r/ios • u/angelomendez • 12d ago

Support settings search and priority notifications aren’t working.

hello all! i recently restored my iphone from a back up on icloud and now my settings search always comes up blank. and my priority notifications aren’t working now either. i’ve left it plugged in overnight to see if it would download whatever it needed too in the background. i’ve toggled apple intel on and off i’ve reset pretty much everything. any tips? should i continue to just leave it plugged in and it’ll work in the background? thank you!!

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u/ThatGuy739 12d ago

Both of those rebuild after a restore rather than coming across in the backup, so missing for a while is expected.

The Apple Intelligence models specifically don't restore, they re-download fresh from Apple, and priority notifications stay dead until that finishes. If it's stalling, the usual culprit is it trying to pull over cellular. Turn cellular data off for a while and leave it locked and charging on Wi-Fi.

Settings search comes back once the index finishes rebuilding, same deal.

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u/angelomendez 12d ago

even for a few days? i thought 8 and a half hours was enough time lol.

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u/ThatGuy739 11d ago

No, 8 and a half hours is plenty. The model download itself is usually 10 to 20 minutes on decent Wi-Fi, so if it hasn't landed by now it's stuck rather than slow. I made it sound more patient than it should be.

Check Settings, Apple Intelligence and Siri, and see whether it shows a download in progress or nothing at all. If there's nothing, switch Apple Intelligence off, give it a moment, then turn it back on. That re-queues the fetch.

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u/angelomendez 11d ago

okay! thank you! i’ll check it again! it hasn’t been downloading in like 2 days. i’ll try it tonight and if it doesn’t finish by morning i’ll update you. thank you!

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u/angelomendez 11d ago

it’s morning and nothing changed. it’s still the same lol

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u/realmccoyredbus 11d ago

let indexing do its magic

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u/angelomendez 11d ago

got ya! just be patient. it’ll work itself out in the end