“The infamous “blue screen of death” seems to have expanded from Windows PCs to iPhones,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET.
“Several iPhone 5S owners report that their phones are turning a mean shade of blue and then restarting,” Whitney reports. “Users chiming in on the Apple Support Communities and MacRumors forums said the problem occurs when they use the Numbers app in Apple’s iWork suite, which comes free with the new iPhones. But a couple of people report that it also happens when using the ESPN ScoreCenter app.”
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“Videos detailing the issue show that multitasking between apps seems to trigger the BSOD. iPhone 5S users are also reporting random reboots during device use,” Tom Warren reports for The Verge. “Apple has released iOS 7.0.2 to primarily fix lock-screen security bugs, but the latest version does not address the reboot issues.”
Warren reports, “One workaround to alleviate the iWork-related reboots is to disable iCloud syncing for Apple’s Pages, Keynote, and Numbers apps.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Well, now, there’s some good PR. At least make iOS crash to a different color, Apple. Sheesh.