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Q: Safari loading old pages?

Anyone else noticing Safari opening old pages on forums? While visiting several of my daily forums today, I noticed it loading pages that were from my visits last night or yesterday. I'm pretty sure I cleared my history last night, so it must be reading some invalid cookie data?

 

If you want to look for this, pay attention to forum pages that load possibly after you post. I noticed this twice on two different forums.

 

Anyone else having this happen?

Posted on Oct 17, 2011 3:09 PM

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  • by lbspartanburg,

    lbspartanburg lbspartanburg Oct 17, 2011 3:39 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 17, 2011 3:39 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    I am having a similar problem.  Since updating to ios 5, Safari is loading dated pages when using the back button.  For example, when a newspaper site is loaded and then an article is selectedand read, upon using the back option, I am taken to a version of the paper 1-3 days old.  Any ideas for a fix?  Never had this problem until after the ios 5 update.

  • by SureFireNo1,

    SureFireNo1 SureFireNo1 Oct 17, 2011 3:44 PM in response to lbspartanburg
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    Oct 17, 2011 3:44 PM in response to lbspartanburg

    Okay. Good to know it's not just me. I wasn't only getting it with the back button, but returning to a forum index produced the same result - even if clicking to get there from the post I had just made. And yes, I never had the problem before ios 5. I haven't tested it on the iPhone, but I will try to watch that over the next few days. I hardly use my iPhone for that anymore, but it'd be nice to know if it is iPad related only. (doubtful)

  • by SureFireNo1,

    SureFireNo1 SureFireNo1 Oct 17, 2011 3:45 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 17, 2011 3:45 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    I just wanted to add that simply refreshing does correct the issue, but this is definitely something that needs to be looked at.

  • by Fattym77,

    Fattym77 Fattym77 Oct 17, 2011 4:12 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 17, 2011 4:12 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    Same issue here.  I read sites like Gizmodo, Engadget, etc. daily, and have noticed that when I read an article and then go 'back' I'm getting an old page.  I have to reload the homepage to get the current site again.

  • by imanog,

    imanog imanog Oct 17, 2011 4:15 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 17, 2011 4:15 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    yes did you try settings>safari>clear cookies, cache, and history.

  • by SureFireNo1,

    SureFireNo1 SureFireNo1 Oct 17, 2011 4:24 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 17, 2011 4:24 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    Well, I know there were two replies; but of course, when I get here, they are not here. Ugh.

     

    Yes, of course I cleared everything through the settings. It doesn't matter. It's obviously an error regardless of whether I want to chunk cookies or not. Besides, I really don't want to kill all my cookies all the time.

  • by lbspartanburg,

    lbspartanburg lbspartanburg Oct 20, 2011 3:08 AM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 20, 2011 3:08 AM in response to SureFireNo1

    Still no other feedback on a fix. HHappening on iPhone as well.  While clearing cookies etc works, it is a temp fix and like you I don't want to dump all cookies every day...too much of a pain. Can't believe Apple has not released an update.

  • by SureFireNo1,

    SureFireNo1 SureFireNo1 Oct 20, 2011 11:52 AM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 20, 2011 11:52 AM in response to SureFireNo1

    THIS IS THE WILDEST THING I HAVE SEEN YET!!!

     

    Earlier this morning (at 9:05am), I replied to a post on a forum FROM MY PC UPSTAIRS.

     

    Later today (at 12:36pm), I was back on that forum FROM MY IPAD DOWNSTAIRS.

     

    I read some threads, and at a point, I backed up to the forum index.

     

    IT SHOWED AS IF I HAD JUST POSTED the comment (from 9am) 19 SECONDS EARLIER!!! (meaning, the page looked like nothing had happened on the forum for nearly 4 hours) There had been HUNDREDS of posts/replies/threads during that time.

     

    REMEMBER, THIS WAS POSTED FROM A SEPERATE LOCATION AND SEPERATE DEVICE COMPLETELY - A PC EVEN!! I was on a DIFFERENT device many hours later. From two seperated devices that aren't connected in any way, shape or form?!? The iPad was downstairs charging.

     

    How is that even possible?!? Can anyone even come up with a guess on this one?!? I haven't got a clue!!

  • by marciafromoakville,

    marciafromoakville marciafromoakville Oct 20, 2011 1:38 PM in response to lbspartanburg
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    Oct 20, 2011 1:38 PM in response to lbspartanburg

    I am experiencing same issue, safari uploading old pages in newspapers such as new york times in my iPad when using back button. Kind of confusing and disorienting! Takes me a few seconds to realize that I am not looking at the freshest most updated business news but at something that is two to three days old! Apple should really fix this bug!

  • by shanster,

    shanster shanster Oct 24, 2011 4:22 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 24, 2011 4:22 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    Same problem here.  Very annoying, as i read newpapers then use the back button to return to the frnt page after reading an article, only to get an expired page from days ago!!  clearly a bug with Safari and it's back button and cache.  Only started with ios5.  Would love to know what the fix is.

  • by Dag Bjørndal,

    Dag Bjørndal Dag Bjørndal Oct 25, 2011 7:42 AM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 25, 2011 7:42 AM in response to SureFireNo1

    Same thing for me, but on my Mac Mini with Lion and Safari 5.1.1.

     

    My guess is that it has to do with the iCloud update (some Safari fixes was announced).

  • by SureFireNo1,

    SureFireNo1 SureFireNo1 Oct 25, 2011 8:07 AM in response to Dag Bjørndal
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    Oct 25, 2011 8:07 AM in response to Dag Bjørndal

    I was not running iCloud on the PC yet.

  • by FAA Certificated,

    FAA Certificated FAA Certificated Oct 25, 2011 8:17 AM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 25, 2011 8:17 AM in response to SureFireNo1

    Yes this is maddening.  Hopefully Steve Jobs left one shoe from his collection to each developer, so they can give themselves a swift kick in the rear when something likes this happens, and hurry up to rush out the fix.

     

    THIS IS AN EPIC FAIL!!! IF THE IPAD ISN'T A RELIABLE WEB BROWSER FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S GAME OVER!!

  • by imanog,

    imanog imanog Oct 25, 2011 2:23 PM in response to SureFireNo1
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    Oct 25, 2011 2:23 PM in response to SureFireNo1

    maybe there's a glitch in safari on the new lion also? eek

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