spotlight search iOS 9 contacts not showing in results

9.0.1 does solve the problem. It was an indexing issue Apple fixed.

Try this:
Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings

This works. You will be able to make call or send text from the search results.

However, by doing this your wallpaper, ringtones, and other setting will also be reset to default. Data is not lost (WhatsApp Chats, Emails, etc. were all intact). Also I had to reconnect to wifi.

Trust this helps.

Regards,

Mehul

Update ur iphone to iOS 9.0.1 to get this issue solved.

It will surely solve the bug.

Spoke too soon. The contacts that WERE propagating after the 9.0.1 update are NOT displaying now. No clue what happened!

I too STILL HAVE PROBLEM of CONTACTS not found with SPOTLIGHT SEARCH. Am Using iOS v.9.0.1

Someone help SOLVE THIS PLEASE!

I Just figured this out

iinstead of drop down search from home screen swipe from right to left which brings up SIRI suggestions

then type your contact and it will return all contact results

Same here. I updated to 9.01 and I worked for 2 days and then stopped finding people. Oh and then later that night my phone bricked for no reason and I had to do a full restore.

For those of you that wondered what iOS stands for I figured it out

i Ordered Samsung

I am having this problem too. I have tried everything I've read online and nothing has worked.

FOUND A SOLUTION! (At least for me):

settings > iCloud

Turn off and delete all contacts

Reboot

reenable iCloud contacts

After contact re-downloaded, the index appeared to be good.

Searching directly from within contacts still returns a better set of results, but at least spotlight now gets most of them directly from within contacts still returns a better set of results, but at least spotlight now gets most of them. End of the day for me, at least, iOS 9 and Smart Sito / Spotlight does a worse job than the iOS 8 stupid ones.

Rebooting once just worked for me, when I turned off Contacts from Spotlight Search settings. After reboot I turned it back on. It's working now!

sadly, I take it back. Worked for a few hours then the contacts once again vanished from Spotlight. Amazing that the very feature being touted as new and incredible doesn't seem to have been tested before deployment.

Still no problems here. Updating to iOS 9.0.1 solved this for me. Strange bug as it seems to happen at random. Actually I'm pretty impressed with the search results. If I'm looking for a contact is shows up the contact after entering 3 or 4 letters. If I'm looking for a calendar event it finds it too with two or three letters. Even the suggested website results seem pretty spot on.

I'm not sure but maybe it has something to do with cache too. I use Battery Doctor to wipe cache and junk from my iPhone. Maybe this helps for more people.

Battery Doctor - https://appsto.re/nl/gRZTK.i

tthis works...

Go to Contacts > Groups and tap Hide All Contacts and then tap Show All Contacts.

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NOPE... NONE of the TIPs WORK FOR ME.... I HOPE APPLE IS AWARE AND WORKING ON SOLUTION.

Spotlight IS NOT finding most of my contacts still. 9/27/15 - Running iOS 9.0.1

I HAVE TRIED BOTH BELOW POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND STILL NOT FINDING CONTACTS as of 9/27/15.

Potential solutions (THAT DID NOT WORK SO FAR):

• Go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search and make sure Contacts is on.
• Go to Contacts > Groups and tap Hide All Contacts and then tap Show All Contacts.
• If it’s still not working, try going to Settings > General > Spotlight Search and turn off all apps, then hold down the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons together for around 10 seconds to reboot your device. Now go back to Settings > General > Spotlight Search and turn everything you want, including Contacts, back on again.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ios-9-problems/11/#ixzz3mxUZJrIO