New iOS 7 Bug Lets Anyone Make a Call From Your Locked iPhone [Video]

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Posted September 21, 2013 at 3:56am by Shalom Levytam

A new bug has been discovered in iOS 7 that lets anyone make a call from your iPhone even if you've set a lockscreen passcode, reports Andy Greenberg for Forbes.

The bug was discovered by Karam Daoud and it couldn't be any simpler.

All you have to do is dial a number from the emergency call screen and keep tapping the call button until you cause a crash which displays the Apple logo. Once that happens, your iPhone will call the number in the background and when the app returns the call duration will be displayed.

We've confirmed this works as described; however, we had to repeatedly tap the Call button for about 30 seconds.

This is the second security related bug that has been discovered in iOS 7 in past few days. Jose Rodriguez found the first bug which lets you bypass the lockscreen passcode to access all the photos on an iOS device and send emails and tweets.

Take a look at the video demonstration below...

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Surveillance Van - September 23, 2013 at 3:33am

Parked where I can get ALL the personal info ALL the time from ANY one .

Bill - September 22, 2013 at 3:48pm

Yeah, we found STEVE JOBS!

Putz - September 22, 2013 at 1:24pm

Missy thank u I was trying for hours to jail break with out success but with ur help I jb and unlocked in 10 min for iOS 7

popop - September 22, 2013 at 5:26am

none of these reported ios7 bugs are happening on my iphone 5 and iphone 4s and the wife's iphone 5.

Missy - September 21, 2013 at 10:35pm

Correction typo go into cydia

Missy - September 21, 2013 at 10:34pm

Tony after u jb u need to do a reboot then go into cud is and download ultrasn0w666

Tony - September 21, 2013 at 10:31pm

Why does it hang when I try to unlock it the jb went ok but... Now it has to be unlocked can anyone have an idea what I did wrong?

mercalakos - September 21, 2013 at 8:57pm

I tried it in my iphone 5 and it worked! unfortunately! it was not so easy as in the video though. it required after 5 times button hit to stop for 2 sec and do it again for 2-3 times and then it called!

Robbie - September 21, 2013 at 6:10pm

I tried on my iPhone 5.. Doesn't work at all

Why - September 21, 2013 at 5:53pm

Lol that's why Im not so quick. To jump on new software when it comes out ... There's always bugs . Plus I'm hear from some people that there battery drains faster .....,lol maybe Apple will get it right in iOS 7.01

Jack Black - September 21, 2013 at 1:35pm

My jailbroken ios 6 doesn't do that

Hishmfaz - September 21, 2013 at 11:54am

Nope it won't happen. I tried on my iphone 4s, it won't work at all. Fake!!! Liar!!!

Gg2012 - September 21, 2013 at 11:01am

FAKE !!!!

aimanicose - September 21, 2013 at 11:08am

actually No , i tired and it worked

john smith - September 21, 2013 at 1:02pm

yup, just tried it too... :(

iamthekritik - September 21, 2013 at 3:28pm

i tried it too and it worked.

lemon4611 - September 21, 2013 at 7:04pm

Sad to report it works like a charm.... How disappointing to see Apple release something so shabby.

stranger - September 21, 2013 at 9:27am

Why would you need to do that ? If Siri is activated you can just say call 'number' and it will call it anyways... Nothing special about that.

csns - September 21, 2013 at 7:58am

Bug after a bug... after another bug. After, what, 5 months of development?... Good going APPL.

pedja - September 21, 2013 at 7:57am

greate bug for jailbreak

Paul - September 21, 2013 at 7:33am

I think everyone doesn't see the point. It's not the point that it allows someone to make a call. It's the point that a call 'can' be made. It's a bug that wasn't picked up during Beta testing. Apple will be happy as people are bug finding for free lol.

detective sims - September 21, 2013 at 7:26am

It doesn't exactly look good to release 7.0.1 within days after releasing 7.0.

Vishal - September 21, 2013 at 6:47am

The phone didn't crash. Apple doesn't make trash.

Hlc - September 21, 2013 at 6:20am

I'm not sure why that really matters in the first place?? If a person steals an iPhone, they're more than likely wanting to sell it or try to use it themselves, they're not going to want a phone only to make a phone call after after to repeatedly press the call button on the emergency -ESPECIALLY when they can just hook the phone to iTunes and do a complete restore and use it as a brand new phone. I think the pass code lock is more useful for having nosey people around trying to read your private stuff, like a mom, boyfriend/girlfriend, brother/sister, etc.

jays - September 21, 2013 at 10:52am

i dont know wether you saying the truth or faking,but therese a high possiblity the a jailbreak will be release on ios 7 specially with this kind of a bug,such kind of a bug has been found in one of the earlierr versions of ios and that led to a jailbreak ,so! keeping my fingers crossed! :D

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