People are deliberately bricking their iPhones by going back in time
Feb12
According to a thread on Reddit, any 64-bit iOS devices suffer from a problem that renders them unusable if the time and date settings are set to a specific point. Needless to say, though I will anyway, you shouldn’t try this at home, or work, or anywhere else really – unless you fancy a trip to your local Apple Store. The problem arises if you set the date to January 1, 1970, which will then prevent the phone from booting up again, until you make that trip to the store. It shouldn’t be permanently bricked, and while other people have reported success in booting…
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