Searching in Contacts doesn't work after iOS 9.1 update

I have had this problem, since going to ios 9 on iphone ans ipads. I have been working with apple support and given them requested dumps.

As of today 5-8-17, apple still have not come up with a solution! Not sure why it is taking so long to resolve.

Try to reset your device. This won't delete your data stored on this device.

• Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button
• Press and hold on the Home button
• Keep holding both buttons until the display turns off and back on with Apple logo on it.

Alternatively, you may go to Settings - General - Reset - Reset All Settings

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

If these steps don't work, contact Apple and ask for help.

https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/contact/

You are welcome! I'd also recommend to backup your device before upgrading to newer iOS versions. This will allow you to save your data in case something goes wrong.

Same with me, same problem, same solution. But its a pain tough - to set everything again.

There has to be a better way than to reset all settings on the phone...anybody figure out another way?

I too don't want to rest and the solution does not work - any other ideas?

This is solution for me: Go to Contacts, than click on the Groups and click Done.

I have same problem. But I don't want to reset my phone or settings. I have restarted my several times but the same problem again. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Hi, All,

I had the same issue. As my contacts were synced with Google, disabling sync and enabling it back solved the problem for me.

regards

Both Google contacts desync and the reset of all setting DON'T WORK!!! because once contacts window is closed and than reopened the problem persists.

Also the hitting 'Done' for the groups is only a TEMPORARY solution.

Try to Close the contacts app and reopen. Same problem again

Yay! This worked!

I did the full reset and that worked. Then as I was configuring setting, a few hours later, that solution stopped working again.

So I didn't want to do another full reset as it was a major pain. Read back through this thread and found the much easier option of hitting 'Done' for the groups.

For the record, I'm on ios 9.1 on an iPhone 6s using exchange for my contacts and email. I was also having the email search problem along with the email count problem on iOS 9. The update seems to have fixed the count problem but I had to delete the account and re add it to start from zero. The email search is working a little better now.

For those still having problems even after trying these fixes, search still works from the main search window. The screen to the left of the home screen. It's a pain. But at least there is a work around until apple fixes for everyone.

Thanks to SCRJS for this easy fix for me!

Another bug I found after installing iOS 9.1: a new contact saved from Whatsapp doesn't upload to icloud

scrjs reply should be accepted solution.