Apple is aware of the January 1970 date bug that bricks iPhones, will fix it in a future update

15 February, 2016
A couple of days ago news emerged about an odd but deadly bug for 64-bit iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch units - setting your date to January 1, 1970 and then restarting the handset will result in a pretty much unfixable bootloop. If you do this for whatever reason, you'll need to visit your local Apple Store to fix the problem, because you won't be able to get rid of it at home.

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  • 16 Feb 2016

AnonD-9000, 16 Feb 2016LOL... we all know lagf*ckdroid fanboys always got nothing ... moreComprehension

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    • Anonymous
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    • 16 Feb 2016

    divis200, 15 Feb 2016Lol and I always see crApple fanboys boasting about how goo... moreYou cant fix stupid people doing this

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      • AnonD-35129
      • bJb
      • 16 Feb 2016

      Some people just like living in the past.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 16 Feb 2016

        Xdadevet, 16 Feb 2016Your comment is aimed at the wrong demographic my friend :)... moreI believe it's not the users, but the bug...right?

          AnonD-9000, 16 Feb 2016LOL... we all know lagf*ckdroid fanboys always got nothing ... moreYour comment is aimed at the wrong demographic my friend :) It's Apple users that change the date and brick their phones, this affects no other OS.

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            • 16 Feb 2016

            Dot-WiFi, 16 Feb 2016u guys hangdroid user always change date back to 1800 for n... moreLOL... we all know lagf*ckdroid fanboys always got nothing to do..they download useless apps, modified their keyboards wallpaper, use launcher to change the look of their phone's UI bla bla bla..now look they even set their phone date to 1970!! lol maybe they still live under the cave and forgot now is already year 2016

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              • NHU
              • 16 Feb 2016

              *yawn*

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                • tSv
                • 16 Feb 2016

                If I had more room I'd roll over.

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                  • 16 Feb 2016

                  Anonymous, 16 Feb 2016That is absolutely the most ignorant comment Ive read in a ... moreI think he was being more sarcastic than ignorant.

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                    • 16 Feb 2016

                    iOS is so buggy!

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                      • v0q
                      • 16 Feb 2016

                      *LOL* at time travel xD

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                        • 16 Feb 2016

                        Trooper, 15 Feb 2016Because it's a media player and not a phone or tablet.I think on this site will appear even smart tvs,fridges,cars etc but iPod touches no,iPod touch 1 was my first apple device and it would be nice if I could seen them here

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                          • 16 Feb 2016

                          Seems like, Apple dislikes Time Travel :P

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                            • 16 Feb 2016

                            Anonymous, 16 Feb 2016Consider this, most current devices, including the affected... moreThey are not capable to understand those words. Lets see another guy will say again "lol we would not set our time back to 1970"

                              Apple is aware of everything but too shameless to admit that by theirselves until/unless exposed otherwise.

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                                • 16 Feb 2016

                                just don't forget.. apple hangs and lags more than Android.. infact, there is no phone that doesn't lag or has no app crashes literally

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                                  • 16 Feb 2016

                                  Trooper, 15 Feb 2016Because it's a media player and not a phone or tablet.Yeah. As if tablets aren't media players themselves. An ipod is essentially a phone sized ipad.

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                                    • 16 Feb 2016

                                    Trooper, 15 Feb 2016Because it's a media player and not a phone or tablet.how about smart watches

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                                      • 16 Feb 2016

                                      Dot-WiFi, 16 Feb 2016u guys hangdroid user always change date back to 1800 for n... moreConsider this, most current devices, including the affected Apple tech, rely on NTP servers to automatically set their time and date. If a hacker were to theoretically spoof responses and pose as such a server on a Wi-Fi network, he could potentially kill every current iPhone or iPad on the same network.

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                                        • 16 Feb 2016

                                        AnonD-205566, 15 Feb 2016You don't get it pal... The reason for those bugs is apple'... moreThat is absolutely the most ignorant comment Ive read in a long time. The fact that you made such a statement demonstrates you know next to nothing about tech manufacturing, software development and quality assurance.