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Hecklerdanny

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Aug 27, 2007
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Hey everyone. I have the iPhone 3GS. I don't know if this is local to my phone, or what.

All of the time, Safari on my iPhone gets completely stuck "connecting" to a website. It grays out everything behind it, and I get the word "Connecting" with a spinning graphic. Anyone else having this issue? A hard reset fixes it only sometimes.

If you've seen this issue, have you found a way to fix it?

Thanks in advance.
 
I had the same problem. All I did was restart and it let me use safari.
I've seen this occasionally...
Either a restart or putting the phone into Airplane Mode for a moment (then turning Airplane Mode off again) should resolve.
 
The few times this has happened to me, I notice I am on wi-fi. I turn off wi-fi, load the page on 3g, go back to wi-fi, and it works.
 
Strange, this has been happening to me too with my new 3G S. Never happened with 3.0 on my 3G, and I ran all the betas too.

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Happens on my touch all the time. Turn wifi off and try and load it then the turn it back on. If that doesn't work a cold restart should do it.
 
Its your cookie settings

If you are surfing using a free wireless connection which requires you to log in via a browser, chances are that you will be redirected to the login page.

However, if you do not enable cookies to automatically accept (ALWAYS), this re-direct will fail and you will be stuck at that annoying page.

So go to your Safari settings, check Always for Accept cookies and voila...
Happy surfing...
 
Thanks

If you are surfing using a free wireless connection which requires you to log in via a browser, chances are that you will be redirected to the login page.

However, if you do not enable cookies to automatically accept (ALWAYS), this re-direct will fail and you will be stuck at that annoying page.

So go to your Safari settings, check Always for Accept cookies and voila...
Happy surfing...

Yes, it always happens when I tried to use a free network.

Thanks for the solution :)
 
Tried it all. Just wont budge. The wi-fi symbol keeps going off. This is the first problem i am having with my 3gs:confused:. Need help!
 
@zevulun: Your issue sounds like a connectivity issue, not a problem with the Safari app on your 3GS. If the icon defaults back to your cellular data connection, that means your iPhone can't see the WiFi access point anymore. Did you maybe move out of range, did someone near you turn on something that might have caused interference? Did any of the other devices that were on the network at the same time get kicked off? How old is your router, have you updated the firmware?
 
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