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Siri calls/texts wrong/old/deleted/non-existent-anymore-ever phone number. How to make Siri pull from one location and not everywhere because this is so flipping aggravating for years already.
how to stop Siri from pointing to errant/expired information
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 15
My issue is Siri is pointing to DELETED/EXPIRED/NONEXISTENT contacts
it’s not iCloud
it’s not iMessage
it’s not iPad
it’s not iphone
its not Siri
it’s not Google
its not Contacts
it’s not FaceTime
it’s not anything ever anywhere
why does Siri not call the current information.?
why does Siri hide where it’s gets it’s information.?
why have not the engineers fixed this YEARS OLD ISSUE
yea. Kid got new number.
ask Siri “text kid” and I messages point correctly to new phone number across all devices.
however:
“call kid” is the problem:
iPhone Siri points to old phone number.
…and.
iPad Siri points to 3rd old phone number number
and never has the twain yet met
I'm sorry but that's still not very clear. Siri can only call people using the information you've stored in contacts. Make sure that, if you have multiple numbers for person in Contacts, that they have different labels (e.g. mobile, home, main, etc). If you tell Siri to call "Ann's Mobile" and Ann has that number linked to her phone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, it's up to Ann to decide where to answer it.
SuziePoppins wrote:
My issue is Siri is pointing to DELETED/EXPIRED/NONEXISTENT contacts
Siri can only use the information that is on your phone. If it's deleted, Siri can't access the data to use it. So, obviously, the data hasn't been deleted. Review your contacts. Turn off any accounts you're not using so that you only have the contacts you intend. Settings>Mail>Accounts.
To be absolutely certain that all caches have been emptied, back your phone up and then restore it from the backup, preferably using a computer.
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
Why do *i gotta delete all my information. Why can’t they just finally fix where Siri is pointing.?
SuziePoppins wrote:
Why do *i gotta delete all my information. Why can’t they just finally fix where Siri is pointing.?
Because, even if Apple is working on the issue, it's probably not going to happen today or even tomorrow. And, we don't even know if it's a problem they're working on. So, all you can do is things over which you have control. Or, continue to live with the problem and be angry about it. Your choice.
OK. Not only have I checked it across all of my devices, I checked it across all of my kid’s devices because this happens between me and my kid. I could really care less about anybody else and haven’t noticed anybody if it’s happening with anyone else.
When I need the phone to call my kid I expect it to call my kid’s current contact information and not my kid’s seventh previous phone number.
Siri points to iMessage OK but somehow Siri cannot point to contacts except the very first one ever and that’s it. ToughLuck -no regress no repair no remorse.
What.? Why.?
and for how much longer.?
Several hundred times over the last several years. What else you got.?
It's really not clear what your issue is. Can you possibly give a specific example?
Siri calls texts dials points to wrong numbers. Call person A) Siri dials wrogg bc numbet
call person A on different linked/synced device. Siri dials different wrong number
It is not cache neither.
So, you restored your phone from a backup, you tested it and it's still happening? If not, try that. If you did do that, the next step would be to restore it as new and test.
Have you tried Settings > Siri & Search > Siri & Dictation History > Delete Siri & Dictation History? I’m not sure it will work, but surely it won’t hurt to try.
If that happened to me, I would check this on all devices:
Settings > FaceTime > You Can Be Reached by FaceTime At
I suggest that you contact Apple Support directly using the link at the bottom left of every page of these forums.
Best of luck.
Why have not the apple engineers fixed this yet.??!!!
