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rewolwer Author

Level 1

31 points

Searching in Contacts doesn't work after iOS 9.1 update

Hello,

I've just updated my iPhone 5S to iOS 9.1 and since then I can't search any contact in my Phone/Contacts apps. I have tried many things like switching on/off spotlight search for contacts+couple of restarts, but it still does not work.

I really don't want to factory reset my iPhone due such a stupid bug.

Does anybody else have the same issue as me?

I have like 15 contacts starting with "po", this is the result of the bug:

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.1

Posted on Oct 22, 2015 12:51 AM

120 replies

juankf

Level 1

4 points

Oct 28, 2016 8:51 AM in response to rewolwer

Same issue on upgrading to iOS 10.1 from beta 10. My fix was going to contacts/groups/Hide All Contacts/Done and do a search. Next, back to groups/Show All Contacts/Done and back to work as usual

mjugend

Level 1

8 points

Oct 28, 2016 2:05 PM in response to rewolwer

I did a kind of mixture of many of those answers:
1. Turn off Contacts in iCloud and Keep them in your phone

2. Turn off your phone

3. Turn on your phone

4. Go to Contacts in iCloud and turn it on again

5. Go to your contacts and try to search for any one

Voila it works fine now

Kamyari

Level 1

4 points

Nov 3, 2016 1:34 AM in response to rewolwer

Just restart your device. in the other hand Turn off your device then turn it on. I had same problem and i solved it simply in this way.

Nov 6, 2016 9:36 PM in response to rewolwer

i have a same problem but not working ur teps all seteing reset is done but no resute

Nov 8, 2016 11:00 AM in response to rewolwer

Found the answer, same thing happened to me. Open Settings / Contacts/ Default Account and select your icloud default account. That fixed the issue in my phone

Nov 10, 2016 7:34 PM in response to rewolwer

Even I am facing the same issue

Can not search contacts

Most of the times this becomes irritating to scroll while contact list for just having one number

Pls do something for this bug

Nov 13, 2016 8:37 PM in response to rewolwer

Thanks a lot!! It worked

snasari

Level 1

4 points

Nov 14, 2016 3:26 AM in response to rewolwer

i have got this problem too, i cant search any contact in the search bar and the result is NO RESULT

snasari

Level 1

4 points

Nov 14, 2016 3:31 AM in response to rewolwer

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

THANKS, this one worked

Nov 15, 2016 6:21 AM in response to D.Cohen

This happened with me and its sort of irritating. I have to call somebody urgently and suddenly you cannot find the person name in contacts. I have to restart my phone and then can find the same contacts.

It happened few weeks ago and I sort of Ignored it and restarted my phone, thinking that it might be something to do with the space. I cleared some space on my phone and have now 8GB free space, but it happened again today.

If it is a bug why Apple is not fixing this?

Thanks,

Vivek