Safari won't open any links and then freezes/crashes

First thing a human should do after receiving an iPhone or iPad is download Google Chrome then download Google Maps then download Gmail and possibly download Google+ if you have a business.

Google Chrome is the best web browser in the world plain and simple. Sure you could use Safari or Firefox or Opera or IE or Egde But why waste time when you have a gem available to you with the push of a couple buttons.

Safari is a joke made by Apple so they can say they have a browser on their devices when you purchase them.

Firefox is a nonprofit group that has no money

Anything made by Microsoft is worse then Apple

Opera is so old but kinda funny in my opinion. I would actually recommend Opera just because most people have never heard of it and it's only used by about 1% of the worlds devices.

Put it this way, I bet you've seen a google car driving around at some point in your life. I have seen quite a few of them loaded up with cameras and gadgets. What's my point? Google has a lot of money and they usually spend it in the right places like having Chrome up to date with all coding and new stuff.

I think Safari is a disgusting browser. When I look at the news widget on my iPhone and click on a story to read it opens a new window everytime which is a pain in the azz. I have to close a bizzillion windows weekly just from reading some news articles. Great work Safari team.

Any unbiased web developer would most likely recommend using Chrome.

Try resetting Safari. Close Safari completely from the multitasking window by double clicking the Home button and swiping up the Safari preview pane until it disappears from the screen. You may have to look for the Safari pane by scrawling to the left. Then go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Then do a forced restart. Hold down the Home and Wake/Sleep buttons at the same time for about 15-20 seconds until the Apple logo appears.

I Will help you man 🙂

Settings-Safari-advanced-turn off JavaScript and reopen safari 🙂

If resetting Safari as I suggested above did not work the next step to try would be a System Restore. Upgrading to 9.3 over the air installs the revised files only, not a complete iOS. I suggest doing a restore as New first, testing Safari, and then restoring the backup. If Safari does not work properly after restoring the backup, your only option would be to restore as New.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252

I'm experiencing the same exact behavior as OP and, while I appreciate the troubleshooting suggestions, it seems ridiculous to have to jump through so many hoops (a Sustem Restore?!) to get the most basic functionality (i.e., clicking links) to work correctly! Did Apple even test this new release? Is it possible they tested everything *except* clicking on a link in a search result? It seems preposterous.

Apple needs to acknowledge the blunder and issue an immediate 9.3.1 update to fix this. Again, it's basic functionality and a simple web search (if you can actually click on the result!) will show that this is a documented issue happening to many users.

Apple: PLEASE FIX!

Thanks.

iPhone 6S

iOS 9.3

This is, at best, a short-term solution.

Many, many websites will stop working if you leave JavaScript turned off.

This fixed it in safari, but it still doesn't work opening link from iMessage, mail or notes. It still freezes

I have the same exact issue and did everything you did and still not working completely. But -after reading Tommacgr suggestion it worked for me as well and as he says seems like a temporary fix because not all sites will work with Java off. thanks for saving me from a hard reset and hours of frustration. Anyone know how long apple takes on fixing such glitches?

Disabling Java, even if it "fixes" the link issue is a non-option since it cripples half the Internet.

Apple... Is anyone listening?

I'm having the same issues after upgrading to IOS 9.3 and have tried everything that was recommended without success. I was even online with apple support who can't seem to figure it out either so now it's being escalated to their engineers. In the meantime I've downloaded the Google App which allows me to search and open webpages but doesn't resolve the issue of not being able to open links within an email/ text, etc.

Apple- PLEASE FIX!!!!

I'm having the same issues after upgrading to IOS 9.3 and have tried everything that was recommended without success too.

In other apps, links don't open too.

Apple, help us!!!