Safari for iOS

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Safari for iOS

I don't know if this has been asked before, but Safari if giving me issues. It seems that most times when I'm trying to open a website I get an error to the effect: "there was a problem with the webpage and it needed to be reloaded". I also have instances where the webpage will not load. The progress bar gets about half way, but won't finish loading. I'm at the point that I'm considering switching to a different browser. Although I would need a way to make the new one the default browser, so as to bypass Safari all together. (is that possible?). If anyone else is having this same problem, is there anything that can be done to fix it?

Thanks

Fulvio

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Mar 1, 2015 2:35 PM

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Answer 1

KRUTOTU

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Mar 2, 2015 11:51 AM in response to foofur6

I got the same problem since 8.1.3 on iPad air 2. Some pages load instantly but majority is loaded very slow or isnt loaded at all The only solution Irealized is to refresh the page several times and then it is loaded correctly.

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Answer 2

Mar 2, 2015 11:54 AM in response to KRUTOTU

Clear our browser cache: Settings app > Safari > Clear History and Website data.
Try a reset: Simultaneously hold down the Home and On buttons until the device shuts down. Ignore the off slider if it appears. Once shut down is complete, if it doesn't restart on it own, turn the device back on using the On button. In some cases it also helps to double click the Home button and close all apps BEFORE doing the reset.
Check to see if the website or sites have a mobile version (it may be the server is not properly detecting the device making the http request).

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KRUTOTU

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Mar 2, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Thanks but after testing the same pages via Chrome I have to say that Safari is sadly far behind Chrome according to reaction time during loading sites.

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Mar 2, 2015 12:50 PM in response to KRUTOTU

That has not been my experience at all. I have Chrome installed, but rarely use it and have found it to be somewhat unreliable. I tend to use iCab Mobile a fair amount, but not due to anything related to download issues.

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foofur6 Author

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Mar 6, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Resetting Safari on my iPad seems to have done the trick.

Thanks everyone for your input, it was greatly appreciated.

Hopefully the problem will not come back 🙂

Thanks again

Fulvio

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