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Apple is a child of the ’70s, but a new hoax that aims to get you to reset your phone to its supposed birthday of Jan. 1, 1970 will only bring you heartache.
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That ‘wild ride’ will actually brick your device and prevent it from booting up, according to U.K. newspaper The Guardian. The following models are at risk:
Worse yet, even taking your device into an Apple store reportedly won’t deliver a fix! So be careful out there!
Meanwhile, iPhone 6 users everywhere are outraged by a new Apple update that permanently disables iPhones if a repair was done by someone outside of Apple.
The so-called ‘Error 53’ problem surfaces when Apple’s iPhone software iOS9 is installed and if the phone has been serviced by a non-official repair person at any time in the past. Allegedly, the issue is connected to the home button that has touch ID fingerprint recognition.
Read more: How to disable iPhone feature that could cost you hundreds of dollars
Though months may have passed since any repair was done, downloading the iOS9 update could render an iPhone completely useless — or as one journalist commented — it ‘will kill your iPhone.’
This post was last modified on March 22, 2017 1:08 pm
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