Siri never works. Period.
I'm coming the realization that my 4s is a lemon. Except for a couple times, Siri wont work. I've tried all the suggested fixes here and none work. No amount of resetting, restoring, rebooting, going outside network, changing contact info, changing this or that setting, works. It doesn't seem possible that the network is overloaded all the time (and considering those people with two 4S's where one works fine the other has probelms). And the be "patient it's a beta" is just annoying. Also many of the Siro issue posts are from either launch day or a day or so after. Few between then and now. Did miss the memo? Was there fix that i missed?Anyone have any thoughts on this? I have a 62gb 4S on AT&T. Great looking phone, fast, good camera. Siri, however, *****.
An excellent question. I'm with you on the "dumb app" angle. One of the few times it did work, I asked it a question (cant remember what) and it then asked me if I'd like Siri to look it up on the internet. Noooo! I can do that! I want *you* to tell me! In any case, I think it's more an issue of knowing I have an otherwise good iPhone with what seems to be a broken feature. For the money I paid, I want ALL features to work, whether I use them or think them dumb.
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Siri NEVER works with relationships and my contact card
Siri works just fine on anything that does not involve accessing my contact card. That is, these commands work:
"Call [Persons's Name]"
"Remind me to buy batteries"
"What's the weather"
"Whats my schedule like?"
But if she has to access my relationships, "sorry, something's wrong" immediately. These won't work:
"Call my girlfriend"
"[Person's Name] is my father"
"Remind me to buy batteries when I get home"
"How do I get home from here?"
Things I've tried:
Toggling Siri off and on
Turning phone off and on
Switching to a new contact for "my contact info"
Removing and re-setting up iCloud
Resetting network settings
And many combinations.Yes, I read the entire thing. It is dealing with a much simpler problem. I'm well aware that I can edit relationships from my own contact card. And how to adjust Siri's settings to use my contact card.
What it doesn't explain is why, no matter what, Siri will not even make an effort when given any task that would require accessing my contact card (which is where my relationships are stored).
So, yes, Siri knows which contact card is mine, and yes, I'm aware that my relationships are stored in there.
Quick scenario to explain:
Let's set my contact card in Siri's settings to a NEW contact, with no info but a name.
"Siri, [Person X] is my mother"
"Sorry, Something's wrong..."
Or, let's set my contact card in Siri's settings to a full contact card with a home address and a person set as my "mother":
"Siri, how do I get home from here"
"Sorry, Something's wrong..."
"Siri, call my mother"
"Sorry, Something's wrong..."
In any scenario, the text is being properly transcribed. But Siri doesn't know what to do with it. -
Siri never works the first time I activate her
i tend to use her almost exclusively for dictation in emails and messages. at home, on wifi, virtually every time i press the mic button it shows siri, nothing happens, then i get a beep and she disappears. i press the mic button again, and she then takes dictation just fine. this has been going on since i've had the phone (about 5 months) but i just finally posted about this since i just thought i would eventually see an article related to the issue, but i never have. anyone else have this issue?
btw, the same thing happens in 4G, but i would expect that to act a little worse anyway than home wifi.Mine does a variance of this too, although it doesn't completely disappear for me. More to the point, it activates (beeps) when I call upon SIRI, then beeps again quickly as I start to talk. I push the mic icon to speak again and it does fine.
I suspect that the reason is that is the phone is attempting to actively connect to the network when I first call upon SIRI to do her magic, and the delay in connection (however slight) is enough to alert SIRI that she didn't hear the first part of what I said. By doing this, it is in effect telling me that she didn't get all of what I said, so it would be pointless to continue unless I push it again now that she is fully connected.
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I upgrade to ios7 today and now when I try to speak out a messae in messages or use siri niether works siri says it cannot take request right now, and messages just clocks and never types out the message, what happened? Has anyone else had this issue today?
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ICloud account broken? email never worked.
I have a very old account from my days before iCloud. I have the feeling that during the transition period some error accured. iCloud email never worked for my account.
If I try to activate iCloud email on my iPhone (iOS 7) i get a error message "Cannot get Mail - user name or password is incorrect". However all other services like Calendar and iMessage still sync, so the user and password can't be the problem.
If I log onto iCloud.com I get a message: "Can't load Mail - There was a problem loading the application"
I considered making a new account, but all my iTunes purchases were made with this account and using a different account for app store is really messy.
Here is the error report from iCloud.com:
IS FATAL
true
APPLICATION NAME
mail
TITLE
Mail could not be loaded
MESSAGE
There was a problem loading the application due to a possible network error or missing resources. Please try again.
LOG
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: MAIL in main()
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.AccountPreferences object
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: WARN: Attempting to process mailprefs from CloudOS…
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: WARN: Rejecting mailprefs from CloudOS because timeZone information is unavailable in mailprefs
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.User object
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1
wmsid: 109
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"Europe/Vienna"}
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc1404:dispatch('load content')
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: "2.0 Waiting for Content" handled event 'load content' (no transition)
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Status:0
Request:/wm/preference
Wmsid:109
Redirect Count:1
Timeout Redirect Count:1
ResponseText:Oops...rawRequest is null
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:19 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 2: POST to https://p01-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=1T.111546&clie ntId=6EEA665E-4152-41E9-82A7-FBE4C50901D8&dsid=287592105, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:19 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1
wmsid: 109
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"Europe/Vienna"}
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:49 GMT: ERROR: GIVING UP ON RETRIES, CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
responseText: Oops...rawRequest is null,
this._redirectCount: 1
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:49 GMT: DEBUG: <---------------- Request in: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1,httpStatus: 0,round trip time: 29991ms, wmsid: 109
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: DEBUG: <-- Response 2: 0 (timed out), headers: body: (empty)
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: DEBUG: <---------------- Request in: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1,httpStatus: 0,round trip time: 125181ms, wmsid: 109
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: ERROR: retrieveResponseError:
ServerPreferencesDataSource.retrieveResponse
error:-1/0
guid:serverPrefsGuid
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: ERROR: Bootstrap error: Preferences.RefreshError
ORIGIN
server
TYPE
error
APP STATECHART
SC.Statechart:sc951
initialized: true
name: cloudos-statechart
current-states: [
active.application.displayingCurrentApp
state-transition:
active: false
suspended: false
handling-event: false
BUILD NUMBER
1T.111208
TIME
Thu Oct 24 2013 10:34:26 GMT+0200 (CEST) (1382603666186)
HOST
www.icloud.com
USER AGENT
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/30.0.1599.101 Safari/537.36
DSID
287592105
ENVIRONMENT
PROD
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.AccountPreferences object
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: WARN: Attempting to process mailprefs from CloudOS…
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: WARN: Rejecting mailprefs from CloudOS because timeZone information is unavailable in mailprefs
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: Creating local CK.User object
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 1: POST to https://p01-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=1T.111546&clie ntId=6EEA665E-4152-41E9-82A7-FBE4C50901D8&dsid=287592105, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1
wmsid: 109
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"Europe/Vienna"}
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: SC.Object:sc1404:dispatch('load content')
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: "2.0 Waiting for Content" handled event 'load content' (no transition)
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:49 GMT: DEBUG: "6.2 pop up View" handled event 'noContent' with a transition to "6.2.2 No Content"
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:52 GMT: DEBUG: APPLICATION: Received applicationWillBecomeActive
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:19 GMT: WARN: REJECTING SERVER RESPONSE CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
Status:0
Request:/wm/preference
Wmsid:109
Redirect Count:1
Timeout Redirect Count:1
ResponseText:Oops...rawRequest is null
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:19 GMT: DEBUG: --> Request 2: POST to https://p01-mailws.icloud.com:443/wm/preference?clientBuildNumber=1T.111546&clie ntId=6EEA665E-4152-41E9-82A7-FBE4C50901D8&dsid=287592105, headers: Content-Type=text/plain, body: (omitted)
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:19 GMT: DEBUG: ----------------> Request out: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1
wmsid: 109
params: {"locale":"en-us","timeZone":"Europe/Vienna"}
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:33:49 GMT: ERROR: GIVING UP ON RETRIES, CoreMail.MailRequest.willReceive:
responseText: Oops...rawRequest is null,
this._redirectCount: 1
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: DEBUG: <---------------- Request in: /wm/preference-list-->1382603569296/1,httpStatus: 0,round trip time: 125181ms, wmsid: 109
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: ERROR: retrieveResponseError:
ServerPreferencesDataSource.retrieveResponse
error:-1/0
guid:serverPrefsGuid
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:34:24 GMT: ERROR: Bootstrap error: Preferences.RefreshErrorJust a minor suggestion. Since icloud and itunes store accounts are different, you can keep the old ID for itunes and use a new ID for icloud.
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Siri never produced any usable result for me in iOS 6, but since upgrading to iOS 7 I can't even submit a request. Every attempt to use Siri gives me the annoying "apology" that she/he can't take any requests right now.
Does Siri ever actually work for anyone?Hello Mela1987,
The following article provides tips that can help resolve most issues with Siri.
iOS: Troubleshooting Siri
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4079
Cheers,
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Is it possible to get Siri to work with 'old' Car handsfree systems?
Is it possible to get Siri to work with 'old' Car handsfree systems?
Unless I'm missing something - Siri doesn't work well with older handsfree car systems - as typically the cars built in system handles the voice control and relays the request to the phone over bluetooth protocols. I tried initiating siri standalone while connected to the car and it failed.
I was hoping I might be able to do some sneaky like 'Call Siri' to enter Siri mode but it doesn't seem to work.
I'm guessing future Car handsfree systems will be Siri aware - but making Siri work with older systems (and my car isn't old - it's a 2011 model) would be very useful.
Has anyone come up with a workaround? I really don't want to have to buy or use a bluetooth ear piece
Thanks
AdamI never heard anything on this and so am still unable to use Siri without touching my phone.
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Siri quit working...why
I'm having the same exact problem. Never really had any Siri issues, and now it just stopped completely. I have disabled and re-enabled Siri, done a hard reset, reset my network settings, and called Apple. The person I worked with offered to get me a new phone, but said that, because Siri is Beta, the same thing may happen again. In other words, no one seems to know what the issue is. I'm glad you menitoned this though. My friends with the 4S are not having the same problems. The issue started yesterday evening with me, and it is still not working.
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My Apple TV does not work and has never worked.
My Apple TV does not work and has never worked. I replaced it twice and replaced my router and DSL modem but no luck. I spent hours on tech support with both apple and my ISPs with no luck. Any ideas? Is the Apple TV a donation to apple? I have had the device for 8 months but it will not work for longer than 15 minutes before it drops with network errors. All of my other devices work perfectly on the network including 2 iPads, laptops and an old wii. I love apple products and this is the first real disappointment I have had. The Apple TV seems like a major dud of a product.
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In September my husband and I were planning a cross country move and we thought that having a Jet Pack to go on line with while we were traveling would be a good idea. When we ordered it we told the representative that we did not need it until the 1st of Oct. as that was when we would be leaving. It arrived on our door on Sept 9th with the instructions to be sure and activate it within 2 weeks or we would lose the line. On the 19th we called in the activation and everything appeared fine. We hit the road on the 1st and Nothing, Na-Da, Zip, Zilch .... The equipment never worked from the get go! We called Verizon from the road on the 4th of Oct. to find out what was going on and the representative told us that the problem was with the computer on Verizon's end. We shut the equipment off for the rest of our trip and called for a refund on the 13th of Oct. We spoke to a representative named Juan, who again confirmed that it was Verizon's computer that had been the problem, and we were assured that all fee's associated with the Jet Pack would be waived as the equipment never worked in the 1st place. He told us all we needed to do was return the broken equipment and that he would send us a return label. We received the return label and sent the equipment back on the 22nd of Oct. On our next bill no credits of any kind had been applied? We promptly picked up the phone and called Verizon again, on Oct 31st, to find out what was going on? This time we spoke to Lou Ann. After about an hour and a half she finally managed to remove the fee's, or so we thought, and we hung up satisfied. On 11/5 our Nov. bill arrived again with no credits of any kind. We thought maybe the billing cycle hadn't had time to catch up with our most recent conversation so we called just to verify. This time we spoke to Moncheria. She did not understand what had happened and had to reenter the same refund that Lou Ann had earlier. Again another hour and a half on the phone. Today,11/28, we received our most recent bill and again no credits of any kind??? We picked up the phone and called again. This time we explained to Christian, (the above story), and she put us on the phone with her supervisor Carson. Carson proceeded to tell us that ALL of the previous representatives we had spoken to were wrong and that since we had not returned the equipment within 14 days of receiving it that we were beyond the limits of the refund policy, (which means we would have had to return it before we left on our trip), and the best she could do was offer us coupons for the future to offset THEIR mistake! No thank you I will keep my cash in my pocket!
1st of all we ordered it for the 1st of Oct. not for 9th of Sept.
Secondly we were told to be sure and activate it within 14 days or we would lose the line, never any mention of a refund time limit. (Who buys stuff anticipating an immediate refund?)
And 3d THE EQUIPMENT NEVER WORKED IN THE 1ST PLACE!!
Now Verizon is asking for $343.34 in fee's for something that never worked in the 1st place!! This is ridiculous and those fee's are defiantly under dispute! The way I see it trying to hold me to a contract that Verizon breached by sending out faulty equipment is just wrong!Your issue has been escalated to a Verizon agent. Please go to your profile page for the forum, and look in the middle, right at the top where you will find an area titled "My Support Cases". You can reach your profile page by clicking on your name beside your post, or at the top left of this page underneath the title of the board.
Under “My Support Cases” you will find a link to the private board where you and the agent may exchange information. This should be checked on a frequent basis as the agent may be waiting for information from you before they can proceed with any actions. Please keep all correspondence regarding your issue in the private support portal.
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Finally I got the newest Nano for my birthday and I figured it'd work, but the same problem is going on! I've had the brand new iPod for 3 months and it doesn't have ANY music on it!
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What is going on?Instead of trying to update iTunes +from within iTunes+, go to Apple's page where you can download the iTunes 8.2.1 installation file -- save the file, don't run it direct from the download. Once downloaded to your computer, then run the installation file.
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Why has Siri stopped working on iPhone 4 after upgrading to IOS 5?
Why has Siri stopped working on iPhone 4 after upgrading to IOS 5? I've tried the disable and reboot but continue to get the network error.
Apple has not been forthcoming on the explanation. My Siri worked on my iphone4 (not 4s) immediately after upgrading to IOS5, but I take it they have redirected the servers that used to support Siri to only work with Iphone4s.
It is one thing for apple to only bundle the improved Siri with IPhone 4S, or for them to remove Siri from the Ap store.
But it is another thing all together for apple to purchase a company, and then cease the service that many of us paid for.
Attempts to contact apple at apple store and via email have been unhelpful.
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Hello,
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Hello, I just got an iPhone 4S and it seems that the bluetooth function in it doesn't work. I tried few times to pair it to other non Apple phones but it never worked. Does anyone has an idea how to solve the problem? Tks.
This is not a feature of iPhone, iPad or iOS.
Bluetooth is supported for stereo headsets/speakers, handsfree telephone
devices/headsets, some keyboards, some peer-to-peer apps from the
app store and internet tethering where provided by the carrier.
Other than this it will not connect to a phone/computer/device. (thanks to ckuan for the wording)
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