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Title: News: iOS bug allows peculiar string of characters in Messages to reboot iPhones Post by: HCK on May 27, 2015, 09:00:30 pm News: iOS bug allows peculiar string of characters in Messages to reboot iPhones
A bug in banner notifications through the Messages app allows a string of characters sent via iMessage or SMS to crash an iPhone, MacRumors reports. Receiving the string of symbols and Arabic characters causes an iPhone to crash and quickly reboot after the message pops up in a notification. After the reboot, Messages will crash immediately upon opening, unless it’s being opened to the conversation containing the offending message. Even then,… Source: News: iOS bug allows peculiar string of characters in Messages to reboot iPhones (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ios-bug-allows-peculiar-string-of-characters-in-messages-to-reboot-iphones) |