Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Don't set the date to 1 Jan 1970 on 64 bit devices.
- Thread starter Ries
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I frankly believed Apple was better than allowing a simple integer underflow issue brick the phone by letting it crash the kernel.
That was my logic when I did it.
But nope. Stupid stupid.
Just a note for some people here , we at apple have been getting increasing amounts of calls regarding iPhone's being "Bricked" after setting the dates to January 1st , 1970.
First off , DO NOT DO THIS!
As of yet I have not gotten any solid word on the cause of this , but if I had to guess its a unicode error code in the software , some of you may remember a similar issue with the text messages containing arabic characters the crashed messages apps across the iOS spectrum.
As of now it looks like restoring the software is a hit and miss for fixing this issue.
From what me and some co workers have found , this appears to affect iPhone 6 and up running the iOS 9 software.
I will post more later if if I get more info.
First off , DO NOT DO THIS!
As of yet I have not gotten any solid word on the cause of this , but if I had to guess its a unicode error code in the software , some of you may remember a similar issue with the text messages containing arabic characters the crashed messages apps across the iOS spectrum.
As of now it looks like restoring the software is a hit and miss for fixing this issue.
From what me and some co workers have found , this appears to affect iPhone 6 and up running the iOS 9 software.
I will post more later if if I get more info.
As Microsoft can attest to an operating without bugs, even "simple" ones is impossible.
When I refer to post more info later , I mean info from our iOS specialist , the ones who code the program.
Agreed. Every operating system has "simple" bugs.
[doublepost=1455384588][/doublepost]
Backhanded ding on Apple.
What more can possibly be added? Don't do it; when and if Apple has an official fix it will be in the release notes.
Agreed. Every operating system has "simple" bugs.
[doublepost=1455384588][/doublepost]
Backhanded ding on Apple.
No, you said "simple ones is possible" but, that doesn't make sense grammatically.
Or at least add thoughts to the main discussion thread so information is centralized.
The "is" was in reference to OS, which is singular (and I believe it was "impossible").
In that case shouldn't it be "are" not "is"? I don't fully understand the sentence though.
@Jayson A
Edit: It's the lack of commas (and some missing words) that were a bit confusing, fixed: As Microsoft can attest to, making an operating system without bugs, even "simple" ones, is impossible.
Since the "grammar police" are out, instead of "making", the correct word is "coding" or "programming".
Why am I not surprised that you would do something like that. And you even laugh about it.
So instead of watching one of the many videos on YouTube, you decided to just do it to a stores display phone. Again, not surprised coming from you.
The bug affects even your precious "PERFECT" 8.4.1.