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

[gcr]

https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/458ao3/discussion_changing_time_date_settings_to_jan_1/

[greenyoda]

There are already 17 posts of this story:

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

[tshtf → greenyoda]

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.

[dang → tshtf]

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.

[gcb0 → tshtf]

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

[mailslot]

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

[tzs → mailslot]

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