spotlight search iOS 9 contacts not showing in results

Thanks for this. Worked perfectly. Crazy that we need to do this!

When I tried this .... After clicking on Groups in the Contacts App I also had to:

• Hide All Contacts
• Done
• Show All Contacts
• Done

I did have success after applying this additional couple of steps (that were suggested by Chris at AppleCare). Good Job, Afriel and Chris! Thanks so much!

Not working.

and its very erratic. Some times it does not even show the most frequently called numbers and shows up the never called numbers as top hit!

Also the left flick from home screen brings up the spotlight search but without the keyboard! I have to extend my thumb and enter the search window to bring up the keypad!

Such a glaring miss!!

This update 9.02 is really a mess.

Desparate for the bug correction update.

N

This solution is so simple, it's insane! Thanks for the help.

I still prefer Apple sending us a bug fix in the next iOS update though.

THANKS !!!

NOW IT WORKS PROPERLY

IN an effort to figure out what is working can you please post what exactly is working for you? Like either name the person that had the post with the fix or say what it is. Thanks.

Aj

After opening the stock Apple IOS "Contacts" APP Do what "EmmyLouO" stated which I reposted below:

"When I tried this .... After clicking on Groups in the Contacts App I also had to:

• Hide All Contacts
• Done
• Show All Contacts
• Done

I did have success after applying this additional couple of steps (that were suggested by Chris at AppleCare). Good Job, Afriel and Chris! Thanks so much!"

This also worked for me! Thanks "EmmyLouO". So simple that I cannot believe it. Hope that this "fix" stays in place...

AJ, if you click on "in response to QuintusPRE" (underneath the subject), it will take you to the post ukno was replying to. (NB. you have to be on the Apple Discussions website to see this).

HTH

Tim

Please confirm this works as a permanent solution. It works for me temporary. I still have the problem.

Nina, Since I sent the post about an hour ago it has worked. I rebooted and turned off my phone to test it and it still works. Only time will tell if it is permanent. Using iPhone 6s plus on latest version of IOS 9, non beta.

possibly indicative of a bug in contacts: when all contacts are SHOWN in Contacts -> Groups, if I click "All Facebook" to turn off Facebook contacts, ALL contacts are turned off (as though I had clicked Hide All Contacts)...

PS: fixed don't work for me including reboots etc. I have probably a dozen "Green"s in my contacts, but a search for "Green" shows contacts that don't have "Green" in the name (only in the note) 😝

At this point I'm thinking it's because I only have google contacts. It's so buggy at the moment with 9.0.2. Because I only have gmail contacts, there is no group in contacts. It finds some, but not all names. AFAIK there is no way to fix this currently other than to only use iCloud or manual syncing with contacts. Google contacts may not have been tested enough.

ajg23, Even on 9.1 beta if you click one of the contacts groups off it takes them all off like you chose "hide all contacts" that is definetly a bug. however 9.1 beta had fixed the spotlight search for contacts so if you havent tried the beta ios 9.1 i would try it.

Aron Nelson,

I have google contacts/groups in my phone and they are all working in spotlight on beta 9.1

After I went to beta 9.1 all i did was delete one exchange account (my work) and then add it back in. I didnt touch my google account.

AJ