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How To: Fix Siri Not Working Problem On iPhone 4S

October 16, 2011 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 101 Comments

The hot topic this last week has without a doubt been Siri. Siri is a revolutionary piece of technology created by Apple that will serve as your very own personal assistant. Lately, however, we have been hearing users reporting that they are getting problems with Apple’s Siri service. The problem lies when you ask Siri to carry out a task and Siri will reply with “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network.”

If you have received this error using Siri and cannot get Siri working on your iPhone 4S, you will be glad to know a very quick fix has been discovered.

How Do I Fix Siri Not Connecting Error?

If you are having troubles getting Siri to work on your iPhone 4S and cannot connect to a network you can follow the steps below to hopefully fix this problem.

Step 1) – Launch the Settings.app from your SpringBoard and go into the General tab then tap disable Siri.

Step 2) – Exit the Settings.app by pressing the home button and turn your iPhone 4S off.

Step 3) – Turn your iPhone 4S back on and re-enable Siri.

After following the steps above to fix the Siri not connecting problem you should notice Siri is once again working. If Siri is still not working you can try the optional step shown below.

Optional Step) – Launch the Settings.app, go into the General tab followed by the Reset tab and tap the Reset Network Settings button.

Let us know if the steps above have gotten Siri functioning again on your iPhone 4S in the comments section below…

Comments

  1. Lois says

    October 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Ok works for now. Thanks.

  2. LGielser2 says

    October 16, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    Its working for now. Thanks

  3. Bhjhgjhsdfjfhjsdfhjdfo says

    October 16, 2011 at 7:01 pm

    Katiba is a guy

  4. Bruce says

    October 16, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    I just tried both solutions, but Siri is still not connecting to the network.   I am on Verizon.  I have also tried turning off my wifi

  5. Denise F. Jennings says

    October 17, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Worked like a charm…..just hope it lasts! When its on, its AWESOME!!!

  6. Anaon says

    October 17, 2011 at 7:55 am

    Still doesn’t work.

  7. Ghilda says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:21 am

    No these two fixes didn’t help. I still cannot use Siri. I am so dissappointed with this iPhone 4s.

  8. Lynchamgee says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Neither fix worked for me.  I am on AT&T.  Worked perfectly, then tanked.

  9. Dan says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:26 am

    nope.

  10. Paul says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:34 am

    i had it go down yesterday and followed those steps and it came back, but it went down a few minutes ago and did it all again, but it didn’t help. oh well…guess it’s a server issue. i’m sure they weren’t expecting 4 million users x 100 requests an hour = hypothetically 400 million server requests an hour during launch weeked…it will get better.

  11. dgloria says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:40 am

    I have tried both options and mine doesnt work. 

  12. David Andrews1 says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Not working here!  Worked from Friday through the weekend and even early this morning.  No dice from 10am on.  I tried all these fixes and I think they are just coincidental, I think it’s the SIRI servers at Apple that are down.  Time will tell.

  13. Andy says

    October 17, 2011 at 8:47 am

    The optional step worked for me yesterday, but today itsn’t working at all…
    Sounds like too many ppl are commanding Siri at the moment.

  14. Bob says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Nope. Not working. Siri is having sirious problems.

  15. Bill says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Neither worked for me – something must be wrong on Apple’s side of things.

  16. Nancy says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Didn’t work for me, yesterday it was working fine.  I went to the store and they don’t know the phone well enough yet and told me to Goggle to help find a fix.  Oh well, still love the phone and will wait til bugs are figured out.

  17. Extememedia says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:15 am

    I have AT&T and the above steps are not working. The problem is intermittent which means it really is a network problem and not a setting problem. I wish people who not post fake fixes online to cover up a real problem apple has.

  18. Joe345 says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Verizon iphone 4s user.  Tried both suggestions and Siri still not working.

  19. Thiyagarajan says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:30 am

    have AT&T and the above steps are not working. Siri server  should be over loaded

  20. jaw says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:46 am

    I have found that the first solution works…I can use siri again.  Then, if I try to use speech to text with text messaging, it doesn’t work, and then siri stops being able to connect to the network and it no longer works.

  21. Ag says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:49 am

    The second option worked for me. Thanks

  22. Nancy says

    October 17, 2011 at 10:08 am

    I just tried the 2nd option since I didn’t see that earlier.  Reset Network Settings and now able to use Siri for texting.  Hopefully no more troubles.  :)

  23. Strechsociety says

    October 17, 2011 at 10:14 am

    Well It worked for a quick sec and went back to the same thing “cannot connect to the network”
    This some bull crap apple just sold its dedicated customers thanx Apple!!!

  24. Tbow says

    October 17, 2011 at 10:28 am

    I have this problem every time I go from wifi to 3G or vice versa. It appears to be that Siri does not make the transition between the networks quick enough. I don’t know how long it takes to transition but eventually it does without any work on my part. It’s really annoying. Seems like a bug that Apple should have fixed before the release.

  25. Marklb7 says

    October 17, 2011 at 10:35 am

    Turn Siri off and then press the home button and the power button at the same time for about 10 second. The phone will reboot and Siri will start working again.

  26. Golden Richards says

    October 17, 2011 at 11:05 am

    Second option worked!! Thank you! Now i can get back to making my co-workers jealous =)

  27. luke says

    October 17, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    Yeap, worked for me (without the optional step)!  thanks!  hope this fix lasts…

  28. Astricker says

    October 18, 2011 at 5:51 am

    nope…not working for me. ;(

  29. Lll says

    October 18, 2011 at 8:09 am

    Verizon Iphone 4s…neither options worked :/

  30. Crisp_allison says

    October 18, 2011 at 8:54 am

    not working i have tried everything even made up stuff to say to siri like u suck but if it worked it would rock

  31. Jim says

    October 18, 2011 at 9:08 am

    1 st option did not work.  Cannot use second option or I will reset all corporate network settings.

  32. Anonymous says

    October 18, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    Posted by aggiemullins:

    Well, after seeing my wife’s iPhone work just fine with Siri while mine continued to experience network issues, I decided this wasn’t a server issue. Resetting alone with Siri set to off did not work for me. However, an old iPad trick did work:
     
    I cleared out the multi-tasking bar (when you double tap the home button), turned off the phone and back on again and it works like a champ.
     
    I suspect it has to do with older out-dated apps not playing nice with iOS 5.

    ——-
    This worked for me (so far). If this is correct and works for all, I am wondering why we are the Guineapigs for Apple?
    Is it that we, the customers, will just have to figure things out for ourselves?

    Anyway, thanks goes to aggiemullins.

  33. Jsndrs717 says

    October 19, 2011 at 1:06 am

    It worked like a charm for me! Thanks for everyone’s comments. What a relief. 

  34. happymisery says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:41 am

    Worked for me – thank you very much!

  35. Jfuentes says

    October 22, 2011 at 8:56 am

    I tried the fix and optional steps and the apps still doesn’t work. Help!!!!!!

  36. Rnortherncrna says

    October 22, 2011 at 11:36 am

    Tried both options plus factory reset…..still not working!!!!!!

  37. Danb says

    October 22, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Awesome! I was about to fire Siri until I read this post… Now my assistant is back to work!!

  38. Faberpro says

    October 22, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Tried both steps and didn’t work for me.  I probably asked too many questions.. haha.. hope they fix the server quick.  I’m already attached.

  39. Abc says

    October 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    it worked for me :)

  40. Mmursten says

    October 22, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    It worked. And I’m posting this using Siri. Thanks.

  41. Pat says

    October 22, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    Steps 1-3 worked for me. Thanks for the fix!

  42. Allen says

    October 22, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    My Siri stopped working tonight while Siri was working on my wire’s phone.  We are both connected to wifi and 3g.  The error message that I got did not mention trouble connecting to the network.  After trying steps 1-3 above, Siri started working on my phone again.  Thanks for the info.

  43. Sarahbaird says

    October 22, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    Thanks!  It worked.

  44. wkathym says

    October 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Didn’t work for me. Did all the steps, plus the optional one.

  45. Trediehs says

    October 23, 2011 at 8:13 am

    That (including the optional step) worked for me.

  46. Good_will2 says

    October 23, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    I tried resetting network, rebooting w Siri disabled and closed all open apps, nothing has worked to get Siri running. It’s been off since Sat evening, Oct 22.

  47. Adam says

    October 23, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Verizon 4S, still doesn’t work.  Tried all the steps and all the stuff mentioned in the comments.  closing apps etc.

  48. Jack says

    October 24, 2011 at 1:17 am

    Thanks!!! Steps 1, 2 and 3 plus the optional step did the trick!!!

  49. MikeC says

    October 24, 2011 at 11:24 am

    This worked for me.  Seems a little heavy duty process though since it’s more of a soft restore than a reboot. 

  50. Disenchanted says

    October 24, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    This didn’t work for me.  I haven’t been able to use Siri for two days now….am wondering how long I have to wait for it to work again.  Grrr.

  51. JFUENTES says

    October 27, 2011 at 2:14 am

    I tried your fix with no results. Help!!!!

  52. Bhamgroundhog says

    October 28, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Siri does not play nice. On old 3gs I would set up a calendar appointment and had option to have alert the desired time before appointment. Siri apparently cannot do this. Tough enough just to get the appointment set uo on calendar. Any words of wisdom or “tutorial” on how best to interface with the b–ch?

  53. Rikke Fjellerad says

    October 31, 2011 at 8:00 am

    Same here no help.. isad…

  54. David Webb says

    November 2, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Siri worked pretty well since 10/14 when I first got my 4s. But today she started acting up with her “Sorry, I’m having trouble connecting to the network” garbage.  Tried both fixes several times and Siri finally, after the third try, got her act together. Tried it over a period of a couple of hours.

  55. Terri Campbell says

    November 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    wow that worked Thanks!

  56. Marcello says

    November 3, 2011 at 11:12 am

    hey david, how long exactly did it take you? ive had my iphone for 4 days now and it was pretty fine untill this afternoon when apps started to go on the fritz, and siri followed suit after. 

  57. thuston says

    November 3, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    Worked for me.  I may be wrong, but there seems to be an issue with Siri when you are switching from WiFi to your cell network constantly.  That’s what I’ve noticed anyway.  It only happens when I’m at my office and the phone is jumping from our WiFI to the Verizon network.  I’ve turned WiFI off, so I’ll see if there are any more problems over the next few days.

  58. Schwartzfamily852 says

    November 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Not working….

  59. Jimmiebug says

    November 3, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    Tried both and still doesn’t work….Just got the iphone 4s yesterday…nothing but problems.  Runs slow …locks up sometimes…no connection to network…and battery doesn’t last long..why would apple put out a product that doesn’t work right …after all the other iphones that have been around…thinking about returning phone..had no problem with my Android phone.

  60. Lisa says

    November 3, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    The Optional Step worked for me.  Reset Network Settings!  Thank you!

  61. Ross says

    November 3, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    Siri was working since I bought the phone until this afternoon 11-3-2011.  Now, “Sorry I can connect…..”  The steps plus the optional and still no luck.  Is it a software glitch or an actual connection problem with my phone and or network att?

  62. Earlsands says

    November 4, 2011 at 6:55 am

    It’sworking fine now. Thanks

  63. Jwest001 says

    November 4, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Tried all options above to get Siri working.  No success. Tried a reboot etc.

  64. Debbie says

    November 4, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Did the re-boot and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

  65. VIdi says

    November 4, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Intermittent connection problems with Siri for the second day in a row. Suggestion #1 did not help, and neither did #2.Stried them both and still can not get Siri to give me an answer other than  ” I’m sorry, I cannot connect to the internet”

  66. Adriana says

    November 4, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    It was working ok until today. Tried all the steps, optional and fixes suggested here and still not working…

  67. Frankkville says

    November 4, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    Nope. Followed all the steps to no avail.

  68. Andy f says

    November 9, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    I just turned wifi off then on and all was well….much quicker than resetting everything.

  69. Rdonne3464 says

    November 11, 2011 at 5:49 am

    No luck, still can not connect!

  70. Lmorris says

    November 12, 2011 at 9:37 am

    thank you it worked first time:)

  71. YoAlp says

    November 12, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    I try all the options above to get Siri working. No success.
    But this worked for me. Turn Siri off and stay where you are at same Siri screen and then press the home button (only) 10 second (like to talk to Siri) and since Siri is off then the voice control started (animated blue screen) and press red cancel bar to cancel it takes you to home screen and from home screen press home and to power button at the
    same time for about 10 second. The phone will re-boot and turn Siri back on and Siri will
    start working again. We had success on 11 IPhone.  

  72. Cross4shizzy says

    November 18, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    the signal on my iphone 3g comes on and off anytime it wants,what should i do?

  73. Drebbinfeather2 says

    November 19, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Had to try it a few times but it worked!  Thanks a mill for posting a solution!

  74. Mark Bendall says

    November 19, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    What has happened? First couple of weeks siri was working fine, then the other day it just stopped and gave me annoying replies such as sorry can’t do this, can’t do that, try again later etc… I’ve tried resetting etc but still getting same relies. 
    What do we do now???

  75. Mark bendall says

    November 19, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Now it says “Sorry, I’m not taking any requests right now, please try later”
    Whats that all about?????
    Tried holding home button with power button and all the other supposed fixes but they do not work for me!!!

  76. Guest says

    November 19, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    It works to me!! Thanks

  77. Hector Navarro says

    November 20, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    yeah the problem stopped where it was saying that it could not connect to the network but now its saying “I am sorry but i can not help you right now please try again in a little while.”

  78. Ant says

    November 26, 2011 at 8:48 am

    Suri is so cool, think I’m in love!

  79. Ronn says

    November 29, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    I’ve tried everything.
    Irony is I have Verizon for home…it doesn’t work.
    And ATT for work…and it works perfectly.
    Probably the first time came out #1 in anything!

  80. Kevinparas says

    November 29, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    what do you mean by this..

    and press red cancel bar to cancel it takes you to home screen 

    what is the red cancel bar????

  81. Go_longhorns2004 says

    November 30, 2011 at 11:59 am

    This actually worked! Thanks!

  82. SteveJobs says

    December 5, 2011 at 6:56 am

    Ur so so dum to understand SIRI is of no use

  83. Chris says

    December 13, 2011 at 7:28 am

    I have not tried Siri yet, but my issue has to do with the connectivity on the iPhone 4S. This is a very frustrating issue. I purchased 2 new iPhones for my parents: one iphone 4 and the other an iPhone 4S. the Iphone 4 was set up with “enable 3G”. The situation was that we could not receive or place calls on either phone – we already thought this was a SIM card issue since we had to replace them when we upgraded from the old iPhone 2G (which actually worked perfectly!! ). Eventually I found out that I had to disable the “enable 3G” setting. Now we can use the iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4S does not offer this option and I still can’t use the phone at home!! The new iPhone 4S is uncapable to log in correctly into cells with 2G/EDGE coverage, even though this phone is sold as a GSM phone! Apple, what is going on???? In fact, if you don’t have  a perfect-fine 3G coverage, it seems that you won’t be able to use this phone; Then it’s only a nice and very expensive iPod!!
    Apple, we need a solution other then having to return the iPhone 4S! Please advise…

  84. Edgar says

    December 16, 2011 at 7:15 pm

    Optional Step) – Launch the Settings.app, go into the General tab followed by the Reset tab and tap the Reset Network Settings button. worked for me

  85. Mindyarnet says

    December 29, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    Nothing worked. Siri has quit working almost right after I got the phone. If I would have known this I would have saved myself some extra money and just got the 4…..
     

  86. Leanne01 says

    January 6, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    Yes, this worked when I included the option step and Reset the Network settings!!!  Thanks so much for posting the fix.  Saved me time talking with tech support no to mention my emotional equlibrium!

  87. Allie says

    January 22, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    I had the same problem, I got rid of my wifi and it seemed to fix the problem. 

  88. Brid says

    January 23, 2012 at 9:56 am

    yes that worked perfectly for me
    Brid

  89. Spenav says

    February 14, 2012 at 12:03 am

    This works.  Thanks.

  90. Scolinsmith says

    February 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Worked great

  91. Queendoubledd says

    February 16, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    Yes.. it worked beautifully, thank you so much. this was a new phone and i already had to send one back because of this same thing. thanks for helping me.
     

  92. Joejoehowbow says

    February 19, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    It worked for me after one try of the method listed on the very top of this page.
    Turn Siri off then power off your phone wait about 30 secs and turn your iPhone back on, go into settings and enable Siri.

    Works great

  93. Mullackalmaria says

    March 19, 2012 at 1:01 am

    thanks it worked for me…and i just bought this phone like 6hrs ago…

  94. Alexpasha1 says

    May 15, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    still doesnt work?

  95. Tony Garrison242 says

    June 6, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    Did not work.

  96. GoddessLove says

    August 25, 2012 at 4:54 am

    Worked after about 5 tries. I finally had to turn off my WiFi and then did all the other steps as well. Turned the WiFi back on, I told Siri I was sorry for yelling at her and she’s working just fine now. We made up…

  97. Fred Lacey says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    A different help page omitted the step 2. I think it may be necessary to go off the settings page before turning off the phone.

  98. Fred Lacey says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    worked only a few uses then dead again

  99. Fred Lacey says

    September 7, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    reset again and it works…at least temporarily.

  100. Terri says

    August 22, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    I keep getting the message “I am sorry, but I can’t help you right now, please try again in a little while” Unfortunately, that little while never comes because I get that same message 24/7.

  101. Kb says

    February 11, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Worked perfectly thanks

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