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User profile for user: Jane Miller
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How can I stop Safari reloading web pages every time?

When I am using Safari on my iPad I frequently want to jump between web pages or between the internet and other applications. This is simple on my laptop as once I have loaded a page it does not require reloading until I ask it to, but on my iPad I find it next to impossible as each page gets reloaded when you move back to it. We have a slow internet connection and that coupled with the latest version of iOS working slowly on my iPad makes it very frustrating.

Is there anyway I can stop Safari from doing this?


I am using an iPad 2 with the latest version of iOS

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 6, 2015 2:27 AM

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User profile for user: Hunkch
Hunkch
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Posted on Aug 29, 2017 8:00 PM

I too have the same problem. Here's what worked for me so far. Forget 'Safari' as a browser, also, don't use the 'Google' app (as some posts have said to do). I found the 'Chrome' app to work well. Doesn't solve the underlying issue on the IPad, but it's a way to make it work. If Steve Jobs were running the show, I guarantee he would have demanded this unacceptable glitch be fixed in an update.

Hope this helps.

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User profile for user: Hunkch
Hunkch
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Aug 29, 2017 8:00 PM in response to Jane Miller

I too have the same problem. Here's what worked for me so far. Forget 'Safari' as a browser, also, don't use the 'Google' app (as some posts have said to do). I found the 'Chrome' app to work well. Doesn't solve the underlying issue on the IPad, but it's a way to make it work. If Steve Jobs were running the show, I guarantee he would have demanded this unacceptable glitch be fixed in an update.

Hope this helps.

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User profile for user: larryy
larryy
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Feb 9, 2015 5:49 PM in response to Diavonex

I wish it was that simple, but I'm afraid it's not. Turning off Background App Refresh doesn't affect page reloading. Supposedly the reloads are due to limited memory forcing Safari to keep no more than a very few (3 to 5, depending on device) pages in memory; pages therefore routinely get deleted from memory, thus forcing reloads. I haven't tried it yet, but reportedly the iCab browser ($1.99) retains its tabs / web pages and will display them without reloads. As will a couple of other browsers, just not Safari. More info here http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/56164/can-you-prevent-the-iphone-browse r-from-reloading-pages

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User profile for user: jeyking
jeyking
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Nov 29, 2016 12:18 PM in response to keep_the_faith_2014

This is super frustrating. For instance, you type something in a form, go away for a while, get back to the form: page reloads and all your input is gone!

Recently I bought an iPhone 4s from someone with iOS 7. One thing I noticed was this phone didn't do the extreme annoying reloads. After upgrading to iOS 9 (I realy want to use iCloud) the reloading started. To me this proofs the reloading has nothing to do with a memory issue. Not for the least Safari does this for all websites, even those with a few kB of text.

All sugested options over here didn't make a difference.

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