Nope. Just pointing out that your kid damaging your device is not covered under Apple's warranty. I don't remember discussing that ever before.
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Apple Will Fix 'January 1, 1970' Date Bug in Upcoming iOS Update
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Changing a basic option on the device using the settings that are provided by the manufacturer is not anywhere in the same category as throwing a device into water or anything like that. Goes back to that discussion that I linked to before.
No, I think you're trying to make it the same discussion. I'm simply saying that your kid damaging your device isn't covered. Not talking about what type of damage. Was just arguing THAT point he made. Not that changing your date and bricking the thing shouldn't be covered. Not sure why you're so hung up on the other discussion we had.
There was a post of someone talking about their kid using the settings app on the device to change the date and that resulting in the device no longer being usable because of a manufacturer bug, and in your reply to that post you posed a question of whether or not a kid throwing the device into water should be covered--essentially equating the two scenarios and thus alluding to "misuse", which brought back that discussion (given that that's what it was about).
well, you're wrong. i think you just get off on arguing with people. he implied that your kid getting ahold of your device and damaging it should be covered. i disagreed. wasn't talking about what damage the kid caused at all.
Seems like your reply drew an equivalence between the device being damaged by an innocuous date change made available by the settings that the manufacturer provided (given that that's what the post your replied to referenced) and the device being damaged by it being submerged in water. That is the comparison I commented on. No arguments there, just a discussion. If that's not the comparison that was being made (despite it appearing in the context of the reply that was mentioned), then that changes things and my comment wouldn't apply to a generic observation that an actual misuse or accidental use of the device that causes damage isn't something that would or should be covered by regular manufacturer warranty.
lol i feel like i've been saying that the last few posts. but, i'm glad you finally understand.
Didn't seem like you were, as the original reply didn't seem like that's what it was saying given the context of the post it was quoting and replying to. But if that's the case, then that's the case, and seems like that's been dealt with then.
[doublepost=1456827707][/doublepost]Fail, fail Acid. As long as humanity has been around, we have been unable to protect the stupid from themselves. As an Apple tech, I have had people put the complete operating system in the trash and restart the computer expecting a miracle! Stupid will always find a way.
There are many game hacks and the like that require you to set your clock to a certain date or just before the current date to work.
The same can be true to get round expired certificates FYI. Not officially, but there are many reasons why u would set the clock back.. I'm assuming this would also work on iOS as well as it does on Mac.