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Macrumors crashing Safari and Chrome on iPad and iPhone
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Macrumors crashing Safari AND Chrome on iPad Air
Just like the title says...
Trying to open comments on news posts crashes Safari and Chrome instantly.
This just started happening today. There were a few crashes here and there over 1 year, which is fine, but this is just crazy.
Literally impossible to open comments -_-
Just like the title says...
Trying to open comments on news posts crashes Safari and Chrome instantly.
This just started happening today. There were a few crashes here and there over 1 year, which is fine, but this is just crazy.
Literally impossible to open comments -_-
Yes, me. For me, the crash happens when I click on a main news headline to view the top-rated comments, and sometimes when I click the 'view comments link.'
iOS 7.whateverthelatestis, iPhone 4S.
I'm in the UK, too, incase it's some geographically specific ad or something doing the damage.
Have you tried resetting Safari and Chrome to factory settings and/or restarting the iPad?
Clearing history, cookies and data in Safari actually worked
Excellent! I'm glad it was something easy.
Excellent! I'm glad it was something easy.
Well, spoke too soon. It's happening again. I can open comments without any trouble using Facebook, but using Safari it crashes instantly.
I know, never before was navigating Macrumors a problem until today. Now, it is almost impossible to go anywhere but the front page.
Tap on comments... boom safari crashes
Tap on forums... boom crashes again... Crazy stuff
Must be all the hype around iPhone 6 and iWatch
I know, never before was navigating Macrumors a problem until today. Now, it is almost impossible to go anywhere but the front page.
Tap on comments... boom safari crashes
Tap on forums... boom crashes again... Crazy stuff
Must be all the hype around iPhone 6 and iWatch
Are you in the UK?
Maybe it's a misbehaving UK-targetted ad?
Mobile safari on iPhone too?
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Same issue
I have the same issue, on my iPad Air and on my daughters iPad mini and iPad 4th gen. Started after clicking the link to the Apple live event countdown page in yesterdays post and happens 90% of the time now when I click to see the comments to a post. Is better for a couple of minutes after clearing browsing data. Does NOT happen when I click-hold and choose Open in New Tab. It also does NOT seem to happen when javascript is turned off.
I'm in Belgium by the way.
I have the same issue, on my iPad Air and on my daughters iPad mini and iPad 4th gen. Started after clicking the link to the Apple live event countdown page in yesterdays post and happens 90% of the time now when I click to see the comments to a post. Is better for a couple of minutes after clearing browsing data. Does NOT happen when I click-hold and choose Open in New Tab. It also does NOT seem to happen when javascript is turned off.
I'm in Belgium by the way.
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I've been able to reproduce it from a UK VPN.
I think it's a bad ad.
The workaround for now is to use the mobile site:
https://www.macrumors.com/mr-toggleMobile.php?mobile=1
or maybe open links in a new tab
Sorry, I've sent an urgent email to our ad provider.
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I think it's a bad ad.
The workaround for now is to use the mobile site:
https://www.macrumors.com/mr-toggleMobile.php?mobile=1
or maybe open links in a new tab
Sorry, I've sent an urgent email to our ad provider.
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Thanks, I will use the mobile site for now. Could you by any chance let us know when this is resolved? Don't like the mobile site that much on ipad #.
And just because I'm curious, why does opening in a new tab avoids the crashes? What does it do differently?
And just because I'm curious, why does opening in a new tab avoids the crashes? What does it do differently?
not sure why that works.
I'll post in this thread when it's resolved. I'd hope by end of business Friday (u.s. time)
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Try clearing out the browser cache and history in safari and then restarting the phone. Could be some corrupted web data somewhere.
As the poster above suggested try the mobile site as well.
As the poster above suggested try the mobile site as well.
I merged your post with an existing thread. Read above for details of what's going on.