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

I was a b upgrade for b to public release. This solved overnight for me. Apple must have pushed something that didn’t require an update.

I fixed mine by just changing the región to Japan, language: US English and for Siri US English aswell (I don't know if this helps but I picked voice 4)

Good luck guys 🙋🏻‍♂️

Mine doesnt even show that its an option and it should. You've made it farther than I have. It showed it for a brief moment and then took it away and now shows nothing. Another awesome update from apple

Just upgraded and semi bricked the first 16 pro max during the install.

it was in a almost bricked state I’m sure hooking it up to a Mac would fix it but gladly the Verizon staff just gave me a brand new identical one and swapped it . They knew the nightmare we had gone through upgrading our phones with best buy .

don’t upgrade your phone through Best Buy . Ever .

hard lesson learned .

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i have a macbook pro m1 pro when apple released the update i joined the waitlist quick after few minute i was able to download apple inteligence today the old Siri came back from nowwhwere , writing tools suspended and the model is at downloading

I managed to fix the problem on my iPhone 15 pro!

I reset and delete everything on my phone and then restored an old iCloud backup from before I had enabled Apple Intelligence.

When I then went to settings and click download Apple Intelligence it took about four seconds and it worked.

Before you do this, remember to check if you have a iCloud backup and how old it is.

im using iPhone 15 por max and iOS 18.1.1

but it won’t move beyond the “ preparing “

been like that for days now and I have deleted lot of my stuff to make space since it needs 4 GB. But not even that

Me too. When I go onto settings, it’s says that I have to wait for Apple intelligence to be downloaded before using the features. Earlier it was working normally but now it’s not. Hope the downloading process would be faster

I was "approved" for Apple intelligence on my MacBook Air with M3 chip and Sequoia 15.1.1 five or six days ago. Ever since then, it has been in "preparing" mode. I have been on the phone with a senior advisor going through all the resets a couple times over the past couple days, including several restarts, changing the country and the language, etc. It has also been on the charger the entire time. Nothing has helped. It is still in "preparing" mode.

DO NOT RESET YOUR PHONE TO RESTORE FROM AN OLDER BACKUP!!

Simply go to your settings, turn off Apple Intelligence, Restart your phone, and the downloading part should disappear. Simply turn back on Apple Intelligence and all features are back to normal immediately. Hope this helps everyone!

After a long time waiting for the Apple Intelligence to download, a disappointing experience. The feature “ clean up” on the photos, doesn’t works properly. I can’t remove emojis or words without a blur showing up. Instead of “ cleaning “ it just makes a mess. Keep getting “ safety filters applied “ on an emoji or letter or words

The same here I’ve been with technical support and they did a walk-through where they had to go on my screen and figure out the problem, but unfortunately the Apple Intelligence is still on download if anybody else is having this problem please just need some help to resolve the problem

1.Switch to different region in Siri as English US. It’ll show not available for the region.

2.Switch to another WiFi network then go to Siri and select UK as region

It’ll be downloaded in minutes, which worked for me😀16 pro user

Literally stuck in the same spot. Made the mistake of turning apple intelligence off then back on and now don’t have the new Siri either. Gonna factory reset my phone tomorrow and see if that fixes it

It’s unbelievable the main pitch for the 16 series was Apple intelligence. The phones don’t come with Apple Intelligence and you have to jump through all these hoops to get it… at least I got an 8th option to get to my camera! Btw the AI search with the Camera is horrendous.