Don't Lose Your iPhone Yet Because People Can Bypass Your Lockscreen To Make Calls (Video)
Sep 22, 2013 06:13
So not only does iOS 7 let people creep in to your photo album and share them out from behind your lockscreen, it also lets you make calls from behind the lockscreen too!
Discovered by Karam Daoud, the bug is easier to pull off than the camera bug. Here's how to do it:
1. Go to the emergency dialer 2. Type a number 3. Hammer on the call button
The phone will lock up and reboot, but the call will go through.
There's no quick fix for this problem. So you might just want to not lose your phone until an update comes out. [Karam Daoud via Forbes]
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