I finally received a reply on my bug report from Apple. They claim the issue has been fixed in iOS 10 developer beta 2. After testing, I did not find that was the case.
Guys, thanks for the updates. Happy to say that HomeKit is still working on my iOS9-iPhone.
I have installed iOS 10 beta on my iPad, but it's not syncing—what I assume is an issue with the beta and devices on different iOS versions. This might be the reason why I am not updating to iOS10, will wait till the final version.
As mentioned before I deactivated the two-factor authentication and changed my password and removed all special characters from—still complicated as hell but in another way. After redoing all the steps in my first post, HomeKit and Siri started to work again. And still working. Even after turning on the two-factor authentication. If you still struggling wth the issue, (and you're still on iOS9) give it a try.
I'll put it this way because I got past this issue: it is a pain in the a**. Basically you need to sign out of iCloud on every device you own. Every single one, including Mac and Apple TV. Make sure you reset HomeKit configuration beforehand. Then sign back in. Make sure all your devices are running the same OS version level. If you have devices on beta 2 make sure everything is on beta 2 of its OS. Or beta 3, just released. It is definitely an iCloud issue so everything needs to be on the same page or else Loading Home will appear forever. In beta 3, I have seen significant improvements with the Home app, so it's progressing well. I can control everything at home and remotely, but I cannot get automation based on location to work, probably because I keep my iPad at home always. Hope this helps.
Hmmm my iPad said that but it actually loaded the accessories.iOS 10 public beta 2 here and now instead of seeing "Loading Home" endlessly it says "Loading accessories and scenes"
Left Apple another feedback through the iOS beta app. It would be nice if they could allow us to delete all home data from iCloud ourselves. Reading the posts here I suppose there's a leftover somewhere causing these issues.
Please Apple get this fixed, I can't afford to get a new account and lose all the purchases I've made over the last 10 years.
You guys are still having this problem? For me it magically cleared up. I just don't know how though. Try resetting HomeKit and sign in/out of iCloud on each and every device you have (including Mac and Apple TV) again. You guys are submitting HomeKit log files using the profile to Apple right?Running the latest iOS 10 public beta 6 and still facing the issue. Opening feedback tickets with every version. Hopefully Apple is looking into this before GM is released.
When iOS 10 is officially released, I will call Apple and ask them to sort this out. Last time they said they couldn't do anything because it was beta, but this time around I will push further. I'll send them whatever logs they need and reinforce the fact that a feature they promote as being an asset to their product isn't working for many. Might not go far, but it's worth giving a shot.
If some of you sent Feedbacks during the beta and have the case #, please share them here and I'll make a list for when I call.
That's one case ID I was able to find in my mails: 100019075607
Haven't had the chance to call yet. Probably next week!Any updates?
Thank you!!That's one case ID I was able to find in my mails: 100019075607
Thought I'd update on my call with Apple.
The first thing they made me do, was of course disable keychain and re-enable it. No luck there. I told them I had signed out of iCloud on all my devices (several times in the past) and it hadn't worked either but they had me do it again. Fortunately it actually worked...logged out of all my devices and signed back in on the iPhone and boom it worked. The only thing that has changed since the last time I tried is my iPad being on iOS 10 rather than iOS 9.
I signed back into my iPad, Apple TV, iMac, etc and still good. Only issue I had was Siri not recognizing any devices or scenes on the Apple Watch (even though the Home app did see them...) unpaired and paired back the watch and everything is working. This thing is a mystery!