iPhone showing phantom voicemails from 01/01/1970
My iPhone 3G has started showing random “phantom” voicemails from “Unknown” dated 1st January 1970. There are three empty voicemails, 0 seconds long and they cannot be deleted.
Actually that’s a lie, they can be deleted and they go into the deleted messages folder, you can also clear the deleted messages, but as soon as you go back to the main voicemail screen they re-appear instantly.
Powering off and on doesn’t resolve the issue, I’ve not tried a force reset yet or last resort full restore.
A quick search of the web reveals many others have been having this problem over the last year, but as of yet I’ve not seen any explanations or resolutions.
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My dad has suddenly started getting e-mails on his 1Phone from 01.01.1970, with No Sender, No Subject and No Content. They do not appear on the computer and he cannot delete them! And they’ve multiplied from 2 to 73!!
September 13th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
i have a samsung genio qwerty phone and i keep getting blank emails when i go into my e-mails from freecycle saying thursday 1st january 1970 01.00 BST. When i go out of the message which has no info and no sender and then go back into the message it is the proper message, has happened a couple of trimes now. totally random
May 9th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I have a new samsung galaxy and also keep getting emails dated 01/01/1970. It has no info or content and can be deleted. Does anyone know of a solution to this problem?
June 1st, 2011 at 1:38 am
@Marg – sorry I can’t offer a solution to your problem with the Samsung galaxy emails showing up as 01/01/1970 but I can tell you, from looking at my site statistics, that you are definitely not alone. I’ve had lots of people searching for “samsung 01/01/1970″, “01/01/1970 emails samsung” etc so it’s not just you that is having these problems.
Scoopz (Admin)
June 30th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I have an iPad 2 and have received and email with no sender id, no subject and no content but with a date of 01.01.1970.
I know that this date is an epoch value. Epoch date is the start date used to calculate the current date and time in computers. Perhaps there is a glitch or bug in the operating system since the turn of then new year? What ever it is it’s a nuisance.
January 5th, 2012 at 4:32 pm