Y2K Part 2010 Bugging up Handsets
| by Elias Chiddicks on January 3rd, 2010 |
Ah, we’re feeling nostalgic. We remember the hysteria surrounding Y2K with fondness, and so seeing a little bit of it actually happen just brings us right back.
As it turns out, 2010 was the year that messed everything up, and by everything, I mean mysteriously changed the year from 2010 to 2016 on certain Windows Mobile and other miscellaneous handsets. Apparently it is a bug that is ROM independent, but varies based on the network you are connected to (T-Mobile users are having any issues).
The good people at WMExperts have already come up with their own homegrown fix though, so at best this issue appears to have been good for a bit of fun.
[Via BGR]
1. Datuk wrote on January 4, 2010
Hahahaa! Windows Mobile thinks the year is 2016.
This is very ironic. Windows Mobile is the most old-fashioned of all the phone operating systems, coming from the era of the PDA and the stylus pen. I understand that Windows Mobile thinks it is in 1998.