Siri is ignoring me..

[Shuvi McTupya]

I have never really used it but i have an iphone 6 and an ipad and recently started using a google home so thought why not have siri listening out for asinine requests as well.

Anyhoo. it works just fine on the ipad ' hey Siri' wakes it up just fine, but no matter what i do i can not get the iphone 6 to respond.

so, I gave up on it for now and just asked Ipad Siri to set a timer for me and i heard Iphone siri repeating what Ipad siri was telling me. I have not been able to replicate that scenario, it appears to have been a one off.

Iphone Siri obviously CAN work so the settings must be correct and the mic is Ok but she is choosing too ignore me.

Any suggestions? I actually would prefer the Iphone Siri to work if there can be only one, so i can ask it to make phone calls and send messages etc,

[Funky Squirrel]

Have you tried asking her why she is ignoring you?

[Shuvi McTupya]

Ipad Siri, says 'Is that what you think?'

Iphone Siri is still being coy.

[CoolHands]

Have you tried restarting the phone

[Shuvi McTupya]

CoolHands said:

Have you tried restarting the phone

Yup, switched it off and on and also tried a couple of hard resets.

Its a mystery! I really cant understand how it did respond once, when i wasn't even trying to talk to it!

[h0b0]

Is she ignoring you completely or is she saying "Go on I'm Listening"? If the later then it is your internet connection causing the issue. Even if you appear to have good connection for everything else Siri can still not connect. The test is to turn off wifi and try again. If it works forget your network and reconnect.


If she is ignoring you completely its probably because you forgot her birthday or did not notice she had her hair cut.

[CoolHands]

Oh yeah try turning WiFi off and using it

[Shuvi McTupya]

h0b0 said:

If she is ignoring you completely its probably because you forgot her birthday or did not notice she had her hair cut.

Siri and i are talking again! But i cant figure out what the hell is going on. The only way she will respond to me is if she is in the desktop charging cradle! if the phone is in my hand she ignores me. if it is on the desk but next to the cradle she ignores me, but the second i put the phone in the cradle i can talk to her from anywhere in room!

(ETA: Ok, google tells me this is how the iphone 6 works, it wasn't until the 6S that siri would work without the phone being plugged in)

I have now tried dictating a message and she understands every word but as soon as I pause for breath she wants to send the message. I am sure i can look that issue up!

Edited by Shuvi McTupya on Saturday 27th July 16:57