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dumax8 Author

Level 1

29 points

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

I don't know what's wrong, since 3 days i can't get siri to hear me, i press the home button to summon siri, the wave line moves a lot as if it was receiving a lot of noise and then goes off as if didn't recognize anything, i've tried everything, turning siri on/off, reseting phone, reseting settings, i've checked the discussions and there doesn't seem to be any solution to this.siri does work if i use the earphone set that came with the iphone, but clearly there's a problem, and 3 days ago worked just fine!!!

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 1:32 PM

69 replies

Apr 27, 2017 2:55 PM in response to aopisa

What ever happened with this problem on your phone? Did you have to get a new phone or this company corrected it? This is a known issue for years and apparently they know this, cant a class action suit be filed?!

Aug 2, 2017 10:20 AM in response to dumax8

Dictation and Siri have not worked on my iPhone six for months. I've spent hours searching the web for a solution.

Specific symptoms: Siri and Dictation will not work.

All other Audio applications work fine.

Siri and Dictation will work with a headset.

Failed Attempts: Disabled / Enabled Siri

Rest all settings.

Installed backup from iTunes.

Updated to IOS 10.3.3

Solution: Purchased a can of Ultra Duster and sprayed the Receiver/Front Microphone for 30 - 45 seconds. Works like a charm.

Sep 20, 2017 8:19 AM in response to dumax8

Same problem with me. I just got an iPhone 6 as a gift from my dad and I found out that Siri is not working. I sat hours searching on web some solutions but could not find any. The microphone is working in all the other apps and calls. I also tried enabling/diabling Siri and using headphones for it which Didi not work either. Please help with this problem.

Riti

Sans2108

Level 1

4 points

Sep 28, 2017 12:39 PM in response to dumax8

Tried iMessage and other Apps Audio tests. Seems like only Siri is not responding to my voice. And it works fine with headfones. The phone is not even on Low Power Mode. Tried front vied recording. Everything seems great leaving Siri responding to my voices. Help. This is annoying. iPhones never disappointed me so much

JNS007

Level 1

4 points

Oct 1, 2017 1:42 PM in response to dumax8

So, I fixed this by going to settings -> Siri & search -> disable Siri by unselecting "Press home for Siri" .
Then go back to settings -> General -> scroll down to -> Reset -> Reset all settings.

The phone will reset, you will lose your wallpaper and your settings, but Siri will be back.

Sans2108

Level 1

4 points

Oct 5, 2017 3:29 AM in response to JNS007

Thank You, i tried this the way you mentioned. Still not working. Will have to resume all settings again now 😀 Nevermind, please update what can be done more. As this feels helpless. Works fine with Earphones, with device its just Blank. No Siri.

aopisa

Level 1

5 points

Jul 13, 2015 4:01 PM in response to norafromooltewah

Mine suddenly started working the other day. Then yesterday it stopped working again just as quickly. I really can't figure out what factors caused it to happen or unhappen.

judysings

Community Specialist

Jan 20, 2015 11:57 AM in response to dumax8

Hi dumax8,

I'm sorry for the issue that you had with your iPhone. Hopefully everything is running smoothly with your new iPhone. Thanks for reporting back to us.

- Judy

aopisa

Level 1

5 points

Jul 1, 2015 8:09 AM in response to RedDecember

Updated to 8.4 and still have the problem. Worked with 2 Apple support techs and they had no answer besides buy a new phone.

bluestem

Level 1

4 points

Jul 31, 2015 4:07 PM in response to dumax8

Do you have a Bluetooth device connected to it? My dictation would not work when my Bluetooth headset was connected. I disconnected and bingo, I had dictation again.