Develop Bugs

Redirect to smartphonegirls.com

Hi all,
Since the last view days I randomly get redirected smartphonegirls.com when I am browsing to xda-developers forum with my android devices. It didn't really happen with my laptop yet so I don't know if catched smth like a virus or similar. However I truly doubt it as it happens with both my android devices and one of them was just freshly flashed.
Does any one else have this problem as well?
/schaze

schaze said:
Hi all,
Since the last view days I randomly get redirected smartphonegirls.com when I am browsing to xda-developers forum with my android devices. It didn't really happen with my laptop yet so I don't know if catched smth like a virus or similar. However I truly doubt it as it happens with both my android devices and one of them was just freshly flashed.
Does any one else have this problem as well?
/schaze
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I have never heard of this. Might be an app you have installed on the decices

Yes, I can confirm this and I could do without it as well. Any way to stop it?

We are trying to track this down right now... It appears difficult to reproduce though.
Is this over wifi or 3G? What provider do you have as well?

Got the same site and done some investigation here. Identified 2 sites ( wetter24.de and epicfail.com) where this site pop ups.
I downloaded an useragent modifier for firefox and switched it to android. Then I use http header to see where the redirect will be done or which object is responsible for it. It looks like that google ads could be the reason, because the ads are dynamically and probably a js will be execute the redirect.
Unfortunately I can´t exactly identify the object and today I got the page again.
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BTW: The Company behind this, are known cheater.
Name: Simona Torre
Organisation: Buongiorno Spa
Adresse: Borgo Masnovo 2
PLZ: 43100
Ort: Parma, PR
Land: IT
Tomorrow I´ll contact lookout. Maybe they can us help here.

I was using ethernet at the time. Happens on my Android device but not on a normal pc with firefox

pulser_g2 said:
We are trying to track this down right now... It appears difficult to reproduce though.
Is this over wifi or 3G? What provider do you have as well?
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I never had it via 3G yet, but I mostly (>90%) use WiFi so I can't really rule that out.
Provider would be Vodafone Germany.
At least for me it only occures with my Android devices - I never experienced it with my Laptop (running Linux Mint 12 with latest FF version from repos 10.0.2)
On Android I have
SGSII with CheckROM RevoHD v6 & RedPill Kernel Rev1.3 (GB)
Acer Iconia A500 with Taboonay 3.1 ROM (ICS)
It happened with both devices so far. On the Acer it was actually when only had very few apps installed (which I don't think might be responsible for it as I used them since a long time)
What I also suspect is that it only happens when I am not logged in to the site. At least it never happened to me so far when I was logged in.
I hope this helps a bit. If there is anything you would like me to test, please let me know. I am happy to assist in any way I can.
/schaze

It just happened again.
Here is what I did (using WiFi)
searched in google search for xda developers
clicked on the result which actually leads to xda developers forum
wait until the site loads completely
just before it is finished loading the redirect occurs and I can see the sie with the FSK18 (thats an age classification - means you need to be 18 to see the content ...bla bla..9 red symbol warning
see attached screenshot.
my redicect actually goes to:[nourl]http://cat.m.smartphonegirls.de/wwf-splashTool/SEO/iGirls_wap_fsk18_kw14_16?transaction_id=10396fe92e93a57bca7eb007875b4e&path=SPOQ[/nourl]

Using Wifi is the only way that you can reproduce this.
Then what might be happening:
You normally connect through mobile webpages through your droid.
When you are on an open wifi connection, it lets alot more data flow in and out of your droid. Searching for xda and maybe clicking on a searched link will send you there first.
FIX: Save xda as your favorite or home page and it will go straight to the actual site instead of sending you through click.it links etc.

miked0602 said:
When you are on an open wifi connection, it lets alot more data flow in and out of your droid.
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Not quite sure what you mean with that...
miked0602 said:
Searching for xda and maybe clicking on a searched link will send you there first.
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I understand, but the redirect happens from xda-developers. I can see the xda url in the browser while XDA is loading (there is nothing preceeding it), the redirect occurs only at the end of loading the XDA developer page. So I don't think that problem is coming from the link I click to get to XDA.
miked0602 said:
FIX: Save xda as your favorite or home page and it will go straight to the actual site instead of sending you through click.it links etc.
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Or just cancel further loading before the redirect occurs.... It is no big issue which keeps me from using XDA - But my main concern was that it was actually happening at all and I wasn' t sure if I catched smth on my devices or if it is a general problem.

I could reproduce this on xda-developers.com. Unfortunately I can´t post the headers because its not allowed for me to post urls.
If the xda-developers admins like to have the entire header stack just give me a short message. Really strange thing.

The same happens, randomly as well, with the site androidcommunity.com. Both with the android bowser and chrome beta. This is f.... annoying. Any ideas how to avoid this?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

I am having the same problem on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus with AOKP Milestone 4 and on my Acer A500 with flexreaper r9. I used my Bookmark to the A500 Development Forum wich works fine on my Desktop PC. I am using WiFi (Provider T-Online Germany). The Forum Page is loading completely but after a few seconds i am redirected to
http://cat.m.smartphonegirls.de/wwf...n_id=103ed278c8e4b502abdf1aeb1eee1c&path=SPOQ
Gesendet von meinem A500 mit Tapatalk

Same problem here. It appears when i open the xda-portal site on my galaxy nexus.
It doesn't matter if i connect via wifi or 3g.
Very annoying:/
Hopefully you can ban this site.

I have this Problem also.. with 3G ans wifi.
I' m using aokp ob mx galaxy s

We are continuing to see what can be done, as it looks like an external issue affecting other sites too

@Mod:
Could you merge this thread with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536791 ?

pulser_g2 said:
We are continuing to see what can be done, as it looks like an external issue affecting other sites too
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I figured out the related redirect. But I cant post it due to url policies. It comes from...
"tracking.kissmyads.com"
If you want the details give me a short info.

Have uploaded the headers for review.

Had the same experience today with Opera Mobile on the "Cyanide & Happiness" page (webcomic). Looked at the latest strip and redirected as soon as the page was fully loaded. Didn't happen on the built-in browser though.
Tried setting the user agent from mobile to desktop and it seems to have fixed it. Switched back to mobile for testing and didn't get the ad again yet. Hopefully that helps.

[Q] mobgifts.org (Possible browser hijack)

I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...

BlueBagodah said:
I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...
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I am getting this too, it started a couple of weeks ago, at first I thought it was a pop up from the site I had been visiting, but now it's happening with other sites. I am on a stock rom bell Canada Galaxy S II. Anyone have any ideas?

I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?

BlueBagodah said:
I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?
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I got it on XDA as well but I am getting it on other sites with increasing frequecy, for example, icefilms.info, and demonoid.me. I dont think it's an issure with just the xda website

It's just a clever popup on the internet. A lot of people here will see it because a lot of people visit XDA.
There is nothing wrong with your phone and no need to panic or wipe.
There was also a thread about this yesterday.

uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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its just the ad supplier that multiple sites use.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.

Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?

Druter said:
Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?
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When I find the link, sure.
You can get rid of it by not using the internet.

joshnichols189 said:
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You can get rid of it by not using the internet.
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Not very helpful

Druter said:
Not very helpful
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Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
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It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.

yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one

Druter said:
yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one
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Then what do YOU honestly think is happening?

actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart

Druter said:
actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart
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Fair enough haha. Here read this, there's some plausible causes.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/uzpb8/when_did_this_start_happening/

Here is the other thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706480&page=2
I'm starting to think that it's Google Adsense serving these ads to people. All of these sites almost all use Google Adsense in some form to back fill ads.
This is happening to both Android and iPhones - only through mobile browsers. My guess is that this shady ass advertiser is targeting mobile browsers through Adsense.
From what I can tell, the ads are somehow attached to a site called blueAds.com, at least that's where they redirect from.

joshnichols189 said:
Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
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It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.
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Not to say that I'm glad to hear, but at least there's some corroboration. I tried to do some research, and the whois record isn't helpful, and all that comes up for any search on mobgifts is a site called downocean(or something like that).
My Scam alarms just started going off.

I concur on that point, a lot of the searches on this topic. Bring the downocean name up again and again. Especially when you type how do I get rid of. Its definitely got some javascript going on, when I turn JS off I don't seem to get the the pop ups.

joshnichols189 said:
I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.
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I wonder if browsers such as opera show pop ups.

XDA Wiki access problem

Hey guys... I hope some Admin will have the chance to look at this:
Every time I try to access the XDA wiki, I'm seeing an empty page... which is a crying shame from my point of view... This happens both when viewing from work as well as viewing from home... even when viewing it on my mobile this happens! I'm connecting to the world from The Netherlands... which has possibly the best IX connectivity in the world... but the wiki is unreachable
Who else has this issue? What can I do to fix my access?

[NUT] said:
Hey guys... I hope some Admin will have the chance to look at this:
Every time I try to access the XDA wiki, I'm seeing an empty page... which is a crying shame from my point of view... This happens both when viewing from work as well as viewing from home... even when viewing it on my mobile this happens! I'm connecting to the world from The Netherlands... which has possibly the best IX connectivity in the world... but the wiki is unreachable
Who else has this issue? What can I do to fix my access?
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I'm not have any issues with it, but I'll test out some things and get back to you.

[NUT] said:
Hey guys... I hope some Admin will have the chance to look at this:
Every time I try to access the XDA wiki, I'm seeing an empty page... which is a crying shame from my point of view... This happens both when viewing from work as well as viewing from home... even when viewing it on my mobile this happens! I'm connecting to the world from The Netherlands... which has possibly the best IX connectivity in the world... but the wiki is unreachable
Who else has this issue? What can I do to fix my access?
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Can you try now? The issue is that the [ and ] in your username are restricted characters in MediaWiki but not vBulletin. I've written a patch that should fix this by setting you a username based on your user ID, so please check to make sure this does work for you.

bitpushr said:
Can you try now? The issue is that the [ and ] in your username are restricted characters in MediaWiki but not vBulletin. I've written a patch that should fix this by setting you a username based on your user ID, so please check to make sure this does work for you.
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It looks a bit funny (My user ID + space and xda as username), but I can actually see the wiki now! :victory:
Good patch! :laugh:

[NUT] said:
It looks a bit funny (My user ID + space and xda as username), but I can actually see the wiki now! :victory:
Good patch! :laugh:
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Yeah since [ and ] are restricted characters it kind of messes up the integration. I was just going to convert them to _ but in case someone registers that name on XDA (like _NUT_) we just use the userid in that case. So it is a bit confusing but should at least get you access!

contact forms unusable

Hi,
sorry when this may be the wrong forum but I have no idea where else I can write.
I wanted to use the contact form (http://www.xda-developers.com/contact) to report an urgent issue but I cannot use it.
I tried it with firefox and chrome and doing this on several days in the last week but when I click on the "send" button an arrow is displayed which is moving around and keeps moving for hours - nothing more happening.
It doesn't matter which one I try - I tested 2 (urgent and contact the webmaster).
I have no idea how to contact xda and wanted to know if this is a problem only for me or if others having the same problem?
Thanks in advance
xdajog

is it regarding a post? u can actually just use the report button...

reyscott1968 said:
is it regarding a post? u can actually just use the report button...
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no it is an issue within the xda forum/devdb.
The bug reporter isn't working since weeks and I cannot contact xda and there is no reply in the corresponding forum.

xdajog said:
no it is an issue within the xda forum/devdb.
The bug reporter isn't working since weeks and I cannot contact xda and there is no reply in the corresponding forum.
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ohh ok... seems to be a new discovery for u.. hope an admin can check it ..

well I don't think so... seems no one is interesting in that issue.
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Hi,
I try to contact the web master for a request via the contact form, and I have the same problem.
nothing happen after press "send" button.
may an admin see us
edit :
contact form still freeze !
Please! no admin see ya :'(

@bitpushr looks like there is some issue!

Thanks for report this to the right person.
The send button still spinning, unfortunately .
--Tapa'DoC'eD

jackeagle said:
@bitpushr looks like there is some issue!
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I hope @bitpushr can help..
Sent from my SGH-I927 using XDA Free mobile app

I've heard this a lot but I have tested on different browsers and haven't been able to reproduce this. Are you using any browser extensions that might block 3rd party scripts? Can you check the browser console when you try to send the comment to see if there is an error message? You can use the Technical contact form which goes directly to me.

Hi,
Thanks for taking some time on this!
I've tried with FF (x86) and chrome, normal and private mode. I'm on W8.1.
I have only two extension in FF : ghostery and abp.
ABP always off in xda and I deactivate ghostery for testing .
The send button still spinning but nothing else happen. (try every combination)
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And as you said, It seem like it's just a bug for two people, the OP and me. No one else came here to report too. So .....?
If I can help ? maybe some log or specific tests/info that help you to reproduce 'our' bug...do not hesitate.
--Tapa'DoC'eD

O_DoC said:
I just want to send a form for a username change from "DoC_974" to "O_DoC", not a big issue for me.
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I've done this for you.

post del
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I wanted to report that I have the same issue. I tried the webmaster contact form and I also just get the spinning arrow. I have tried several times over at least a month. I have tried both Firefox and Opera on two different Windows 10 machines, Firefox on a Linux machine and Dolphin Browser on my phone. I have had no luch with any of these.
Is there any other information, or anything else I could try to help debug this issue?

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I wanted to report that I have the same issue. I tried the webmaster contact form and I also just get the spinning arrow. I have tried several times over at least a month. I have tried both Firefox and Opera on two different Windows 10 machines, Firefox on a Linux machine and Dolphin Browser on my phone. I have had no luch with any of these.
Is there any other information, or anything else I could try to help debug this issue?
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It seems no one is interested in solving this.
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@bitpushr - still a regular occurrence.

Site view is all screwed up in explorer. I tried different computers running different OS and i can confirm it is not releated to a certain device or OS. Can one of the devs look into it. Thank you

bula1ca said:
Site view is all screwed up in explorer. I tried different computers running different OS and i can confirm it is not releate to a certain device or OS. Can one of the devs look into it. Thank you
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I saw your post in another thread. But no one else is having this issue. It must be related to your system, or internet connection.
Which theme are you using?

Sorry do interrupt you but this thread is about "contact forms unusable"
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still the same.
Now I wanted to report issues with all XDA dev DB projects (cant upload new screenshots and downloads) but I'm not able to report this because I cannot use the contact forms..

429 Rate Limited (crosspost)

Well, since I posted in the wrong forum (figured XDA Assist meant "assistance with the XDA forum"... nope!), I'm reposting here.
I'm having an issue with the forum where I can't vote in polls or perform a search. If I attempt either action, as soon as I press the submit button, I'll immediately get a white page that says "429 Rate Limited" with the XDA header logo and the text (paraphrasing)
XDA Forums said:
Hold up there! We've detected too many requests from your IP and have rate limited you.
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and links to the XDA Homepage and Forums index.
Any idea what's going on here?

raduque said:
Well, since I posted in the wrong forum (figured XDA Assist meant "assistance with the XDA forum"... nope!), I'm reposting here.
I'm having an issue with the forum where I can't vote in polls or perform a search. If I attempt either action, as soon as I press the submit button, I'll immediately get a white page that says "429 Rate Limited" with the XDA header logo and the text (paraphrasing)
and links to the XDA Homepage and Forums index.
Any idea what's going on here?
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anyone else using your Internet connection and XDA-Developers?
Could be a browser issue or modem/router issue?
Maybe @bitpushr or @svetius
Could take a look at it?
Sent from my DROID Turbo using XDA Labs

No to the first question.
I'm using Edge for my browser. I've reset my modem and router twice (sb6121 modem, Asus rt-n66r)

Just got this error:
429 Rate Limited
Whoa there, hold your horses! We've detected a lot of requests coming from your IP and have rate limited you. Please check your configuration and try again.
Only me is using the computer right now. Nobody else is at home.

I have the same problem whilst trying to use the search functionality in a thread.
This is rather annoying as i don't want to look in over 100 pages one-by-one.

Handsome Jack said:
Just got this error:
429 Rate Limited
Whoa there, hold your horses! We've detected a lot of requests coming from your IP and have rate limited you. Please check your configuration and try again.
Only me is using the computer right now. Nobody else is at home.
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TheBestPessimist said:
I have the same problem whilst trying to use the search functionality in a thread.
This is rather annoying as i don't want to look in over 100 pages one-by-one.
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This can be caused by extensions or settings requesting pages in the background. This feature is called "prefetching" and requests links before you actually click on them. It's fast for user experience but hammers the server. You shouldn't be hitting the 429 rate limit unless there are a lot of requests coming to the server.

Me too, I only go to the forum a few times a day and get this error every time?
It's getting that way, it's not worth the effort.
Doesn't seem to be any fix for the issue, or, am I missing some thing?

macca017 said:
Me too, I only go to the forum a few times a day and get this error every time?
It's getting that way, it's not worth the effort.
Doesn't seem to be any fix for the issue, or, am I missing some thing?
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Disable prefetching in your browser, this "feature" causes the browser to load a bunch of pages in the background. On a busy site like XDA we rate limit pages to prevent abuse, imagine if everyone loading a page actually loads 20 pages in the background.

Tried the 3 main browsers on my personal Windows 10 laptop, connected to my S9 hotspot. The problem happens on all 3 browsers when I try to download 1 file (CyanogenMod for Note 4 https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=19462)
Tried my work laptop on my work's network connection, same error in both FFox & IE11 on Windows Server 2012.
Tried on 2 different T-Mobiles phones in the Chrome broswer - same error.
Seems like the "429 rate limit" is crap on XDA. I haven't been on this website in years - kinda sad to see such a silly configuration problem causing so much grief for users.
Anyone know a different source for the 2nd newest unofficial CM for the Verizon Note 4 (the latest release fails to boot - stuck on CM logo)? I really really want/need it. Thanks!
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Quick update: Nevermind, I just kept trying and it eventually worked (on my work-network + FireFox).

Every time I log on here after a while not being on here I get the rate-limited screen.

I have the same issue as well.

same issue here too

Just registered and can't even change profile settings because of this.
The only reason I registered was to keep the dark theme applied across tabs. That's it.
Getting this too.
vBulletin Message
Sorry, your IP address has already been used to register an account today. Please try again later.
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I'm the only user on my IP. Problem is squarely on your end XDA.

Getting this randomly since the XDA "Theme" issues Monday March 31st...? I'm on the latest Chrome browser.
'429 Rate Limited
Whoa there, hold your horses! We've detected a lot of requests coming from your IP and have rate limited you. Please check your configuration and try again.'

galaxys said:
Getting this randomly since the XDA "Theme" issues Monday March 31st...? I'm on the latest Chrome browser.
'429 Rate Limited
Whoa there, hold your horses! We've detected a lot of requests coming from your IP and have rate limited you. Please check your configuration and try again.'
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Same here... Constantly getting this, cant open any of the forums... Chrome browser here as well

galaxys said:
Getting this randomly since the XDA "Theme" issues Monday March 31st...? I'm on the latest Chrome browser.
'429 Rate Limited
Whoa there, hold your horses! We've detected a lot of requests coming from your IP and have rate limited you. Please check your configuration and try again.'
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matekaneve said:
Same here... Constantly getting this, cant open any of the forums... Chrome browser here as well
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Me too... but only if I click one link too fast after the former one. My personal solution: I hold my horses! And then it doesn't happen any longer. Just about 3 - 5 seconds between the clicks are sufficient.

Oswald Boelcke said:
Me too... but only if I click one link too fast after the former one. My personal solution: I hold my horses! And then it doesn't happen any longer. Just about 3 - 5 seconds between the clicks are sufficient.
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That's what I tried to do as well, but still kept getting the error. What started working now is if I open any of the forums and get the error, I just click on the reload button in the browser, than the page loads up. Everything seems to work though in the XDA forum app.