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Apple Will Fix 'January 1, 1970' Date Bug in Upcoming iOS Update
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That's Apple's job, to make software fool-proof.
I did this to my apple car and it wouldn't start 
Apple does fix this free of charge, the fix includes unplugging the battery for ten seconds and reconnecting it, after doing so, performing a hard reset. Date will automatically set to current date, and all that needs to be done is turn Set Automatically back on.
Also, if there wasn't a fix, I feel as though it is not a multi billion dollar companies responsibility to cover replacement units for people doing something they shouldn't be doing. That's like saying BMW should replace vehicles because someone decided to drive around without oil in the motor.
Exactly the point. Nobody did this for years and years until some OCD wack job stumbled upon it. Now the stupid ones are doing it to themselves on purpose and think Apple should replace their iPhones. The teen script kitties who think they are intelligent are mobbing Apple stores and setting the dates back on display devices. Then they stand in the corner and giggle while they take pictures with their unsafe, security issue riddled Android phones. But then these are the same idiots who drive cars with open recalls for safety issues.
..and that's why this has been trending.
So it does mess up you phone...
I looked it up on Snopes and it said FALSE, but it turns out it mean for the retro boot screen and not the bricking.
My point of Snoping it was wondering about the bricking so False made me think it was safe, I guess I needed to read it more. Oops....
http://www.snopes.com/apples-blast-from-the-past/
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They actually did. If you watch the original video of the guy resetting his iPhone, it took him several attempts before iOS would register all the way back to 1970. There's no reason for anyone to set their device to that date, and the OS makes it difficult to do that, so I don't understand all the outrage at Apple over this bug. It seems like people are latching on to any excuse to slam the company these days.
And it should be obvious that your iDevice would brick if you set it to 1970; Apple didn't exist back then!
What does that have to do with this specific issue? And why would someone replicate something they know will make their device inoperable? It's not Apple's fault some people are idiots.
So big it'll run forever?
You mean like any other software that's out today? Constantly looking for and patching bugs? For what iOS is and does, I would have expected a lot more bugs than it has. I am honestly ok and impressed with the minor few that are found.
This time thing to me, isn't really a bug. Anyone who sets their time/date to 1970 on purpose, deserves whatever they get. Especially knowing full well what it does.
If they programmed a limit into how far you could set it back, why is it even possible to set it this far back to begin with?
It's because those that engage in this don't have a life and are living in their grandma's basement on a diet of soda and Cheetos. When they should actually be attending high school.
Except my BMW comes with a very thick manual that explains every last menu option, switch and knob, as well as how to maintain it etc.
Under the bonnet are all sorts of warning labels and stickers reminding me to read the manual. So you could argue BMW took all reasonable precautions to educate and warn the user.
It tells me when it needs more oil, so to drive without it would be directly ignoring all of BMW's efforts.
Apple, however, give no real manual (although I'm told there's an online one) and have no such warnings as the phone allows you to wind the time back to 1970. It's Apple's fault for not educating the user and/or allowing the bug to be present.
"NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO DONT DO IT"
- devil on the right shoulder "DO IT DO IT DO IT"
aaaaah i have to do it
Well, try then, especially when you told then you were an idiot who did it to yourself.
What reason would Apple even have for letting users set their clocks back that far? I don't even understand any situation in which a user would ever need to set their iPhone date to 1970. Or before the current date. Ever. Or at least before the date of the first iPhone if it's needed for troubleshooting something weird and obscure.
This seems like it might be a good way to get a new iPhone for whatever weird reason (people wanting the slightly more power efficient A9, people with scratched glass or casing, etc) if it's still under warranty. Hopefully it's not abused. And anyone who just does this to your iPhone should be held liable just like if they took it and smashed it. But honestly who doesn't use a pass code or Touch ID these days?
This seems like it might be a good way to get a new iPhone for whatever weird reason (people wanting the slightly more power efficient A9, people with scratched glass or casing, etc) if it's still under warranty. Hopefully it's not abused. And anyone who just does this to your iPhone should be held liable just like if they took it and smashed it. But honestly who doesn't use a pass code or Touch ID these days?
Moving across the date line; accidentally putting the wrong year when setting the date (and thus being able to fix it going back).
Every user input should have it's boundary checked, seems this one has not (and for many years this big lay dormant since setting it back that far is pretty unusual).