There’s a bug with Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone that is causing it to crash when a certain text message is received.
The iPhone text message bug includes some Arabic and a string of unicode. It can either freeze up a user’s texting services or completely shut down the device. It’s likely that the unicode is being read by iOS in such a way that it’s what is behind the shutdowns, reports Mashable.
According to Cnet, the glitch only works under certain circumstances. For example, it will only occur if users’ iPhones are locked when the message comes in and a notification is received. This means that the problem possibly has more to do with notifications than the messaging service.
There is a fix for the iPhone text message bug that the affected can use themselves, but it requires them to have access to a Mac with iMessage. Replying to the original sender of the message on this service will solve the issue. Apple knows of the problem and plans to release a fix in one of its updates, Mashable notes.
