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Nov 26, 2013, 2:29 pm

Ever since Apple came out with iOS 7 on iPads and iPhones, third party browsers, such as Google Chrome, would crash as soon as you tried to use the Log In page at Lottery Post. It affected several other pages too, such as the Register page.

The bug did not affect the main Safari browser — only third party browsers loaded from the App Store. (All third-party browsers in iOS use the same browser technology/code behind the scenes, so the bug would occur within all non-Safari browsers, as well as within all other apps that can display web pages.)

I finally was able to concoct a work-around for the bug, so that it should no longer crash the browser. I have tested it using both an iPad and iPhone that are running iOS 7, so I'm pretty sure we're good now.

Unfortunately it is definitely a bug in the operating system, rather than a bug in the Lottery Post Web site, so it is difficult to know for sure if the patch works everywhere, or if it will reoccur at some point. Hopefully not!

The good news is that now you can go back to using any browser on your iPhone and iPad.

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Nov 26, 2013, 2:47 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Nov 26, 2013
Ever since Apple came out with iOS 7 on iPads and iPhones, third party browsers, such as Google Chrome, would crash as soon as you tried to use the Log In page at Lottery Post. It affected several other pages too, such as the Register page.

The bug did not affect the main Safari browser — only third party browsers loaded from the App Store. (All third-party browsers in iOS use the same browser technology/code behind the scenes, so the bug would occur within all non-Safari browsers, as well as within all other apps that can display web pages.)

I finally was able to concoct a work-around for the bug, so that it should no longer crash the browser. I have tested it using both an iPad and iPhone that are running iOS 7, so I'm pretty sure we're good now.

Unfortunately it is definitely a bug in the operating system, rather than a bug in the Lottery Post Web site, so it is difficult to know for sure if the patch works everywhere, or if it will reoccur at some point. Hopefully not!

The good news is that now you can go back to using any browser on your iPhone and iPad.

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Nov 26, 2013, 2:55 pm

Thank you
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Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Nov 26, 2013
Thank you

Thank you Mr. Lottery Post man 4 UR help N 2013!
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Nov 26, 2013, 5:22 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Todd on Nov 26, 2013
Ever since Apple came out with iOS 7 on iPads and iPhones, third party browsers, such as Google Chrome, would crash as soon as you tried to use the Log In page at Lottery Post. It affected several other pages too, such as the Register page.

The bug did not affect the main Safari browser — only third party browsers loaded from the App Store. (All third-party browsers in iOS use the same browser technology/code behind the scenes, so the bug would occur within all non-Safari browsers, as well as within all other apps that can display web pages.)

I finally was able to concoct a work-around for the bug, so that it should no longer crash the browser. I have tested it using both an iPad and iPhone that are running iOS 7, so I'm pretty sure we're good now.

Unfortunately it is definitely a bug in the operating system, rather than a bug in the Lottery Post Web site, so it is difficult to know for sure if the patch works everywhere, or if it will reoccur at some point. Hopefully not!

The good news is that now you can go back to using any browser on your iPhone and iPad.

Very good work sir, but I dont have an Ipad or Iphone. What should I do?
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Nov 26, 2013, 5:33 pm

Quote: Originally posted by LottoBoner on Nov 26, 2013
Very good work sir, but I dont have an Ipad or Iphone. What should I do?

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Go inside and ask if they sell apples because you are hungry!"
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Quote: Originally posted by SergeM on Nov 26, 2013
"You walk around in the big Apple and look for an Apple shop.
Go inside and ask if they sell apples because you are hungry!"

I wouldn't eat an apple from that store, because dem apples got bugs!
Todd

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Nov 26, 2013, 5:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by LottoBoner on Nov 26, 2013
Very good work sir, but I dont have an Ipad or Iphone. What should I do?

Enjoy life blissfully unaware of the pitfalls of crashing third-party browsers in iOS.

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Nov 29, 2013, 12:51 am

Thanks for fixxing this Todd I noticed for about a week I couldn't access the home page and was about to notify you of it then it got fixed. And yes I had downloaded the latest software on my iphone around the time it happened, and I use Goggle Chrome
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Nov 29, 2013, 1:29 am

I was so frustrated! Google Chrome is my favorite browser, especially on my iPhone.

But wow, it was so annoying trying to log in and LP crashed. Glad to know its was on apple's end.

Anyway, BIG THANK YOU Todd, for the effort to resolve this issue.

LP is working beautifully on GC. No issues here... Anymore. :)

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