Spinning wheel next to WiFi on iPhone

Ok here is the solution.....

Technical Fix for outstanding iOS 11 bug...

Ok I’m not that big on all the changes in IOS 11 for iPhone. I had the continuous data spinning wheel issue that would not go away.

THERE IS ONLY ONE RESOLVE FOR THIS ISSUE.

You must do a forced restart. (I have the big boy 7 plus)

Simultaneously push n hold side lock key (right side button) while depressing volume down key (left side, bottom button) for up to 10 seconds.

Give it time to power down and then turn it back on.

Issue should be fixed.

Same issue and always happens after using dictation. I tried resetting the network preferences but it came back. Rebooting the phone will stop it until I use dictation and I always use dictation.

The best solution that I have found is to hold the home button down and ask Siri a question. Once she starts responding to the question the activity wheel stops spinning! It will start spinning again eventually, but it's better than rebooting the phone each time.

I logged the problem with Apple as a bug and told them about Siri temporarily fixing it for me.

I have been having the same issue for a week now with my 6s+ I have restarted the phone, reinstalled IOS, etc. I finally figured the issue has to do with dictation. Whenever I reset the network settings on the cell, the wheel would stop. But as soon as I hit the microphone in the keypad to talk-to-type, the wheel would startup again and continually spin when I unlocked the phone. To fix this for now, I disabled my dictation in Settings-General-Keyboard after I reset my network settings. and the spinning wheel issue doesnt happen since I cant use that feature (which I love to use and I hope they fix)

pesarek84, thanks to your contribution i believe i was able to resolve my issue - only after doing due diligence and trying what everyone else said, short of completely erasing and resetting back to factory settings.

this seemed to be a multi-prong issue for me -

1.

my iCloud was full, and i had put off upgrading my storage account. when i asked a friend about the blackscreen/spinning wheel issue, she said she heard it has to do with iCloud. so i went in and upgraded.

2a.

followed pesarek84's instructions, and attempted to backup before deleting, but it kept blackscreen/spinning wheeling so i wasn't able to clear it all out.

2b.

then, i wasn't sure if i had iOS 11 installed, thought maybe i was on 10. found that i did have 11.1, but also found the 11.2 upgrade. started the installation process for it, however i needed to backup my phone, and had trouble doing so since the blackscreen/spinning wheel thing kept happening, restarting the process.

except that this time, when it would 'shut off', i'd go back and try to install the iOS update, and luckily it seemed to pick up where it left off. once the download was complete, it rebooted itself and now seems to work fine, with no blackscreen/spinning wheel action.

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in the past, the sleep/volume down button seemed to have some cache clearing action, as it would make apps run faster but it didn't help at all with this issue.

hope that dl'ing iOS 11.2 works for those still affected!

I just recently updated and noticed my battery wasn’t lasting my work day when before I had no issues. I read all the replies and this one about disabling dictation fixed my spinning wheel issue. Please fix as the talk to text feature can become mighty convenient.

Hey folks I’m new to this chat room or whatever, anyway this person is onto something. I held down the sleep/wake button until Siri waveband showed up and when I pushed button again the wheel quit spinning.

Once again though is this just a temporary fix? Who knows. So far it’s resolved my issue. Thanks!

Hi Peabarter,

Did you try actually powering off your phone by holding down the sleep button until the “Power Off” slider appears? Not just holding the home and sleep buttons together until the phone reboots?

I know it sounds like a useless exercise, but it definitely worked for me. I tried the suggestions posted here, and nothing helped. Then I decided to just power off my phone and wait a couple of minutes before powering it on again. The problem was gone and hasn’t returned.... even after using dictation.

Try it, it might help you too!

I was able to use Siri (say "Hey Siri" or press and hold the home button) and the spinning wheel went away. You don't have to say anything, just start Siri and press the home button again and the wheel disappears!

It was a lot quicker than restarting my phone and waiting for it to reboot.

On the latest version of iOS, the one I have on my iPhone 8, you have to force start a different way. Holding the power and the volume down button will cause you to make an emergency SOS call (not good).

To force restart the latest cersion of iOS:

1: Quickly press and release the volune up button

2: Quickly press and release the volune down button

3:Now press and hold the power button until the screen goes dark and the Apple Logo appears. ** Ignore the “Slide to pwer off” command when you first press the power button.

I showed up here to answer the question, and I see that you guys figured it out. Yes, it is a bug with Siri running in the background. Took me weeks to do the process of eliminations, before I bumped into it. Best scenario I have come up with is to set Siri up with: "Hey Siri". If the bug activates itself just say "Hey Siri", she comes on, and you say never-mind,

she says "thank you", and the wheel is history.

Don't do the restart and let it run. After about 24 hours check your battery usage and see which app is using the most battery, that will be the one spinning the wheel.

Just read on another forum to activate Siri. Strangely, this worked.

Apparently it is a widespread bug...updating to IOS 11.0.2 didn't fix it.

Update your device to iOS 11.2

Regards

Giulio

Hi there,

On the 6 models, you would hold down the home and side (power) buttons down together, let phone kick off, Apple logo will appear, then let go of buttons.

Hope that helps ~