Apple Notes keeps crashing in iOS11

Hope you can help me, I appreciate your input and suggestions. FYI... I usually upgrade my iPhone every two years and upgrade to the most advanced Apple device that Apple offers. I’ve been using my current iPhone 7+ 256gb for almost a year now, with no issues. I have been using Apple Notes for many years with no issues prior to my recent upgrade to iOS11. I just upgraded to iOS 11 the day of the release and have now noticed that Notes is always crashing. I do use Notes quite extensively. After a couple a crashes, I think tried exiting Notes, it often resets itself and then crashes again. I have tried both hard and soft re-boots, but that doesn’t help... Any ideas? Thanks in advance... Rob

Posted on Sep 24, 2017 5:29 AM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2017 9:12 AM

My problem seems to be solved. I went back and compared my most recent notes on the iPhone against the same notes in iCloud. Found about 15 that were out of sync (the iPhone version was correct since that is where I edit most of them, thus confirming what I knew before: that my sync problem was originating on the iPhone). I then copied each of the notes that were out of sync emailed them to myself, and copied and pasted them into my Mac notes app. They all synced fine through iCloud and onto my iPhone. I then went back a year to verify there were no problems with other notes. All other notes were in sync. I then turned note off on my iPhone, this deleting them from the device. I lastly turned Notes on in my iPhone. All downloaded from iCloud to my iPhone. I tested the sync process by creating a new note on my iPhone. It IMMEDIATELY synced to both iCloud and my Mac. Problem solved!

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Jan 4, 2018 2:28 PM in response to robert.burns

I've been using notes most of the afternoon. I have the latest betas installed on my iPhone, iPad and iMac. Everything is working better that it ever has - I've added new notes to the iMac and they've synced to the iPhone within 30 seconds or less. Some of the notes have been a little complex - copied and pasted screenshots. I just amended a complex note by adding a small table within the note, and the modified note was updated from the iMac to the iPhone within 30 seconds.


I have around 400 notes, many of them imported from Evernote about 6-12 months ago. I have the notes sorted into about 30 folders & subfolders. Contents include webpages, screenshots, tables, photos, info from excel spreadsheet, pages docs, etc. I don't believe Notes can work any better than it has today.


I just located my iPad, opened it for the first time today, put in my PIN#, opened Notes, and by the time it was open and I scrolled down, the new notes were just there! It just WORKS and SYNCS on all three devices! Can we dare believe that Notes is fixed?

Jan 7, 2018 5:14 PM in response to robert.burns

Sad indeed. I’m no longer going to pay a premium for Apple products if they aren’t going to support their packaged software. It’s been +90 days and no acknowledgement from Apple over said problem?! Outrageous! Steve Jobs would roll over in his grave if he knew how lousy Apple has become. They have billions of $$$ cash on hand and they’ve forgotten their loyal customer base...and slowing down iPhones too?! What BS! I’m outta here!

Jan 14, 2018 9:56 AM in response to FenwayJPGuy

I’m really ******. Too much recent BS from Apple.

1. Lightening cables and dongle forced transition and with ridiculous costs!

2. Loss of iPhone headphone jack and ridiculously expensive wireless headset option

3. iPhone slow-down BS!

4. +3 months of Notes problems, not adddressed by Apple , no solution either!


Never again Apple, I will never-ever pay premium prices for your products again. Never! Shame on you!!!

Jan 14, 2018 11:03 AM in response to robert.burns

I’m really ******. Too much recent BS from Apple.

1. Lightening cables and dongle forced transition and with ridiculous costs!

2. Loss of iPhone headphone jack and ridiculously expensive wireless headset option

3. iPhone slow-down BS!

4. +3 months of Notes problems, not adddressed by Apple , no solution either!


Never again Apple, I will never-ever pay premium prices for your products again. Never! Shame on you Apple!

Jan 16, 2018 7:49 AM in response to robert.burns

I'm having the same issue ever since iOS 11 update. Notes freezes every single time I attempt to browse, open, or modify notes, rendering the app unusable. Incredibly frustrating. Trying to be patient. C'mon Apple, please acknowledge and fix it please!


Notes:

1. Only having the problem on my iPhone X. No problems on my iPad Pro or Mac.

2. I have approximately 2,400 notes. Not sure if large number of notes is relevant?

3. I tried unsync/resync in notes and a complete reload.

4. Running latest 11.2.2 release.

Jan 19, 2018 10:53 AM in response to caddy3

Seems like my Apple notes works best in the morning, less so later in the day. Later in the afternoon and evening it gets slower and balky. After midnight much better. I also see the same thing with Siri. Most of the time she works flawlessly in the morning for me, but in the later afternoon Siri can barely understand English much less answer a question.


I wonder if it’s more an issue with congestion in Apple's servers? Different days of the week and different times of the day, and different areas of the country using different Apple cloud servers might account for the inconsistencies?

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