Forum becoming unusable with all my mobile devices

• Mar 12, 2015

• #1

PappyHoel

Senior Member

I know I'm not the only forum user that has continued to experience issues with the forum on mobile devices. I constantly get redirects to the iTunes store, jumpy scroll to the bottom of the thread, malware detected, etc. the issues have progressively gotten worse over the last 3 months. I have numerous mobile devices and they all exhibit the same symptoms.

I know there is a way to optimize the web service for mobile devices. Is GON going to address the issue? Who else has experienced the same issues?

I know it's a free service, I get it.

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #2

j_seph

Senior Member

I've gotten kicked to the play store numerous times

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #3

SarahFair

Senior Member

Have yall installed an ad blocker?

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #4

j_seph

Senior Member

SarahFair said:

Have yall installed an ad blocker?

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Suggestion please

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #5

DSGB

Senior Member

It's not the site's fault, but ads that use JavaScript to redirect you.

http://readwrite.com/2014/05/15/app-redirects-mobile-spam-ads

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #6

dieselengine9

Senior Member

Do you use Android or Apple mobile devices?

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #7

j_seph

Senior Member

Android

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #8

dieselengine9

Senior Member

j_seph said:

Android

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Are you using the regular browser or Chrome? The reason that I ask is that switching to Chrome fixed this problem for me. I think there are ad-block extensions for it if it gets bad. Somehow these things pick up on your internet history for some of the ads so there may be some settings you could change to help you.

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #9

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Gadestroyer74

Banned

Expericed this aswell with apple devices

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #10

ryanh487

Senior Member

I use chrome on my phone and have adblocker, and I still get redirected to the app store for games that aren't showing in ads anywhere on the page. This is the only forum that it happens on for me.

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #11

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REDMOND1858

Senior Member

Same problem here.

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #12

pnome

Senior Member

No issues on my android 4.4.4 with Chrome 40.0.2214.109

Might be some ad ware has a hold of your browser.

 

• Mar 12, 2015

• #13

rhbama3

Administrator

Staff member

This thread in the Member help forum might be of some use:
http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?t=824060

 

• Mar 13, 2015

• #14

SarahFair

Senior Member

ryanh487 said:

I use chrome on my phone and have adblocker, and I still get redirected to the app store for games that aren't showing in ads anywhere on the page. This is the only forum that it happens on for me.

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That is what I have as well and I dont have any problems

 

• Mar 13, 2015

• #15

jonkayak

Senior Member

Same problem here on an iPhone 6.

 

• Mar 14, 2015

• #16

Dr. Strangelove

Senior Member

Same problem on iPhone 4, but it's intermittent. When I have that issue, I just don't access the forum from my phone.

 

• Mar 14, 2015

• #17

j_seph

Senior Member

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• Mar 15, 2015

• #18

lonewolf247

Senior Member

I guess I've been lucky? No problems at all from my IPhone 6+, or my IPad, as far as accessing the forum, or being kicked off or anything? The only problem, I have had, was trying to embed videos from mobile devices. It's just a tricky thing to do, because the phone wants to use the mobile apps, for these websites, and the layouts are different.

Finally figured it out, but had me baffled for a while!

 

• Mar 17, 2015

• #19

trucknhunter

Member

Same problem here. Redirect to AppStore.

 

• Mar 17, 2015

• #20

GAGE

GONetwork Member

Gadestroyer74 said:

Expericed this aswell with apple devices

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Same here, and I was thinking one of my kids was messing with my phone.