Curious date bug can brick your iPhone pretty badly

13 February, 2016
A rather intriguing phenomenon has been circulating reddit and it has to do with a recently discovered vulnerability affecting most current iPhones. It appears that if you set the date on a 64-bit iOS device to January 1 1970 and then restart it, you get a vicious boot loop. Worse yet, simply restoring the unit through DFU can't fix the issues and you will most likely end up on a trip to the nearest Apple Store.

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  • Eske Rahn
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  • 13 Feb 2016

I tried playing with Ios date long time ago, and they are actually year 10000 safe, And it is also year 32768 safe.

You can scroll to 1895 when you go further backwards strange things are displayed before February 1894... Descembers are missing or replacing Januarys, and the year is omitted. You can see the year clicking a month - though without BC/AC / and with F-up month content...

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    • 9LA
    • 13 Feb 2016

    Anonymous, 13 Feb 2016iOS hides some of the lag on those excessive animations, wh... morefalse .... if device freeze is lag ... if anymation doesnt happen it is lag ... even a delayed animation is lag but having toomany means that the device is that smooth that they dont feel is nesscesary to cut any ...

      Anonymous, 13 Feb 2016Looks like i'm safe from this.yeah bro me too.... my nokia 3310 works just fine........

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        • G5 user
        • 9LA
        • 13 Feb 2016

        it is good to know but not that good if some one use it for attack or damage ur phone.

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          • Anonymous
          • pWQ
          • 13 Feb 2016

          Anonymous, 13 Feb 2016iOS has more lag and bugs than any curent released Android ... moreiOS hides some of the lag on those excessive animations, which may make some users think like the device doesn't lag.

            RAY, 13 Feb 2016who the hack in the world set a time on there phones 40 bac... moreWhy don't you go back to your Nokia 1100 till you learn some grammar son :D

              "Depleting the battery fully has also worked for some users, but it takes time and effort."
              This is one of the reasons why a removable battery is invaluable.

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                • Anonymous
                • mTB
                • 13 Feb 2016

                AnonD-442781, 13 Feb 2016It's because they don't want you to believe there was a tim... moreYour sir, deserve a cookie!

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                  • AnonD-442781
                  • pJm
                  • 13 Feb 2016

                  It's because they don't want you to believe there was a time without Apple. :P

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mAP
                    • 13 Feb 2016

                    RAY, 13 Feb 2016who the hack in the world set a time on there phones 40 bac... moreiOS has more lag and bugs than any curent released Android phone,trust me.You better stop lying yourself

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                      • AnonD-379134
                      • fuN
                      • 13 Feb 2016

                      iFans when did your iToys become more buggy than stock android

                        AnonD-289575, 13 Feb 2016So now iPhone users can't even change date without apple's ... moreNext when you call someone, every second call will have an ad and you'll call some random advertiser.

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                          • roy10
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                          • 13 Feb 2016

                          Subzz, 13 Feb 2016I am so much tempted to go to an apple store and test out f... moregood idea will go and do it tomorrow
                          and see what happens

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                            • 13 Feb 2016

                            For solutions

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                              • roy10
                              • NYh
                              • 13 Feb 2016

                              Subzz, 13 Feb 2016I am so much tempted to go to an apple store and test out f... moregood idea will go and do it tomorrow
                              and see what happens

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 6ck
                                • 13 Feb 2016

                                AnonD-89438, 13 Feb 2016It's a surprise bug :) But, nothing to worry about. It will... moreI would everyone would just 2 break ur phone

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • IWQ
                                  • 13 Feb 2016

                                  RAY, 13 Feb 2016who the hack in the world set a time on there phones 40 bac... more40 years from now? Who isn't making sense now iBrick :D

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • IWQ
                                    • 13 Feb 2016

                                    Looks like i'm safe from this.

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                                      • AnonD-124236
                                      • arg
                                      • 13 Feb 2016

                                      Cool! I need to try this, set the time to January 1, 1970 on an iPhone with 64 bit OS...

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                                        • roy10
                                        • NYp
                                        • 13 Feb 2016

                                        i ws really interested in buying the iphone 6 to replace a galaxy A7 coz i ws just tired of the upgrade problems of android turns out upgrades in ios land ruin your phone with bugs and lags and all sort of issues and decided to stick with sammy and today i got 5.1.1 lolipop it aint the latest and greatest but atleast it doesnt kill my phone.........from kenya