[Solved] browsers cannot display 2nd level web pages on mobile data (wifi works fine)

[IronRoo]

Firefox & the CM browser will access top level domains but will not access 2nd page level when clicking on a link, though the first link you click on will load but any subsequent pages will give various error messages depending on the server used by the web site. This only happens on mobile data, over wifi there is no problem. On some sites I can still go back to the top level pages after an error msg but not on others.

I thought it might be due to bad data in cache etc, but wiping had no effect. I was on CM12.1 official (stock), so have upgraded to CM13 official (stock, NO mods like xposed etc) after a full factory reset with TWRP, but still have the same errors. ALso I have not loaded any addons to Firefox.

Example error msgs.
Thats an error. The requested resource is not available (Apache Tomcat/7.0.30)
or
HTTP Status 404 - /404/404.html The requested resource is not available (Apache Tomcat/7.0.30)
or
404 that's an error. The requested URL / was not found on this server. That's all we know.
or
Error. The request could not be satisfied. Bad request. (cloudfront)

I thought it might be IPV6, so I disabled that in Firefox via about:config, restarted app, no change rebooted phone but it was still the same.
Have tried with LTE connection and 3G.

I suspect it may be network related (Vodafone) but would like to rule out CM. It is also the same on the wife's Note 1 running NightOwl 12.1 (an almost stock CM12.1), she is on same network.
(It may have started after last update of Firefox, but stock browser also has same errors?)

Is anyone else having this issue? Any ideas what the likely cause is?

 

[vitkiselyov]

Have you tried to experiment with another browsers?

 

[IronRoo]

Have you tried to experiment with another browsers?

Hi Thanks for the reply, yes I have used one other browser, Opera Mini which works fine, maybe as it prefetches the page and strips it down to save data then sends it to your browser. So at least I was able to browse the net. But I like Firefox as I use the Reader view with a black background as easy on the eyes and saves battery, so I really want to get FF working again.

Also I have found a workaround for the moment. I had Orbot installed already so used it to create a VPN and Firefox works flawlessly through that (but some sites always ask for security checks etc as Tor, which can be a pain).

I don't understand the exact issue but it seems that when I click a link on a website it only sends the end part of the URL not the www.mainname.com/ bit just the /thisisalink/aboutstuff/ bit to a search engine so it never finds it. THough I could be wrong, as I've only ever made basic html & php websites many years ago.

The New York Times website gives a Google error (I assume they use Google to find their web pages & not a direct URL), (though I also get different styles of 404 errors on that site)

eg
Google
404. Thats an error.
The requested URL /thepage/youwant/blahblah/ was not found on this server. That's all we know

 

[vitkiselyov]

I'm guessing that something is wrong with your connection. I installed Firefox and found no problems at work.

 

[IronRoo]

I'm guessing that something is wrong with your connection. I installed Firefox and found no problems at work.

@vitkiselyov
Thanks for testing & confirming FF works on your phone, it seems to point to my ISP connection, though I can't see how it would cause this issue, need to do some more research sometime.

 

[IronRoo]

Solved, use "Vodafone AU" APN

This week my workaround, Orbot, stopped working (possibly due to me installing Cerberus as it's the only change I've made)

Anyhow that led to me finding a very simple solution. I went to the TPG/Vodafone website to try changing mobile data settings, but when I opened my phone's settings/Mobile Networks/APN I found there was already an alternative there so I changed from "Vodafone Live!" to "Vodafone AU" (they both point to APN live.vodafone.com but have slightly different settings). And now I can access all websites through either browser with no problems.

Differences are
Vodafone live! (which didn't work) \\separator\\ Vodafone AU (which does work)
APN= live.vodafone.com \\ live.vodafone.com
Proxy= 10.202.2.60 \\ not set,
port= 8080 \\ not set,
Username= notset \\ *
Password= not set \\ *
Server=not set \\ *
MMSC= NOT SET \\ http://pxt.vodafone.net.au/pxtsend
MMS= NOT SET \\ 10.202.2.60
MMS port= NOT SET \\ 8080
MCC= 505 \\ 505
MNC= 03 \\ 03
Auth= not set \\ not set
APN type = default,supl \\ MMS,default,supl
APN Proto= IPv4 \\ IPv4
APN roaming proto=IPv4 \\ IPv4
Bearer= unspecified \\ unspecified
MVNO type= none \\ none

Vodafone (Australia) interactive guide S4 Mini (Stock) settings
http://devices.vodafone.com.au/web/...plore/internet/set-up-your-phone-for-internet