‘iPhone & iPad’ Latest News: Freeze Your Friend’s iOS Device By Sending 3 Emojis

By Caroline Soriano | Jan 19, 2017 | 15:12 PM EST

Perhaps, one of the most wonderful techs we have nowadays is the iPhone. This top-of-the-line mobile device may be sold on an overly expensive price but without a doubt, it showcases impressive specs and features. Overall, it looks great and it has great things to offer, including pranks and tricks.

One of the popular pranks that prankster love to do is causing somebody else's iPhone to brick or freeze. This is just one of the many iPhone pranks and tricks that the iOS user can do. This will leave an effect that makes the device look like it is broken. Recently, a YouTuber who is interested with iPhone-bricking pranks posted a video containing tricks about freezing an iPad or iPhone by not doing anything else except, send particular emojis. (via iTech Post)

Emojis are today's form of emoticons which can be used to express emotions through messages. The iPhone prankster took advantage of the prank which has started from the previous iOS bugs. This involves a hidden character and three emojis -- the waving white flag emoji, the variation selection which is the invisible character, a zero, and a rainbow. (via The Inquirer) The trick happens by the phone's effort of combining the white flag and zero into one emoji.

It can also be one by using the same characters, however, these characters will be embedded into a contact's file. The said file can be received through the iCLoud Drive going to the iMessage contact. Upon receiving the bugs, the device will immediately crash, however its effect's degree will depend on the user's device. According to The Guardian, some users who experience only a partial bricking need to only do a quick reboot. Meanwhile, those who have experienced a severe lockup needs to reboot their iOS device.

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