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# New iPhone Glitch Could Crash Your Device
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/new-iphone-glitch-could-crash-your-device/
- Published: 2024-08-23T10:02:42.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-23T10:48:32.000Z
- Description: Security researchers found that typing these four characters would cause Apple's mobile interface to crash.
- Author: Louis Eriakha
- Tags: / Consumer Tech, Apple iPhone

The iPhone has recently made headlines again when a discovery was made about a glitch in its system. 

According to a report by *TechCrunch,* typing "":: in an iPhone's Settings Search bar or the App Library search bar would cause the phone's screen to go black before loading up the lock screen. Per the report, a security researcher raised the issue on Wednesday.

Luckily, other security researchers for iOS, like Patrick Wardle, who also founded security startup DoubleYou, have stated that it is not a security issue like other major spyware attacks [Apple had to issue global warnings](https://www.techloy.com/apples-spyware-alert-hits-iphone-users-globally/).

[Apple’s Spyware Alert Hits iPhone Users GloballyReports from Cisco shows a startling 25% increase in spyware incidents since 2020.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/size/w256h256/2023/07/techloy-avatar-1.png)TechloyFishon Amos![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1510557880182-3d4d3cba35a5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDQxfHxhcHBsZSUyMGlwaG9uZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTI4MjgzMzN8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.techloy.com/apples-spyware-alert-hits-iphone-users-globally/)

This does not seem to be a major issue unless you somehow accidentally type in that exact string of characters in those particular places. Funnily enough, attempts to trigger the glitch in-house proved negative.

Hopefully, when the next iOS update comes around, this issue gets resolved. Officially, there have been no reports of this glitch being triggered in other non-iOS devices.