Can't activate siri properly

I'm trying to use Siri on my new iphone 4S but everytime I hold the home button and ask a question she tries to make a phone call. What am I doing wrong?

Perhaps you haven't turn on Siri and you're using the default Voice Control.
Try going to your "Settings">"General">"Siri" and toggle Siri on.

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I've had my iPhone 4s since may,and still can't activate siri

I'm so frustrated right now,still can't get Siri to work, even though it's 2012

You're being quite vague here. What do you mean by you can't activate Siri?
What is/isn't happening?
We can't help unless we've got more information

How else can I activate Siri, without having to hold-down the Home button for 1 full second? You see, I can't hold down the Home button for any length of time at all, not even one second. It's because I'm handicapped with a muscle weakness disease.

The only way I can use the home button is by giving it a firm tap, which my thumb just kind of bounces off the home button. I just don't have enough muscle strength to hold the button, I can only tap it. So I need a different way to turn on Siri, that doesn't require me to hold down any buttons. Cause if I can't even activate Siri, what's the point in me even keeping my iPhone 4S. Please Help.

I did a quick search, knowing that "Assistive Touch" can help with some features, but the only result I fouond from somebody who's tried it is here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3461618?start=0&tstart=0
basically you use a lightweight touch on the screen to access the Home button. Holding it down to access Siri might work but might not, according to the post.
Good luck!

Version 8.1 Can't Activate, Can't Update, Can't create/export NX *.prt Files to 3D PDF. Screen Capture feature does not properly represent Model/Bodies. Printing from NX does not recognize Adobe Acrobat 3D as a printer to try and export.

Version 8.1 Can't Activate, Can't Update, Can't create/export NX *.prt Files to 3D PDF. Screen Capture feature does not properly represent Model/Bodies. Printing from NX does not recognize Adobe Acrobat 3D as a printer to try and export.
I was able to register it though.

Not a surprise. The Acrobat 8 product family passed into End of Support back in 2011.
Be well...

HT4623 hi sir/madam i have a problem with my icloud acount.my brpther has bought a iphone 4 from europa.since 2 years i was using my phone.i have made hard reset and now i can not activate my phone.denn i do not know the icloud acoud what i see there.

hi sir/madam i have a problem with my icloud acount.my brpther has bought a iphone 4 from europa.since 2 years i was using my phone.i have made hard reset and now i can not activate my phone.denn i do not know the icloud acoud what i see there.pilease help me about that problem...

You need to use the credentials for the iCloud account that was used to turn on the Find my iPhone service.
If you can't remember yours, you can recover it here: https://iforgot.apple.com/appleid
If you've been walking around for 2 years with someone else's account set up for Find my iphone, then you'll have to get hold of that individual. If you can't, there is no way to bypass activation lock.

Why iphone can activate Siri when it is put near ear

Dear all,
Why iphone can activate Siri automatically when the phone is put near an ear. The magic thing is that when you put the iphone near your face, body or other object, Siri will not be activated. How can Apple do that ?

Thanks for your good try.
I tried but Siri did not activate when I moved my iphone near other objects, except my ear. You can have a try. If you can work out how the magic operates, please tell me.

How can I activate Creative Suite on my new macbook pro - i have the codes. Error 150:30

How can I activate Creative Suite on my new macbook pro... they weren't deactivated on my old computer which is in for repair and will be restored to factory settings? Thanks.

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Whenever I ask Siri a question it just links me to a website instead of just saying the answer. The reason I ask Siri is because i am not in a position to look at my phone. How can I get Siri to just answer my questions??

Whenever I ask Siri a question it just links me to a website instead of just saying the answer. The reason I ask Siri is because i am not in a position to look at my phone. How can I get Siri to just answer my questions??

I found that the only time Siri will read anything to you is if it finds a Wikipedia article. Siri will let you know it found that, and ask if you want it to be read out loud. Other than that you will hear the "I found this, take a look".
The only other thing you can do is activate "Speak Screen". It will involve you taking a look at your phone for a moment, selecting what you'd like to look at, but Siri will read the content to you. It's in Settings > General > Accessibility. Once activated, all you have to do is slide two fingers from the top of the screen and you will have it read to you. I use it all the time because of my astigmatism. It's pretty useful.

HT1338 I can't activate my iphone

Dear Sir,
Kindly help me to activate my iPhone 3G as I can't activate my iPhone cause of the activation server is unavailable, what I have to do?
Best Regards,
Youssef

Where did you purchase the iPhone? What country are you in?
Is the iPhone locked to a provider other than the one who
issued the SIM you are trying to use? Is your iPhone jailbroken
or otherwise hacked? What version of iOS are you running?
Did you recently update before this problem occurred?

HT4528 I can't get siri to start when holding down home button?

I can't get siri to start when holding down the home button?

Also, if you want to be able to activate Siri when the iPhone is locked, set Settings > General > Passcode > Siri ON.

I can't activate my iTunes gift card. Pleasehelp

I can't use my iTunes gift card. When I try to use it it says it isn't activated and there is no umber to call

Are you able to take the card back to the store that you bought it from and ask them to activate it properly ? If not then you will need to try contacting iTunes Support (you will probably need to give them images of the front and back of the card, and possibly its receipt) : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then iTunes Cards And Codes

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On that computer... Does your Cloud subscription properly show on your account page?
If you have more than one email, are you sure you are using the correct Adobe ID?
https://www.adobe.com/account.html for subscriptions on your Adobe page
If yes
Some general information for a Cloud subscription
Cloud programs do not use serial numbers... you log in to your paid Cloud account to download & install & activate... you MAY need to log out of the Cloud and restart your computer and log back in to the Cloud for things to work
Log out of your Cloud account... Restart your computer... Log in to your paid Cloud account
-Sign in help http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/account-password-sign-faq.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/trial--1-launch.html
-ID help https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?step=ZNA_id-signing_stillNeedHelp
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/license-this-software.html
If no
This is an open forum, not Adobe support... you need Adobe staff to help
Adobe contact information - http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html
-Select your product and what you need help with
-Click on the blue box "Still need help? Contact us"

HT1222 how to activate siri in iphone 4

I Have installed the new IOS 6.1 software version in my iphone 4. how can i activate the Siri app?
Thanks

There is no siri on the 4.
Its only available on the 4s, 5 , ipod touch 5g, and ipad 3 and ipad 4.

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I had got to the point of being able to control the camera with the buttons at the bottom of the capture window, but had no display, and still had that error.
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Judy,
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