Changing time to Jan 1, 1970 will permanently brick 64-bit iOS devices

There are already 17 posts of this story:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=1970&sort=byDate&dateRange=all....

Interestingly enough, none have made it to the front page. It's no surprise people keep reposting, due to the Apple fanboy flagging to prevent visibility to this issue.

Edit: And this post has been flagged away.

gcb0 10y ago ↗

or the valiant exposers want people to fall for the "move the date to get classic mac skin easter egg"

dang 10y ago ↗

There is no evidence of "Apple fanboy flagging" on those stories. Please don't make groundless accusations of such behavior on HN—it's uncivil and tedious.

mailslot 10y ago ↗

Just let the battery drain. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/02/64-bit-iphones-and-ipad...

tzs 10y ago ↗

I wonder how long it takes to drain a fully charged phone when it is stuck in this state?

[deleted] 10y ago ↗

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Changing time to Jan 1, 1970 will permanently brick 64-bit iOS devices (reddit.com)

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