It's fixed in a beta version, which you're not going to see unless you sign up for those updates.
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Indian Character Bug Causing System Crashes is Fixed in iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4
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Maybe Apple did just a few days/weeks ago and fixed it in the latest beta.
Anyway, it's a non-story.
As a heard attack. If Craig's the head of iOS development & software in general then he needs a pink slip. Apple's software quality has fallen off a cliff in recent years with all the bugs and exploits that have plagued Apple's hardware so I ask again, what the hell is he getting paid for?
Ha Ha. Nice to see my mother tongue (Telugu) is causing problems.
Shows that section was coded by an Andhra guy
This exact type of bug has appeared many times over the years. One would hope a company with solid programmers would say "Hmm, we might want to put some error protection in the code to handle weird characters appearing in places we aren't expecting"
Any guesses as to why this bug wasn’t discovered by Indian users right away? Wouldn’t they be using the character in question the most? This is very strange.
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Explain why it was an Italian developer and not the “millions of Indian speaking users of iOS” who discovered the bug. Wouldn’t they have complained about it from the get go? All those millions of iOS user with frozen devices?
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Explain why it was an Italian developer and not the “millions of Indian speaking users of iOS” who discovered the bug. Wouldn’t they have complained about it from the get go? All those millions of iOS user with frozen devices?
Surprising the code to handle the characters could have such a dramatic failure mode that reported reinstall of apps is required.
Apples Operating Systems are becoming more and more flawed by every release.... This is becoming embarrassing for them. And is not exactly the rep. you want sitting on you before potentially soon releasing an autonomous vehicle.
Lord knows I'll NEVER set foot in a Apple Driven Vehicle. Been making computers since the 80'ies and can't even get their computers to sleep and waker properly. How could this company every drive a car.
but you're only accounting for a single letter or character, what if it's a combination of a couple, or 10, or a string of 20, and then not all in one language but from lots of different languages.
Owning a share, and running a business are two completely different things. BTW, this character bug is just one more added to the list of many, since iOS 11 was released.
Maybe it’s not a popular character? Maybe nobody reported it? I don’t know, but I do know that iOS 11 has had a ton of other bugs as well. Who’s to blame? I believe QC.
Missing the point. The bug shouldn't be in public versions. It should have been picked up in an early Beta!
"Apple has confirmed to iMore that the bug is not only fixed in current betas of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, it'll also be made available in a point release prior to the current betas going into release. So, for example, though the bug is fixed in iOS 11.3 beta, Apple will push out an iOS 11.2.x update to get it fixed faster for everyone."
From the iMore website, sounds like we will be getting an update soon.
From the iMore website, sounds like we will be getting an update soon.
I think it would be really funny if someone sent all of us iOS users a text message with that character.
Right off the bat, people generally use English in India. And this language is just a very specifically originates or is spoken by only people of a certain region/ state. Also not everyone originating from there own an iphone. Also, you're assuming everyone is so diligent that the first thing they do after getting their phones is to hunt for bugs for apple ? if it crashed , anyone would just restart and get on with their lives.
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The "character" is a combination of three characters, not really creating a Telugu word, but the sanskrit word for "to know". You would not use it unless you want to write about some religious text or do some sanskrit studies.
Funny – just the other day I was thinking about how reliably my Mac sleeps and wakes. It's a Mac Pro (Mid 2010) so I guess they had some time to get it right.
Got it. Solid programmers should put extra code in to detect all possible combinations of impossible character strings, for all languages - all running in the background - to detect and deal with an obscure bug. Rather than deal with the issue causing the bug. As Apple has done and reported in the headline. Now that's a hoot! What you propose is not "solid" programming.
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Let's not kid ourselves like anyone here has experience running a company like Apple. Only Apple does.
I work at a Fortune 10 company and can tell you it's a lot different than running your dad's hardware store.
My experience working at a massive company and owning shares in large businesses teaches me these minor issues you think are major, are in fact, not major.
Here is the fix for this imessage bug, watch the video:
A recently discovered bug that causes app and system crashing on iPhone, iPad, and Mac due to a specific letter in the Indian language Telugu has been fixed in Apple's upcoming iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4 software updates.
MacRumors has not been able to reproduce any crashes, freezes, or resprings on any devices running the latest iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4 betas when the particular letter is present anywhere across the systems, as the upcoming software versions can now display the affected character properly.
On earlier software versions, including the latest publicly released versions iOS 11.2.5 and macOS 10.13.3, it appears that Apple devices are unable to render the Indian character for some reason, causing apps or the entire system to abruptly crash depending on where it is trying to be displayed.
If the character is sent in an iMessage, for example, the recipient's Messages app will crash when the conversation is opened. Likewise, if the character is pasted into the Safari or Chrome address bar on Mac, the browsers crash. This behavior extends to virtually any system text field on iOS and macOS, resulting in many third-party apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger being affected as well.
Even worse, some users have found that if the character is displayed in an iOS notification, it can cause an entire iPhone or iPad to respring, and in worst-case scenarios, restoring in DFU mode is the only possible solution.
If you've already received the letter and can no longer open Messages, try having a friend message you, which may allow you to regain access to the app and delete the conversation with the bad character. If not, consider enrolling in Apple's free public beta program and upgrade to iOS 11.3 or macOS 10.13.4 beta.
MacRumors was alerted about this bug by developer Peter Steinberger on Monday, and it was submitted to Open Radar by developer Igor Bulyga on the same day. We elected not to report on the bug at the time to avoid contributing to its spread, since it can be used maliciously and a fix will be widely available soon.
The bug has received widespread attention today, so we wanted to acknowledge that Apple is aware of the issue and has implemented a fix. iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4 should be publicly released by the end of March, but it's very possible we'll see minor updates pushed out with fixes in the near term.
These kinds of bugs have surfaced several times in the past, with text strings, videos, and more crashing the Messages app and causing other glitches. Just last month, a link to a GitHub page surfaced that froze the Messages app when received.
Article Link: Indian Character Bug Causing System Crashes is Fixed in iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4
Funny – just the other day I was thinking about how reliably my Mac sleeps and wakes. It's a Mac Pro (Mid 2010) so I guess they had some time to get it right.
Try using an iMac 2017 or MBP 2017 with multiple displays. Then you will know what I mean.
I force reboot about 3 times per day on BOTH!
But don't let the sleep issue decide when there are so many other issue at hand. Lets pick Photos syncing between iOS and macOS. like with all Apple's Products - it works 50% of the time.
That is ok for a gadget maker but NOT for someone setting out to produce an autonomous car ;-)
Had Apple continued their quality from 2008 I would have been the first in line to get such a car. A las they turned in to a more luxurious version of Microsoft.