Can't Add Reminders in new Reminder App on iOS5

Open reminders. Wipe down until you see New List +. Select New List. Type a name, such as Daily Items. You now have a new list. Select Daily Items. Touch the first line. Create a new reminder name. Select ℹ and enter reminder specifics. Scroll down to where it says "list" and select Reminders. This action will move your reminder to the Reminders list. Baby, you have succeeded!

Once you move the items to the Reminder list in this way, you can no longer edit them, but you can delete them. The other option is to leave them in the new list so they can be edited.

Thanks for the help however my reminder is broken, can't create a new list by tapping new list + as it doesn't work. Apple screwed it up and I believe it should be solved by now. It's ridiculous.

Go to settings, General, Reset, Reset Home Screen Layout. This worked for me. It reset all my icons and I had to rearrange them back. But at least it fixed my problem with the Reminders. Good luck!

Go to settings, General, Reset, Reset Home Screen Layout. This worked for me. It reset all my icons and I had to rearrange them back. But at least it fixed my problem with the Reminders. Good luck!

Not sure if this will work for you...but I finally figured out my problem with it!

Go to iClouds under Settings and turn on Reminders (mine was turned off :-/)

Hopefully this helps :)

1. Make sure Reminders are on by going to Settings>iCloud>Reminders.

2. In the Reminders app, touch the first line on the list and you can type in what you would like.

By the way, this worked on my iPad. I don't know if it is the same for iPhones.

I also haven't got a + sign and tried all the fixes to no avail.

In frustration I tapped below the existing reminders and it opened a new one for me!!

Not exactly obvious but it worked on my iPad and iPhone5.

I was experiencing the same problem and thought that apple had screwed too before i found the solution.

1. I disabled reminder from iCloud.

2. I disabled reminder from Exchange Mail

And then it worked. The "+" sign worked.

That's all,😎

Great thanks! This worked for me.

Prior to trying this, i could not add any reminders or create a new list. In settings > reminders the default list was just blank.

I had to turn off reminders in settings > icloud as well settings > mail (etc) and inside each of my mail accounts. It asked whether all my reminders could be deleted, which i was not happy about but did it anyway. Low and behold, all my old reminders now show up, nothing was deleted.

Now, in settings > reminders my default list shows "reminders" and i can see my reminders list and edit and add reminders.

I don't know what apple did to screw this up, but i can't use reminders now together with any exchange mail or icloud. The moment any if these are enabled, all my reminders disappear and i can't add any new lists.

To add a new list in ios5, click edit, scroll to the bottom of the list and wipe up. Add a new list will appear at the bottom of the list of lists.

Wow thanks that worked for me but what happens if I turn it back off in iCloud?

OK so I finally figured out the solution to my problem. Turning on Reminders App in iCloud settings like Sky12345 suggested was a good work around to the problem but not a total solution. I went to the settings > Mail,Contacts,Calendars then selected my msn mail account and reminders was selected there when it should not have been selected. So all along the reminder app was trying to sync with my msn account so it would not allow the app to work properly on its own. I do not use iCloud to sync my phone I use my iMac to backup my iPhone so I did not want to have to turn on my iCloud just to make the reminders app work properly.

OK so I finally figured out the solution to my problem. Turning on Reminders App in iCloud settings like you suggested was a good work around to the problem but not a total solution. I do not use or want to use iCloud to backup or sync my iPhone so I went to the settings > Mail,Contacts,Calendars then selected my msn mail account and reminders was selected there when it should not have been selected. So all along the reminder app was trying to sync with my msn account so it would not allow the app to work properly on its own. I do not use iCloud to sync my phone I use my iMac to backup my iPhone so I did not want to have to turn on my iCloud just to make the reminders app work properly.