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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Typing these four characters could crash your iPhone | TechCrunch

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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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A bug in the iPhone makes it crash just by typing four characters.
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    “”: + anything in spotlight.

    It crashes springboard and reloads in about half a second.

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      it means you could type any of :

      “”:a  
      “”:b  
      “”:c  
      ...  
      “”:(any other characters)  
      
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        For me "":: was enough to crash it instantly. Rebooted in ~3 seconds.

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          “”:\

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            More like “”:) with how many work phones I’m crashing like this. “Hey can I see your work phone?”

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      For me only works in App Library (and settings)

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      in about half a second

      Or more than a minute on devices that are not the latest generation.

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