Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and iMessages

Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by jcsnv on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:41AM (#16385390)

I sent this link to my phone and the character is in the meta-title, which then crashed my phone. It works!

Now how to fix it...

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by ronnier on Thursday February 15, 2018 @12:04PM (#16385603)

Option 1:

* Have someone else send you a message

* Click the notification and it'll open their message

* Navigate back and delete the corrupting message

Option 2:

* Sign up for the ios beta program (free) https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ and install the latest beta which isn't impacted.

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by jcsnv on Thursday February 15, 2018 @12:25PM (#16385768)

Thank you!! I tried deleting the conversations through the settings and no luck. Will try these now

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by sigotirandolas on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:37PM (#16386844)

For WhatsApp deleting the conversation through WhatsApp Web seemed to fix it.

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by hoki1 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:03PM (#16386101)

tried option 1, did not work. app crashes when navigating back :(

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by ronnier on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:07PM (#16386139)

make sure to get enough messages to push it out of the preview. I think that's how it worked for me anyways.

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Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to... by hoki1 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:13PM (#16386184)

will give it a shot. thanks

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