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[BitStyle]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Oh my...

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Well, some people fell for iOS7 making your iPhone waterproof. The bar is pretty low.

Wait, what.

 

[belvedere]

Is there video proof of this working? Holy shit if this is true.

 

[Various Artists]

Funny but cruel.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Hilarious and dickish antics

 

[UNCMark]

What scares me is that there is a small piece of me who wants to try this, knowing full well what it will do.

Maybe it wont brick yours. Maybe that was an old batch of Xbox Ones. You should try it.

 

[timlot]

What scares me is that there is a small piece of me who wants to try this, knowing full well what it will do.

I alway treat stuff like this like a google chrome warning and go back fast as I can.

 

[nicoga3000]

Wait, what.

E: Better image from Soka.

 

[xxracerxx]

People are fuckers.

I hope people are not falling for it.

 

[zeorhymer]

It seems Microsoft didn't anticipate this when they allowed all units to have the ability to be dev kits.

 

[RumblingRosco]

This is like the whole:

If your iphone battery is low you can charge it in the microwave.

Tip: Do not try this.

Another iPhone one: The new iPhone is waterproof! Test it yourself! No idea if anyone fell for it, but I'm sure someone did.

Here we go:

 

[Diablos]

So, this image has been doing the rounds:


Spoiler alert: it won't enable backwards compatibility, instead it'll brick your console (specifically, by making it reboot endlessly). It's absolutely marvellous that Microsoft left such a feature in and not included a failsafe such as an automatic boot to safe mode option.

lmao

Time for a new update, MS!

 

[mattp]

so who at microsoft is getting fired for not removing this?

 

[hodgy100]

This is going to be the new "pinch a mates phone, set the language to Arabic and set up a new pin lock", isn't it?

It's actually quite funny.

doing that is one thing, breaking someones stuff is not funny.

 

[elhav]

First in line at the buffet?! Lucky!

lol I don't have an Xbone, and I wouldn't have tried it anyway because it's obvious trolling. But I pity all the poor folks who think they'll be getting 360 support. You have to be one big asshole to do this.

 

[Tsundere]

It seems Microsoft didn't anticipate this when they allowed all units to have the ability to be dev kits.

Can be said for a lot.

 

[la flama blanca]

I wonder if anyones fallen for it?

 

[rekameohs]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Good lord at the magnet.

 

[Sean]

Well, some people fell for iOS7 making your iPhone waterproof. The bar is pretty low.

iOS7 making your phone waterproof was one of the funniest 4chan pranks.

 

[koutoru]

Is there a warranty for stupidity?

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Some men just like to watch the world burn

 

[hwalker84]

Almost as good as iOS7 makes your iPhone waterproof.

edit: beaten

 

[Elginer]

Fantastic job MS./

 

[iammeiam]

MS left in a process that users can enable to reboot the system endlessly?, I know a user has to do this themselves by access the dev mode etc - but that a pretty dam stupid thing to leave in.

This seems to be a side effect of the 'every console can be a devkit!' thing. Somebody realized MS warning that it could brick your console meant a really easy way to trick people into bricking.

I wonder if MS could work around this if they made the sandboxID valid?

 

[GoofsterStud]

I forser fanboys unlocking the systems "backwards compatibility" at GameStop and best buy.

 

[Grym]

People just like to be mean...

Just the sound of it "freezeone.reboot" sounds foreboding.

I read it as "free zone"

sounds like a positive to me!

 

[jet1911]

Is this the only useless thing to do in this mode?

 

[Neiteio]

brb trying this

UPDATE 1: BAM WAM TITTY WITTY WHAT THE FUUUUUUUU--

UPDATE 2: oh wow plays PS4 games now

 

[Marvel]

Oh god... this won't end well.

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

could this be the ***storm a certain insider was talking about?

 

[OldAsUrSock]

iOS7 making your phone waterproof was one of the funniest 4chan pranks.

This can't possibly be real. That is just too hilarious.

 

[hwalker84]

This can't possibly be real. That is just too hilarious.

Yes it was. So sad isn't it.

 

[Ricerocket]

It's sad that I know there is ALWAYS someone who gets fooled by this stuff.

 

[Fredrik]

Oh wow this is way too cruel for my taste

 

[Captain Tuttle]

E: Better image from Soka.

haha eesshh

 

[Delusibeta]

could this be the ***storm a certain insider was talking about?

Probably not. I don't think even he thought Microsoft would be that daft.

 

[Tsundere]

Did any GAFers fall for this?

 

[IHaveCandy]

This is going to be a bad weekend to be a retailer with a demo station.

(Apparently if you have a PC and the actual dev software it's possible to fix, but if you're a Gamestop manager that isn't going to be the case. I imagine Microsoft will be shipping a recovery USB to replicate that process next week to retail partners. Because there'll be hell to pay if there isn't.)

i don't think GameStop got real demo systems. Just tvs with a fake mini Xbox One running trailers.

 

[LollipoPReapeR]

LOL!!!! Le master troll

And for all those people who're complaining. People are stupid. Let them deal with thier own stupidity.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

I read this whole thing. I weep for humanity

 

[MilkBeard]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Wow, that shit is hilarious. Sucks for that dude. I bet he received a few bruises from his dad ha ha.

 

[Tsundere]

i don't think GameStop got real demo systems. Just tvs with a fake mini Xbox One running trailers.

Yea, there aren't very many "demo stations" that are playable, just there for show.

 

[bigmf]

Can I borrow someone's XBox One for a few minutes?

 

[The Cowboy]

I forser fanboys unlocking the systems "backwards compatibility" at GameStop and best buy.

Agreed, I can see this happening a lot - its not like its hard to do it (now that we've seen it and it being a really short easy process).

 

[fertygo]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

Me too lol

 

[Silky]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

TOO FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

 

[TheContact]

oh wow, so many people are going to fall for this.......

 

[Off-Kilter]

What scares me is that there is a small piece of me who wants to try this, knowing full well what it will do.

Man, me too. I find it fascinating (I feel the same way about your username).

Maybe seeing someone do this on YouTube will let me satisfy my curiosity vicariously.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Well, some people fell for iOS7 making your iPhone waterproof. The bar is pretty low.

Seriously? Lol!

 

[speculawyer]

What kind of evil people create such images? Sheesh.