Well its official Warning Not to try This
Don’t Try this at Home!
New Bugs have been discovered in Apple’s iOS. This bug will kill your iPhone, iPad or iPod Dead Permanently. and you won’t have any options to recover it.
Well you are hearing right only.
An issue with the date and time system in iOS had emerged recently when Reddit users started warning people that changing your iPhone’s or any iOS device’s date to January 1, 1970, will brick your iPhone forever.
Video Demonstration
You can watch the whole process in the video given below. Even regular recovery tricks do not work. Please dont try this Repeat again.
So again we are recommended to Not Try This Trick with your iOS device really .
One YouTuber Zach Straley first discovered the issue, which was later confirmed by iClarified, who tested the trick on an iOS device.
Affected iOS Devices
Well this Bugs will kill any iOS device that uses 64-bit A7, A8, A8X, A9 and A9X processors and runs iOS 8 or newer, including iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. However, for those running on 32-bit iOS versions are not affected by this issue. If you have 32 bit iOS then you can try it.
How the Bug Kills the iPhone?
Basically, the whole process is due to this:
Set up the date to January 1, 1970, via settings on your iOS device, Reboot your device, and you are done.
Your iPhone or iPad will no longer boot and will be stuck to the Apple logo. Even recovery mode restore or DFU mode will not let you restore your device; it will remain stuck on the bootup screen.
Your device will reportedly not come back, and the only way to get it back to work once again is to take your iOS device to an Apple Store.
The Only Way to Get Your iPhone Back
The bug is believed to be related to UNIX timestamp epoch that causes the kernel to crash. The only way to get it back is to open the device’s casing and physically disconnect the battery from the logic board. This could only be done with the help of Apple’s Genius Bar.
This process will reset the iPhone’s date and allow it to boot.
Not to far Apple started woring on this bugs and coming up with the OS update very soon to fix and unbrick the affected iOS devices.
Though some users are saying that letting the battery drain could make the iPhone work once again, or changing the SIM card could fix the issue, or waiting for the device to back after 5 hours, you are still advised to not try this on your device as there is no guarantee these tricks are going to work.
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