Honest John quits on iPhone

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Mon 30 Jan 2017 22:21
Honest John quits on iPhone - dadbif
Am I alone with this problem, when reading the forum on my iPhone if I tap onto some headings, usually those with a single name as the title, the app quits and I have to restart. Anyone got any idea how to prevent this?
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Mon 30 Jan 2017 23:57
Honest John quits on iPhone - Avant

I've just tried a few links on this app on my iPhone - no problems. Has anyone else had trouble?

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Tue 31 Jan 2017 00:07
Honest John quits on iPhone - Energyman
It's not the links in the replies it is the subject headings in the back room list of topics, that sometimes crash the app, usually just a contributors name shows and no title. Happens on iPad as well
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Tue 31 Jan 2017 07:11
Honest John quits on iPhone - veloceman
Yeah, does the same to me on my iPhone.
Also on the 'Crabbing Mercedes' thread.
Just throws me out when I try to load.
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Tue 31 Jan 2017 10:06
Honest John quits on iPhone - Dogfuzz

Might this be something to do with an HJ site moderator "at work"?

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Tue 31 Jan 2017 11:43
Honest John quits on iPhone - Avant

No it wouldn't.

Looking at the iPhone app again, there are some apparent entries in the backroom with just a 'name' which indeed turn the whole thing off. I can't find these names (e.g. elwyn ruscoe, Tickenham Tiger) in any of the sections of the forum, so I've no idea where they've come from.

Best just to ignore the threads with just a name and no subject.

Edited by Avant on 31/01/2017 at 12:00

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Tue 31 Jan 2017 16:36
Honest John quits on iPhone - HJ Editor

Those subject-less posts are comments on news articles. I can't see why they would crash the app completely, but they shouldn't be appearing in the app anyway. I'll update the app's feed to remove them.

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Tue 31 Jan 2017 17:49
Honest John quits on iPhone - dadbif
Glad I'm not alone
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Tue 31 Jan 2017 19:15
Honest John quits on iPhone - daveyjp
Iphones and ipads, in particular older ones, can be very flaky with some ad feeds.

I've just had to replace my venerable ipad2 as more and more web pages were becoming unuseable. The processor was too old to deal with modern websites and apps and it included HJ site.
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Wed 1 Feb 2017 07:11
Honest John quits on iPhone - dadbif
Nothing to do with hardware, it happens on my wife's iPad Air and my new iPhone 7
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