I'm not having that particular Siri problem. But I'm still having the strange problem that is not new, where I will ask Siri for the phone number of something or someone. I will get the phone number and he will ask if I want to call, and I will say yes, and he will say sorry, I must've cut you off could you repeat that. And I said yes. And he doesn't know what I'm talking about or I will ask Siri to call such and such a place on such and such a Street. He comes back and says I see only one like that on such and such a Street do you want to call that one? I say yes. And he makes the call. Google on the other hand, you tell it to call and it just does it. It's great..
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > SIRI for me is behaving horribly. I ask it to call somebody who is in my > contacts and SIRI says "Calling so and so" giving the name of the person, it > may even ask if I want to use Home or Mobile if I have two numbers. I tell it > to use Mobile and then it tells me "Sorry I can't make your call" or even > worse " I don't see so and so in your contacts" where clearly it found that > person before and if I ask to show the same person's mobile number SIRI > dutyfully tells me what it is. > I am blaming the update and maybe changes to SIRI Apple must obviously be > making to accommodate the new third-party functionality so hopefully this > will resolve itself. > > Whats App by the way had an update today and it said that it now supports > using SIRI to send Whats App messages or make Whats App calls and very > welcome also is the announcement that you can now answer a Whats App call on > the lock screen just like a normal phone call. I assume Skype and other Voip > apps will come out with similar updates soon. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Vicky Collins > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: I also had Christine's Siri problem, or at least one similar > > I also had the Siri problem described below by Christine, or at least one > similar. I thought perhaps updating to iOS 10 might solve the issue, but the > problem still persisted. Although, in my case, when I ask Siri to text > someone in my contacts, she wanted to show me all the various contact options > I had for that person, rather than just sending the text as before. Then, if > I said text someone, gave their name and then said just the word mobile and > then stated the message contents, that is when Siri appeared to send the > text, but I would then get the sorry message described below. However, if I > asked her to text someone by saying text and then just the phone number and > the message contents, then the text would go through without a problem. I > tried this on both my iPhone 6S and 6S plus. Note that I had a problem with > Siri a few months back, as she then often seemed to repeat my text messages > back with a different accent but still did send them, and that finally just > cleared up on its own. > > Then, today, I decided to play around a bit more, starting with my iPhone 6s > plus. I first reset network settings, but that didn't help. I then went > into the iCloud settings on the phone and turned off contacts, choosing the > option to erase the contacts on my phone. I then turned contacts back on in > iCloud settings on the phone and was told the contacts on the phone would be > merged with those in iCloud. I then turned off both Siri and dictation on > the phone, did the restart of the phone by holding down the home and power > button for the fifteen seconds or so, then restarted the phone as it didn't > start on its own, and then turned Siri and dictation on the phone back on. > And, thankfully, Siri once again worked as expected. > > I then got my 6s and went into the iCloud settings and turned off contacts, > and once again opted to have them deleted from the phone. I then turned > contacts back on and was told the phone contacts would be merged with the > iCloud contacts. Then, just for the fun of it, before turning off Siri on > the 6S, I tried sending a text message and it went through without a problem. > > Now, I'm not sure whether I just lucked into things, or whether having my > iPhone 6S and 6S plus having the same name caused the problem to start with, > but I'm sure happy to have Siri back working correctly again. > > Before I give, as copied from the archives since I didn't save the original > one, Christine's original message, I'm first going to post a link regarding a > similar issue from the ATT forums, just to show that we weren't the only ones > having Siri problems, although I haven't as of yet seen a resolution from > that post: > > > https://forums.att.com/t5/Apple/Siri-quot-Sorry-your-message-was- > not-understood-Please-try-again/td-p/4913404 > I have always been able to use Siri to send messages, fully dictating the > recipient's name and the message. Suddenly, there is this bizarre > issue: if I dictate both the name and the message, it is written and repeated > back correctly, but when it is sent, it comes back to me with a message > apologizing, but the message was not understood. Clearly, since it was both > repeated and written correctly, it ininwasinin understood. If I write the > recipient's name in the To fieldeaininorinin if I dictate their phone number, > it works as it is supposed to work. ininAnd, when it does work in that > instance, the number is associated with the correct recipient, so there is no > disconnect between recipients and numbers in my contacts. > I have tried: > 1. Powering off the phone; > 2. Rebooting the phone; > 3. Restoring the phone; > 4. Syncing the phone; > 5. Syncing after rebooting both the phone and my MacBook. > I have called Apple twice. Nothing is correcting this problem. > Since I > frequently dictate messages because of severe tendinitis in my dominant hand, > this is actually a rather frustrating issue for me. > Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced this? I am using an iPhone > 6 with the > latest iOS update. > Christine > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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