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Spotlight not giving me an option to search web?

Deihmos1

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Spotlight not giving me an option to search web

Sometimes spotlight does not give me an option to search web. Did a reset and restore but same issue. This is on iPhone 6s Plus on iOS 9.3.2
 

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Re: Spotlight not giving me an option to search web

Fixed it by doing a reset and not restoring the backup. There is no selective restore so I can't restore my messages. Apple software is becoming really buggy.
 

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Re: Spotlight not giving me an option to search web

I noticed the same thing for a few days. Now it's fine.
 

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Re: Spotlight not giving me an option to search web

Fixed it by doing a reset and not restoring the backup. There is no selective restore so I can't restore my messages. Apple software is becoming really buggy.

Glad you got it working. Always go with the reset first :) There are ways to restore iMessages by extracting from a backup but I haven't tried it.
 

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I actually restored the backup and it is working fine. Maybe there was something wrong with the service. My wife phone had the same issue but now it is working fine. I wonder what happened.
 

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If it stops working again try going into Settings, then General, and finally Spotlight Search. Disable Bing Web Results or Bing search or whatever its called!

Worked for me instantly ever since!
 

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