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iPhones Bricked By Setting Date To Jan 1, 1970 (theguardian.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the apple-bugs dept.

lightbox32 writes: Beware of a hoax circling the interwebs, which can be seen by setting your iPhone's date to January 1, 1970. Many people are reporting that doing so will brick the device. It's unclear what exactly causes the issue, but could be related to how iOS stores date and time formats. Jan. 1, 1970 is a value of zero or less than zero, which would make any process that uses a time stamp to fail. Apple is aware of the issue and is looking into it.

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  1. False headline... by slashkitty · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's recoverable just by letting the battery run out, or disconnecting the battery (harder but faster) Bricking is when you permanently break the device.

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    1. Re:False headline... by GrahamCox · · Score: 5, Funny

      using petalobe screwdrivers

      Yeah, those 10^15 sided screws are a bugger to not strip. That's why I replace mine with pentalobe screws - much more robust.

  2. EPOCH FAIL! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    nm

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