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Hi all,

I am a relatively new user of \e\OS on a Google Pixel Tablet. I am enjoying it immensely and am v grateful to the team for creating this OS.

After a few months of use, I have started moving my banking apps to the tablet. The apps are working well but there is one problem that i cannot solve myself.

when I login to my banking app, it sends me an email confirmation. When clicking the link in the email, it sends me to the browser as intended. The browser then has a link to click that then should send me back to the banking app.

Unfortunately, clicking the link in the browser doesn’t take me back to the app. Is there any way I can change this behaviour so clicking the link takes me back to the app?

The apps are the stock \E\OS browser and the Santander banking app.

Any help in this convoluted scenario would be much appreciated!

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Would you be prepared to try open https://www.santander.co.uk in default browser > top right 3 dot menu > scroll well down > Add to Home screen (be sure to follow “Add shortcut”, resist persuasion to “install app”).

Providing login now works you have a more secure / privacy friendly way of banking compared to the app.

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Oh thank you! That works wonderfully! I shall access the banking site using this method.

In future, if other apps demand the click through and i need to use the app for some reason, is there an alternative that would get the app working?

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Maybe you can try long press the link, copy to a Note and try to read the “complexity” of the link, does it go though some blocked “inbetweener” or something?

But I avoid any financial apps.

The “Add shortcut” may work for many useful sites avoiding an app altogether.

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Thank you so much for your reply. I should have joined this community sooner!

This may be a silly question, but why are folks still avoiding banking apps, even with e’s advanced privacy features?

Many thanks, indeed

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Hi! Just add I have same issue. A workaround is to use the Add To Home shortcut so I can access my accounts OK. I’d really like the app though, to enable quick authentication for some online transactions though. So whilst a workaround works somewhat, it’s not a full solution. I agree with an above poster though, I do consider it’s an issue with the link being provided and/or the e/OS interpretation of the link. There must be a way to identify the exact link and adjust it to open in santander.app not open in browser.app or something along those lines.

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I agree. Does something prevent you from getting a text copy of the link then you could hope to identify the issue of what the blocker might be.

One very simple thing would be an “intermediary” check like “Are you a human” / Captcha / pop up “change window” which the current /e/OS settings prevents from appearing.

This incidentally is what I would want; if attempting to make a “secure” connection with my bank I don’t need or want some (unknown) third party involved.

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