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Siri location reminders problem

So I want to be able to talk to Siri as say: 'remind me when I leave the gym go do this this and this.'

I figured out that to add locations, you need to add it into your contact. I've done that with custom labels, naming them gym, school etc. When I ask where is my gym, it does not know and brings up my contact info with my gym address there. I ask to set reminders for when I get to gym, doesn't know where my gym is, and shows my contact card. Any ideas?

The only labels that work are 'home' and 'work' the rest don't work.

iOS 5

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 8:13 PM

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Glich

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Oct 20, 2011 9:18 PM in response to Carl Andrews

Nope my cell data is on and i offen tired it when i was in wifi area as well.

Oct 21, 2011 8:43 AM in response to andrewburnside

I've been playing with location reminders and found that Siri doesn't always add the reminder as a "reminder". If I just say "remind me to shower when I get home" Siri creates a Task with that phrase as the subject and no location reminder.

If I say "reminder"

Siri asks for subject, I say "take shower"

Siri asks for when, I say "arrive home"

Siri sets a Reminder with location as the trigger.

Siri appears to be very picky about how you set location alerts.

Oct 21, 2011 2:33 PM in response to Owen Davis

I tried these exact steps and she still setup a task and not a reminder.

Oct 21, 2011 2:49 PM in response to andrewburnside

I've also had it not work consistently.

After reading your message I googled how to create a reminder not a task and found this thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3389585?start=0&tstart=0

It suggests turning Reminders off for your Exchange account so that iCloud alone can handle the Reminders. I'm going to try this and will report back.

Oct 21, 2011 2:51 PM in response to andrewburnside

In the Settings app, select Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then scroll all the way down past Calendars and you'll find settings for Reminders. Make sure that the Default List is NOT linked to an Exchange account. It must either be linked to an iCloud account or On My Mac. Reminders created in an Exchange account list will always be set as Tasks, because Exchange does not support location reminders.

Oct 21, 2011 2:58 PM in response to Edward Hargreaves

It worked! That was it.

Thanks!

andrewchau Author

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Oct 21, 2011 3:05 PM in response to Owen Davis

I am now able to set reminders for when I arrive at my gym, however it doesn't work when i set it to leave my gym without being there

Haha that thread you link, I was the one that provided that solution haha

Oct 21, 2011 3:10 PM in response to andrewchau

@andrewchau that was a solution i hadn't seen in this thread so glad i could add it.

Have you created an address in your own contact record called "gym"? My understanding is that the address records in your contact record (the record set as you in Siri preferences) are the ones available to use by voice.

andrewchau Author

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Oct 21, 2011 3:16 PM in response to Owen Davis

In my contact card, I added under my home address my gym's address. However to set a location reminder I have to say 'reminder when I get to MY gym to do etc.' however if I ask it,

Where is my gym, it says I don't have my gym location added

Oct 21, 2011 3:20 PM in response to andrewchau

is there a way to add more than 3 addresses in contact card? And is there a way to create a custom label? Siri recognizes myhomeandwork since they are in my contact car however, the third address is labeled "other", if I put any other address there, Siri just does not find it or does not create reminder when user used the third address filed as the location.

andrewchau Author

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Oct 21, 2011 3:24 PM in response to RunBobiRun

If you are unable to create more than 3 addresses, delete that contact card and make a new one. It will work. To add custom labels, click on other and you have other labels to choose from. At the bottom of that screen, you can add a custom label of your choice.

Oct 21, 2011 3:34 PM in response to andrewchau

hmm, very weird. I'm not able to create more than 3 address in a contact card and I am not able to create a custom label.

Oct 21, 2011 3:41 PM in response to RunBobiRun

If you can't create custom labels or more than 3 addresses then your contact records isn't in iCloud; it's probably in an Exchange based account.

Recreate your record in iCloud

Oct 21, 2011 4:06 PM in response to Owen Davis

You're right the contact I was editing was in exchange and not in iCloud. Contact created in iCloud allows me to create more than 3 addresses and create custom label.

Oct 24, 2011 10:00 AM in response to RunBobiRun

I seem to be able to set reminders using SIRI just fine, BUT... They more often than not seem to not actually happen. I set a reminder to punch my coworker in the nuts when I got to work. In my reminder app there is the reminder, it is set to trigger when I arrive, it has the correct address and all seems good. I just never got a reminder! Any ideas? Everything seems perfect and SIRI seems to have a good grasp on my address book, the reminders just never come across.

Needless to say, my coworkers nuts are safe thus far.

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