Apple issues a fix for 1970 date bug in latest iOS 9.3 beta
The fix itself comes in the form of iOS 9.3 beta 4. With the new update, the earliest date that the device can be set to is January 1, 2001, 12:00 AM GMT.
Users have reported being able to restore their devices by flashing iOS 9.3 beta 4. This is, of course, not something that everyone has access to. Registered developers have access to beta recovery images. Those on the pubic beta program do not.
Since iOS is based on Unix, all dates start at January 1, 1970 and count up from that. Setting the device back to that date effectively sets the date to zero and depending on the user's time zone, less then zero.
Normally, most software issues that might break an iPhone can be solved by putting the device into recovery mode. The user can do this by shutting off the phone, holding the home button, and plugging it into a PC running iTunes. That wasn't the case with this issue.
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