flyinghaggis Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Looks like our pupils have started using this bug to annoy their classmates! This single text message is crashing people's iPhones - here's the fix | TechRadar Only fix available so far is to disable notifications.
tmoon-mint Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Couple of other fixes for this. Send another text in the same thread, easiest way to do that without opening the messages app is either in the Photos app or via Siri. Second one is if you have text message forwarding enabled you can delete the malicious text via the Mac Messages app. Very very annoying though.
flyinghaggis Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update. Until the update is available, you can use these steps to re-open the Messages app. 1.Ask Siri to "read unread messages." 2.Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again. 3.If the issue continues, tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread. Last Modified: May 29, 2015 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897 From what I've found this is the only official acknowledgement of the issue from Apple. I've read a few other threads suggesting that the issue also affects other messaging apps like whatsapp and snapchat. So it does sound like something fairly critical to the way IOS handles messages/notifications rather than a minor iMessage bug which makes me worry how little attention Apple seem to be giving the issue. Has anyone else found a more up-to-date or detailed official response from Apple? Edited June 1, 2015 by flyinghaggis
tmoon-mint Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update. Until the update is available, you can use these steps to re-open the Messages app. 1.Ask Siri to "read unread messages." 2.Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again. 3.If the issue continues, tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread. Last Modified: May 29, 2015 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897 From what I've found this is the only official acknowledgement of the issue from Apple. I've read a few other threads suggesting that the issue also affects other messaging apps like whatsapp and snapchat. So it does sound like something fairly critical to the way IOS handles messages/notifications rather than a minor iMessage bug which makes me worry how little attention Apple seem to be giving the issue. Has anyone else found a more up-to-date or detailed official response from Apple? Im amazed they have even released a statement to be honest. I would love to know why the patch is taking so long since the jailbreak community had a fix in Cydia within the first 24 hours.
Arreks Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Im amazed they have even released a statement to be honest. I would love to know why the patch is taking so long since the jailbreak community had a fix in Cydia within the first 24 hours. Because it's Apple, they're probably trying to plan on how to gold-plate and sell the patch.
jamesb Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 From what I've found this is the only official acknowledgement of the issue from Apple. I've read a few other threads suggesting that the issue also affects other messaging apps like whatsapp and snapchat. So it does sound like something fairly critical to the way IOS handles messages/notifications rather than a minor iMessage bug which makes me worry how little attention Apple seem to be giving the issue. Has anyone else found a more up-to-date or detailed official response from Apple? There's a nice analysis of the cause here: That EVIL TEXT that will CRASH your iPhone: We pop the hood • The Register So to me it appears that anything using the CoreText library can potentially be affected. Since that appears to be everything Apple I'm fairly sure this'll get worse before it gets better - unless they fix it soon. 1
synaesthesia Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 What's the point, keep the owner away from a power socket for charging for half a day and it'll go on it's own accord.
flyinghaggis Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 Hmm, nearly a fortnight and still no further updates nor any sign of a patch.....
Edu-IT Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 8.4 is due at the end of the month, probably fixed in that.
NB9457 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 All my friends are bored of it now. Doesn't affect iOS7 too, which I'm on as I've not enough storage to update, so when my mates sat there giggling away whilst I was on my phone, I carried on, sent it straight back and it shut them up! 1
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