Safari freeze when create a password in safari or reset a password

When I try to create a password or reset a password in Safari in iOS 16 on my iPhone 12 Pro Max, Safari will freeze. This is especially annoying when I am using a one-time password reset link. When I click the entry box to enter the new password, the "strong password" setting kicks in automatically. When I try to select the "Use Own Password" or whatever the option is called, Safari freezes, and I'm forced to use another browser. Though I've seen this issue with others in prior versions of iOS, I've never had the issue before until updating to iOS 16.

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 13, 2022 07:01 AM

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Oct 13, 2022 01:50 PM in response to Raicya

Hi. I appreciate the help, but the issue isn't that my phone doesn't work, it's that Safari freezes when I go to create user accounts and select the password box. As soon as I do, Safari autofills a "strong password" because it wants to be helpful, rather than asking me what I want to do. When I try select the password box again or even try to change the option to where I can put in my own password, it freezes. The same happen when I do a reset password link. As soon as I select the password box, the same stuff happens. No issues prior to iOS 16.


It doesn't do this when just trying to log in to any websites, only with new or reset password boxes.

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