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Apple Is Disabling Siri Ports Like Spire On Non-iPhone 4S Devices [Fix Included]

February 15, 2012 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 48 Comments

It is currently being reported by numerous sources around the Internet and everyday people on Twitter that some problems are arising while using Siri on non-iPhone 4S devices. After doing some more research into the matter it appears that Apple has added a new token to verify Siri requests, dubbed SetActivationToken. With this new token in place it has disabled the ability for people to use Siri on non-iPhone 4S devices.

Spire errors

If you have been experiencing errors with Siri not being able to communicate with your proxy server due to SetActivationToken. You will be glad to know that 9to5Mac reported a quick little fix that has worked for a lot of people. It appears as if all you need to do to get Siri working again is delete the com.apple.assistant.plist file found in the var/mobile/Library/Preferences/ directory using iFile or a file-system editor program.

Did this fix work for you? Have you noticed that Siri no longer works on non-iPhone 4S devices? Share your replies or thoughts in the comments section below…

Comments

  1. Steve Hynes S says

    February 15, 2012 at 1:22 am

    yes it did stop working but i applied the fix its working fine now. i dont know how long this will last but im gona have fun till it last

  2. Xprdo says

    February 15, 2012 at 1:48 am

    Mine has not stopped working but I’m having hard times
    Trying to activate another iPhone 4. So i will try to activate
    It using this method and will report asap….

  3. Sai says

    February 15, 2012 at 1:50 am

    not working still :(

  4. Philip Kerr says

    February 15, 2012 at 1:52 am

    it didnt work for me….  i deleted it then i resprung and it worked one time then the plist file reappeared.   meh.   it just wasnt meant to be….  

  5. Philip Kerr says

    February 15, 2012 at 1:53 am

    holy shnikey it just started working… wow!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Jromeo says

    February 15, 2012 at 2:02 am

    Mine is working again.  Not sure if the fix did the trick or the server came back online…

  7. Ramon12jm says

    February 15, 2012 at 3:18 am

    just use SARA. instead of using spire and a proxy sever which probably is only temporary. a good alternative to siri but is still in beta 

  8. Reneiver says

    February 15, 2012 at 4:55 am

    All of you noobs should try the independent SiriServer by some guy on github. It may have limited functionality but at least it works right?

  9. Rotundo421 says

    February 15, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    How did u do the fix

  10. Wingy42 says

    February 15, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    not working for me.

  11. eric chen says

    February 15, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    so far so good. my server had some connection problems BUT was still working but i did the fix nevertheless and it’s fine now 

  12. Biggymorton says

    February 16, 2012 at 1:06 am

    plz help guys as i really want siri to be working. i have managed to everything rite so far even deleting the apple file thru ifile, but for some reason cydia will not let me install siriport??? comes up with 2 red error msgs, why is this plz help??? 

  13. Garylee333 says

    February 16, 2012 at 5:14 am

    I turned off Siri, deleted the file via iFile, emptied the trash in iFile, rebooted, turned Siri back on and it still didn’t work! Anyone else have a workaround I can try?

  14. Cmoran11cem says

    February 16, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    delete the .plist file and it should work. If it stops working, then double check to see if the .plist file has reappeared. Just delete again and it should work!

  15. Biggymorton says

    February 17, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Everytime i delete the assisstant.plist file it manages to end up bk there when i close the program or reboot??? I have emptied the trash everytime after also an still not working think its time to give up

  16. Brandon Divis says

    February 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    When I was trying to get Spire to work, i was told to change the com.apple.assistant.plist user/group/world permissions to only read, write. Once I did this, after reboot, It would not fully boot. So now I deleted it, and I can’t boot my iPod and have no idea what to do.

  17. Rblandino25 says

    February 19, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    I deleted the file from ifile and it still don’t work

  18. Guest says

    February 20, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    It worked for me.  I think the trick is to NOT reboot or respring after deleting the file.  I didn’t have to disable Siri, etc, etc.  I just simply deleted the file, and prss the home key to acvtivate Siri.  She worked.  Now if I can get the raise to speak option to work…  (oh well that’s minimal)

  19. villalobos404 says

    February 21, 2012 at 10:58 am

    I did it but it just says to configure settings in spire settings. Please help

  20. Adrian says

    February 22, 2012 at 11:56 pm

     Same here!:(

  21. Adrian says

    February 23, 2012 at 12:02 am

    Please help nothing is working

  22. XxWOLFxXLeader says

    February 25, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    AssistantConnect now doesn’t work either. Stopped working about 2 days ago. Deleting the file doesn’t fix either.

  23. Brodygoatman says

    February 27, 2012 at 6:24 am

    fixed the issue awesome !

  24. Deana_hoyles says

    February 29, 2012 at 2:06 am

    I just purchasd a proxy address for Siri and it kept saying it couldn’t help me
    Try again later! I Deleted the file as instructed and I had the same issue IT WON’T DELETE! Why are some peoples files deleting and others not? Has anyone figured another fix for this!

  25. Ynesh_91 says

    February 29, 2012 at 8:46 am

    What app did you use to delete the plist file?

  26. Abhishekisakshay says

    February 29, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    bt the file apple.assistant one appears nw n den

  27. Aleuytheliz says

    March 3, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Worked good for me resprung it once and it’s working don’t know for how long

  28. Discodave says

    March 6, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Worked for me on ipad2 I did trie it ages ago and it didn’t work, I had to restore iPad2. Tried it this time and all went fine……..

  29. Egfiwahoisdgh says

    March 6, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    even if you remove the file, it com.apple.assistant.plist comes back so it doesn’t work.

  30. Nikhil06 08 95 says

    March 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    It reappears again and again.. What shud I do pls help

  31. guest#5 says

    March 20, 2012 at 2:24 am

    what is the server?

  32. Noah381 says

    March 20, 2012 at 7:07 am

    It’s still not working

  33. Arm2389 says

    March 22, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Does work. Tried over and over again. Keeps reappearing after I delete it.

  34. Sam Park says

    April 17, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    now siriport got updated and it doenst even say the error. it just has the purple mic and goes away. the new voice is also shitty

  35. Sam Park says

    April 19, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    its supposed to

  36. Usmc0911 says

    May 14, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    guys I had same problem just completely stopped working.  A few hours later working perfect.  I hate that Apple just doesn’t put it on all iPhones, works perfect.  No wonder why their stocks is going down.  

  37. Usmc0911 says

    May 14, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    FYI –

    I didn’t delete file or anything, just came back on

  38. Ccielen420 says

    May 18, 2012 at 1:25 am

    siriport is working now after deleting the file 3 times on my 3GS untethered 5.1.1 old bootrom

  39. Gordonrettie says

    June 4, 2012 at 3:11 am

    i ahve done this several times and still dose not work!!!

  40. yeah says

    June 13, 2012 at 4:07 am

    me three

  41. Cash says

    June 13, 2012 at 4:37 am

    Can someone PLEAS help me. I got a jail broken iPad 2, and I got siriport and did everything I had to do but when I went to settings, there was no option for Siri. What’s wrong? Can someone please help?

  42. Jonathan says

    June 18, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    not working after deleting file

  43. Char1zma says

    June 19, 2012 at 8:53 pm

     same with me. i deleted it over and over without rebooting and it still won’t work. mine has been over 3 days now. I decided to reinstall siriport and the certificate and still to no avail :( (how much longer can I be patient!!!)

  44. Amir says

    June 22, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Ifile,u can install it from cydia

  45. F1Racer says

    July 20, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    This worked for me.  Siri’s been chatty ever since.  Thanks

  46. iDevice lover says

    August 10, 2012 at 7:51 am

    it worked for me..

  47. Jaidyn says

    September 23, 2012 at 1:21 am

    EVERYONE READ!!!!
    Open the come.apple.assistant.plist with a text viewer and delete all the words and that way it wont need to re-appear.

  48. Mk says

    September 26, 2012 at 12:07 am

    It’s work

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