iPhone’s Got a Virus!
21 07 2007Gizmodo is reporting a possible iPhone virus. A user called it in and Apple support told him in four very scary words that it must’ve been a virus. The user never took a picture. The solution from Apple support seems to have worked and nothing else was seen or heard.
A Gizmodo reader is claiming that his iPhone got what Apple support said “sounds like a virus.” Last night he heard a received SMS ring but there was none. Instead, the iPhone’s date was replaced by the text “Player Haters (red alert).” Since the first external app was compiled this week, it’s hard to believe. There are other explanations. [Gizmodo]
We want to help Gizmodo find more evidence of this virus, so if you happen to have an iPhone seen something something weird on the screen, post it in the comments section.
Michael replied on Sep 24th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I have gotten many viruses on my new iphone. The date turned into 666 and said that hell will come upon us. Every body in my phone book received texted messages from me saying that. I can’t believe I traded my Treo for an iphone. Shame on me!!!
bhuwan replied on Nov 6th, 2007 at 6:29 am
I recieved a SMS on my phone and since I tried to view it I am not being able to open my SMS inbox, does anyone knows about this?
Asad (m.asad.hanif@gmail.com) replied on Nov 7th, 2007 at 3:43 am
Hey Bhuwan i got the same text as well and since then i cant open my inbox anymore please let me know if u found a solution Regards
Carlos replied on Nov 8th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I received a sms saying something about harry potter,when I opened the sms nothing displays and my sms folder is bloked and can’t access it opens and closes.Any suggestions?
Sanjay replied on Nov 8th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
I have the same problem with my iphone, my sms folder won’t open after I received a text. Any solution yet?
Jay replied on Nov 13th, 2007 at 6:21 am
I had the same problem 3 nights ago and ever since I opened the SMS, my SMS folder opens and then closes again. There seems to be no way to open the SMS Folder or to retrieve stored messages. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?
Many thanks guys !
JM replied on Nov 14th, 2007 at 12:43 am
I experienced the same problem after I’ve received a message with some funny characters. What I did was reset my iphone and erase all the contents and settings and then synchronize it again. You must set it “as a new phone” otherwise, all the old settings will be stored in your phone again including the sms. Then you could upload again your music playlist,videos, photos, etc.
Hope this helps.
Mohannad replied on Nov 19th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Just go Setting-General-Reset-All content and settings -
this will solve the problem
Thanks
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Michael replied on Dec 13th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I had installer.app on 1.1.2 and everything was fine but some stupid thing happened to my phone from a source. It kept asking me for my voicemail password and then restarting and then everything would go blurry then it turned off snd the apple signal popped up then a bunch of horizontal black an white stripes popped up and going on and off. Couldnt turn it off or touch the screen. notta. pissed me off. couldnt even connect my phone to itunes. kept reading an unknown error. Had to finally somehow restore it erasing everything. Now I cant even get all the apps back or my numbers or crap. Ne help would be appreciated. Thanks— michaeljamesdunn@hotmail.com
WeiLee replied on Mar 30th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hello,Yesterday I added source in my installer and it kind of stuck.Then I wait until the battery went off and I start onning the phone again.The phone is still stuck until now.The phone can be on but the message that says that moving the icon kept coming out.Is it a virus?Please help me.
WeiLee
jevashia replied on May 13th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Wow I need help, my phone is stuck on the black screen with the apple in the middle. I have tried a hard reset and a few times i got this worm or sentipead thing cral on my screen and my phone keeps vibrating. i have not been able to get in of that black screen with the apple logo, does any one have any suggestions
Magnus replied on May 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
After I installed the volume booster (1.1.4) on my iphone and restarted it, a weird thing appeared on the startup screen. It looked like a hole with some grey stuff leaking out of it, and the Apple-icon started blinking. But i havent noticed anything weird since that, so I guess it was just a bug or something..
jonathan replied on May 16th, 2008 at 8:57 am
i badly need help please read:
i got an iphone as a big christmas present and i loved it but then i installed some theme for summerboard and then when i tried to set the theme the little loading thing appeared in the screen (as normal) but then it stayed stuck like that for ages and wasn’t doing anything and then it went black with the apple sign in the middle and the loading sign still there aswell and it wasn’t doing anything. i tried turning it off nothing. i left it for a while and it turned off and then when i turn it back on the apple appears in the middle of the screen with the little loading sign on top of it and it keeps vibrating.
please help if you have the same prob or and solutions email me. thanks
P.S never install sometheme for summerboard with the name being something eagles or something like that
Juggalotus replied on Jun 16th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
A couple days ago, my iPhone froze. I could not shut it off or even slide the button to open the main page from my screensaver. Eventually that night it restarted and all was fine. That next night, it messed up again. I was listening to the iPod and it froze up. I could still scan through songs, but when I pressed the home button, nothing happened. WTF is going on with our iPhones?