URLs not working in Safari or Mail after iOS 9.2.1

I too started experiencing this a few days after upgrading to 9.3 on my iPad Air 2 128GB LTE.

Have tried restoring 9.3 via iTunes, Safari (and other apps) then work fine. As soon as I restore my backup, the links don't work anymore.

I have turned off Javascript in Safari settings to get around this for now.

I can't believe this has been going on so long.

There's a parallel thread about this problem in the iPhone forum

This post says that Apple is aware of the problem and will release a fix soon. Fingers crossed.

Re: iOS 9.3 - Safari/Mail freezes after clicking links on iPhone 6S

Hope it's an actual announcement from Apple, because this morning it struck my iPhone, while I did nothing except upgrading to ios 9.3 yesterday... Would it corrupt some files or create weaknesses that enable this bug?

Hi, the problem is not linked to iOS 9.2.1, or iOS 9.3 as I suddenly had this problem appeared on an iOS 9.0.2 iPhone 6s Plus 128.

Same here - updated to iOS 9.3 yesterday evening on my iphone 6 plus, and today safari browsing is out of order - links do not open and some freezes the safari app. Removing browser history and resetting does not help. Unbelievable experience with a premium device basicly running most practical aspects of my life. Time for a fall-back device or ...

you can just ask your iPhone to be replaced at the AppStore. the more people do it, the more Apple will take care of the problem.

After lots of issues invoving the 9.3 update my hyperlinks are not working either in safari or chrome.

SO I have resolved this by using a small laptop instead of my ipad

i am finished with these flakey Apple products back to android for tablets.

I'm having same problem on my iPad air 2. It was working fine until yesterday when this problem happened. I haven't upgraded to 9.3, I have tried reset, etc but problem not resolved.

To everyone reading this and experiencing this bug make sure to login and follow the 4 different apple support forums that are discussing / covering this issue. As the email updates come in, it generates more content. In time as this continues to snowball lets hope it hits one of the few devs at Apple that can comment.

is everyone experiencing this issue also unable to open links within the Notes app?

Same here. Started yesterday in 9.2.1. Did everything. Phone is useless...

Trouble started 2 days ago before 9.3 upgrade. I disabled Javascript and can click links in Safari but it is still broken in mail and in messages. I was hoping the update would fix the issue but it has not. So frustrated right now!

Same Problem on my iPad here (iOS 9.3) - ANNOYING

Same problem here. Ipad Air 64gb started acting up yesterday. Have not updated IOS or installed new apps for at least 2 weeks.

TEMPORARY SOLUTION:

Go to Settings->Safari->Advanced and disable Javascript.

This solves this issue until Apples comes up with a fix. However, disabling Javascript introduces some other issues on some javascript dependent web pages, so it is not the optimal solution.

Maybe interesting info. I downloaded Firefox for IOS to use as a alternative browser. When clicking on a link it doesn't do anything, BUT the open link in new tab DOES work. However the open link in new private window doesn't work.