Why Siri Not Working on My iPhone? Possible Answers

Apple‘s smart assistant, Siri, was launched with the iPhone 4s in 2011. This can help us perform multiple tasks or learn data such as the weather in your city or the result of your soccer team. However, there may be some failure in Siri that does not work properly on your iPhone, so we will try in this post to help you solve that problem.

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Why does Siri fail on the iPhone?

The first thing we should know is that Siri works with an internet connection. If you do not have a Wi-Fi or mobile data connection, the assistant cannot start. This is perhaps something absurd when we want to perform actions such as scheduling events or making a call, since there are no internet servers involved. However Apple has programmed the assistant. Therefore, this may be the first cause of your failure on the iPhone. It is also the one that has a simpler solution: check if you have a good connection, since sometimes you may have internet, but not fast enough for Siri to boot.

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On the other hand, if you have a new or recently restored iPhone, you may not have Siri activated . Maybe you turned it off without realizing it. Therefore, we recommend going to Settings> Siri and Search and check that the three options that appear at the beginning are activated: Activate when you hear “Hey Siri”, press the upper button to open Siri and Siri with a locked screen. This is valid in any of Siri’s failures, since perhaps your fault is only by invoking the assistant by voice or by doing so through the button.

In the case that it is the “Hey Siri” that does not work for you and persists even when this option is activated in the settings, it is possible that the fault is due to the iPhone microphone. This is confirmed if, in addition to the wizard’s failure, you have also noticed some kind of problem when making calls, sending an audio or with the voice dictation of Siri. In this case you will have to contact Apple to make an appointment at an Apple Store or Authorized Technical Support and, if appropriate, repair the device.

How much would an iPhone repair cost?

As we have seen before, there are physical problems of the iPhone itself that can lead to a malfunction of Siri. Whether it is the microphone or any other component, it is always recommended to go to an authorized Apple service if you cannot go to the company itself. Sometimes the failure may be due to a factory defect, in which case the repair would be free if the iPhone is under warranty.

If the problem of the iPhone is due to a misuse of the device or even some accidental hit or fall , Apple will not cover the repair even if the device has been recently purchased. In this case, the exact cost of the repair cannot be estimated, since it depends on multiple factors. The first one is the component that fails, since many times no specific parts are repaired and what is done is to deliver a reconditioned iPhone to the user. Therefore the amount of repair is also conditioned by the iPhone model you have.

And if you restore the iPhone?

It is very unlikely that being on a stable version of iOS something as basic as Siri fails. It is not even normal in beta versions, although if they occur in them, you cannot ask for much because it is still a trial version. However, it cannot be ruled out that there is a software problem that prevents the correct operation of the assistant. In many cases this happens when it takes years without restoring the iPhone or the same backup has been installed in different terminals.

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This solution is not magic or miraculous, but if you have already verified that you do not have any physical failure in the terminal, it is convenient to perform an iPhone restoration . For this, we always recommend the restoration in the cleanest way possible. Therefore it is essential to have a Mac or Windows computer , since this must be done through iTunes or Finder if your Mac has macOS Catalina or later versions.

It is also advisable to make a backup before carrying out this restoration. It is true that later the iPhone will have to be configured as new , but it will be useful to be able to reload the copy of your data in case Siri does not work after having done so. Remember that even if you configure the iPhone as new, you will continue to maintain some information such as your contacts, calendar, photos and other options that you have synchronized in iCloud.