Siri is not working AT ALL on new iphone 4s. Anyone else having trouble?

ok i was having the same problem for 24 hours and here is how it finally started working:

- go to setting

- go to general

- turn siri off

- turn phone off

wait 2 min

- turn phone back on

- wait 5 min

- go to settings

- go to general

- turn siri on

i did that 3 times and it is now working...... dont give up!

This worked for me, Thanks!

Ok granted this would be a high traffic weekend for apple's network. But riddle me this.. What exactly does Siri need a network connection for to do local tasks such as tell me Hi or set a reminder?

I am not trying to be critical here, I am just generaly curious as to what on the "network" it is requiring to access to perfome simple local tasks.

burce Ele: "Try resetting network settings. That worked for me." - yep, that worked for me too. None of the other suggestions did, though. Yay, welcome back Siri!

shes back and prettier then ever

Thanks Hannahat....that seemed to have worked but once SIRI stopped, I left it alone for about 24 hours. Now she's up and working like a charm. It was funny last night, SIRI said, "There is something wrong. I think I'm losing my mind. I am losing my mind. Sorry." It was so human but correct. She couldn't access the server, aka her mind. Just thought the reader's would find it amusing.:)

The 'Network Server' is her 'brain'. Without it SIRI does not exist. The network tells her how to perform tasks, even simple ones. I thought the same thing but since it is AI and not voice command with trigger words, SIRI will learn from every encounter with humans. The question is are we to the level of SciFi's 'HAL'?

press and hold home button, siri pops up, then press the mic button to make it stop talking.

press and hold sleep button, untill you see slide to unlock (Do not slide though)

after that get rid of THAT message, and try siri again.

works like a charm

press and hold home button, siri pops up, then press the mic button to make it stop talking.

press and hold sleep button, untill you see slide to unlock (Do not slide though)

after that get rid of THAT message, and try siri again.

works like a charm

Been reading through all the posts on the Siri issue and am hoping that it is an overload problem and will be fixed soon. Had it just long enough to love it and really miss it now that it is gone!! Please come back soon!!!

Siri wasn't working for me initially. Then I determined that because my bluetooth headset was active, Siri was utilizing the headset instead of the iPhone's mic and speaker. I turned off bluetooth, and all was and is well.

I'm on day two of getting to know my 4S and I'm experiencing the exact same issues, primarily in the afternoon. Early this morning I was actually able to experiment with Siri and was amazed at its usefullness and prompt action to my commands. In the aftnernoon and early evening, like at the time I'm writing this, Siri becomes unusable with the exact same issues you describe above. I can only assume that Apple has drastically underestimated the server demand necessary to run Siri effecitvely. If Siri can't respond to voice commands quickly, it's completely impractical. I'm sure Apple will get the kinks worked out, but during the last two days in the afternoon/early eveing, the only thing Siri does with any consistency is give an error message about connecting to the network or not being able to do that. It's really a hassle since Siri has replaced the voice command dialing system that I had on my old iphone 4 in relation to my hands-free car kit. I'm having to dial calls from my contacts by selecting them manually because Siri can't connect to the network to interpret what I've said to dial a simple phone call. Siri, in this state, really works to make the iPhone more unsafe while driving because Siri apparenlty doesn't do any processing of what you see locally on the phone. It has to get to the server to process anything you've said and if it can't, well so much for hands free.

Tried all these tricks this morning to try to get Siri to work and had no luck. I left my house at about 9 am to go to work and turned Siri off and then on in the car and when it came back online it worked great. It has continued to work throughout the day so we will see if I have more problems on my home network.

Yes, Siri still not working, including when attempting the OFF/reboot/ON trick listed. I use AT&T service, 16Gb phone. There's a thread on here that it's releated to your Contacts ... I have no idea, I just know mine doesn't work. After 9 hours of activation problems/fun yesterday, it worked great for several hours. Not at all this morning, though. This hasn't been a great Apple experience!

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After Siri being "down" briefly this morning, I've gone most of the day with a hiccup. My wife's phone did the same this afternoon and I immediately grabbed mine to see if it would fail as well. At first it did, the I turned Siri off then on again and it worked. Then I held both phones and asked Siri a question at the same time to see what would happen. Both iPhones are 32gs, one white, one black. The phones would answer slightly longer or shorter than the other, but overall, they were equal. Most of the time they gave different answers. When I asked them where I could get a bj, they both directed me to the same escort services in the Baltimore area, lol.