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I just received a (new) iPad Air 2, restored the backup from a backup from my other iPad Mini 4 with the linksgate, since I don't have the apps on my iMac (i don't use iCloud backup) I haven't any app (only black icons). So i launched Safari, it opens my last windows from my iPad Mini 4, including a tab on Google, I tapped on it and...boom it worked 
Now I'm reinstalling all the apps, I'm curious in finding which one is the app/s with the bug...maybe all with the Universa Likining feature
Now I'm reinstalling all the apps, I'm curious in finding which one is the app/s with the bug...maybe all with the Universa Likining feature
I just received a (new) iPad Air 2, restored the backup from a backup from my other iPad Mini 4 with the linksgate, since I don't have the apps on my iMac (i don't use iCloud backup) I haven't any app (only black icons). So i launched Safari, it opens my last windows from my iPad Mini 4, including a tab on Google, I tapped on it and...boom it worked
Now I'm reinstalling all the apps, I'm curious in finding which one is the app/s with the bug...maybe all with the Universa Likining feature
My wife got an SE today, She restored from back up and same thing as you, links worked fine initially but once it had finished installing apps it now does not work again. She didn't even have booking.com installed. Not a great start for a new device.
A fix is, presumably, being bundled into iOS 9.3.1 alongside other updates. I'm guessing that the number of affected users is a bit smaller than this thread imagines it to be, and consequently Apple doesn't feel a need to rush out an urgent update that only addresses this bug.
But I agree, not having a fix is quite frustrating. My confidence in Apple has been eroding with every day that passes.
It has an image of Apple so it's an official fix from Apple even though it's coming from forbes
It's fixed! DuckDuckGo is working fine and peak and pop as well
DuckDuckGo is working fine and peak and pop as well It works for me
I haven't installed some apps, but I don't think they're the cause of the linksgate...I don't remember which apps but, for example, I haven't Booking.com also on the iPad Mini.The build is the same, iPad Mini 4 on front (damn looks yellow
) iPad Air 2 on background.At the moment all the links between apps (mail, etc) are working. But I also haven't rebooted.
Oh, one important thing: since I haven't any apps .ipa files saved on my iMac (where is the backup), all the apps installed are the last release. Because, after restoring the backup, all the -not Apple- apps are only black icons. And I downloaded all again from the Apple Store. Maybe for that is working
maybe there was an app (also Wikipedia could be the cause) who "started" the corruption of the Universal Links service and now, that some apps went update in the last 2/3 days, have fixed the bug..???Just suppositions meh...I don't know!
If you want to try, make a backup of the iPhone/iPad via cable/wifi (not iCloud), and then move all the apps .ipa files (inside the iTunes folder) to another location and then restore the backup. After you will see all the apps on your device but they aren't usable (black/obscured icon), open the App Store and download every app again (just tap the cloud icon) and you will download the last release MAYBE without incurring in the links gate... (Because iOS doesn't backup the root files, I mean it only backups the /Home folder, not the /bin, /usr folders and the corrupted Universal Linking file is somewhere in the root directory... You need to know the UNIX OS to understand what I'm saying)
Good luck!
Damn I wrote a lot for nothing, ahah! I will install it as soon as I am at home again
9.3.1 works! It took them too long! I really hope that is is not a sign of things to come. People love Apple because they don't have to deal with issues like this!
Just an update. The procedure I used has been working solidly. Mail, Safari, everything works perfectly. Now I'm going to update to 9.3.1. Glad they finally put out an update so people don't have to trick **** their phones anymore!