Hey guys. Wondering if any of you know why my iphone 5c screen has just turned itself grey whilst in the middle of me writing a txt. The screen went grey with the word 'amateur' written in the middle of the screen. And nothing else apart from a dismiss button at the bottom. I pressed the dismiss button and it all dissapeared. It was as if someone was calling me, but obviously wasnt that. Any help would be appreciated guys. Cheers.
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Iphone turned grey with amateur written on screen
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It's a text message in SMS format that is displayed until it gets dismissed at which point it is deleted.
You won't find a copy of that message on your phone.
There are ways to send such messages, there's probably a workaround to do that on jailbroken iPhones too.
You won't find a copy of that message on your phone.
There are ways to send such messages, there's probably a workaround to do that on jailbroken iPhones too.
iOS is pretty darn secure today. There are no significant iPhone hacks currently being exploited in the wild, but SMS was a potential problem for it and other platforms about five years ago (http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/28/hackers-iphone-apple-technology-security-hackers.html). That issue was patched in iOS 3.0.1, and something new could be up. In addition there is some computer malware that can install trojan-horse applications on the iPhone under some circumstances (https://blog.kaspersky.com/wirelurker_vulnerability_revealed/)
Is your phone jailbroken?
Had you connected it via USB to a computer recently?
In this case it was simpler than that, as mentioned in an earlier reply: Flash SMS
