Constant spinning circle top left of phone

[marcos8]

I updated my 6s to 11.2 about a week ago. Update went fine. After a couple of days to let things settle everything seemed great...and they still do for the most part. It’s just now I noticed that there’s almost always the little spinning circle in the top left of the phone next to the WiFi symbol. It’s always spinning as if it’s doing some type of work. I have closed all apps and it’s still there. A reboot seems to stop it but it eventually returns and doesn’t seem to stop. I have noticed the phone running hot at times. Any idea what this could be? Thanks

 

[eclipse01]

A bug that looks like it is never going to be fixed in IOS 11

you can get it to stop by activating Siri (ask her anything)

 

[marcos8]

Also like to add that this is only happening on the iPhone 6s and not on my iPad Pro 9.7 also on iOS 11.2

 

[Chazzle]

Also like to add that this is only happening on the iPhone 6s and not on my iPad Pro 9.7 also on iOS 11.2

Do you use iCloud Photo Library?

 

[Sharkoneau]

I updated my 6s to 11.2 about a week ago. Update went fine. After a couple of days to let things settle everything seemed great...and they still do for the most part. It’s just now I noticed that there’s almost always the little spinning circle in the top left of the phone next to the WiFi symbol. It’s always spinning as if it’s doing some type of work. I have closed all apps and it’s still there. A reboot seems to stop it but it eventually returns and doesn’t seem to stop. I have noticed the phone running hot at times. Any idea what this could be? Thanks

I believe the consensus is that it's related to voice dictation. Reboots and the like are only temporary; once I disabled the feature, I never experienced the issue again.

 

[C DM]

I updated my 6s to 11.2 about a week ago. Update went fine. After a couple of days to let things settle everything seemed great...and they still do for the most part. It’s just now I noticed that there’s almost always the little spinning circle in the top left of the phone next to the WiFi symbol. It’s always spinning as if it’s doing some type of work. I have closed all apps and it’s still there. A reboot seems to stop it but it eventually returns and doesn’t seem to stop. I have noticed the phone running hot at times. Any idea what this could be? Thanks

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/constant-spinning-wheel-with-ios-11.2071994/

 

[neville78]

I updated my 6s to 11.2 about a week ago. Update went fine. After a couple of days to let things settle everything seemed great...and they still do for the most part. It’s just now I noticed that there’s almost always the little spinning circle in the top left of the phone next to the WiFi symbol. It’s always spinning as if it’s doing some type of work. I have closed all apps and it’s still there. A reboot seems to stop it but it eventually returns and doesn’t seem to stop. I have noticed the phone running hot at times. Any idea what this could be? Thanks

This will fix it! Check and see if your photos are uploading to the cloud. This will stop the annoying spinning wheel, and save you a ton of battery. Picture will show you

 

[galv]

A bug that looks like it is never going to be fixed in IOS 11

you can get it to stop by activating Siri (ask her anything)

Worked for me.