I kept receiving this Arabic text message from my friend that shut down my phone periodically. in between him sending one and the next I was able to shut down my phone. i turned it back on later but unfortunately he was still sending them, now it won't stop turning off and back on, I don't have engouh time in-between intervals to do anything on my phone, any advice?????
(not "you need new friends")
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.3
no like you don't even need to get into your phone
Quoting the article:
"If Messages was opened to the conversation list view, the app will crash when you attempt to open it. You can fix this by having someone send you a message or by sending a message to yourself."
That includes sending from another phone, iPad, or even your Mac.
I AM AN APPLE SCRIPT PROGRAMMER LISTEN HERE ALL!!!!!!: the issue is that the single dot with arabic letters appearing on the home screen was coded poorly and results in a rebooting loop. here is what you need to do, no need to block anyone, just go to settings--> notifications--> messages--> and under the "Alert style when unlocked" tab, choose none. This will ensure you messages dont appear at the top and send your phone into an annoying loop. You will still feel a vibrate when you get messages which is a good thing, but your phone wont reboot if the message is the "effective power" message. So go have fun laughing at your friends for failing.
Message app keeps crashing when trying to open the app on iPad. And iPhone I can get into the app but when I try to scroll down the messages. It crashes. It has nothing to do with funny message thing. Anyone has the same issue?
Try Turning on airplane mode, as soon as your iPhone turns back on, from the Control Center, so that you will stop receiving the messages for now then turn off banners in the "Settings" app > "Notifications" > "Messages" > Turn switch "Show Previews" off. then you can turn off airplane mode and then you will receive the messages but it wont affect your phone
You can also see this support document recently released by Apple. If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters - Apple Support
First, block your friend's phone number.
Then follow these instructions.
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/26/ios-bug-crashing-iphones-with-text-message/
And most important, FIND A NEW FRIEND!
no like i can't even get into my phone
You will have to restore it from Recovery mode, then restore your backup.
I got bombed too....now I cannot open my Imessages.....it quickly goes back to home screen when i click on the Imessage app....help?
Click on the link provided by Rysz. All of the instructions for resolving this issue are there.
GB
Arabic text message that shuts down phone
