A string of text sent in a message Crashes Iphone

Simply reply to the sender.

The open iMessage on your mac.

Delete the message.

Restart your iPhone.

Good luck!

Karl

HI, I havent received this virus text msg, but my messages app won't open at all it crashes immediately. I have tried restarting, tried turning off and on, I have also tried the deleting messages after 30 days, I also tried downloading new app read that somewhere, I have tried the messaging a photo then Going to msgs, and getting siri to msg that goes through but won't let me see the msgs, I have tried the contacts then messages that won't work either. But to top it off it has now happened to my iPads as well. How do I fix this????!

I Just tried to paste the sting here but it says invalid characters. how can we show you if we can't paste it in

Screenshot?

This should be the message:

Best regards,

Karl

People can try this:

1) Settings>Messages> Turn iMessage off

2) Use Siri to send a message to yourself and if possible the person who sent you the problematic text message

3) Settings>Messages> Turn iMessage on

4) Open Messages and delete the conversation that has the message in it.

5) If you still can't open Messages go to Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings

6) Sign back into your Wifi Network

7) Try to open Messages again and it should work

I did everything that was possible , but my problem is that the message app doesnt open. What should I do?

It happened to me too and I can't find a solution yet. The only solution possible is to restart yiur iPhone as a new iPhone.

Below are the workarounds Apple suggests to solve the issue of the crashing Messages app:

• Ask Siri to “read unread messages.”
• Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you’ll be able to open Messages again.
• In Messages, swipe left to delete the entire thread. Or tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.

It didn't worked for me , bc I deleted every message history and I got any messages left, so it doesn't show me that I have unread messages. But if I put it on spotlight search the word power it shows me that I have a message. NEED HELP ASAP PLEASE

Try this:

Simply reply to the sender.

The open iMessage on your mac.

Delete the message.

Restart your iPhone.

Good luck!

Karl

See this support document from Apple. If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters - Apple Support

I have an iphone 4 running ios 7.1.2. I got a text message saying effective power. Then a bunch of arabic letters. This message does not crash my phone but I think it does crash everyone else's phone running the newest software update.