually solve this issue.

Of course, if an iOS 14 update does, actually, solve this, I would/will be happy for y’all.

so whats the solution?

i just install and setup as new IOS 15 (without restore backup) my iphone 7 and this problem still happening. it is crazy. i have dictation on as i use it very much and siri off.

If you used dictate for a message it is basically similar to using Siri.