iPhone calendar freezes in IOS 11

After this iOS bug, I've discovered the Google Calendar app and never felt so satisfied.
The native iOS app is so simple and limited compared with the other one.

I’ve had the same problem since installing IOS 11. I just installed 11.2 and it fixed the problem on my iphone 8 but still have the issue on my 2017 iPad. Strange...

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I spoke to Apple support - a level 3 tech. He said they know about this problem, it’s driving a lot of us nuts, and they are working on a fix to come out with a future update to iOS.

After years of avoiding iCloud due to a general lack of trust in the security of cloud-based data, I decided to take the plunge. Approximately 2800 contacts and my calendar whizzed up to iCloud and I was looking forward to having my Outlook calendar and contacts syncing with my iPhone; and they did.

Then came the disappoinment. I tried to create on my iPhone (X with latest IOS) a calendar entry and as soon as I started typing in the Location box, a freeze for about 30 seconds occurred before any further characters typed would appear in the box.

I think the idea is for the app to scan contacts for matches, so that one can at a single keypress select the address of the contact required. I also think that if no match is forthcoming or it’s a preference to key in an address manually, one should be able to.

However, as many have discovered, typing anything in the location field is the kiss of death. It seems as though every location in the WORLD is then being searched. I have switched off ‘Location Suggestions’ in the Calendar application but the freeze persists. I’ve submitted a report to Apple but as we all know, once done, it’s up to them to fix it IF they deem it to be serious and widespread enough.

All we we can do is to apply pressure by further submissions and hope this is resolved. Right now, I’m going to have to revert to iTunes sync once a day with my iPhone and a paper copy.

What a state of affairs. Wake up Apple😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

Don’t take me wrong. That “solution” I discover it three weeks ago and I showed it in a screen sharing to a senior support tech.

That as we call it, is a band aid like the zz. It’s not a fix.

The same way that if you dictate with your your voice into the microphone, without turning the the contacts off, it type at the speed of light.

There is a beautiful calendar called Timepage by Moleskine the if you use that as a calendar, it doesn’t have a problem and it even syncs with the Apples calendar with the contacts on.

All this is fine. What is unforgivable is that number one, in almost two months and 8 updates they have not solved the problem and it’s us the users that we are solving the problems and number two, there was a jaibreak on the operating system 11.2.1 not even after 48 hours after its release.

Good luck and start considering migrating all your contacts and calendar either to Outlook or to Gmail.

It’s disheartening to see the such a great company that over 30 k engineers cannot solve the problem on the code they wrote.

And just to finish, my theory is that in the 1 million apps they have in the store and from the way we have migrated from Cloud to Cloud and OS to OS. And from IOS TO IOS, we have corrupted the cloud and the only way to solve it it try the millions of possibilities by enabling and disabling apps. Just like in OS 7, 8 and 9 you had to do with extensions.

Best of luck and buy another liver. I’m on my third demonstrating to over 30 techs, geniuses, seniors and whoever you can think the problem and the beauty of Timepage. It’s 4.99. It solves the problem. The interface can be a little difficult to learn in the beginning but the looks and the way it works it’s an absolute pleasure. That is the other option. Download Timepage and either continue to use Calendar or dictate your location.

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Forgot to mention.

Today I’m working with 10 iPhone X’s and a few iPads where the glitch appears. Going to to do all the possible and logical tests. Interesting enough the glitch does not appear in iPods.

The problem, we think, is a problem of indexing and mapping along with the the fact that that nowadays most of the apps requiere and ask you for permission to use your location and send notifications.

My gut feeling is that by 6 or 7 pm we will probably have not be able to solve the problem because it is definitely an Apple Cloud problem that they have to recode the entire way they do it today as well as a a mapping problem that they created without ill intention but with not too much knowledge as of what the consequences would be.

I will try to keep you posted.

P.S. interesting enough, if you set your IOS DEVICES AS NEW, with ONLY AND ONLY THE apps the are Apple. AND NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING MORE. That is no other app, the problem does not appear.

As well when you go to general and try to do iPhone storage, you will see a delay and sometimes your system shows than you are using as much as 160gb. Yes you read right. Now I have down to 28gb which is also not normal.

Keep you posted.

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Thanks for chiming in. I did try a suggestion as a temporary fix and it helped somewhat. Put a zzz at the beginning of the location. It should populate faster.

This of course is NOT a replacement for a properly functioning and simple task.

Good luck!

Have you tried these steps? If an app you installed unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won’t open - Apple Support

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Actually, I gave up!
I'm using Google Calendar app and must say that is far more interesting and useful than the native one.

Restore the phone to factory settings and start again. 😟

Best way to proceed- remove iPhone calendar. Use google calendar instead assuming you are a gmail subscriber.