A newly discovered bug seems to cause Messages on iOS to crash when a specific drawing string of schoolbook is find — and if it happens while the headphone is locked , it also seems to reboot the iPhone too .
It ’s easygoing enough to get theoffending bowed stringed instrument of textual matter on Reddit , and plenty ofTwitter users are already reportingthat it ’s being get off around to vex people on a world ordered series . Verge reportsthat the trick seems to wreak no matter of what machine it ’s sent from — Windows Phone , Android or iPhone itself . Obviously we do n’t excuse that kind of behavior , but you know , it ’s there to expend if you find so prepared .
The damage can , however , be undone . If you have a Mac , you may simply reply to the offending schoolbook message in iMessage with any other string of text to kibosh it from crashing your iPhone . If you do n’t have a Mac , you could render sending a text message from a third - party app using its ‘ share ’ function , need Siri to send a reply , or beg the sender to direct a follow - up textbook . If you experience who the transmitter is .
“ We are aware of an iMessage issue because of a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a package update , ” an Apple spokesperson enunciate via email .
We ’ll update this post when Apple cut a fix . Until then , that simple line of school text could do some serious headache .
[ 9to5macviaVerge ]
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