Siri Not Working Correctly on 6s

Unfortunately the backup and restore solution only worked for a week. Now all of the sudden I'm back to the original problem. Siri cannot make any calls, cannot text anyone and in general just answers everything related to contacts with "something went wrong" or "I cannot do that right now".

I've been using Siri on my iPhone 5 for three years every day (on my way to work and back) always with the latest iOS version. No problems whatsoever. Now I got a brand new iPhone 6S two weeks ago and I'm stuck with these problems. Siri ist just out of order. Really hesitating to do another backup and restore because it takes some time to set everything up again (e.g. touch id and some other things).

Backup and restore only worked for a week for me too.

Hey everyone! Turns out my back up was corrupt. I had to reset my phone, then put content back on using iCloud. I then erased the iCloud back up from before and backed up again. It was a little annoying to have to re organize all my apps and change settings, but it's worked correctly ever since.

I've gone down that path for other things before and I'm loath to do it again. It's a month later — is Siri still working for you?

Yes! I haven't had any other issues. Very happy!!

Likewise mine has been stable since I reset it back in December.

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I have had the sae problem after upgrading from my previous iPhone 5s to a 6s.

It appears that the problem stems from one of the applications that had been used on my previous iPhone 5s. When I upgraded the phone, I restored from a backup for my previous phone; this seemed to be the heart of the problem, but after trying to restore from a clean slate, and simply importing each application for my previous phone to the new one, the problem returned shortly.

Finally, I think I finally found the only real solution to this issue is to simply start again from scratch, and install the applications you use, as required. One of the applications that was transferred over has caused this problem, but the only solution that I have seen work successfully, and return Siri to normal, has been to do a CLEAN wipe of the phone, and reinstall from the App Store the applications you need.

I had the same issue. Doing as you suggested was a temporary fix. The problem would reemerge after a week or two. Only upgrading to the public beta of iOS fixed my exact issue.

I too upgraded to the public beta to solve the issue, and it worked. At this point, the distinction between beta and public release for Apple's stuff is pretty hazy anyway, so I figured why not. If anything, I've found late betas to be more stable than actual releases. YMMV.

I'm convinced this is a iOS 9.2 issue and not hardware related, so, restoring won't solve it or won't be more than something to keep you occupied rather than an actual solution. I can say this because it had previously happened with my old 6 Plus. I recently traded that in for a new 6s, which was immediately upgraded to iOS 9.2.1 while still in the store before I'd done anything else. Siri has not been able to perform any tasks I ask her to. So, this is not a hardware issue and I'm pretty sure Apple is aware of it since I've been reading that 9.3 isn't having this issue.

Siri is still working fine for me since my backup & restore cycle back in December.

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This is happening to me on my previously perfectly working original owner) 4s. This morning I asked Siri to read my mail and she said there was no mail. I knew that not to be the case so I asked again and was then read the latest three, just like always. She asked if I would like the rest of my mail read and when I replied yes, she said something like "I knew you would " and then shut off. What gives?

I have about had it with Siri. She is pretty ignorant. Sometime she can turn on my lights, sometimes she cannot. Sometimes she can start playing the song I requested (ON the iPhone) and sometimes she cannot. I use Siri to control my Hue lights - I have a total of 5 Hue Lights and 2 iDevice switches. Why in the heck can Siri only find them, SOMETIMES?? I usually have to ask her 2 or 3 times before she can find the HUE lights. NOT handy at all!!!

Resetting the iPhone is a pain in the butt - and its even worse on my iPad Mini Retina (1st gen) - Apple needs to start concentrating on getting their stuff to work and stop releasing half-assed products.. I'm about to rip out all HomeKit crap and replace with Amazon's Echo. My family has Alexa and she NEVER has an issue with any of their lights. But Siri, have the time she can't do anything for their lights. IRRITATING!

Yes, I have the newest Hue Bridge (HomeKit enabled) and I have a 4th gen Apple TV - my routers are an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express - EVERYTHING is running the newest firmware and OS.

Siri on the iPhone 6s is gettign worse and worse with every update! I am sick to death of having to reboot my phone to get Hey Siri to work. Her voice recognition is lacking. She misinterprets simple commands all the time! IF she even answers!! My Amazon Echo has no problem understanding me from 6 inches away to 15 feet away. NOT Siri. She doesn't even recognize Hey Siri, when she is supposed to.

It is irritating as **** when I use Siri to turn on/off all my lights and some devices plugged into my iDevice switches. Luckily, Amazon Echo handles it much better.

I would like to start using Siri again, but will not until these issues are fixed.

randynchicago wrote:

My family has Alexa and she NEVER has an issue with any of their lights. But Siri, have the time she can't do anything for their lights. IRRITATING!

I have an Echo. I like it. But, yes, I do sometimes have to tell it twice to turn lights on or off.

I use both Siri and the Echo. Siri is much better for fine control of Hue lights. One thing I've noticed, is that the new Hue app performs much better for me in general. The old one had some issues playing nice with Siri. Download the new one and try it out. Don't delete the original as it has some differences in features. You can keep both on your phone and use both.