received the "effective power" bug message and opened it. The phone did not turn off, but my message app will not work now. It will go to a "white" screen then flash back to the home screen. Is there a fix?

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received the "effective power" bug message and opened it. The phone did not turn off, but my message app will not work now. It will go to a "white" screen then flash back to the home screen. Is there a fix?

message app will not work after "effective power" bug was received. Is there a known fix?

iPod touch, iOS 8.3

Posted on May 27, 2015 5:06 PM

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May 27, 2015 5:08 PM in response to bcdobson

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/26/ios-bug-crashing-iphones-with-text-message/

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petermac87

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May 27, 2015 5:09 PM in response to bcdobson

It is being worked on as we speak. You can apparently open Notes or Reminders, add some text and try messaging that to yourself. I'm sure more news will make itself available here as this progresses.

Cheers

Pete

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