Apple Notes keeps crashing in iOS11

We all seem to be in this together. I noticed some Notes performance issues before iOS 11 was first announced, but not to degree of Notes issues with 11 and the 11 updates thereafter.

The issue must be Notes and iCloud, a few days back I shut my Notes data off and my Notes issues were resolved, but only for a short time (hours), which leads me to believe the issue was iCloud. Then all my Notes issues were resurrected again last week, even with data off. 11.1 was just released, and my Notes is now almost 100% unusable, with or without data.

I was fortunate to have copied and pasted one of my most important Notes files to Evernote recently and have been using Evernote over the past week, my Evernote solution isn't as effective as my Notes environment, so I hope Apple is working on a Notes fix very soon, but I haven’t heard that are or they are even acknowledging that they have a Notes issue.

I’m not surprised that your resets didnt work, I tried that too and even upgraded a perfectly fine iPhone 7 Plus 256gb to a new iPhone 8 Plus 256 gb to fix this Notes isue and that didn’t work either, its not us or our devices... the resolution is with Apple and Apple alone. They need to resolve this.

I just keep hoping that one of the future 11 updates will be a Notes saviour.

Hi Everyone...

I've been on the phone with Applecare the last 24 hours talking about these issues. I just upgraded my iMac and MacBook Pro to the latest High Sierra version... My iOS devices recognized this with update saying some time of file update or something. Anyways, to see if Notes was working, I just cut and pasted a very large note from Evernote to Apple Notes then tried doing some edits and modifications, and significant edits and pastes and Notes hasn't shut down, no screen freezes etc. Give it a try, too early to say, but worth a try. Let me know if this is working on your end?

I believe we are all in a wait and hold with Apple for a Notes fix. I’ve been troubleshooting this since 11 was first released. I’ve talked to Apple numerous times about this issue with Notes and I believe the Notes issues are related to both iCloud and iOS 11, and all the updates thereafter. iCloud also appears to be in some sort of evolution since 11 was announced, so troubleshooting this has been a moving target. We have no choice but to wait. The Notes issues have gradually become worse since 11 was announced to the point where my iOS Notes is now unusable. I have a support incident escalated with Apple. I transferred my critical notes to ky Evernote for now, its not perfect but will do until Apple fixes iOS Notes.

My iOS Notes has been essentially unusable for a couple weeks now, in a holding pattern waiting for Apple to resolve it some day. As a temporary fix, when I need an Apple iOS Note, I go to my desktop OSX Notes, copy and paste it from Apple Notes to my OSX Evernote application, Evernote then synchronizes to my iOS Evernote, not perfect but its been wirking whike we wait gor Apple to finally resilve this issue.

Philip, I too have the same Apple tech that you do. I too upgraded a perfectly fine new iPhone 7 Plus 256gb to an 8 Plus 256 gb with the gaith in Apple that a new phone would fix the notes issue and the Notes issues continued. I too have 256 gb iPad Pro... same issues. I started this discussion thread many months ago and others have upgraded to new Apple tech in the hopes that the “next” version of iOS 11 would solve our issues... these new updates have never solved our Notes issues. I have since replaced Notes with a hybrid of Evernote and Microsoft One Note, with the plan to end up with One Note. I would have preferred to stay with Apple Notes, but it has been rendered useless on mobile with the introduction of iOS 11. Apple has essentially abandoned our calls for help and assistance, offering basic or ineffective solutions. This discussion thread provides other details of alternatives, hopefully those details are of use to you.

Sorry to hear of your Notes issues, you are not alone. This issue is absolutely “not solved”. I believe that a contributor in this community thread marked it solved before a solution was stable, which in my opinion “all solutions listed” are not stable, they all freeze, reboot or have issues over time. The contributors to this thread are in the same position you are, Notes has become the unusable since the introduction of iOS 11. And we don’t work for Apple, just disappointed Apple Notes users like yourself, just trying to help one another, because Apple is NOT helping us. Initially this thread was posted in the hopes that Apple would have “meaningful” contributions or solutions... that never really happened. Early in this thread, the thread contributors then starting troubleshooting together as a community, offering many different potential solutions, which at the time appeared promising but never resolved the Notes issues with iOS11. As time passed, the thread discussions mostly focused on transitions from Apple to other note taking alternatives. Many of us have escalated to Apple Support with no resolution or meaningful assistance or resolution. If you have escalated to Apple, please let us know your experience. Based on other blog posts about Apple iOS issues, a major iOS development is under way (iOS 12?), that is focusing on iOS stability rather than introducing new features.

Thanks Philip, I agree, the group really persisted through this whole ordeal. It was encouraging to see the spirit of problem solving throughout the waiting for the solution, which ultimately was 11.3.