New iOS Bug Causes iPhones To Crash Simply by Receiving a Text Message; Apple At Work To Fix The Bug

Apple has recently discovered a bug which causes iPhones to shut down when a specific string of characters is received through text, and the company is now working to fix the said problem.

One of the reasons why Apple devices are patronized by a lot of people is because of its resistant operating system against viruses and bugs. However, a new killer bug has recently surfaced on iOS which causes the device to crash.

The bug which was first reported on Tuesday is triggered by receiving a message that includes specific string of symbols and Arabic characters. The recipient's iPhone immediately crashes and reboots as a result of the said bug. Aside from that, it also automatically crashes the messaging application when it is attempted to be opened.

"We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update," an Apple spokesperson announced on Wednesday in a statement to CNBC.

This bug might sound amusing for some who uses it for pranks but it is also pretty annoying and worrisome especially on the part of the victims. Now for those who are anxious about the effect of this bug on their iPhones, users can avoid blowing up their phones by disabling notifications for all messaging apps.

But if users find this solution inconvenient as it requires them to manually check all their messaging applications, Macrumors.com claims to have tested the following solutions: an iPhone user can ask sender of unicode message to send another text to cancel the effect of the bug; recipient of unicode message can send himself a message through Siri; or, type a short message in the app Notes and send it to himself using the share option. Until Apple finds a solution, these are the only ways to safeguard an Iphone from this problem.

Apple is set to reveal its new products and updates at its World Wide Developers Conference on June 8, hopefully the iOS messaging bug is already fixed before the said event takes place.