Why does my iPhone think I am in California?

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Why does my iPhone think I am in California?

People, Could someone shed a little light here?

I, along with many of you had to suffer the frustration and upset at how yesterday was handled. I finally got sorted out latelast night and have been enjoying the App store ever since. Everything is fine with my phone and have synced a number of times since 2.0.

But, why does my iphone think I am in California, right now (12:06 GMT) my phone is reading 04:06 Sat 12th. I am not in California, I am just outside London, and it is not some dark hour in the middle of the night, there is much light outside...

I do however have the time in time setting for London, this is, of course correct, but when I sync with itunes the time does not update? Is Apple trying to control time now? Anyone with an idea of what to do short of trying a full restore?

Cheers Liam

MacBook Santa Rosa, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jul 12, 2008 4:08 AM

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Answer 1

nlkflint

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Jul 12, 2008 4:25 PM in response to Nathan C

Cupertino is the home of APPLE.

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Answer 2

DCGOO

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Jul 12, 2008 4:14 AM in response to Liam120

It should pick up the time and time zone from the cell network. Go to: Settings::General::Date & Time:: Make sure "set automatically" is turned on.

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Answer 3

Jul 12, 2008 4:16 AM in response to Liam120

Liam, that is a strange problem.... may be a silly question... have you checked in your iphone preferences, then under General, the Date and Time?

Do you have it set to Set Automatically? if not, do so... if you do, turn it off and see what city/time zone is set for you.

I'm not sure if this data is setup from the computer or your cell network. Most cell phone date and times are setup over the air.

hope this helps.

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jjay91

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Jul 12, 2008 4:17 AM in response to Liam120

Make sure your settings in Date & Time on your iPhone are set correctly. I have mine set to "Set Automatically".

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Answer 5

MMulhern

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Jul 12, 2008 5:10 AM in response to Liam120

Yes, if it is a brand new iPhone, versus one you just updated to 2.0, they all came preset for CA time, I guess where Apple is based? A leastt this is based on what happened last summer when the old iPhones were released.

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Liam120 Author

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Jul 12, 2008 10:18 AM in response to DCGOO

Thanx, checked date and time and found that for some reason it was set to Cupertino, how odd, thanx for all the help guys, you can always count on AD, Cheers Liam

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Nathan C

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Jul 12, 2008 10:20 AM in response to Liam120

Liam120,

O2 does not support updating the time automatically for the iPhone.

You can go to Settings ->Date & Time and adjust the time, as well as which time zone.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

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Answer 8

Nathan C

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Jul 16, 2008 7:50 AM in response to nlkflint

nlkflint,

Yes, and while I am in Northern California and work for Apple, I don't work in Cupertino.

Cupertino is the default time zone location for the iPhone sold in the U.S.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

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Answer 9

matttye88

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Jul 16, 2008 8:49 AM in response to Liam120

I think all phones were set to cupertino with the 2.0 update. Mine was too.

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Answer 10

Jul 16, 2008 9:44 AM in response to Nathan C

I am on O2 in the UK, and whilst I change the settings to London, England, whenever I go back out to the main menu, it resets it back to Cupertino. This means all of my SMS messages come in at different times!

Any ideas? It has greyed out the 24hr option too, and cannot see how this is controlled?!

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