Xs Max here too - same issue. Dunno if it's indexing and maybe it'll work later? But doesn't seem to be the case.
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Search not working in Settings app
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Same with my XS, I reset all settings and then restored from iCloud. All is working again
same here. there has to be a cleaner way to fix this short of doing a full reset, that's just absurd if it's true.
I did the "Reset all settings" and that fixed it. It didn't delete my apps/data but I did have to re-set up my alarms, FaceID, ApplePay, credit cards, location settings, notifications, wifi networks (etc etc etc).
But, it did fix it. It wasn't as bad as completely wiping the phone, but I did have to spend the past hour going through every single setting to get it back to how I had it.
But, it did fix it. It wasn't as bad as completely wiping the phone, but I did have to spend the past hour going through every single setting to get it back to how I had it.
thanks for confirming. but after spending $1500 on a phone, and following all the setup / restore instructions provided I shouldn't have to do a full settings wipe to get one feature working. there's no reason they can't expose a "Reset search" option that only resets the search index. It's just stupid and lazy on Apple's part.
Same as you - restore from iCloud backup on new Xs Max. No can search in settings.
Saw language was set to English. Same as my X. Toggled that to English US on the new XS Max.
Settings search was still blank.
Until I went back in (I probably closed the settings app in between) and it's now working. No "reset all settings" needed.
Saw language was set to English. Same as my X. Toggled that to English US on the new XS Max.
Settings search was still blank.
Until I went back in (I probably closed the settings app in between) and it's now working. No "reset all settings" needed.
I changed my language to Spanish and then Back to English now all is good. Didn’t have to reset anything.
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Fixed it by going into settings>General>Language and Region and changing to Spanish and then back to English.
SUCCESS! I change the language from English US to English UK, closed the settings app. Tried again, nothing. Set the language back to English US, closed the settings app. Now when the settings app launches it autofills like a boss! I'm happy to have not reset it and spent the rest of the day reconfiguring everything.
Switching language to English Australia. Then close settings app. Then change back to English USA. Close settings app. Going back into settings the 3rd time and search now works.
Just had the problem with my XS Max. Changed the language from English (Australian) back to English (United States) fixed it. I’m sure changing it to and from on any language will refresh the “search index/cache”.
Wound up resetting all settings before I saw the language fix. That was fun. Still there were a few things I needed to change so it wasnt a total waste of time.
I was having not only this problem (search in settings had no results), but also could not download any family shared app purchases.
Changing the language to English (Canadian) immediately fixed both search and download issues. Changed back to English (US) and (whoopee) still works.
This fix reminds me of banging on the side of the TV with your palm... Whatever works I suppose.
I had this issue and tried switching languages to Spanish and back. Search is now working again. I do not know why this works but it did for me
I have a XS max. I had the same issues after restoring from a 8+. I tried wiping the phone and no that didn’t work. Did the language thing a few times and that didn’t work. Finally did the language change plus region change and restarted my phone a few times and that finally fixed the settings search issue.
XS max restored from an encrypted backup of an iPhone X. Having the same issue. Search was working on the iPhone X just now.
Did you try the suggested methods of changing the language and/or region back and forth to see if that gets it working?