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New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message [Includes Fix]
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Interesting.
If you type the following, it also crashes the Messages app:
what idiot discovered this?
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"we found out what it is. it is due to how the banner notifications process the Unicode text. The banner briefly attempts to present the incoming text and then "gives up" thus the crash"
If you type the following, it also crashes the Messages app:
what idiot discovered this?
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"we found out what it is. it is due to how the banner notifications process the Unicode text. The banner briefly attempts to present the incoming text and then "gives up" thus the crash"
A bug that crashes some process. Things like that have been around since computing devices have been around decades and decades back.
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A crash is not disabling something. Is something like a bug really that new or a stange of a concept for some?
So, turning off message previews in notifications will avoid the crash. Good to know.
I can't seem to replicate this on anybody's phone... haha!
Any help? (Does it matter what build of iOS they are on?)
Any help? (Does it matter what build of iOS they are on?)
What was supposed to be a funny prank from me to my younger sister, resulted in a big family argument and my dad calling me an a--hole.
Yep, because crashing someones phone (and the app they probably use most) is SUCH a great joke!
Sent it to 4 different iPhones including one of our own and it didn't do jack. received the message, nothing happens. Even when selected focus on a different senders message thread, they would receive the incoming isis threat message and then nothing would happen.
doesn't seem to affect all iPhones. These 4 were running iOS 8.3, however.
doesn't seem to affect all iPhones. These 4 were running iOS 8.3, however.
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Really MR. You're really going to just openly tell us the text message.
Tonight is going to be fun.
Tonight is going to be fun.
this deserves mucho media attention and YES, show the exploit because it's exactly this easy (copying and pasting and sending) to crash iPhones.
This shouldn't be swept under the rug...
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Yep, because crashing someones phone (and the app they probably use most) is SUCH a great joke!
don't hate the messenger! Direct your rage towards:
iPhones are suppose to be more protected than condoms!
It's not really a "security" issue ... it's just a bizarre bug that nobody in their right mind would ever find themselves running into normally.don't hate the messenger! Direct your rage towards:
iPhones are suppose to be more protected than condoms!
This isn't even close to the mountain thst some are trying to make out of this mole hill.