Apple's fix for the iPhone-crashing text bug



A text message bug that crashes an iPhone's messaging app or shuts down the phone went viral Wednesday. In lieu of a full security update to fix the problem at its root, Apple released instructions Thursday for how to work around it and reenable messaging functions.

While the company said it is working on a software update to fix the issue, it advised users locked out of their messages on a temporary fix for the problem.

Users who are hit by the annoying text should ask Siri to "read unread messages" and then use Siri to reply to the malicious message.

In a new support post, Apple says that is “aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update.” It doesn’t provide a timescale for that. But in the meantime, it suggests you do the following:

  1. Ask Siri to “read unread messages.”
  2. Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you’ll be able to open Messages again.
  3. In Messages, swipe left to delete the entire thread. Or tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.
Not, actually, that much different to advice we’d already given you; good to know that the brains at Apple are so far ahead of the curve. Keep your fingers crossed for that full software fix. [Apple]

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