Effective power text: Apple releases workaround for text that crashes iPhone, still working on fix.
The bug brings iPhones — as well as other Apple devices — to a
crashing halt, making them restart and rendering them unusable. The
company hasn’t yet provided a fix to stop it happening, but says that
one is coming in a software update, and until then has laid out ways to
fix the problem if it happens.
Apple recommends asking Siri to “read unread messages”. As they are read out, users will be able to reply to the problem message — doing so to say anything should make the Messages app useable again. Then users should head back to the message and delete either the entire thread or just the offending text.
The very short support article, titled “If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters”, was uploaded yesterday.
Apple’s chosen way of getting round the problem is just one of a number of ways of re-setting the phone. Users can do a similar trick using the Photos app to send a picture to themselves, for instance.
independent.
Apple recommends asking Siri to “read unread messages”. As they are read out, users will be able to reply to the problem message — doing so to say anything should make the Messages app useable again. Then users should head back to the message and delete either the entire thread or just the offending text.
The very short support article, titled “If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters”, was uploaded yesterday.
Apple’s chosen way of getting round the problem is just one of a number of ways of re-setting the phone. Users can do a similar trick using the Photos app to send a picture to themselves, for instance.
independent.
