A BIZARRE bug that causes people’s iPhones to randomly crash has been uncovered.
The strange flaw strikes when users type four specific characters in two specific areas of their device.
Fortunately the error doesn’t damage your iPhone or trigger any major problems.
Instead, it briefly crashes the system before reloading.
The characters of doom are: “”::
But it only happens if you type them in the search bar within the Settings app.
Or, if you type them in the search bar of the app library search which you can access by swiping all the way to the right of your screen.
The latter causes the screen to go black, showing a loading wheel before finally showing your lock screen.
Experts have told users not to be worried that the bug could be something serious.
They told TechCrunch that they don’t believe it’s a security issue.
The Sun has tested the odd anomaly and found it does indeed cause a crash.
Even typing “”: followed by a number has the same strange result.
It’s not the first time devices have been found to crash for weird reasons.
Back in 2015, Apple users realised that a random string of text could cause chaos for the Messages app.
It led to a number of tricksters sending the line to unsuspecting victims.
The only way it could be unlocked was if the sender sent a follow-up message.
In 2018 another crashing bug did the rounds.
It involved sending an Indian language (Telugu) character.
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