"Your SIM sent a text message"

Just after updating to 8.1.1 today, I saw something I've never seen before on my iPhone 6. The screen went dark black, and the text appeared "Your SIM sent a text message". I have AT&T.


What does this mean, exactly? Is there something "phoning home" from my SIM?


Very strange. I see other forum posts reporting this, but they are from quite some time back.


Any suggestions?

Posted on Nov 17, 2014 4:29 PM

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Posted on Apr 8, 2015 1:51 PM

I got this on my 6 on AT&T. If you go to your Settings -> General -> About and just stay on that page for a moment, it'll ask for a carrier update. Complete that and you'll never have the message again. At least I didn't.

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