New Apple bug that bricks your device

5star02707 · 12-02-2016 02:00PM #1

I searched and there was no thread about this yet?

As the title suggests, glitch where you change the date of your device to January 1, 1970 and restart your phone this bricks your phone permanently. No solution as of yet.

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/tech-gaming/a-new-glitch-that-bricks-iphones-has-been-found-34447376.html

Don't let your iPhone fall on the wrong hands :pac:

IamMetaldave · 12-02-2016 02:31PM

Why??? Why would someone do this for a YouTube video? He'd want to be sure he gets enough ad revenue to replace it

arch_stanton · 12-02-2016 03:33PM

"Permanently" may not be all that it's cracked up to be in this case. Leaving the phone until it rolls over to the next day and/or lettting the battery fully drain or temporarily disconnecting the battery will fix it

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/dont-set-the-date-to-1-jan-1970-on-64-bit-devices.1955828/page-3

Hopefully apple patches it quickly to avoid messers blocking peoples phones

New Apple bug that bricks your device

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