Apple's iOS 11 woes continue, and this time the blame lies on a bug triggered by a single, unsuspecting Telugu letter. No kidding.
If this Telugu letter is sent or received over iMessages or any other messaging app on iOS 11.2.5, it's making iPhones, iPads and even Macs pretty much useless.
The "text bomb" as some reports are terming the Telugu letter in question is also non-iMessage apps like Facebook, Gmail, Whatsapp to crash or turn unresponsive.
The bug was originally reported by Italian blog Mobile World, with many Apple users confirming the reports on social media.
If you're on the latest stable version of iOS, you will be affected by this bug -- if the Telugu letter in question reaches to you on any of the iOS messaging apps.
Right now, there is no way to fix the Telugu letter problem which is only affecting iOS 11.2.5 users.?Apps which receive the Telugu letter refuse to function properly until it is removed from the app completely, which usually works by deleting the entire affected conversation.
But how do you even get into the app and delete the conversation, if the device is unresponsive or acting funny? Simple answer -- have someone else send a message to the app that's crashing. When you see the new message notification, you can jump into the conversation by clicking on it and deleting the Telugu letter message.
Apple's aware of the iOS Telugu letter problem and is rushing to fix the issue. In the beta version of iOS 11.3, the bug has already been fixed. Expect a stable update very soon.
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