want to brick your iphone?

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Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/458ao3/discussion_changing_time_date_settings_to_jan_1/

quote:

Settings
General
Date & Time
"Set Automatically" off
Change date to Jan 1, 1970 (Scroll up to get to year 2000, then go back, into date settings again, repeat until it reaches 1970)
Reboot.

The iOS device will fail to boot, stuck at display of Apple logo.

DON'T DO THIS!!!!!!!!! A DFU restore or Recovery mode restore will NOT put the device back into working order. The restore will succeed, but the device will still not boot after restore.

A physical repair (either a Genius Bar appointment or physically disconnecting battery and connecting again) is required for the device to function again.

This will affect any iOS device powered by A7, A8, A8X, A9 and A9X chips. The version of iOS running does not matter. 32-bit iOS devices will not be affected by this issue.

Hopefully Apple will soon issue a software upgrade to resolve the issue.

Update:

Apparently, /u/Liamguy6666 bricked his iPod touch (6th gen), /u/csweeney29 bricked his iPhone 6s and /u/OliverKu bricked his iPad mini 3.

/u/Ziph0n has created a wonderful Cydia tweak, BrickingDate (http://repo.ziph0n.com/) to prevent malicious users from replicating this "bug" manually.

wrap it up appleailures

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:22

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 07:30

Smythe: Oct 12, 2003

OSI bean dip posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/458ao3/discussion_changing_time_date_settings_to_jan_1/

wrap it up appleailures

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:24

pram: Jun 10, 2001

this is pretty much any unix machine hth

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:26

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

This is intentional and maintains temporal security in the event of time travel. Apple is right to break the phone. The end user deserves it for fooling with the timeline.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:27

pram: Jun 10, 2001

set your linux server past the epoch and prepare to partake of the :razz:

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:27

Space-Pope: Aug 13, 2003; by zen death robot

imho anyone going back in time should have to go through naked like the terminator, lest they go back with some future tech and give it to the nazis "for the lulz" or whatever tweens say these days

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:30

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

no I want to brick your iphone OP

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:58

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

such a travesty would never have happened under steve.

# ? Feb 11, 2016 21:59

maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

you need to dial one number higher!

# ? Feb 11, 2016 22:02

Gazpacho: Jun 18, 2004; by Fluffdaddy; Slippery Tilde

Hammerite posted:

such a travesty would never have happened under steve.

because he would have set the epoch at 1904

# ? Feb 11, 2016 22:03

yellow borders: Jan 7, 2010

ios, LOL

# ? Feb 11, 2016 22:07

maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Gazpacho posted:

because he would have set the epoch at 1904

2/29/1900

# ? Feb 11, 2016 22:11

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 07:30

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

if you do this can you not just wait 24 hours and it will be the 2nd of january and therefore ok

# ? Feb 11, 2016 22:20

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