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Web Links Crashing Safari, Mail, Chrome, and Other Apps on iOS 9.3 [Updated]

 
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delegagtor said:
9.3 has been fine on my 5s, but my wife and daughter are unable to install on the 5c -- they get an error saying that they aren't connected to the internet (which they most certainly are). I thought that the update to 9.3 was supposed to fix this on older devices, but maybe they only fixed it for iPads?
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9.3 update has been pulled for some older devices because of some unrelated activation issues (not that 9.3 does much in relation to this issue with links).
 
AppleCare are aware of the issue and told me turn off JavaScript. Not really a solution as it this breaks lots of sites. Going to see a genius and getting handset replaced as its only affect some devices.
 
neutralguy said:
You don't seem to understand what an API is. API can only be used only one way because it accepts a set of parameters. To make sure that the API does not fail, they should be writing enough unit tests. I guess Apple is skimping on development process.
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Read the predominant theory on how this seems to be an API issue. Apple flat out didn't think of this use case. Should they have? Absolutely, but they didn't nonetheless. Any developer that has written enough code will tell you that some bugs crop up in the public simply because the testers never used the app/service/whatever in a certain way until someone inevitably does. Heck, quite a bit of UNIX bugs are found decades after just because someone finally ran did something no one else had for that length of time. API's aren't always rock solid because imperfect people write it.
 
OK, this makes me angry. I purposely NEVER upgrade my iOS until it is a ".1" version (i.e. 9.1, 9.2.1, 9.3.1) to avoid things like this. I just realized I'm on 9.1 because I never upgraded to 9.2. I know, I know, you're supposed to upgrade esp. for the security, however, I use my iPhone for work and the issues that have been arising with iOS updates since 6 or 7 sometimes render my device almost useless.

So yeah... I'm pretty pissed that earlier versions of iOS 9 are affected too. Apple needs to hurry up and fix this because I'm tired of using Chrome and having to open up brand new tabs on every link I click.

GET YOUR **** TOGTHER, APPLE!
 
jmpmntwnty3 said:
OK, this makes me angry. I purposely NEVER upgrade my iOS until it is a ".1" version (i.e. 9.1, 9.2.1, 9.3.1) to avoid things like this. I just realized I'm on 9.1 because I never upgraded to 9.2. I know, I know, you're supposed to upgrade esp. for the security, however, I use my iPhone for work and the issues that have been arising with iOS updates since 6 or 7 sometimes render my device almost useless.

So yeah... I'm pretty pissed that earlier versions of iOS 9 are affected too. Apple needs to hurry up and fix this because I'm tired of using Chrome and having to open up brand new tabs on every link I click.

GET YOUR **** TOGTHER, APPLE!
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It turned out not to be an Apple issue. Read the update before going on an angry tirade
 
ILikeAllOS said:
The good news is that I don't have this problem. Bad news though is how does Apple test 9.3 beta for months and yet this still goes undetected? How!?:confused:
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Perhaps because it doesn't seem to be something new/specific to iOS 9.3 as people on previous iOS 9 versions are also experiencing it?
 
galmacland said:
It's Google.. change your search engine to Bing and it will be solved. Any link that makes Safari crash is originated from Google. Think about it.
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It's well beyond that given lots of people with feedback about it all including changing search engines and dozens of other things.
 
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Dilster3k said:
I remember a time when OS releases were stable, under Scott Forstall of course. Everything from hardware to software is just flimsy now.
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You mean like iOS 4, which had not one but two bugs with the Clock app where the alarm would go off at the wrong hour, or not at all?

Or 3.1, which for some just randomly shut down the device, and for others bricked it altogether until you did a restore?

How about one of the countless bugs that let you access private information from the lock screen? In 5.1, for instance, you tapped on the camera icon, were able to access all photos (first bug), and from there on out, by hitting the Home button, had a completely unlocked iPhone. In 4.1, making an "Emergency Call", entering three pound signs and hitting Dial let you access all contacts and voicemail. And 2.0 reintroduced a bug fixed by 1.1.3, in which all contacts were available from the lock screen.

Yes, yes, you may "remember a time when OS releases were stable", but that time never existed. Bugs happen, and I see no indication for iOS being objectively buggier since Forstall left.
 
iBreatheApple said:
I'm so damn sick of every public release of iOS feeling like a beta. And right around the time things start smoothing out after multiple .X updates we get the next full iOS release and start all over. It's not like it's unusable but this is the norm nowadays. Oh, and then the exceptionally feasible and reasonable option to restore as new each time... I love that one. </bitching>
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To be honest, how many of the recent bugs did you actually encounter yourself? If they hit you, fair enough. Just reading about them and joining in the neverending Apple bashing, no.

Bugs were there before, even though OS life cycles and development time frames lastet much longer. Just think of Leopard if you have ever used it.
 
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While I'm not having these issues on 9.3 on both my devices, I had this exact same issues on 8.4.1. Tried going to the apple support community forums and people thought I needed a device replacement for something that was clearly server sided. Only fix back then was to go to the early iOS 9 betas and be stuck with a buggy device. It took Apple a couple weeks to fix the issue so prepare for a long wait if you are having these issues on 9.3.
 
Mike MA said:
To be honest, how many of the recent bugs did you actually encounter yourself? If they hit you, fair enough. Just reading about them and joining in the neverending Apple bashing, no.

Bugs were there before, even though OS life cycles and development time frames lastet much longer. Just think of Leopard if you have ever used it.
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Or Lion *shivers*

I wish more people would becoming beta testers just to see what actually gets fixed between releases and help report them. It really opens your eyes. Are there still a few bugs that still persist? Yes, but you have absolutely no idea what their priorities are. User priorities are not corporate or development priorities. As one who works for a large corporation with quite a bit of insider info, that much I can assure you.
 
I see the update about it being traced to a shared credentials issue. This totally rings true for me, as i remember trying to log into Facebook to comment on a website but it still wouldn't let me comment even after I logged into Facebook (in a different window of the browser). I refreshed the browser several times on the page I wanted to comment but it never properly detected that I was logged in!! This was the same morning that I started having the link problem.
 
galmacland said:
Nah, it's just google, just change the search engine to Bing... try it yourself first or don't comment if you don't know.
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You seem to be missing out on a lot of discussion about it all that has already happened in a lot of other places and threads.
 
I have this bug on my iPhone 5 and iPad Air 2, both on iOS 9.2.1.

Nothing fixes it. Tapping on links just doesn't work. Long tapping crashes Safari. Amazing that this has been unfixed for getting on for two days. There must be millions of very unhappy Apple users now regretting that they ever bought an iPhone or iPad. Thank goodness for my iMac!

Apple have gone to the pits with their software. Actually, they went to the pits when Steve Jobs died, and especially when Tim Cook fired Scott Forstall.
 
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As a former Apple employee, I'm embarrassed for Apple over this HUGE screw-up. My wife and I have always updated our devices as soon as updates are available. Big mistake this time. My wife's iPad Safari links were inoperative. So, we made an appointment at the Los Gatos Genius Bar. Our genius determined that it was not a hardware problem, so it was assumed to be a software problem which required a "restore as new" and a restore other stuff backed-up to the cloud. We reluctantly agreed to this. The link problem was fixed by the restore as new; but, after we returned home we found that her email messages sent outside our email provider's domain were not sent. The message she got said something about "unable to relay." In the future, I think we won't be so eager to upgrade to new IOS releases.
 
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I updated to iOS 9.3 a few days ago and everything was working fine on my iPad Air 2. Until this morning when the problems suddenly began.
 
nt5672 said:
Apple now days is all about the big show. Now don't get me wrong, Steve J loved a big show, its just that he demanded that things were pretty right (maybe not perfect) for the show and no one wanted to let him down. Apple's leadership today, evidently does not mind being let down. These things keep happening and no one seems to care.
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Exactly.

Steve Jobs cared. Tim Cook doesn't. I wish he did.
 
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rallen172 said:
As a former Apple employee, I'm embarrassed for Apple over this HUGE screw-up. My wife and I have always updated our devices as soon as updates are available. Big mistake this time. My wife's iPad Safari links were inoperative. So, we made an appointment at the Los Gatos Genius Bar. Our genius determined that it was not a hardware problem, so it was assumed to be a software problem which required a "restore as new" and a restore other stuff backed-up to the cloud. We reluctantly agreed to this. The link problem was fixed by the restore as new; but, after we returned home we found that her email messages sent outside our email provider's domain were not sent. The message she got said something about "unable to relay." In the future, I think we won't be so eager to upgrade to new IOS releases.
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Given that various people with versions prior to iOS 9.3 are also affected by this, seems like the upgrade might not really play much of a role in it all.
 
camsoft said:
AppleCare are aware of the issue and told me turn off JavaScript. Not really a solution as it this breaks lots of sites. Going to see a genius and getting handset replaced as its only affect some devices.
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Don't waste your time. They will not replace it for a software issue. Don't waste their time or yours.
 
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