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Constant data/network spinning wheel on Safari? (8.0 & 8.1)

Used to happen for me in iOS7 if I started an app download and then killed it before it finished. Would take powering the phone down and turning it back on to get rid of it.

Haven't noticed it on iOS8 nor iOS6 or below.
 
titans1127 said:
Used to happen for me in iOS7 if I started an app download and then killed it before it finished. Would take powering the phone down and turning it back on to get rid of it.

Haven't noticed it on iOS8 nor iOS6 or below.
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That's more for the data spinner when just on the home screen, for example. In this case it's only while in Safari where it's always present and spinning.

I was seeing this in 8.0 and 8.0.1 and 2, but no longer seeing it in 8.1 beta.
 
C DM said:
That's more for the data spinner when just on the home screen, for example. In this case it's only while in Safari where it's always present and spinning.

I was seeing this in 8.0 and 8.0.1 and 2, but no longer seeing it in 8.1 beta.
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I hope this is the case when it get's released.
 
yanki01 said:
I hope this is the case when it get's released.
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I actually started noticing it a little while ago today with no pages open in safari. I already had preload top hit off but also turned off quick website search and the spinner disappeared. Will continue to monitor it to see if it comes back
 
I did a restore last night and it solved nothing. not sure if 8.1 could solve this or if it's as widespread?
 
zorinlynx said:
I think it's just the code for the animation getting "stuck" running.

I can close ALL tabs and it still spins. Only by killing Safari in the multitasking view does it stop.

I wouldn't sweat it; it seems like a cosmetic issue and I doubt it uses much CPU or data.
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I have had this issue since the first ios7. It comes and goes.it seems to be one of those glitches that either your product has or doesn't have. I bet this continues with all of ios8.
 
Ergates-thi-Ant said:
You're running a beta and complaining about bugs?
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I think the implication there is that the bug exists in the stable/final/public version and the new upcoming version that's in beta right now might not have addressed it--sure, it could potentially simply be because it's a beta and it's a glitch related to that, or, what seems somewhat more likely, is that the issue might not have been addressed so far.
 
Doing both network setting reset and a hard reset for me only temporarily stops the permanent wheel spinning in safari.
 
yanki01 said:
downloaded 8.1 today and it's still present. :mad:
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Does it happen on any site? Have you tried closing all tabs (regular and private) and then clearing out Safari's cache before trying it all out?
 
C DM said:
Does it happen on any site? Have you tried closing all tabs (regular and private) and then clearing out Safari's cache before trying it all out?
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it happens randomly. clear the cache and open safari which goes to my favorites. the spinning wheel starts and doesn't stop. open any page, completely loads and doesn't stop. all tabs open, all tabs closed. it doesn't matter, it's non-stop.
 
Reset network options

I did not have this problem while on ios 8.0, but got it today after updating to ios 8.1. Hard reset didn't help but resetting network options seems to have fixed it.
 
I have had this problem off and on during ios 7 and remains if not more consistently on in ios 8. It is irritating to the point of trying Chrome. However, after a while I noticed the same thing on Chrome on some sites. Not sure where the issue is but I have tried every option on both Ios 7 and 8 as well as a clean restore.
 
It started doing that after the upgrade from iOS 5 to iOS 6 and consistently since then, so apparently Apple doesn't think it is a big concern.
 
This "glitch" has returned to my Safari experience. Hopefully it's just a spinning wheel and not actually using power or data.
 
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