Why won't siri make phone calls?

According to this forum: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2175165/all, it seems that Siri is expecting a 7-8 digit phone numbers excluding the country code and area code, so adding an extra "0" digit or two at the back of the phone number may be able to fix your problem. The phone number should still connect correctly. Try that, it works for me in Indonesia where some phone numbers are still 6 digits.

Hindra

Your advice only works for land lines. I still can't make phone calls to Indonesia mobile numbers.

Adhita in Indonesia

Works for me with a Telkomsel number. I had my mom's number listed in Contacts as +62 811 11xxxx. It's an old phone numbers that still have 6 digits. Siri wouldn't let me call that number, either by referring to the contact name ("call mom") or dictating it ("call 081111xxxx"). Then I added an extra 0 at the end of the phone number, and now I can call her number via Siri.

I have my locale Region Format set as 'Indonesia', language as English and set International Assist (Setting > Phone) to On, also save the phone numbers in the +62 811 xxxxxxxxx format.

Upgrade to ios 5.1. It works. I live in indonesia btw. I don't have to do anything to the numbers

I'm currently using 5.1, and still have that problem until adding the extra digit... Oh well the perils of using Beta :).

Ok. Now it's working after I changed my region into Indonesia. It was set Singapore before. Thanks :)

Normaly in some countries there are less numbers than normal in one phone number, usualy in smaller countries, so try to add one or more + or 0 after the last number that you want siri to call for you, + works for me wery well. I aded one + to the end of numbers that I use more frequently and it works just fine, but also note that when you ad + in the end of the phone number you cant send sms messages to this number anymore.

I'm on 5.1.1(came preloaded) I also can't make any local calls through SIRI.

However, only US & Canadian numbers can be dialed by siri.

My country code 880 (Bangladesh)

My cell Number starts with 017XXXXXXX

All cell numbers are saved in this format +880 17XXXXXXXX

My Area Code (Dhaka) 02

All Land phone numbers are saved in this format +880 2721xxxx

I can't dial either of them through siri.

Can someone shed some light on as to how may I get siri to dial my local numbers?

If you have updated your iPhone 4s to the NEW iOS6 & the FaceTime feature is switched "OFF" Siri will NOT make external calls & will say " I'm not permitted to do that" So all you have to do is switch the FaceTime feature "ON" & you should be able to give Siri a voice command to call a number from your contacts or even perform a simple "call home" task. Some people say that if you reset your iPhone via iTunes it will solve the problem, it will until you decide to switch FaceTime off. It is a lot more cumbersome to reset your iPhone rather then open FaceTime & switch it 'ON". Hope this helps you.....

GoTo: Settings > General > Restrictions > Flip FaceTime to “ON/OFF

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Hi I'm from Nicaragua, and I have the same problem, and here telephone numbers are 8 digits but when I try to call Siri said that She can't do the call...

What can I do?

Thank you by the way.

Sorry to post in an old thread, but i have the same problem Here in Chile, South America. I have 6.1 IOS. It works fine without siri, but siri refuses to call local home numbers.

I've tried to put country code, a + sign, but it doesn't work. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

just add your country code before each contact, only the country code nothing else

tried . Still doesn't work. Why can't apple make this silly stuff work like it suppose to. turning off siri and using voice dial works normally without any fuss.

I'm from Maldives. Here we have seven digits for mobile numbers, with country code it's like 00(960)777-1234

But I cannot make calls from Siri. I'm using Siri from iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4. What's the problem?