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

greenyoda | karma 16146 | avg karma 1.25 · 2016-02-13 19:52:14+00:00

There are already 17 posts of this story:

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

tshtf | karma 12707 | avg karma 13.93 · 2016-02-13 13:57:44

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.

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gcb0 | karma 5864 | avg karma 1.39 · 2016-02-13 14:28:18

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

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · 2016-02-13 20:35:29+00:00

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.

mailslot | karma 425 | avg karma 2.49 · 2016-02-13 20:41:01+00:00

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

tzs | karma 45790 | avg karma 3.13 · 2016-02-13 21:10:37+00:00

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