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Changing Time & Date settings to Jan 1, 1970 will permanently brick 64-bit iOS devices

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  1. Settings
  2. General
  3. Date & Time
  4. "Set Automatically" off
  5. 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)
  6. 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/OliverKubricked 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.

 

Via Reddit

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John Dunn 17 hours ago

Sorry to ask this but can you give a step by step on how you recovered from it being stuck on the apple logo? I did it to mine and can't recover

 

 

John Danis 22 hours ago

I got mine bricked from a post telling me to do this, HOW THE FUCK DO I FIX IT.

 

 

Arz-o focu' de ispita... + plina lumea de cretini :))

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1 minute ago, aa7670 said:

Ador comentariile de la acel video:

 

John Dunn 17 hours ago

Sorry to ask this but can you give a step by step on how you recovered from it being stuck on the apple logo? I did it to mine and can't recover

 

 

John Danis 22 hours ago

I got mine bricked from a post telling me to do this, HOW THE FUCK DO I FIX IT.

 

 

Arz-o focu' de ispita... + plina lumea de cretini :))

 

Au fost oameni care au bagat telefoanele la microunde sa le incarce. Asta nu-i nimic :)) 

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24 minutes ago, Silviu said:

Cei care au garantie ar trebui sa fie acoperiti la faza asta si sa le fie inlocuit telefonul. Oricum o gramada de cretini care or sa se friga.

 

Hmm.. nu stiu daca e acoperit de garantie.. Asa fiecare isi poate face rost de telefon nou-noutz daca sunt inca in garantie. Ar insemna pierderi uriase pentru ei.

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5 minutes ago, theandruala said:

Din moment ce este vorba de o eroare de soft...cam e vina lor.

 

Da bre, nu am zis ca nu e vina lor. Citesti ce am scris? Eu pur si simplu vorbeam de onorat garantia. Sunt sigur ca avocatii lor au conceput bine tot "fine print-ul" incat sa aibe cat mai multe portite de scapare. Si pot sa blameze clientii spunand ca au schimbat data in mod voit pentru asa ceva pentru a capata telefon nou, etc. Pot sa invoce tot felul de motive sa nu onoreze garantia. Recent am incheiat un contract destul de mic pentru niste produse si cand am luat la puricat ce mi-a dat avocatul lor ca pre-contract m-am luat cu mainile de cap. In mai tot locul limbajul e in asa fel formulat incat sa aibe portite de scapare pentru orice.

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35 minutes ago, mihai_tgv said:

Apple Store Crangasi...here I come :))

 

Sa ne spui daca te intampina cu: https://youtu.be/YT9HgfHY_Co?t=36

 

Ceva mai interesat de discutat ce am gasit pe The Guardian:

 

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But there is a possibility that a malicious attacker could trick an iOS device connected to a network set to automatically adjusting its time settings into setting the date to 1 January 1970 by pretending to be a time server. A hacker could brick every 64-bit iPhone connected to a public Wi-Fi network, for instance.

 

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