iPhones hit by email chaos as major app freezes and crashes ‘driving users crazy’ – hidden button instantly fixes it
IPHONE users have complained that a mysterious bug is blocking them from accessing their emails.
Numerous people have reported that Apple‘s Mail app is crashing and freezing.
It’s thought that the issue may be affecting some iPhone devices with iOS 18.5 installed.
“My mail app is refusing to load anything and just shows a white blank screen,” one person wrote on Reddit.
“I have been having this issue all day. Very frustrating!” another commented.
“This has been happening for a few days now and it’s driving me crazy,” a third yelled.
Apple’s own service status page doesn’t show any problems being investigated currently.
There are some workarounds – though it only appears to work temporary and success is mixed.
Some say simply restarting their iPhone helped for a bit.
Others have had said disabling their iCloud account in the Mail settings worked.
However, this will mean that you can’t access iCloud Mail on your device.
For the time being, it might be better to wait and access your emails manually online via your web browser.
If you have an iCloud Mail account, just go to icloud.com/mail.
For those who have other email accounts and want to try disabling their iCloud Mail from the app for now, go to Settings > Apps > Mail > Mail Accounts.
Just remember you’ll need to add it back again after if you rely on iCloud Mail.
iPhone tricks to try today
Here are some of the best...
- Typing cursor – When typing, hold down the space bar to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, letting you move around words and sentences more easily
- Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner, and press close all tabs
- Delete lots of photos quickly – Hold down on a photo and then drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select lots of images at once, then hit delete
- Convert currency quickly – Swipe down from the top of your Home screen (or swipe left to right on an iPhone X or later model), then tap in the bar and type a currency (like $200) and it will automatically covert to your local currency
- Check if you’re due a battery upgrade – Batteries inside smartphones degrade over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health, and check out the Maximum Capacity reading. Generally a battery is considered worn when you’re down to 80% capacity. If you’re below, you can buy a battery swap from Apple
- Move apps around faster – Hold an app until it starts wiggling, then (while still holding) tap other apps, causing them to stack so you can move them around easier