There's a fix for that text that can crash your iPhone

Apple users, there's now a fix for that malicious text going around that could crash your iPhone.

The message, a specific string of Arabic characters, isn't a virus.

It's actually a glitch in the iPhone, to do with the way Arabic characters are processed and displayed in alerts and it's being used as a prank between friends.

Apple says until it releases an update, you can carry out three steps to re-open the Messages app on your phone.

1. Ask Siri to "read unread messages".

2. Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again.

3. 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's not entirely certain how the glitch in the iPhone was discovered but it quickly spread around, first via Reddit, then across social media.

The problem appears to be with the way messages appear in notifications. Normally, when you get a message in English, a portion of it will appear.

The rest, if it's long enough, will disappear off screen with three dots (...) to tell you there's more to read.

When non-Latin characters, like Arabic, get sent they can confuse the phone, which doesn't know where to put the "..." symbol.

When the device can't fix the problem, it just reboots. Which is at best annoying, and at worst can really mess up your work or cut off your conversation.

It's thought the problem could also affect Twitter, if you receive notifications, and Snapchat text chat.

As long as people keep sending you the offending text, your phone will keep crashing. And the internet is annoyed.

See one angry tweeters response

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Other users managed to ride the storm with a little bit of sarcasm.

See another user's response

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