So, Safari is almost useless now (6S, 9.3). Anybody else having these issues?
Posted Mar 25, 2016, 6:20 PM UTC
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Exact same problem. I usually avoid updates as long as possible, but have a new phone for the first time in my life. Big mistake...
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This happens on most, but not all, links. Doesn't matter what website I'm on. For example, I can click an article from the NYT homepage but I can't click any of the links within the article.
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It's also happening in Chrome for me. Even links from texts do the same thing. Tap and hold causes whatever app it's in to freeze and crash.
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This exact problem has started happening to me in the last hour or so. I upgraded to 9.3 (6+) on release day, but it has been fine between now and then. I don't have any blockers enabled.
I can't even open the suggested news links in the search screen.
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Same problem here. iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6. Safari is basically completely broken. And anything that uses safari (such as opening a YouTube link from Alien Blue, it goes via safari before opening the app, it locks up Alien Blue - any app that uses the "open in safari" feature will brick the app when I try to use it.)
Apple better come up with a fix, quick. This really sucks.
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Finally I've found someone else with this problem! I thought it was just me. Clicking links from google searches crashes my iPhone (6S+) and even opening Safari links from the mail app causes the Mail app to freeze.
Edit: A temp solution I've found is to use the Bing search engine instead of Google
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Using the Google app is another option that seems to work.
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Google app won't open links for me. I set up my iPad as new this morning. It resolved the issue for a few hours, but Safari is now failing again. This is frustrating. I've got two iOS devices which are not very useful to me as web browsing devices - which is their primary use
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Oh geez. This is a mess.
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It doesn't happen to me, but did you try 'Clear history and website data' in Settings?
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Yep
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Tried clearing app data, tried clearing cookies and history, tried disabling content blockers, tried disabling JavaScript.
Both my iPad and iPhone are basically useless right now. Web links from within any app, or within any browser, simply don't work.
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Do you have a Content Blocker? It could be that.
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Thought that too but I disabled it.
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Came to this subreddit to see if anyone else was getting this. Had to start using icab again. Safari was so good before too
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Yeah. Apparently nobody in this sub believes us lol
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I've just tried my iPad - it's doing the same thing. Both my iPad and iPhone were working fine yesterday. It isn't my network, as it is doing the same thing over cellular data. I hoped I would wake up to see loads of posts here but it looks like it's not at all widespread, which is a worry.
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It looks like there are a few people talking about it on the forums at apple.com, but nothing significant.
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I've dug a bit deeper. Worryingly there are people reporting what appears to be the same issue going back before 9.3, with no help so far from Apple. They have received replacement devices but the problem has reappeared. I have just reset my iPad and set it up as a new device. It seems fine for now.
As it affected both my devices, I wonder if there's something in my iCloud account or settings which is causing the issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case yet.
I've got an iPhone SE arriving on Friday. I was hoping to back up my 6+ and carry everything over to the new one. I do t really feel like setting that up from scratch.
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My iPhone 5S updated fine, but my wife's 6 doesnt respond to links on texts or emails and safari just freezes
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I've always had odd issues with Safari so I use Chrome instead...
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Chrome affected as well...
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Interesting I haven't had any issues yet
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If you had the OP's safari problem, chrome wouldn't work either.
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You realize chrome on iOS is just a superficial wrapper on top of safari right?
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My iPhone doesn't do this but my MacBook Air running the newest OSX has this problem specifically in Google and YouTube. Hopefully they update it soon.
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Looks like I am one of the lucky ones. No problems whatsoever, keeping my fingers crossed.
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Typical r/Apple apologist response:
Nah, that doesn't happen to me bro. Try wiping your device and setting it up as a new iPhone and see if that fixes it.
That's literally what the genius' in the store say too ¬_¬ I hate that
Whoa how did my post not get down voted into oblivion? Is r/Apple finally starting to realize that reinstalling the operating system on your device shouldn't be a required troubleshooting step?
I'm so proud of you guys!