Strange text message bug causes iPhones to crash—reports
Screen grab from Reddit
A bizarre iOS bug is reportedly making iPhones crash, causing the Messages app or the phone itself to reboot upon receipt of a specific string of text message.
According to technology news site mashable.com, the issue was first raised on social networking site Reddit, where users complained of a string of text with unicode characters and partially in Arabic that was causing their iPhones to shut down.
Article continues after this advertisement“People who are sending the sequence are likely doing so either as a joke or with nefarious intent to lock the recipient’s Messages app and block incoming texts. It’s not limited to communications between iPhones; a normal SMS text can trigger the bug, as well,” the report read.
The report added that the bug could be fixed by sending a reply to the text message.
Apple was also quoted as saying that the company was aware of the issue, adding it would make a fix available in a software update. RC
