Why do some webpages not finish loading images when using cellular data instead of WiFi?

I'm using iPhone 6 64gb. The problem existed with iOS 8.0.0 and the iOS 8.0.2 update.


I have had trouble with webpages loading slowly over AT&T LTE. Sites with multiple images frequently have trouble loading all the images entirely. Instead, the unloaded portion of the image fills in with black or the image fails to load at all. If I switch to WiFi when available and refresh the page, the images will usually reload completely. I never had this problem with the iPhone 5s on the same websites.

iPhone 6, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 26, 2014 10:23 AM

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Oct 27, 2014 9:37 AM in response to konstantin102

There was another article about this same issue that I've been posting here here:

Re: Safari in iOS8 image placement


I will repost some of the info here since this is a month in depth discussion.


Here's some articles I found from around the web pertaining to the same issue:

http://toolguyd.com/bug-notice-front-page-image-swaps-with-ipad-ios-8-and-safari /

http://forum.cs-cart.com/topic/37542-http-pipelining-and-ios-8-safari-problem/

http://www.ausfifa.com/forums/index.php?threads/bug-notice-ios-8-safari-image-sw ap-glitch.511/

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2014/09/28/ios-8-0-2-update-problems-reported-by-s ome/

Here are some instances where the same issue happened in iOS5:

http://tech.vg.no/2011/12/14/safari-on-ios-5-randomly-switches-images/

http://tech.vg.no/2012/02/01/safari-on-ios-5-randomly-switches-images-part-3/

http://www.guypo.com/mobile/ios5-top10-performance-changes/

Some examples of the 'tv static' glitching:

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And here's it happening on the ESPN website:

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Nov 5, 2014 7:23 AM in response to loadedforbear

It has been happening to me on websites I visit often on WiFi and LTE. It started happening on my iPhone 6 and still happens running 8.1. I didn't upgrade my iPad to iOS 8 immediately and while running iOS 7 the image placement and image loading problems didn't happen at all. As soon as I upgraded to 8.1 the issue started happening on my iPad a lot. Clearing cache only clears up the problem for a while then it will come back.


Chrome works perfectly. This is a bug with all iOS 8 versions.

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