Firstreported by TechCrunch , amobile security measures researcherfound that you may crash the iPhone ’s user interface by typing four character in the search field .
Just swipe over to the App Library and type“”::into the search field ( that ’s two double credit marks and two colons ) . The iPhone interface will readjust . Further testers have clarified that you need only typecast the first three fictitious character , and then the quaternary character can be anything .
This is sort of a “ soft clangoring ” as it were . It just does a reset of the iPhone ’s main user interface , call Springboard .
Past case bugs have been serious by comparison because they could allow substance abuser to crash the iPhones of others with direct messages , or they caused toilsome resets . This user interface collapse ask the user to type in the persona themselves , takes only a 2nd or two , and you do n’t even have to reboot your iPhone . It ’s not a certificate risk and you do n’t appear to be in any peril of drop off data . This is about as low - stake as a crash glitch can be .
The same has been reported of crashing the configurations app when it ’s typewrite into the configurations app lookup , but it is claimed not to bear on the Spotlight search . Some say the interface just refreshen , while others say they are quetch back to the lock covert .
In our mental testing on the late iOS 18.1 beta , we have found itdoes not workon the App Library search at all , but itdoescrash out the configurations app when typed into configurations search and likewise reset the public eye search . In no character were we sent back to the lock CRT screen – the user interface just flash and reset .
