iPhones Bricked By Setting Date To Jan 1, 1970

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By yaelkFeb 12, 2016, 2:46 pm579 ptsHot
lightbox32 writes: Beware of a hoax circling the interwebs, which can be seen by setting your iPhone's date to January 1, 1970. Many people are reporting that doing so will brick the device. It's unclear what exactly causes the issue, but could be related to how iOS stores date and time formats. Jan. 1, 1970 is…

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