IPhone during a presentation at the headquarters of Apple in Cupertino, California, the 21 march 2016 – Josh Edelson AFP

The iPhone are at the mercy of a small video showing a male figure, during a mere five seconds and weighing in at 528 Kb. A feather weight who are serious consequences, since each time it is played, it crashed the phones of Apple. Dysfunction observed regardless of the version of the operating system (from iOS 5).

A video, already viewed over 1.5 million times, shows the extent of the damage.

The experts who are working on this “crash” have not given any explanation. Then remains this video in MP4 format, hosted on the Facebook, Russian VKontakte, which is slow down the device a few seconds until the ” freeze “, note 01Net. Useless to try anything, depending on the specialized websites and internet users, since the terminal no longer responds to commands.

The only way to avoid the “crash” of the device is not to open the small video widely shared on social networks. If, however, you have not been able to prevent you from opening it, and then revert to the use of your iPhone, simply force it to restart. Press the ” Home button and the power button to the “older” models or the Home button and the volume button down for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, ” says 01Net.

If, for the moment, Apple has not responded, it should soon provide a fix. In 2015, the american giant had took a few days to adjust to the consequences of SMS trapped who were planting the iPhone.

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