Title: [Plugin: WordPress Mobile Pack] iphone “handler could not be removed” error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Mobile Pack] iphone “handler could not be removed” error

 *  Resolved [themauirob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themauirob/)
 * (@themauirob)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-iphone-handler-could-not-be-removed-error/)
 * hello there. generally great plugin! running version 1.2 on wordpress 2.7.1. 
   works great for me except for 1 thing. on my iphone 3g, every page load i get
   a popup message saying “<my website url> Handler could not be removed”. Not sure
   what’s causing it. Probably a conflict with a plugin? After i click “OK” the 
   page loads fine… Any help is much appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [themauirob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themauirob/)
 * (@themauirob)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-iphone-handler-could-not-be-removed-error/#post-1415948)
 * Update: so it seems like it’s this script that’s responsible (see below). not
   sure if that script is from this mobile pack plugin or not. it should be noted
   that this popup message does not show up when viewing the desktop site on my 
   iphone.
 * script:
 *     ```
       <script type="text/javascript"><!-- 
   
       	            function addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture)
       	            // addEvent and removeEvent
       	            // cross-browser event handling for IE5+,  NS6 and Mozilla
       	            // By Scott Andrew
       	            {
       	              if (elm.addEventListener){
       	                  elm.addEventListener(evType, fn, useCapture);
       	                  return true;
       	              } else if (elm.attachEvent){
       	                  var r = elm.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn);
       	                  return r;
       	              } else {
       	                  alert("Handler could not be removed");
       	              }
       	            }
       	            function externalLinks() {
       	             if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
       	             var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
       				 var newwindows =0;
       	             for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
       	               var anchor = anchors[i];
       	               if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") {
       	                        anchor.setAttribute("target","_blank");
       							newwindows++;
       					}
       	             }
       	            } 
   
       	            addEvent(window, "load", externalLinks); 
   
       	            //-->
       	            </script>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [themauirob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themauirob/)
 * (@themauirob)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-iphone-handler-could-not-be-removed-error/#post-1416052)
 * after much researching and fiddling with plugins, i found the culprit. it was
   not this plugin! or, more specifically, it was the mobile version produced by
   this plugin and some script being called by the Feedlist plugin (which i had 
   installed, but wasn’t even using!!). deactivated feedlist and voila! working 
   great on the iphone. psyched. great job guys!
 *  [nemonet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nemonet/)
 * (@nemonet)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-iphone-handler-could-not-be-removed-error/#post-1416209)
 * Thanks themauirob! I had the same problem here and deactivated feedlist to fix.
   Not sure why I was using feedlist either. hmm.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-mobile-pack-iphone-handler-could-not-be-removed-error/#post-1416209)
 * Status: resolved

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