"Hey Siri" feature not working on iPhone 5.

Thanks for submitting this. I too am absolutely certain that I've done what is necessary as prescribed by others... I even disabled and enabled Siri (against my better judgement, since that warns you that you essentially have to re-train Siri once you do that.) So no change and I'm only further frustrated. What's worse is that I wonder when I get my iP6 and restore my latest backup, will it work there, or is there some mystery setting that will transfer and screw me there too? Any help is greatly appreciated. Again: Siri enabled, enabled on the lock screen, Hey Siri is enabled.

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Here's what I did:

1. Disabled Siri on the lock screen (Settings -> TouchID and Passcode -> scroll to allow access when locked and slide "Siri" to off.)

2. Disabled Hey Siri. (Settings -> General -> Siri, slide "Allow Hey Siri" to off.)

3. Disabled Siri. (Not impressed...) (Settings -> Genral -> Siri, slide "Siri" to off.)

4. Restart Phone.

5. Re-enable in reverse order (Enable Siri, enable Hey Siri, enable Siri on the lock screen.)

It works now. I will say that I find I have to nearly scream at it to wake it up. Seems worse when the screen has gone into standby. You can usually shout your whole command immediately, but if you prefer to save your breath, say "Hey Siri" first and wait for the tone.

Should anyone from Apple be paying attention, the ability to "re-train" the Hey Siri recognition would be great. Better recognition and a way to differ the phrase, like "Yo Siri" or "Oh Siri..." might be cute, among other things people would undoubtedly say.......

Alright. Good luck. I imagine iterative improvements for this non-well-documented feature will eventually be forthcoming.

Hi xJ3R3MYx!,

My "Hey Siri" worked fine from the start. But, if your method works for others I hope they say "Thanks" here.

I am writing to comment on your suggestion to offer "Custom" phrases to activate Siri by voice (My voice activated Garmin GPS allows that). Why? Here's an example. My wife likes to check the time occasionally at night. I know. I know. She could just quietly open her iPhone screen to get the time. But NOOOOOO! Not my Lover Girl. She thinks "Hey Siri" is the coolest thing ever. So, she loves to go:

Step 1: She says out loud, "Hey Siri."

Step 2: She waits for the Siri Beep and then asks "Siri, "What's the time?"

Step 3: She listens and smiles as Siri says, "It's 3:30 AM."

Step 4: She makes sure I'm awake and tells me, "Isn't that the Coolest thing ever!"

Step 5: I tell her I was woke-up a while ago when MY IPHONE was summoned into existence by her "Hey Siri" shout out.

Siri over here.

Siri over there.

Siri Everywhere.

If only I could change my wake up Siri phrase to "Yo...Vinny!" or something like that. It would be good for the marriage.

Thanks for explaining how to enable Hey Siri from the lock screen, that step is missing from every article I've read on how to enable the feature.

Oddly, it must have become disabled as Hey Siri worked exactly once with my phone screen off and it wasn't until I followed your steps that it works like this again.

Thanks.

I don't have a password on my phone so I skipped #1 and did all the other tasks. It still does not work on my iPhone 5. Given that Siri is pretty useless, it is no lost to me. Just wished Apple would fix it already.

Thank you so much! This fixed my problem.

DUUUUUUUDE. I'm trippin balls here man. This was getting so frustrating. Followed your steps. Totally working now. ;-)

Hi I've tried this three times on my 5s and still not working any ideas where I'm going wrong.