Does developers see this forum ?
What is throne app?
Ups sorry. I wanted to write that I perhaps deleted the app that was responsible for the problem while cleaning up... just typed to fast...
Does developers see this forum ?
What is throne app?
This 14 version of iOS have many new option regarding indexing app.Toggle on ‘Suggest App’ and ‘Show App in Search’ to unveil the 2 new settings.
Don’t ask why I had more than 1000 apps installed. It was time to clean up anyways. But nevertheless it works. I also did the same on my iPad and the search also works normal now.
You can check it under Settings > General > AboutHow do you see how many apps you have on the iPad or iPhone?
Thanks! I check I only have around 900 apps on my iPad and around 300 apps on my iPhone, yet my search function can’t find or launch apps... Sad.You can check it under Settings > General > About
Ask Siri is only for Englishman .if the main language is not English Ask Siri works only by native language . And how to ask YouTube by text query on native language ?Annoyingly the option to “ask siri” in the spotlight search is gone. It was handy just to type something in search and press ask Siri especially at night or quiet places when I don’t want have to use my voice. Just type and search. Yes I know there’s an accessibility feature to do this all the time but it’s not the same.
I think I found a solution. Remembering that apple always had problems if you had more than 1000 apps installed I started cleaning up... and afterwards after dropping down to 999 spotlight started working immediately...
Toggle on ‘Suggest App’ and ‘Show App in Search’ to unveil the 2 new settings.
I signed up for an account here specifically so I can comment on this and say that I am absolutely experiencing the exact same scenario as you guys. And likewise, the total number of apps on my phone is probably close to 1,000. I think that is a very odd commonality between all of us who are experiencing this issue and then the 99% who are totally fine. Because this issue is ABSURD and my phone is almost unusable when it’s so many extra clicks to find any single app I want. This needs to be fixed like ASAP. Major issue. I was sooo angry when I found out that it was just me and that my family didn’t have to learn some crazy new to way to navigate their phones.
I finally took the plunge, and erase all settings & contents on my iPad Pro. Then I set it up as a new iPad, and lo & behold! The spotlight search worked fine!
Then I just erase all settings & contents again, but then load from an iCloud backup, and the spotlight search broke again... I can’t launch or find apps (including the Apple-made apps!)....
Baffling... ?
I have this issue also. While investigating the issue I also noticed Content & Privacy Restrictions/ parental controls are almost completely broken on both of my devices.
Are any of you also using Content & Privacy Restrictions? When I check my Contacts section I see a list of apps that have access to Photos instead of apps with access to contacts. I can no longer make any changes to permissions either. I wonder if this issue is related to Spotlight issue? View attachment 957016
Good luck. Erasing all and set the iDevice as new will solve the issue... It’s upsetting, as an iOs/iPadOS update should not force us to do this kind of “nuclear” option...I'm planning to take the dive and erase it all. I already have the iCloud plan for a couple bucks a month, so I have that + I may do an iTunes backup if I can free up enough space....then I will erase all content > then I also read that it's best to do that a second time again > then I'll download apps directly from the app store and not do a restore. Need a functioning phone for work.
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Any last minute tips on making sure I don't miss something on planning the back up/recovery? About to screenshot my app folders that I have set up to re-create them after the fact.