For those having problems with the iOS 9.3 update please read...

Babowa, please see my post of 10:21 CDT here.

Edit: 😕

Thank you very much for the links. The Sidney Morning Times article was particularly informative. It states that "As far as the Universal Links issue specifically, Apple has acknowledged the problem, issuing the following statement: We are aware of this issue, and we will release a fix in a software update soon."

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/mobiles/apples-ios-93-has-more-bugs-and-you-bet ter-get-used-to-it-20160329-gnsvhj.html

Since a newer build will be issued "soon" I see no need to update to 237 unless one is having issues now.

I also found the following statement very telling:

"It's become clear these issues aren't solely reflective of any carelessness or hubris on Apple's part, but rather of the reality that the company literally can't test its software rigorously enough to weed out all the bugs anymore."

Just my two cents, but anyone that can take their device to an Apple Store should do that. They are aware of the problem, and fixed mine within 1 hour. A lot less frustrating than spending days trying to do it myself.

P.S. This was reported on the news yesterday, so the cat is out of the bag. In fact one of the newscasters laughed and said "does anything ever NOT ave a bug when first released?"

Perhaps the software engineers have been laid off to pay the salaries for the new, more glamorous, Jony Ivie high-end fashion statement trivialized Apple that is emerging. Maybe I'm still grumpy about Aperture...

I Am using an iPad Air 2, I have not done the new update 9.3 and i am still using the 9.2.1. I am unable to open certain links on safari for example eBay and start the apple support Etc. Yet I can open and navigate round Amazon. I am also unable to click links within emails that I know are safe. I have tried all 4 search engines with still the same problem. Currently having to use the google chrome app and then I have to hold down to get the open in a new tab. is there anyway I can fix this problem,as I have tried everything. only got my pad at Christmas and just started using it this weekend when my old iPad 3 wouldn't do the back up.

Thank you I have the same problem and could not understand what I was doing wrong.

I have these Link-Problems with my Ipad Air since yesterday - quite some days after updating to iOS9.3.

Mail or Safari crash when trying to open a link.

My Iphone 5s works fine though (also updated to 9.3.)

BTW: enabling Java did not help!

Hope Apple is fixing it asap.

I had the exact same issue on my ipad, then updated to ios 9.3 hoping that would fix it which turns out causes even more issues than the previous version and did not fix anything. Why can't Apple test these updates before releasing them to millions of users who are now getting increasingly frustrated?!

Anyhow hope the fix comes soon as my ipad becomes rather useless...

Demo, I have tried disabli JavaScript and this does not work either....I can not even contact apple support, think I will have to visit my local Apple Store tomorrow. Husband has iPad mini and the same iOS but no problems on his.

I am hoping Apple will release a new version of 9.3 that works with iPad Air. Like others, Safari links do not work and email freezes. 9.3 works fine on iPhone 6s. Some of the suggestions seem draconian. I am out of town away from Mac with iTunes installed. Should never have installed 9.3 on iPad. It was working fine before this "upgrade."

I have an iPad 2 still running on 9.2.1 (13D15).

On late Saturday 3/26 it stopped allowing me to open links in Safari or from an email. Bookmarks and other internet access are just fine.

At the time I thought the software upgrade might fix the problem. But when I tried to install I got-

"Unable to Verify Update IOS9.3 failed verification because you are no longer connected to the internet"

But I was connected to the internet.

I have an Iphone6. It was working fine at that time. Then I made the mistake of installing 9.3 (13E233) on it. Now it has the exact same problem with links the iPad2 has.

When I check for updates on the phone or on iTunes it says my phone's software is up to date. No new version shows up as available.

I had the Booking.com app on both devices, which has now been removed for over 24 hours, both devices have been completely shut down and turned back on several times,tried switching search engine to Bing, and I tried turning javascript off. No change- still cannot open links from Safari or from email.

Closest Apple Store is a plane ride away, unless I decide to swim or take a boat. (yes I live on an island)

I need these devices to work properly so I can run my business. Any other ideas beside wait for Apple to release a fix?

elcpu wrote:

Update:

I left my iPhone 5 charging all night and on Wi-Fi to see what happened. As of 10 am CDT no update shows up on my phone even though it is on 13E233. Hard to fathom why your 5S wants an update and my 5 does not. Like you, I will do nothing. My two iPad Airs also on 13E233 want an update also, presumably to 237 but no way to tell. I don't understand the lack of consistency among devices. Who knows, by tomorrow we may have 239.

Update:

Solved part of the mystery. Even though I have 5.6 GBs open and 13E237 appears to take 1.4 GBs, my iPhone says "up to date" as I mentioned above. However, I just connected it to iTunes and sure enough, a new update shows up as available. The iPads want to update OTA but somehow my iPhone wants to update with iTunes only even though 5.6 GBs would be more than enough. As I have mentioned, I am not updating anything until the next build comes out "fixing" the links issue. Note the quotes on fixing, not Apple's finest hour!