No, it is not a jailbreak and not about any complex modifications to the system that requires special training. To turn your iPhone or iPad into a brick, is enough to change a single setting - and you can say goodbye to your favorite device.
Reddit users discovered a critical vulnerability that could lead to the fact that devices based on iOS 8 and iOS 9 is simply no longer included. To volunteer to kill your smartphone and tablet, simply navigate to the date and time settings, disable the automatic determination of the time zone and select the following dates: January 1, 1970. Then you need to restart the device and it will be fixed at the stage of the operating system boot, ceasing to react to anything. Members noted that the restoration does not work even after DFU mode, and this is very serious.
Some lucky gadget suddenly turned on their own after a few hours or a day, while others are preparing to carry your iPhone or iPad for repair. Therefore, no matter how you are bursting with curiosity, we strongly recommend that you do not repeat this trick at home. Incidentally, the problem applies to all devices on the basis of 64-bit processors, that is, since the chip A7.
According to experts, this error is due to the fact that from January 1, 1970 report begins the so-called "computer time", or UNIX time. If you rearrange the unit at that date, the system clock switching to a negative value of time, and this leads to malfunction of computer components.
Once again we warn you against a repetition of this trick, and do not recommend giving your iPhone or iPad into the hands of people you do not trust. In Apple had no immediate comment on the situation, but we hope that the software update will be released in the near future, which will correct the error. And paradoxically, it is currently immune from the so-called "Problemy-1970" have only users with jailbroken devices that can establish a special tweak blocking unauthorized change the time and date.
Reddit users discovered a critical vulnerability that could lead to the fact that devices based on iOS 8 and iOS 9 is simply no longer included. To volunteer to kill your smartphone and tablet, simply navigate to the date and time settings, disable the automatic determination of the time zone and select the following dates: January 1, 1970. Then you need to restart the device and it will be fixed at the stage of the operating system boot, ceasing to react to anything. Members noted that the restoration does not work even after DFU mode, and this is very serious.
Some lucky gadget suddenly turned on their own after a few hours or a day, while others are preparing to carry your iPhone or iPad for repair. Therefore, no matter how you are bursting with curiosity, we strongly recommend that you do not repeat this trick at home. Incidentally, the problem applies to all devices on the basis of 64-bit processors, that is, since the chip A7.
According to experts, this error is due to the fact that from January 1, 1970 report begins the so-called "computer time", or UNIX time. If you rearrange the unit at that date, the system clock switching to a negative value of time, and this leads to malfunction of computer components.
Once again we warn you against a repetition of this trick, and do not recommend giving your iPhone or iPad into the hands of people you do not trust. In Apple had no immediate comment on the situation, but we hope that the software update will be released in the near future, which will correct the error. And paradoxically, it is currently immune from the so-called "Problemy-1970" have only users with jailbroken devices that can establish a special tweak blocking unauthorized change the time and date.