Old iPhones Will Stop Working this Weekend, Unless You Do This…
If you own an old iPhone, you need to listen up. Any owner of an older iPhone needs to be aware of a bug in their phones that could stop them from connecting to the internet altogether.
If you’re not aware of this bug and don’t take action, your phone could become nearly useless.
What do I need to do to make my old iPhone work?
It’s of vital importance if you have an iPhone 5 or older, or an iPad with retina display or fourth-generation iPad or older, that you update your device. You need to be on iOS 10.3.4 by midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning. Starting at 12 AM on November 3, your device will be unable to connect to the internet.
The issue relates to a bug in the device’s GPS was triggered in April by a clock reset. Since that point, Apple has been urging users to download the latest iOS to patch the bug. However, should users fail to do so by Saturday evening, their phone will be unable to connect to the internet.
This, in turn, means that they will be unable to download the relevant update.
What is the Fatal Bug in older iPhones?
The bug in question occurs only once every 19 years, when the GPS clock in the device rolls over to zero. This is a side effect of the way that GPS services track time: once every 1,024 weeks, they reset their internal clocks. This could lead to a whole host of problems for iPhone users who haven’t updated their devices.
Notably, your device’s internal clock will be malfunctioning. Additionally, your GPS service might be working improperly. Most devastating, of course, is that your device will be unable to connect to the internet at all following November 2, 2019. If you have an affected device, it will have received several pop-up notifications alerting you that “action is required.”
If you don’t take action by Saturday evening, your device will be disconnected from the internet entirely. This could render your smartphone little more than a handset that can make phone calls. Make sure you take action to update the device before then.
