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I have recently installed SSL on my website and made some changes in htaccess to rewrite http to https routes.

It is working perfectly fine in desktop browsers but not in Mobile browsers. Not sure why.

Here is my htaccess details:-

 # BEGIN WordPress 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase / 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on

# mobile specific configuration starts
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} android|avantgo|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge\ |maemo|midp|mmp|opera\ m(ob|in)i|palm(\ os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows\ (ce|phone)|xda|xiino [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a\ wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r\ |s\ )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1\ u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp(\ i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-|\ |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac(\ |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt(\ |\/)|klon|kpt\ |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg(\ g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-|\ |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v\ )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v\ )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-|\ )|webc|whit|wi(g\ |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-) [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] 
# configuration ends 

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> 
# END WordPress

I have even tried to use some Mobile specific instructions which you can see above. But that is also not working.

Note : URL is same for both Mobile and non-mobile users. (i.e. : https://www.example.com)

Please help.

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  • Is this your entire Apache file? You might have gotten better results with serverfault, why are you handling mobile devices differently from desktops?
    – Tom J Nowell
    Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 17:41
  • @TomJNowell This is the . htaccess file located in root directory of my WordPress site (with shared hosting). Initially I didn't have mobile specific instructions because I thought it would work in all the browsers irrespective of platform. But it didn't. So I had to add mobile specific instructions to see if it works. Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 17:50
  • What directives did you have before the "mobile specific" directives that worked OK on desktop? (The current directives won't do anything on desktop browser.) How is the SSL managed for your site?
    – MrWhite
    Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 18:09
  • @MrWhite I am considering HTTP_USER_AGENT instructions as mobile specific instructions. However, redirection is working in desktop in both cases (with mobile and/or without mobile based directives) Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 18:16
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    You were initially correct, it should not need mobile specific directives
    – Tom J Nowell
    Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 18:51

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In my cloudfare settings, i found that SSL encryption over cloudfare was "off". I turned it to "Full Strict".. Then the problem was fixed. But i am still not sure why i was getting redirect loop in mobile browsers only.

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