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| "Power Text "stop prank from crashing iPhones |
Have you heard about the glitch with Apple's latest iOS software that will automatically shut down your iPhone?
If not, and you're an iPhone user, you should know there's an "effective power text," which is a particular string of characters being sent via power text that shuts down an iPhone from a remote location.
The message also disrupts the functionality of the Apple Watch if it's connected to the iPhone where the power text is sent, reports .
The specific power text message was revealed by Reddit user cbhunt14 on Tuesday.
While the power text in question doesn't damage the iPhone or Apple Watch, pranksters are using it to crash people's iPhones when they aren't in use, according to Mashable.
PREVENTING A CRASH
While Apple says it's working on a solution to the problem, there's a simple quick fix: use the phone settings to turn off the message "previews" feature, reports
If your iPhone is getting bombarded with the new Unicode crash message, do this: Settings⇒Notifications⇒Messages⇒Show Previews⇒OFF
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