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In recent days, iPhone owners have been dealing with an unusual problem where changing the date can completely block the phone. On 64-bit iOS devices just set January 1, 1970 as the current date and once you turn off that iPhone or iPad, you won't start it up again. Apple has already announced that it is preparing a fix.

“Manually changing the date to May 1, 1970 or earlier may cause your iOS device to not turn on after restarting. However, an upcoming iOS update will address this issue. If you have this problem, please contact Apple Support,” she shared the company in its official statement and confirmed that it is working on a fix.

"Bug 1970" currently turns 64-bit iOS devices (iPhone 5S and later, iPad Air and iPad mini 2 and later) into useless pieces of iron, and restoring via iTunes or DFU mode won't help either. Apple has not commented on the nature of the problem, but programmer Tom Scott has offered one possible explanation.

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Scott on YouTube explains that in Unix time 1/1/1970 is 0 (00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time) and is practically such a "start". If the date set in this way is close to zero or negative values ​​(however, this is not possible with iOS devices), the devices by their nature will not be able to handle it, since the values ​​exceed the expected existence of the universe by twenty times. According to Scott, iPhones and iPads cannot absorb such a high number and will cause Error 53.

Based information from a German server Alphapage opening the device and resetting the battery can solve such a problem. However, this step is very risky and can permanently damage the product.

In case of this inconvenience, the best solution is to contact Apple support or visit an authorized Apple store.

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Source: MacRumors
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