Text Bug Crashes iPhones:Apple Confirms A Fix Is In The Works For The Bug That Crashes iPhones By Way Of Text Message, Apple says today it has a fix in the works for an odd software bug which has been able to blast users’ iPhones if they accept a argument bulletin with a specific cord of characters. The bug, which involves accepting users advanced a cord of symbols and Arabic characters to a victim’s iPhone, was aboriginal alike by the online association Reddit, but account of its actuality has now advance about the web.
According to the MacRumors blog, sending this argument cord to a user’s iPhone causes the accessory to blast and afresh bound reboot. Afterwards, if the Messages app was opened in account view, it will abide to blast if you try to accessible it traveling forward. If it was opened to the chat view, however, the app will open. But if you try to access in addition conversation, the Messages app will blast again.
MacRumors appear aggravating the botheration on phones active iOS 8.3.
So far, a few accessible solutions accept been suggested, including sending a acknowledgment bulletin to fix the problem. Afflicted users can advanced addition bulletin to themselves (which you can do via Siri or by administration from aural addition app, like Photos), or accepting addition being advanced you a bulletin instead. After you’ve done this, you can go aback into the Bulletin app and annul the conversation. AppleCare abutment reps are aswell able to advice with the problem, and accept reportedly been cogent barter that the aggregation is alive on a solution.
Not anybody seems to be afflicted by the bug, which implies that it could be associated alone with assertive iOS versions and/or a aggregate of settings which could cause the blast to occur. Apple did not explain what was causing the bug, but a Reddit user speculates that it’s accompanying to how banderole notifications action Unicode text.
This is not the aboriginal time iOS has been compromised by a bug that’s able of abolition iPhones by way of a argument string. In 2013, others had apparent a argument cord that could blast Safari, and this aswell acquired the messaging app to crash.
The Reddit user, who goes by “sickestdancer98,” aswell acclaimed that this bug has been about back iOS 6 but had not been patched.
Until the fix is released, you can anticipate your iPhone from acceptable a victim to this advance (or prank, if you accept cool abundant friends) by alteration your settings. You can go into “Settings,” “Notifications,” and afresh “Messages,” and uncheck the “Show in Lockscreen” advantage while aswell axis off banderole notifications.
According to an Apple spokesperson, “we are acquainted of an iMessage affair acquired by a specific alternation of Unicode characters and we will accomplish a fix accessible in a software update.”
The aggregation did not busy on if that fix would arrive.
According to the MacRumors blog, sending this argument cord to a user’s iPhone causes the accessory to blast and afresh bound reboot. Afterwards, if the Messages app was opened in account view, it will abide to blast if you try to accessible it traveling forward. If it was opened to the chat view, however, the app will open. But if you try to access in addition conversation, the Messages app will blast again.
MacRumors appear aggravating the botheration on phones active iOS 8.3.
So far, a few accessible solutions accept been suggested, including sending a acknowledgment bulletin to fix the problem. Afflicted users can advanced addition bulletin to themselves (which you can do via Siri or by administration from aural addition app, like Photos), or accepting addition being advanced you a bulletin instead. After you’ve done this, you can go aback into the Bulletin app and annul the conversation. AppleCare abutment reps are aswell able to advice with the problem, and accept reportedly been cogent barter that the aggregation is alive on a solution.
Not anybody seems to be afflicted by the bug, which implies that it could be associated alone with assertive iOS versions and/or a aggregate of settings which could cause the blast to occur. Apple did not explain what was causing the bug, but a Reddit user speculates that it’s accompanying to how banderole notifications action Unicode text.
This is not the aboriginal time iOS has been compromised by a bug that’s able of abolition iPhones by way of a argument string. In 2013, others had apparent a argument cord that could blast Safari, and this aswell acquired the messaging app to crash.
The Reddit user, who goes by “sickestdancer98,” aswell acclaimed that this bug has been about back iOS 6 but had not been patched.
Until the fix is released, you can anticipate your iPhone from acceptable a victim to this advance (or prank, if you accept cool abundant friends) by alteration your settings. You can go into “Settings,” “Notifications,” and afresh “Messages,” and uncheck the “Show in Lockscreen” advantage while aswell axis off banderole notifications.
According to an Apple spokesperson, “we are acquainted of an iMessage affair acquired by a specific alternation of Unicode characters and we will accomplish a fix accessible in a software update.”
The aggregation did not busy on if that fix would arrive.
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