iOS 27 bug temporarily freezes iPhone, goes viral on social media
Days after the iOS 27 release, users found a bug: a series of swipes on the lock screen temporarily disables the iPhone. The phone stops responding to touches but recovers with a forced restart.
- Bug reproduced by swiping from top-left, then top-right
- Symptoms: no swipes between screens and power button unresponsive
- Recovery requires a forced restart of the iPhone
- Bug present in iOS 27.0 and the latest iOS 27.2 beta
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