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b4 yr iPhone crashes read this

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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 28 May 2015 17:14

I read about that in the paper Rollo. I assume it is only the IPhone and not IPad????

Must tell OH though. thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten.

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 28 May 2015 16:10



A bug that means a specific string of text can completely crash iPhones has led people to take extreme measures to keep their phones safe.

A problem with the way that iOS handles notifications means that if people are sent the code — which includes strange words and unusual symbols and Arabic characters — their phone grinds to a halt and restarts itself, before becoming unuseable. Apple has said that it is aware of the problem and is working on a fix, but until then users have been forced to take the problem into their own hands.

The most dramatic way of avoiding the problem is to turn off notifications entirely for the Messages app.

That is done by heading to Settings and choosing Notifications and then Messages, and swiping the toggle button so that “Show on Lock Screen” is off and the alert style when unlocked is set to “none”. Messages will still show up in the notification centre and as a small badge on the app on the home screen, but won’t be able to load up as banners and shut down the phone.

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The Man In the High Castle