Over the past week or so, I’ve noticed that Safari freezes on my iPhone whenever I type the letters “sa” into the address bar. I’ve cleared my cache, I’ve turned the phone off and on, but it’s still doing it. If I type letters before “sa” it will let me type the “sa” but if I then delete all of the other letters, it freezes the moment it’s back to being just “sa”. Any idea what could be causing it?
iPhone XS
Hello Spek1,
I can understand wanting to make sure Safari and your iPhone are working as expected. Here are some great steps and information About iOS performance on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
If you follow all the steps and still have the issue, reply back with answers to the following questions so we can go from there:
I hope these steps help out.
Cheers!
Hello Spek1,
I can understand wanting to make sure Safari and your iPhone are working as expected. Here are some great steps and information About iOS performance on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
If you follow all the steps and still have the issue, reply back with answers to the following questions so we can go from there:
I hope these steps help out.
Cheers!
Spek1 Said:
"iOS Safari freezes when I type something specific in address bar"
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Report this to Apple:
This seems to haven become a common bug. So, report it to Apple. Apple likely wont get back to you directly, but the more they hear of this error, the more they will know what is going on and what needs to be fixed.
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Same problem here, except that I can only type “s” before it freezes...that severely limits Safari searches. I have to type a random letter first, then type my search word beginning with “s”, and then slide over to delete the random letter. Kind of annoying.
I just had the same exact problem. I thought my safari kept freezing, until I noticed it was literally just when I (started) typing “SA” in the URL bar... any other combination or typing it after other letters was fine, just starting with “SA” made it freeze up. (Side Note: I was originally trying to search “Sagacious definition” lol)
Switch your search engine to a different search engine, and try again. Maybe to DuckDuckGo, as that’s working here.
Settings > Safari > Search Engine.
Also, if you have an add-on VPN client or any add-on security apps installed, remove those, reboot, and try again.
Safe for any ad blockers.
Having the same issue. If I start with the letter “s” it completely freezes. I’ve switched to all the different search engine options and it still happens. Also, I just recently got a new phone and the issue seems to have followed me on to the new device. Very frustrating.
Switching search engines did not work for me. The problem seems to be Safari-based and not search engine linked. The search bar and the entire Safari app freezes, that is I cannot even open another search window, when I start a search with the letter <s>. My only help is re-booting the phone. I have an iPhone 11 and am using iOS 14.2.
II am using an iPad 4mini and a iPhone X. Safari freezes whenever I go too a website And either I try and put in a password for that website or I want to change my password for the particular website. So what I’m explaining is that when i try to put my password the password box for the website it has frozen so you can’t type anything or the keyboard doesn’t come up. I have tried disconnecting my Internet from both devices and it doesn’t work when you put it back on. Plus I have deleted the cetch for safari and that doesn’t seem to work. One thing I’d like to say is that I have a couple of apps for spam on my iPhone.
I have chrome installed on my phone and when I use it everything works perfectly fine it’s just the Safari.
My I phone 6s Will just takeoff and start texting the P continuously until I shut down my phone. Then I can clear it and maybe a week later it does it again. And again and again and again just randomly. And it’s always the P. It won’t stop until I shut the phone completely off. Anybody had that problem?
Except clearing history isn’t the “solution/fix”, it’s a workaround. It does not address what the actual issue is. I want to know what the cause of this error is, and what Apple is doing to prevent it from happening. If we keep using workarounds instead of bringing errors to the attention of companies and demanding they look into it, nothing will ever get fixed.
Kept happening on mine after update, as well as faster draining battery...now switched to a Samsung instead. Had to order on a PC as i couldn't type SAMSUNG into the keyboard as a result of the "fault"....funny that.
So, my phone just stops, goes black and I get the spinning cursor. Randomly from any app. Have tried support and they don’t /can’t help…..happened with iPhone 11 Pro right when I got it a year and half ago
I have the exact same issue. I can’t type anything after “sa” in the url box. What’s causing it? How do I fix it? The link in the response does not help at all.
I’m Having the exact same problem here.
Tried selecting a different search engine? I’ve been using DuckDuckGo, try that engine if you’ve not already.
iOS Safari freezes when I type something specific in address bar
