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iOS devices fall victim to text bombing

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According to MacRumors, a new bug involving the Italian flag emoji and some Sindhi characters can cause iOSwhen sent in the form of text bombing.

This is a character-related bug and is not new to Apple .

The bug could affect almost all Apple devices, including iPhones, MacBooks, Apple Watches, and Apple TV. However, devices running the iOS operating system seem to be experiencing more problems at the moment.

As reported by a Reddit post, the Telegram instant messaging app was the one that initially experienced the bug. Unfortunately, other popular apps, such as Twitter, WhatsApp, and iMessage, soon followed suit.

A Twitter user, named EverythingApplePro, posted a video showing that the bug can work without the use of the Italian flag emoji and cause a serious malfunction on a device.

If you own an iPhone and receive such a message, there is a high chance that your device will stop working and restart.

There have been other bugs of this kind affecting devices , such as the infamous “Telugu” bug that caused devices to malfunction in a similar way.

The biggest problem with these errors is that there is no way to prevent the device from malfunctioning unless a fix . Apple is expected to release a software update to fix the error. Until then, we recommend that our users do not open notifications with these types of characters.

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