Apple Intelligence stuck on endless download phase with no working features.

Yesterday was the official Public release of 18.2... and it destroyed my Apple Intelligence! . It's been stuck on downloading at 0% for 15 hours now even though I'm using the same WiFi I've always used for updates (including the Beta updates that worked perfectly fine) and I'm on a new iPhone 16 Pro. I've tried all the suggestions (including the ridiculous ones) here on this thread to no avail. Don't know what to do now... any help would be greatly appreciated.

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how do you turn off intelligence when it is stuck downloading?

Using 16pro max and recently updated 18.1 .

First it took hours to prepare the apple intelligence after waitlisting now I can somehow enable apple intelligence option but can’t use any features cause it stuck on downloading …

I have the 16pro and it's been stuck on preparing for days...

I got mine to work by changing region to UK and language to UK... the only way it works. When i switch back to US region and language US.. endless loop of downloading happens again. I left it in UK region for now until apple sends a fix update. They are aware but no resolution as of now.

My 16 plus also stuck on preparing.

In my case, Apple is not “Intelligent” enough to allow it via data. Even image cleanup needs wifi

Randomly worked. I double-tapped where it said “preparing” a few times, a percentage of completion at 15% popped up and quickly finished at 100%. I was then able to activate it after being stuck for over 24 hours.

Do the following (Make sure you're on wi-fi and phone is charging)

• Turn off apple intelligence
• Change language and region to "United Kingdom"
• Under apple intelligence > change language to "English (United Kingdom)"
• Wait a few seconds until the option to turn it on appears and turn on "Apple Intelligence"
• It should start downloading. If not just turn off "Apple Intelligence" and turn it back on. After the 0% downloading disappears test it out by holding the lock button and glow should kick in.

For testing purposes i switched back to region US and language US.. still no luck.. but was able to get it back by doing the steps above with UK region and language.

My Apple Intelligence features, such downloading models or machine learning downloads, are stuck and not completing. How can I resolve this issue?

Same issue on 18.1.1 on iPhone 16 Pro. I had the dumb "circle" Siri instead of the new "Glow" Siri. This worked for me. I don't know if 1-3 is essential, you can just try 4-7 first.

1. Turned off Apple Intelligence
2. Rebooted iPhone
3. Turned on Apple Intelligence (still showed "Downloading ..." like it was for the past few days)
4. Went into "Voices" (Settings -> Apple Intelligence -> Voices)
5. Picked another voice
6. Picked back my original, preferred voice
7. Apple Intelligence started working, no longer stuck on Downloading and the "Glow" Siri came back

I fixed it! Changed the language on apple intelligence to English (uk) then changed my language on my regular settings to English (uk) change the voice on my Siri and deleted the dictation history and bam immediately worked. I hope this helps. Struggled for days with it

Same. Used the beta, went to public release, settings shows redownloading and was at 99% for over 18 hours. now back down to 0 and no movement.