Apple Prepare medicine for Bug "January 1, 1970"

BeritaON - Apple finally admitted that the handheld device 64-bit artificial, ie iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, has bugs "January 1" potentially damaging these devices.

Companies bearing the bitten apple was immediately act to mix the "medicine" to cure the problem.

"A software update will prevent this problem from occurring on iOS devices. If you have already experienced it, contact Apple Support," Apple wrote in a brief statement on its website.

Not explained when exactly updatedimaksud will be distributed to devices on iOS.

Previously, a number of users reported a bug related to the installation date on the device operating system iOS.

When the date of iOS is set to be January 1, 1970, then the restart, the handheld device will be damaged. The system will hang with only displays Apple logo when booting, can not get into the operating system (bricked).

Apple did not specify the cause of this problem. But the suspected source is a regulatory model that became the basis Unix platform iOS.

The timing of Unix begins at 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970. iOS calendar counting by seconds that elapsed after that time. Change the date to "January 1, 1970" will repeat the calculation to zero and cause the system to crash.

This problem only occurs on iOS devices that use a 64-bit chip, the iPhone 5S, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, and iPod Touch 6th generation (2015) or newer.

While waiting for the "medicine" from Apple, there are other ways to try to fix the bug stung handset January 1, 1970, by letting the device on until the battery runs out.