Spinning wheel next to WiFi on iPhone

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.

Its an indicator of activity and usially pops up when im loading a page or something.. so if you're not online or on an app and its spinning, then its indicating someone or something elses activity on your phone. I heard it was a sign of spyware. But it does happen to me when I somehow accidentaly hit the microphone dictation button on the keyboard. Ive heard some people say it has to do with Siri and so on. Ive found that the issue is linked to the microphone. If u have the FB app thrn you know FB listens through your microphone 24/7 to pick up convos and keywords for target marketing and advertising. So anyways, the only way Ive been able to fix the issue is to go to settings and turn off microphone access on every app, and disable the microphone dictation in keyboard, then restart my phone.. I dont think its a bug or error at all, I think it just indicates the microphone is on and somethings listening at that moment

I double tapped the home button, conjured up Siri and the wheel stopped spinning.

No trip to the store.

No hassles at the mall. (No mall here anyway)

No annoying spinning wheel.

I spent thirty minutes trying all the “fixes” in settings......Siri made it happen.

I wonder what she looks like? Dark hair? Brown eyes? Tall? Obviously intelligent, maybe even a touch of phsycic ability as she didn’t even speak, she just fixed it. Ahhhhhh.

Thank you ervau! I’ve had this problem for the past several months, have researched it & tried many fixes. Yours is the only one that has worked so far. (Tip: I left my phone off for about 2 minutes before turning it back on.) Keeping my fingers crossed that this fix will be permanent, but not holding my breath. 😊

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.

I am having the same issue and so is my husband and son. It is not just a personal issue.

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.

Hey! Thanks for reaching out.

Have you tried restarting your phone? Maybe it could help!

Let me know how it goes.

Unfortunately, as it is not a wide spread bug and cannot be fixed by restarting the phone, I still think this would be your best option!

I’m having the same issue. I’m an iPhone pro and I cannot get it to stop!

Please fix. I’m not resetting my device.

I have actually done that several times. Doesn’t fix it for long. Comes right back

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.

This worked for me! Thank you!!