An error in setting the date of the iPhone could ruin your phone permanently.
Your iPhone really hates the date January 1, 1970. The hates so much that permanently ruin if you choose in the settings of date and time of your iPhone.
It is not entirely clear why the failure is occurring. Nor it is logical why anyone would bother trying to set the clock on your iPhone 46 years ago.
However, we can make a pretty educated guess.
The 1 January 1970 is the earliest date you can set on your iPhone. If you change the date and time settings to manual (please do not do), and you move on the calendar as far back as possible (seriously, do not do), you can only get to 1 January 1970.
This is because the Unix time began at midnight GMT on January 1, 1970. the time Unix has been counting every second since. Many devices, including the iPhone, use the Unix time as the basis for their watches.
Now, why go back to January 1, 1970 (00:00:00 time Unix) would have to turn your iPhone into a brick?
If your time zone is not GMT, your iPhone might think you are in a prior to January 1, 1970 … or before time zero. Although the Unix time can be negative, it is possible that something about it makes your iPhone is ruined.
There are several videos showing people what happens when they set their clocks with the date January 1, 1970. (Again, we’re not sure why they do, and we do not recommend).
In the videos, the iPhone works immediately after the date is set to the beginning. But if you turn off the phone and turn back to you, you will see the Welcome screen, and you have the Apple logo in front of you forever.
The error came to light initially in a Reddit forum Thursday. Apple did not respond to a request for comment on whether the company will address the problem.
Meanwhile, just stay in the present. Everything is so quiet … and it’s better for your iPhone.
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