Netizens said about the mysterious message which leads to problems with the iPhone. Shutdown of the device occurs when the owner of a smartphone or tablet Apple accepts it in any of the messengers, users write on Reddit.
“Text bomb” consists of the Emoji Italian flag and one of the symbols of Sindhi. Users have noticed that when the owner of the iPhone or iPad receives data characters in the message, the device crashes, restarts or shuts down. In some cases requiring a complete reflashing of the device. According to reports, suffered from specific posts, the problem affects all smartphones and tablets Apple working on current versions of iOS and iPadOS.
According to the comments in the posts on Reddit, the message “kill” devices as soon as you receive the notifications on the gadget. And the “text bomb” works like the native app for messaging on devices and third-party messengers. Judging by the reviews, Android devices are immune to error. At the time of this writing, Apple has not responded to the problem.
In February 2018 iOS users faced a bug that is able to remotely disable the Apple device. To activate it you have to send to the owner of an iPhone or iPad the message with the symbol “sign” in Telugu. Later Apple released a special update that corrects the error.
