A new found bug implies anybody can send you a series of characters that will crash your iPhone. Here's the way to stop them.
It has been found that a bug in Apple's iOS makes an impeccable trick on the off chance that you've got companions with an iPhone. At the point when a specific series of characters is gotten by an iPhone it can bring about the product to crash on the grounds that it can't render those characters legitimately. Here, we clarify what the bug is and how you can evade it.
We have no clue how this trick was found yet things being what they are a particular string of Arabic characters can crash your iPhone in case you're sent them through iMessage, Twitter, WhatsApp and that's just the beginning. It's a bug that Apple is presently mindful of and will likely be settled soon, however for the time being you'll need to be careful in the event that you've got companions that think this sort of thing is amusing.
As indicated by Reddit, this issue comes from the way standard warnings prepare the Unicode message on your iPhone. "The standard quickly endeavors to present the approaching content and afterward "surrenders" accordingly the accident," says one client.
Accordingly, in the event that you've as of now got iMessage or another application open when the code delivers to that application, you won't encounter the accident.
Therefore, if you've already got iMessage or another app open when the
code comes through to that app, you won't experience the crash.
How to avoid the iPhone crashing prank
Thankfully, there is an approach to keep anybody from playing this brassy trick on you until Apple discharges a product fix. First and foremost, go to Settings > Notifications, and afterward go to Messages and slide the 'Show on Lock Screen' off. You'll additionally need to change Alert Style When Unlocked to None, as well.
Annoyingly, you'll have to do this with each application you think somebody may take a stab at sending the code through in the event that you've got an especially determined companion. What's more, obviously, this likewise means you're not going to know when you get another message unless you go to the application itself, so this is not a perfect arrangement in the long term!
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