Apple iOS bug causes iPhones to crash with a specific text message

The text message, which includes symbols and Arabic characters, causes iPhones to crash

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New bug causes Apple iPhones to crash. (Source: Reuters)

Apple Inc has found a bug which can cause iPhones to crash when a message containing a specific string of text is received.

The bug, which includes symbols and Arabic characters, was first reported by Apple news blog MacRumors on Tuesday night, adding that it was noticed on social news hub Reddit earlier in the day.

According to the report on MacRumors, the bug was affecting iPhones running iOS 8.3 when they tested it. As soon as user receives the text, it causes the iPhone to restart.

Once the iPhone restarts, if users try to re-open the Messages app, then that too crashes, says the report.

“We are aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update,” an Apple spokesperson said in an e-mail.

Sending a reply message or having someone send you a message can solve the problem, MacRumors added.

With Reuters inputs