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Help Can't go "back" in browser to a google search results page

Sorry ... let me try again ...

I suspect that the problem is with the Google Search website. I suspect that it is setting a condition that is incorrect under some circumstances so that when you return to it it immediately returns to the page that called the search engine.

Page calls Google Search ... you do a search ... it lists a bunch of pages ... you go to a page ... you hit return ... it returns to Google search results page that you came from and it immediatly does a return -2 (it returns to the page that called Google search). (Yes the server can decide how deeply back to return in the chain of pages that called the current page. In this case the count is off.)

This seems like a "feature" in the Google Search website (A.K.A. "bug").

If this assumption is correct, the place to get it addresses is the Google Search help forum. (You may notice that at least one other non-Bionic user is getting the same result.)

The link provided takes you to my first attempt to say this and it has a link to the Google Help forum where you can post your question ... it is ... Web Search Help.

... Thom
 
Thom,
I dont think your correct thst its a google search bug. My wifes phone doesn't have the problem. Her's works fine. I think it's a virus of some kind. HAS ANYONE FOUND A SOLUTION?
 
Lol @ virus. OK, Seriously, though:

When you hit the back button and nothing happens, the URL changes back to the search URL, but it doesn't actually load the page. That is what is happening. Watch the video - he hits is a few times before it goes back to the previous page - so, for whatever reason, the URL does change back to the main search you performed but it fails to reload the actual page with the search results.
 
... and the server can tel if it is called from a mobile device or not which would explain why it is not happening when run from the desktop (it is apparently a bug in the mobile version ).

... and bugs are not always obviously predictable. Given enough time, energy, and money you can usually find the underlying cause for why it is affecting one device and not another. Many times you can't.

... and at least one person reported the behavior in a non-Bionic mobile device.

... and it does not happen when you use your desktop browser.

... and it doesn't happen in websites other than Google Search.

... Thom
 
Well Thom you are probably correct but I just dont understand why my wife's phone works fine with the default browser but mine doesn't. However, I believe your right because of the solution I found supports your explaination. SOLUTION: Ditch Google asthe search engine and go with Bing, Dog Pile, or anything but Google and all works great!!!!
 
for me, this seems to be site dependent, depending on where i am sometimes hitting the back button takes me back 2 screens instead of just one screen (not just in google search either). i just hit menu and then select the forward button. takes me to the right place everytime.
 
Just want to chime in and say that my Bionic has been doing this as well. Initially with the stock browser,so I did a force stop, clear data, and it did fix the problem. But I also use Dolphin Browser sometimes, and I just noticed it doing the same thing now. This has got to be an Android or Motor Blur issue of some sort I would think, not a Google issue.
 
I'm almost positive it's Blur, as only one other person with another phone has reported this, and that could have been a network connection issue.
 
johnlgalt said:
I'm almost positive it's Blur, as only one other person with another phone has reported this, and that could have been a network connection issue.
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I looked in the Applications forum and found nothing. I looked in the Razr forum and found nothing.

Reports are now coming out that it is happening in places other than Google Search (unlike the earlier reports) and this would seem to put it on the Bionic side of the connection.

On my workstation I use the back and foreword mouse buttons for this navigation and use them a lot. It is surprising that there aren't two little overlay buttons that you can turn on on the Browser app screen.

I wonder if it is happening on Internet Explorer on my workstation and since the mouse is so ingrained in what I do ... I simply respond and never am aware of it.

... Thom
 
If the reports are solely on the BIONIC, I'd say it is not in the realm of Android, b/c there are literally hundreds of phones running Android, and none of them experience the issue.

We're not even 100% sure that the BLUR on the RAZR is the same as on our phones, so...that would make it very much the realm of Blur, not Android. Blur is app independent.
 
I dont know what happened but today all is working good. Friday through Sunday it was n't working right and now all is fine. Hope it's good for everyone now too. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.
 
johnlgalt said:
If the reports are solely on the BIONIC, I'd say it is not in the realm of Android, b/c there are literally hundreds of phones running Android, and none of them experience the issue.

We're not even 100% sure that the BLUR on the RAZR is the same as on our phones, so...that would make it very much the realm of Blur, not Android. Blur is app independent.
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Thank you. I change the wording to "the Bionic side of the connection".

... Thom
 
I still fail to see what you're implying by saying that - by referring to Android you're making it out to be a problem with the OS itself - and then it would be manifesting system wide - across all devices across all platforms that are running Android. It clearly is not, so I don't see the relevance of referring to Android anything in here - it's BIONIC specific until we see otherwise.
 
johnlgalt said:
I still fail to see what you're implying by saying that - by referring to Android you're making it out to be a problem with the OS itself - and then it would be manifesting system wide - across all devices across all platforms that are running Android. It clearly is not, so I don't see the relevance of referring to Android anything in here - it's BIONIC specific until we see otherwise.
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Changed again ... not trying to imply anything ...

... Thom
 
Lol my bad - I thought you were trying to imply something specific that I was not seeing. As in some particular part of Android that was at the root of it all.
 
I think I found a solution. Not sure how it is connected but this appears to be working for me. On the Google search home page there is a link to settings (not the browser settings you get to by pushing the menu button at the bottom, but the seach settings link that is only available on the actual search home page.) When you click this settings link it brings up a list of search settings and one of them is called "google instant"

Check the box that says "do not use google instant" and save.

That's it. Fixed it for me.
 
I had it off and never had the problem.
I turned it on and saved and had the problem.
I turned it off and saved and no longer have the problem.

Congratulations. It certainly looks like a bug in the Google Search website.

... Thom
 
Fireplug said:
I think I found a solution. Not sure how it is connected but this appears to be working for me. On the Google search home page there is a link to settings (not the browser settings you get to by pushing the menu button at the bottom, but the seach settings link that is only available on the actual search home page.) When you click this settings link it brings up a list of search settings and one of them is called "google instant"

Check the box that says "do not use google instant" and save.

That's it. Fixed it for me.
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Added to ... http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-bionic/421050-post-your-tips-bionic-here.html.

... Thom
 
Turning off Instant made it work for me as well. But I only tried limited sites - to give a good check, let's start seeing if certain websites always break the back feature regardless of whether Instant is on or not....

Wikipedia - works with Instant off and does not work with Instant on
 
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