A few weeks ago, my iPhone started having a serious problem: it could no longer search for things. This bug affected the App Library, Mail, Notes, Messages, Settings, and more. Having a device that couldn’t find things was crippling. All signs pointed to this being an issue with the Spotlight index on the device: the database was corrupted and unable to do queries or updates. Of course I searched for clues on how to fix this issue and tried the following things: Forced restartChanging language and region settingsToggling location services for Suggestions & SearchReindexing All Items in CoreSpotlight using Developer ModeToggling the App Search settingsUpdating iOS from 26.4.1 to 26.4.2Toggling Siri on & offLooking at Console output to check spotlightd for errorsSoliciting advice from 25,000 followers on Mastodon None of these things worked. All of the hints I saw online ended with “if this doesn’t work, just Reset All Settings”. When you go to do that, you’re presented with the…
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