Crazy way to brick an iPhone - Page 2

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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Anonymous · ‎13-02-2016

I read about this a while ago. Friggin crazy if you ask me

MI5 · ‎13-02-2016

So built in obsolescence in 22 years time......

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jonsie · ‎13-02-2016

@MI5 wrote:
So built in obsolescence in 22 years time......

Not an issue as they barely last the 12 month warranty....although not recommended you buy in 2037.....

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MI5 · ‎13-02-2016

@jonsie wrote:
Not an issue as they barely last the 12 month warranty....

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adamtemp64 · ‎13-02-2016

@jonsie wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
So built in obsolescence in 22 years time......
Not an issue as they barely last the 12 month warranty....although not recommended you buy in 2037.....

More info

but mine last longer than that some still going 4 years on lol

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sheepdog · ‎13-02-2016

@adamtemp64 wrote:
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)

The problem won't be (in 2038) the bug, it will be how many unix/linux operating systems are still running critical systems like power stations. Nuclear ones.....Though in my recent experience using timestamps is that it will be exactly the second after the date turns (by which time all my coding has long since been superseded!).