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iPhones are crashing after playing 3-second prank video
A screenshot showing the "Honey" video which is locking up iPhone models.
A screenshot showing the "Honey" video which is locking up iPhone models.PHOTO: YOUTUBE
PUBLISHEDNOV 23, 2016, 3:48 AM SGT
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Apple iPhones are falling victim to a new type of crash bug that renders the company's smartphones unusable after watching a short video.

Playing the video causes devices to slow down and eventually grind to a halt. And it doesn't seem to matter which version of the iPhone people use.

A video showing the effects of the bug on various iPhone models has been uploaded to YouTube.




This Video Will CRASH ANY iPhone!

The video from the Sina Weibo-backed video-sharing app Miaopai plays normally in the iPhone’s video player, but once the video is finished it can take up to a minute for the iPhone to lock up, requiring a forced reboot to recover it, according to a report in the Guardian.

Most people are unaware anything has happened, continuing to use their smartphone until it either won’t turn back on or locks up in an app, the home screen or with a spinning loading logo on a black screen.

The bug, which appears to involve the media handling functions of iOS, affects versions of the operating system as far back as iOS 5 and devices from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 7. The older the smartphone, the faster the lockup occurs, says the Guardian.

The lockup is not permanent, but requires a soft reset or forced reboot to recover the functionality of the iPhone.

On an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus users will need to hold down the power and down volume buttons until they see the Apple logo. On the iPhone 6S, 6S Plus or older Apple smartphones, users need to hold down the power and home buttons until they see the Apple logo, said the Guardian.

Once the iPhones reboot, everything appears to function as normal.

The bug is most likely sparked because the video is a corrupt file which starts a memory leak chain when it is opened in Apple's Safari web browser, according to The Next Web.

Apple's iOS operating system then fails to handle the problem as it multiplies, rapidly slowing the device down to a stop.

The iPhone-freezing video, discovered is a short .mp4 clip of someone standing by a bed with the words 'Honey' written across the screen.

Android users have reported watching the video without any difficulties, said the Daily Mail.

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This new bug could mess up your iPhone big-time

Eli Blumenthal , USA TODAY , WXIA Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:23:26 GMT
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IPhone users should be careful opening unknown videos.
A five-second video is making its way around the Internet, and when opened on iPhones causes the phone to lock up and reset.
At first, everything seems fine, and when you start playing the video on an iPhone it appears to run normally. You can even exit the video and open other apps once it's finished.
In the background, however, the video seems to start a loop, and within a minute of completion, you'll start to notice the iPhone slow down considerably before ultimately freezing, requiring a reset of the phone.
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While we won't link to the video here, USA TODAY was able to confirm that the bug is real, having tested it on an iPhone 6S Plus running a beta version of iOS 10.2 as well as an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 10.1. We did not encounter any issues when playing the clip on a running Android 6.0.1.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The video started gaining traction Reddit yesterday, and has since gone viral with a YouTube video showing off the glitch racking up nearly 375,000 views over the last day. The bug is similar to a text message hack that went viral last year, where sending a particular message would automatically cause the recipient's iPhone to restart.
No data appeared to be lost as a result of the bug, with the only result being the inconvenience of having to reset your phone. Once reset, both of the iPhones we tested again functioned normally.
If you have an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus you can reset your iPhone by holding down the power and volume down buttons. Those with an iPhone 6S, SE or earlier can reset their devices by holding down the power and home buttons.
As always this holiday season, be careful with what you open.
Follow Eli Blumenthal on Twitter @eliblumenthal



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