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iOS8 downgrade caused Siri to now keep asking "just to confirm, you want to call" on every call request. Anyone else having this annoying issue?

Ever since I made the mistake of moving to iOS 8 on my iPhone 5s, whenever I use Siri to place a phone call, I get "Just to confirm, you want to call <enter name>?" It's driving me crazy! I've resorted to disabling Siri and just using the native Voice Control, which works flawlessly for making phone calls, but not so well for other functions. I tried wiping my phone and restoring from a backup, but no luck with that. Apple doesn't seem to want to help since it's not a widely reported issue. I've also noticed that incoming calls don't connect on my car's bluetooth, when that was never a problem. Also, outgoing calls no longer make any sounds. i never know if the call dropped, the phone bricked, or the call was answered unless the other person says something. If only I could go back to iOS 7!!!

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 8:08 PM

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sloan06

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Jan 21, 2016 2:01 PM in response to taengle2

I had this problem too - it was driving me nuts (First World problem, I guess, but when you think Siri should do a simple thing and she won't, it gets kind of irritating).

I tried most of the suggestions posted here, to no avail. Then I was looking at my wife's contact (she's the one I call the most, so I really wanted to be able to just say her first name to initiate a call), and noticed that she had other contacts (like from iCloud and Gmail) linked to her contact in my phone. I selected edit on her contact, scrolled to the bottom and unlinked those contacts, and now I can tell Siri to call her (using just her first name) and it works!

Not sure if having those contacts unlinked will come back to bite me at some point, but for now I'm glad to have solved the issue. I hope it works for you.

SurfrGal

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Sep 2, 2016 10:11 AM in response to oybobby

I encounter this issue recently and thanks to your post, this did the trick for me...MANY THANKS!!!! 😍

iOS8 downgrade caused Siri to now keep asking "just to confirm, you want to call" on every call request. Anyone else having this annoying issue?