iOS 7.0.3 Update Release for iPhone 5 Scheduled for this Week

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The iOS 7.0.3 update release was originally scheduled for this week and reportedly began rolling out yesterday.

The software is for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and features a bug fix update and is labeled by the build number 11B511 for all devices. It can be accessed OTA over-the-air and is 92.8MB in size for the iPhone 5S.

It adds support for the iCloud Keychain service that was added to OS X Mavericks and brings numerous bug fixes including the correction of a calibration issue with the iPhone 5S accelerometer.

Apple issued the iOS 7.0.2 software update last month.

It brought various changes to the system and fixed the Lock Screen passcode bypass bug that plagued many users who updated to iOS 7. It also reintroduced a Greek Keyboard option for passcode entry.

The lockscreen exploit can be encountered by swiping upwards on the device's lock screen to access the Control Center and Clock app. Once the clock app is opened, the user could hold the phone's sleep button which will cause the "Slide to Power Off" option to appear. Tapping on cancel on this option and then double clicking on the home button will open the phone's multitasking screen, giving the user access to the camera and the photos on the device.

In order for this trick to work, the user must first access the camera app from the lock screen first which will cause it to appear in the recently used apps list.

With the ability to share photos with apps such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and email, an intruder could gain access to those apps using those sharing tools.

This issue can be avoided by preventing the Control Center from appearing on the lock screen. The setting for this can be turned on by opening the Settings app, selecting "Access on Lock Screen" and toggling it off.