Help/Support Safari hangs/freezes for ~15 seconds when clicking on a link after opening it

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

Hey!

 

I have this issue with Safari on my iPhone. This issue only started happening when I upgraded to 8.3 and kept my backup.

 

When I open Safari, it works fine, it loads the last page I visited without an issue but if I click on a link or try to visit a new page by entering the URL, it freezes for ~10 seconds or more! I cannot click anything or do anything in Safari as it's  unresponsive. After the freezing is done, Safari works perfectly fine. No more hanging or freezing anymore. This only happens once at the launch of Safari then it works well afterwards.

 

I restored my iPhone today and I tested Safari without restoring from backup. It worked fine. No lags or freezes or anything. So the issue must be with my backup?

 

What do you guys think? Any suggestions?

[Klepto 7.7k iPhone X 14.5]

Use Chrome

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

Use Chrome

Chrome is bad on iOS.

[Klepto 7.7k iPhone X 14.5]

Chrome is bad on iOS.

then keep the restore and add everything back by yourself. Pleb

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

then keep the restore and add everything back by yourself. Pleb

Nope. There's probably an easier fix for it.

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

Just tried clearing Safari web data in Settings -> Safari and still the same issue.

 

Going to try a few other stuff now.

[ArronH 5.7k iPhone 7 Plus 11.2.2]

I think you should try using Puffin Web Browser. Even though it's paid, you can get it using AppAddict or Appcake. Puffin is also a very fast and fluid browser.

@@DiDA

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

I think you should try using Puffin Web Browser. Even though it's paid, you can get it using AppAddict or Appcake. Puffin is also a very fast and fluid browser.

@@DiDA

Nah, don't like Puffin. I like Safari the most.

[Rook 548.9k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

I just ran iCleaner Pro from cydia.angelxwind.net repo and it seems to have fixed the issue so far. No more freezing.

 

For Non-Jailbroken users, they might need to clear Safari Cache & other things since that's what iCleaner does and it fixed it for me.