Updated to IOS 9, but my notes app isn't showing the new features?

I updated to IOS 9 last night, everything seems to be going great, but I wanted to check out the new notes app. So when I go into it I can see the new folders, but I don't have any of the new options to do checklists, or sketch. Has anyone else seen this? Or have a fix for it?

I'm not having that issue. Have you started a new note and selected the "+" option to reveal the tools?

Yeah I saw that you needed to do that, but I don't even have the + button.

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1. Select one of your notes.

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2. Select one of the new tools at the bottom.

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3. If you select the drawing tool, you will see more tool options.

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Yeah that is what I thought, but here is a screenshot of mine.

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Ahh I see, I don't remember seeing that, but it looks like I didn't. Is there even away to prompt it to upgrade without a reset?

I was having the same problem. I finally realized that I was in the Gmail folder because that's where all my old notes were stored. But if you create a new note under "ON MY IPHONE" on the opening screen you will should see all the new stuff.

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I tried new note in my phone notes, but no luck.. I tried to open safari and safe a tab in notes as the part of the new feature, it says "upgrade your notes" To send to a note, you'll need to go to notes and upgrade your iCloud account. when I go to notes, the edit option is not highlighted I can't use it.

Hey
I tried new note in my phone notes, but no luck.. I tried to open safari and safe a tab in notes as the part of the new feature, it says "upgrade your notes" To send to a note, you'll need to go to notes and upgrade your iCloud account. when I go to notes, the edit option is not highlighted I can't use it.

I finally figured it out.. Go to -- Settings -- iCloud -- See if you are synced with Notes (Even if you are close and select again) -- After that, the upgrade notes page will be back on your screen. If not when you open notes you will see a small upgrade option next to "ON MY PHONE".

I've noticed that too...does anyone know if it's because I'm using an iPod touch? Does the update still work with them?

I have a second generation Ipad with Retina Display and I can't get it to work for anything, tried all the suggestions here. I read someplace that they said it wasn't going to work on older devices. Seems hard to believe that drawing in a note requires more processing power since every other app seems to do it okay. If so, it is very petty of Apple to deliberately leave out such features in the hopes of getting us to upgrade to newer hardware. By the way, I have a IPhone 6 plus (last year's "old" model and the drawing in notes works fine, I can even see the drawings on the ipad but there are no editing tools to modify them). iSad :-(

Originally Posted by iMore Question

I updated to IOS 9 last night, everything seems to be going great, but I wanted to check out the new notes app. So when I go into it I can see the new folders, but I don't have any of the new options to do checklists, or sketch. Has anyone else seen this? Or have a fix for it?

I have the same problem. I have updated to iOS 9 on my 3rd generation iPad. I did update my Notes app. But I do not have any of the new formatting options. I tried starting a new note under On My IPad as suggested. But still nothing. I checked iCloud and I do have Notes turned on. I tried turning Notes off in the iCloud setting to turn it back on. But I got the warning that if I turned it off, all notes would be removed from my iPad. So I cancelled that. I don't want to risk losing my notes.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm in exactly the same situation. 3rd gen iPad. I can make lists in notes, copy url's and change text size and type. But I can't draw anything, and can't find the option anywhere.
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Had the same problem but figured out that your notes need to be in your iCloud folder. Even though I had iCloud on they weren't in iCloud folder. Just hit edit and select move all and move them to iCloud folder. After I did that all features worked.

I figured this out on an iPhone 5S. Here's how to upgrade:
1. Open any note in the app
2. On the top left, press the back arrow. This should show a Notes list.
3. On the top left, press the back arrow a second time. This screen is labeled "Folders"
4. On the second line on the far right, in gold color is "Upgrade". PRESS THIS!

This starts the upgrade process. Make sure you either already have El Cap or don't mind not being able to sync with your Mac until you get it.

Originally Posted by warcraftWidow

Did you upgrade Notes? When you first opened it after installing iOS 9, you should have been presented with an option to upgrade your notes. You have to do that before you see the new tools.

Originally Posted by Artiste212

I figured this out on an iPhone 5S. Here's how to upgrade:
1. Open any note in the app
2. On the top left, press the back arrow. This should show a Notes list.
3. On the top left, press the back arrow a second time. This screen is labeled "Folders"
4. On the second line on the far right, in gold color is "Upgrade". PRESS THIS!

This starts the upgrade process. Make sure you either already have El Cap or don't mind not being able to sync with your Mac until you get it.

Good question and better answer by one of our Mods to pick up on the upgrade, I did it but would not have picked up on it to answer like she did. Glad it all worked out for the other members as well. :)

I have the same issue on my 3 rd gen ipad. These features work fine on my iphone 6P. I am suspecting these are not available on 3rd gen ipad.

Originally Posted by ykmc

I have the same issue on my 3 rd gen ipad. These features work fine on my iphone 6P. I am suspecting these are not available on 3rd gen ipad.

Is Notes toggled on for iCloud in Settings on the iPad? If not, toggle Notes on in iCloud. Toggle Notes OFF for email accounts.

Yes, it is on for icloud and i see my notes and drawing as well that i edited using my iphone 6P. I cann't edit the drawing on my ipad, it shows as picture.

I have an iPad mini 2 and could not see the squiggly symbol to bring up the tools for drawing. I didn't get any instructions to convert my notes probably because none of my notes are in the iCloud. I'm using Google to store all my notes. I turned on notes for the iCloud. Copied one af my old notes to the iCloud and selected it and the tools appeared. It appears you must have your notes in the iCloud.

Same old notes app here too

Hi i've read forum #18 and tried it with my iphone 5s. But it only goes back to the folders. How can I fix my notes?

-thanks in advance

Hi :) i have the same iPhone but I cant press back second time so i'm stuck to folders.
-thanks in advance

I'm On A IPhone 4s That's Updated To IOS 9 But I Don't Have The Drawing Icon Or Even The Option In The "+" How Can I Fix This ?

I was in gmail notes which doesn't allow check lists and all the extra stuff. You need to be in "on my iPhone"notes on the bottom.
Go into "all notes" then go to "on my iPhone" notes. This gives you all the extra features.

Originally Posted by sj1615

Hi :) i have the same iPhone but I cant press back second time so i'm stuck to folders.
-thanks in advance

That's as far as it goes if you only have one thing set "on" for notes in Settings. DO you have iCloud on for notes, or an email address?

Originally Posted by Callie330

I was in gmail notes which doesn't allow check lists and all the extra stuff. You need to be in "on my iPhone"notes on the bottom.
Go into "all notes" then go to "on my iPhone" notes. This gives you all the extra features.

Toggle on Notes in iCloud in Settings. Toggle off Notes in Gmail in Settings. That's the best way to do Notes.

Hi guys!

Encountered the same problem with my ipad mini 1 but here is what I did ☺️

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After launching the Notes app, look for the top folder.. Mine was iCloud, there was an 'Upgrade' button beside it.. Just click it, it leads you to upgrade your notes (even though I've just updated my ios software, upgrading notes should be manually done). Then that's it!

Hope this helps! ��

1- Remove notes from being updated to icloud.
2- go to notes in your app, hit the return arrow all the way.
3- now you will see the upgrade option.
4- add notes again to icloud updates.
5- go back to notes (all the way back using the return arrow) and you will see the update option next to icloud.

i did that on my Iphone 6s plus and it worked

Attachment 104210the lock note option is seen only for notes created using "on my iPhone".

When you're done writing the notes, click "done".


click on the share button to see the "lock note" option.

Same goes with iCloud notes as well. But follow the steps to upgrade your notes app as said by @absmartinez (manual update)

It depends on what generation you're using. On iPad 1 to 3, and iPad mini 1, it won't work. Not sure about iPad mini 2. On iPhone 1 to 3, it probably would not work either. I think Apple should at least allow that feature on iPad mini one. A new update won't hurt, right?

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I had this same problem on my brand new iphone 6s plus.
I 3D touched notes (from home screen), then selected New Note.

That's it! thats all I had to do. I hope this works for some of you