Re: Crazy way to brick an iPhone

jonsie · ‎13-02-2016

Read this earlier....

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/setting-the-date-to-1-january-1970-will-brick-your...

Setting the date to 1 January 1970 will brick your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Date bug will prevent 64-bit iOS devices from booting up, rendering them inoperable even through fail-safe restore methods using iTunes

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adamtemp64 · ‎13-02-2016

Thanks for sharing

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MI5 · ‎13-02-2016

Ridiculous !

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Cleoriff · ‎13-02-2016

I reckon this is a marketing ploy. Brick your iphones... and go and buy a new one....

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Bambino · ‎13-02-2016

Now that it's out there, some idiot will undoubtedly try it just to see if it's true.

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blissgirl · ‎13-02-2016

Won't be me @Bambino

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jonsie · ‎13-02-2016

I'm sure someone will want to prank a friend....

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MI5 · ‎13-02-2016

Some friend ?

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jonsie · ‎13-02-2016

I use the term loosely...

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adamtemp64 · ‎13-02-2016

It is all to do with UNIX as all UNIX time starts from that date and ends in 2038 so a day after 2038 same issue looks like a real year 2000 bug

(source various posts about it)

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