This text message has been going around and it can apparently crash your iPhone. We're not sure if it really works because we've not actually tried it out on anyone just yet, but that doesn't mean you should either.

If you get this text, your iPhone will immediately shut off:


Someone discovered a string of text sent to them that automatically shuts their phone off.

When sent to someone whose iPhone is locked, it will cause the phone to crash and restart. Apple Insider says that this particular string of words and Arabic letters is too confusing for iOS to render, which causes it crash every time.

Sending a picture reopens messages. 


Apple is aware of the issue and we'll probably be getting a bug fix later.