"Your SIM sent a text message" pop-up after 8.2 upgrade

[Sonicjay]

A few minutes after the 8.2 upgrade finished (ATT iPhone 6) and rebooted, I was reading an iMessage from a buddy and the whole screen went black with a message saying my SIM had sent a text. I was able to quickly screenshot it before it faded back out. Did anyone else experience this? I found a short thread via Google on Apple's Support forum with one guy saying he had the same and called ATT and was told his SIM is failing, but nothing else besides that.

 

[fmalloy]

I don't think it's a failing SIM. I got this message too right after the install reboot. So far I haven't seen it again.

I suspect it's a glitch from the install. Others have reported it on installing earlier releases.

 

[rugmankc]

same here--can't believe you were fast enough to shoot that. mine was gone in a blink.

 

[ChrisN718]

I also received that on my AT&T iPhone 6 after updating yesterday afternoon. It showed up for a few seconds and then disappeared, however it hasn't showed up again since. I wonder what it could be.

 

[Belmont31R]

Showed up on mine. I have a SIM Free iPhone 6 on AT&T.

 

[Fischkind]

Used to happen on Telus in Canada also. Have not seen it after ios7

 

[imlynxy]

Same story, unlocked T-mo iphone 6 on att

 

[MassiveAttack]

I also go the same message WTF?

 

[macosxuser01]

Just updated my phone and receive it too. Does anybody have a official explanation on this? I've never seen this message pop-up before after upgrading any iOS software

 

[Purex]

iMessage activation SMS ?

 

[jmmo20]

some sim cards have complex operating systems in the sim card itself.
Some are even upgradable over the air by the carrier.

Don't think too much about it, it's normal and carrier specific.

 

[sunking101]

I haven't had this message since updating to 8.2

 

[redman042]

This is just a little malware routine texting all your personal data to the CIA. Nothing to worry about. Move along...

 

[sunking101]

This is just a little malware routine texting all your personal data to the CIA. Nothing to worry about. Move along...

You can't help but think that! #

 

[gsmornot]

Its the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it.

 

[LoveToMacRumors]

NSA is collecting your data

 

[redman042]

Well, since they hacked XCode, anything is possible. But of course I was mostly joking. Mostly.

 

[cmChimera]

I've got this twice. Not sure what's happening.

 

[b1gted]

Just got this message on my Iphone 6+ At&t after updating to IOS 8.3 today. It was pretty much right after the update. Hopefully it only does it that one time.

 

[TheCorrector]

Need carrier settings update

I just got this after updating to 8.3 too.
If you go to your Settings -> General -> About and just stay on that page for a moment, it'll ask for a carrier update.
That should fix it.

 

[PDACPA]

Got it too on a iPhone 6 Plus AT&T

 

[sohaloh]

A few minutes after the 8.2 upgrade finished (ATT iPhone 6) and rebooted, I was reading an iMessage from a buddy and the whole screen went black with a message saying my SIM had sent a text. I was able to quickly screenshot it before it faded back out. Did anyone else experience this? I found a short thread via Google on Apple's Support forum with one guy saying he had the same and called ATT and was told his SIM is failing, but nothing else besides that.

Looks like a Flash-SMS. It's a form of spam message, but thats the way it shows up on iOS.

 

[TheCorrector]

Looks like a Flash-SMS. It's a form of spam message, but thats the way it shows up on iOS.

No, it's a glitch where your phone tries to connect to a your carrier's settings server to update the carrier settings and gets stuck. It's happening most often when updating the OS because the phone always checks that it has the latest carrier settings when you update the OS.

** Go to Settings -> General -> About. It should ask you to do a carrier settings update. This will fix it. **

 

[ggibson913]

Same happened to me and when I followed the carrier update procedure it worked.

 

[J1194]

Showed up on mine. I have a SIM Free iPhone 6 on AT&T.

If you have an iPhone 6, you have a sim card, you just don't realize it. That strange hole on the right middle side of your phone is how you get to it.