'Effective power' text message: How to stop prank from crashing iPhones

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Have you heard about the glitch with Apple's latest iOS software that will automatically shut down your iPhone?

If not, and you're an iPhone user, you should know there's an "effective power text," which is a particular string of characters being sent via text that shuts down an iPhone from a remote location.

The message also disrupts the functionality of the Apple Watch if it's connected to the iPhone where the text is sent, reports CNBC.com.

The specific text message was revealed by Reddit user cbhunt14 on Tuesday.

While the text in question doesn't damage the iPhone or Apple Watch, pranksters are using it to crash people's iPhones when they aren't in use, according to Mashable.
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