iPhone 6 Siri won't work, neither dictation!!

Hey everyone - Hope someone can help.

I'm having the same issue as dumax, although, mine seems a little different. Siri won't recognize that I am saying anything at all. My microphone works fine (people can hear me, I can dictate, etc). In fact, Siri will work with my headset plugged in, so I know that it may not be a problem with Siri specifically. And I believe that the hardware is fine as well, for obvious reasons stated above.

I've tried restarting, to no avail. Is there a second mic that Siri uses that is different than the one we use to talk on the phone?

I'm kind of annoyed.

Please help.

Thanks!

Same problem here!

Several month ago siri and dictation stopped working. It works fine with the earbud microphones. People can hear me fine on the phone. The memo app works fine with anything. Videos record sound fine. I've tried many reboots, hard reboots, soft reboots. Wiped everything and start from new. Wipe everything and start from restored backup. Nothing seems to work.

I see some people are just bringing the phones in for a new one now. I hope that is not the case. C'mon Apple, whats the deal?

Does anyone have a reliable fix?

Does apple know what the problem is?

Thanks!

john

I'm also having a problem with Hey Siri. Since Monday, it has stopped working. Voice Memos, Calls, etc all work fine 😟. I'm 100% sure the phone is connected and charging the same way it was when it was working. Location and lockscreen access are enabled. I've tried resetting settings 3 times, it didn't work. I've also tried:

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

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

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

Restart Phone.

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

I've also tried changing Siri's language, nothing.

I've then tried a factory reset. Reseted everything, without restoring any backups. Still not working .

I can still access Siri by holding the home button and it hears me perfectly. What's wrong?

It's a 6+ and I'm on iOS 8.3.

Thanks.

I might have a SOLUTION !!

First check if there isn't any kind of dust/dirt in the microphone (duh).

Second look on your siri config page. (configuration> generic>siri)

This page looks something like this.

Siri on/off

explanation

"hey Siri" on/off

explanation

language Dutch

voicefeedback Always.

my info. none

Maybe it's just coincidence but stay with me.

Usually the "my info" box is blank. I filled this in with my name in my contactbook (my name isn't none, don't know why it says that)

and SIRI WORKS again.

It's kinda hard to believe this is the missing pice in Siri's hearing. However it (seems to) work for me. I hope for you guys 2.

GOOD LUCK,

Vince

I have the same issue except that Siri works when I plug my ear buds in. If the ear buds are out, then I know the mic is working when I use the voice memo app but neither dictation or Siri works. With the ear buds in all is well, what gives?

I have the same issues on my iPhone 6. Siri (including Hey Siri) and dictation via keyboard do not work UNLESS I use the earbuds or a bluetooth headset. All other apps work--Voice Memo, Evernote dictation, videos, etc. It's fine in phone mode too. I have tried resetting everything as indicated above, including a full reset, with no success. My problem actually came on gradually. A couple of weeks ago, I would start dictating an email, for instance, and the first part of the sentence came out fine. Then I would get the spinning ball and have to finish manually. Now I just get a flatlined recording indication like it hears nothing.

Having the same problem. The only problem seems to be Siri and Voice dictation. Regular voice commands without Siri works perfectly, voice memos, calls, etc all fine. Unfortunately 8.4 has not fixed the problem. Hopefully with the next update it will be fixed. Really do not want to replace my phone for a software issue.

I just fixed the problem after months of no Siri and no dictation.

I began to think it had something to do with headphones and Bluetooth. Mine would work with the Bluetooth connection in the car. Others reported it working with a headset microphone when plugged into the headphone jack.

I blew compressed air into the headphone jack and Siri was back immediately.

I'm having the same issues, both with iOS 8.4 and public beta of iOS 9.

I made a list so that everyone can check and see if they are indeed facing the same issue:

NOT WORKING:

*DICTATION

*SIRI

*FACETIME

*SPEAKERPHONE (Mic only)

*VIDEOS in 'selfie' MODE

WORKING:

*VIDEOS IN NORMAL MODE

*VOICE MEMOES

*NORMAL CALL

*APPS (i.e YOUTUBE etc.)

*VOICE CONTROL (when disabling Siri)

This issue is a nightmare, and for sure isn't related to a hardware problem, as many other uses of the Microphone are working just fine.

I personally tried to work with both iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 (until Public Beta 3) and couldn't solve it. Cleaning iPhone, restoring, resetting, disabling, enabling, blowing air, tapping on the phone - nothing helped so far.

So, the compressed air in the headphone jack was either a coincidence or a temporary fix. The problem returned shortly thereafter.

I installed iOS beta 9 today. Siri, dictation, etc. have now worked for several hours. Certainly the longest stretch of time since this problem developed. Although, Siri does not seem to hear or understand me as well as on my iPad. I have to speak more clearly, loudly and slowly and still it only catches what I am saying about 50% of the time.

So I wanted to update since this is still such a problem for so many people. I had tried everything except going to the Apple store to fix this (I really didn't want to replace my phone). the speech dictation for texts and siri were not working, although phone calls, speaker phone, voice recorder, videos on both cameras, and regular nonsiri voice controls worked fine. This stopped working for me about a month ago and no iOS updates or anything fixed it. I happened to accidentally hit the voice dictation button the other day, and it worked!! Out of nowhere it just started working again without me having done ANYTHING. So I turned siri back on as well and it worked just fine too. So for me, it fixed itself if you can call it that. I have no idea what the real problem could be but I highly doubt it is a hardware problem. But if it is a software problem, I don't understand why it would work again with no update. I am also not at all versed In software or any of that kind of stuff. I just wanted to share my experience and give some people some hope that it may start working again.

It would appear that this is the issue with my iPhone 5C, which suffered a significant shock when dropped a month or two ago despite having a Speck case. When it happened, the upper edge of the display panel had separated from the colored shell, so much so that light was coming out the top edge and upper corners. Phone still worked fine as far as I could tell at the time. I carefully pressed the display and shell back together, snapped the Speck case back in place, and carried on. The display however, protrudes at the upper end in so far as it can be pressed down/squeezed ever so slightly against the shell. More recently, Siri has altogether stopped working after a progressive degradation since the drop noted above. Siri works with other mics attached (e.g. headset or bluetooth). Siri will also work in the normal mode, but only when I squeeze down firmly on the display in one of the upper corners, suggesting that an electrical contact has become open-circuited. Of course, this defeats the purpose of "Hey Siri", but at least it confirms a hardware fault.

I have the same problem with my iphone 6 ios 8.4.1 and siri cant hear me siri can hear me only when i plug my earpods in fact my microphone works really fine.When i tried voice recording and video recording i restarted my iphone and i also reset my settings i need help

Mark