A NEWLY discovered bug renders iPhones useless if the system date is set to January 1, 1970. Why would you reset the date and time on your phone to 46 years ago? Well, because you may have been tricked by an intenet troll. A hoax image originally posted to 4chan appears to be a screenshot from the Apple website, purporting to share the news of a retro mode on iPhones that can be enabled by setting the device’s date to January 1, 1970. The fake ad making the rounds on social media. “The original Macintosh introduced the world to computers, forever changing the way people experience technology, and allowing people to do things that were never possible before,” the post reads. “With this Easter egg, warp back in time with a class Macintosh theme to relive the magic on your iPhone. Change the date on your iPhone to January 1, 1970, press and hold the power button to reboot your device, and prepare for a wild ride.” It’s a wild ride, all right. A ride that will render your device unusable. The hoax is believed to be so powerful that even an expert at an Apple Genius Bar may not be able to help restore your phone. The bug affects iPhones, iPads and iPod touches with 64-bit processors running iOS 8 or iOS 9, including the iPhone 5S or newer, the iPad Air, iPad mini 2 or the 2015 sixth generation iPod touch or newer. ======================================== Read, Learn. Be Warned. Don't do it.
It would be a blast from the past. In 1970 there were no cell phones that I know of. Anyone remember Y2K crisis (what crisis)? That was another hoax where everyone jumped on the band wagon thinking all the computers would crash and the world would end. People were buying canned food, generators, extra gas you name it. It was the lunch time conversation at the paper mill. Some of the guys asked me if I believed the Y2K stuff and I'd say....not really but...oh you never know... When asked what preparation I had done I'd say....oh I bought 4 boxes of .303 ammo at the hardware store... That's all I need...I know who's got generators, food and fuel... That got a lot of blank looks from some of the guys.
If someone is telling you to make changes to your phone settings online you had better know the person.....or at least do a google search to see if those settings are going to mess with your device.
