Siri Not Working Correctly on 6s

Try the following all-purpose steps for dealing with erratic device or sync behaviour. They assume that all of the content you want on the device is in your library ready for restoring. If it isn't see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device first. I would also recommend you copy everything out of the camera roll if you haven't already.

1. Backup device. (To iTunes, over USB, with your laptop on power, make sure it doesn't sleep)
2. Restore as a new device. (Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support)
3. Restore the backup you made earlier.

Use an encrypted backup if you want to preserve passwords, Wi-Fi settings, web history and health data where appropriate. I also suggest syncing with a selection of playlists (unless you're using iCloud Music Library) rather than manually adding content as, if nothing else, the process above is easier to do if you ever have to go through it again.

tt2

I think Siri needs a major update...

I have an iPhone 7 and Siri never was able to understand me on this phone.

Whenever I launch Siri, she doesn't give me a chance to say/ask anything, just saying "Sorry, I didn't get that"

then patiently I press the mic button and yell 'Google', then she, if she gets it, ask what can I help you find.

Now for all of the examples below, I asked Siri to Google 'Breakfast at tiffany's'

Siri Got:

On the first attempt: 'Breakfast'

On the Second attempt: 'What's up bar'

On the third attempt: some contact she could find

On the fourth attempt: 'Cannot find Rob Futter in your contacts' (bare in mind, by this time I am googling 'breakfast at f****ng tiffany's')

on the fifth attempt: 'What happen'

by this time I have given up and used google's voice search and managed to find what I was looking the first time I asked. Apple PLEASE has a look at what google has done to make their voice prompts work so well, and PLEASE fix Siri or remove the feature from the phone because as it is now it doesn't work.

I Agree. Siri appears to have gotten more stupid with time. If I ask for directions to a restaurant, I want the one 5 miles away and not 500. WWhen I say call xxx, I want Siri to call and not give contact info. WWhen I ask to call John Smith and it's in my address book as Jonathan or if I ask for Sidney kimmel cancer center and it's a tall Sidney Kimmel comprehensive cancer center, it should be smart enough to at least suggest if you mean the one with the full name. I've basically given up on Siri and Apple maps, google makes the suggestions. I'm not about to do a full restore and lose everything unless I knew for sure that a restore from backup would fix the problem.

If siri is not functioning correctly, try: If your Siri's moving a bit slow, there's only one command you need. Tell Siri “restart,” and he'll (or she if on female voice, which everyone seems to be using now) effectively respring your iPhone's SpringBoard. The SpringBoard is the app that controls the iOS home screen. Commanding Siri to restart won't turn the phone itself off and on – only the operating system.

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Iphone 5/5s/6/6s/7 Siri Problem Fixed!(ios 9/10) - YouTube

For everything to be fixed,just go open the link which connects you to youtube...that video clearly solves your problem because it worked for me too..100% working...

saitharun006 wrote:

Iphone 5/5s/6/6s/7 Siri Problem Fixed!(ios 9/10) - YouTube

For everything to be fixed,just go open the link which connects you to youtube...that video clearly solves your problem because it worked for me too..100% working...

Or, you could just tell people to reset their network settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings.

Inflicting that music on people is just ....wrong.

Got the exact same problem. Siri cannot call any of my contacts anymore. Until two days ago everything was fine. None of the general ideas worked so far like disabling Siri, rebooting the iPhone and so on.

I suspect a full backup and restore is going to be the only way around it. I've got exactly the same issue and was hoping to find evidence of a shortcut. 😟

Particularly annoying not being able to call up albums or playlists when I'm cycling.

tt2

I am happy to report that wiping my iPhone and restoring its backup has brought Siri back into full operational status. 🙂

tt2

Yes, I can also confirm this.

- Create an (iCloud-) backup

- Reset your iPhone

- Restore your newly created backup

Of course it takes some time to restore all apps and pictures, but the next morning everything was done and working again. So not that bad. Let's hope it stays that way.

I did an encrypted local backup to cut down on time and the number of things that I needed to reset after the restore. Still had to reprogram TouchID and ApplePay.

tt2

I have exactly the same problem. Thanks for the workaround, guys. Will give it a try, although already have tried restoring backup from another iPhone 6s plus and it didn't work. Still have the same Siri situation.

Hey everyone,

I did a full wipe and restore from back up last night. Worked great until this morning. Now same exact problem. I asked her what the traffic would be like on the way to work, right after having her successfully text "my wife" and she did the long pause and said something was wrong. Did a quick restart, Hold Home and Power, and she worked correctly once to text my co-worker, then same problem. I NEED Siri!!!!!