Date and time on my iPhone keeps changing to GMT or Cupertino time

Did you try the things mentioned in both of my replies and then restart the iphone? (I am not sure how it will help but just give it a shot)

and if that too does not work.. restore your software version to previous version and update to recent version again.. (download a fresh copy and see)

@avidmani - Thanks for sharing that. With me, the time error comes twice a day - once in the morning around 8.40am (or when I'm near one location between Lower Parel and Mahalakshmi) and then in the evening (I will track that today and post here again).

I'm not touching any settings on the iphone, simply because I'm too scared! If anything goes wrong, I know Apple will cancel my warranty and blame me for any mistake (I've had too many encounters with these large companies to know that none of them will ever support the customer). Vodafone, of course, will say they didn't manufacture the phone and can't be blamed.

I'll have to endure this miserable problem, even after paying Rs35,000 for this premium phone in India.

Given this experience, it's clear that Apple doesn't care much about their customers. After buying an ipod Nano, a Macbook and now an iPhone, I'm not buying an Apple product ever again, and will certainly not be recommending it to anyone I know.

Message was edited by: Anupam G

Update - My iPhone didn't change time today. This means that the change in time zone happens only when I pass a certain area (and since I didn't pass that area today the time remained the same). I will re-test this tomorrow when I pass that area again.

However, there's another problem. While the display time is accurate, the time in 'Recents' seems to be on its own trip. For example, when I called on the iphone right now, it showed the time of the call as 8.10pm (which is correct) but showed an earlier call as the most recent call (showing it's time as 9.17pm..which hasn't even happened yet).

Bottomline - there is still a bug that is messing up the time inside the iphone.

Help Apple!!

And sure enough, my iphone time flipped back to GMT today at the same time at the same location.

But guess what? I have another problem - the iPhone clock keeps getting slow on its own. Not surprisingly this is ALSO a known issue (not only with the iPhone but with the pod and touch too it seems) and there's an unresolved thread on this as well. I've posted there too.

Amazing..doesn't Apple even realise how important the time is to every function of the cell phone? Calendar, email, business, reminders, recents..everything is on the basis of time. And Apple is blissfully selling this faulty thing!

@avidamani - lol..I don't rely on the battery at all. I've seen it go down with continued use of the ipod, etc. So typically I dock it to my PC once a day for a couple of hours. I've also purchased a car charger to be on the safe side.

However, I dread the day when (not if) the phone hangs. Unlike Nokia where you can easily remove the battery and put off the phone, in case of the iPhone you'll have to wait for the battery to die out. Horrid and I hope it never happens.

hi same problem..been waiting 4 apple support to pick up since 2 hrs..just listening to the 'music'..
after reading i tried switching off time zone support in mail,calender..
went to airplane mode nd back..change for a sec to GMT and changed back to d right time..lets c how long it stays..hope it lasts..
my building having bad network doesnt help...

hey guys...
travelled from home to office.. with the time zone set as New Delhi..
and sure enough.. time changed..
went back to GMT timezone...

so.. problem continues.. its status quo.. mumbai or delhi.. it means nothing to my iphone.. or vodafone or apple.

the search (for a soln.) continues.....

@avidamani @ashishpp - I've noticed that the exact time that the clock goes back to GMT is 8.45am. And this happens only when I am in the Worli location. If I'm at home then this problem does not happen.

Another thing that I wanted to ask you guys is do you face time loss on the clock? For example if you set the time at 9.00am then at 12noon does it show like 11.45am? and you have to the reset it manually? I am facing that problem as well (for which there is a separate thread in progress which is, not surprisingly, unresolved).

Thanks
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Anupam..
think my time changes around the time you mentioned.. not really observed.. but this is the time i move from home to office..

Have still not noticed the problem of loss of time.. the clock is pretty much accurate in my case.

do think its a vodafone issue which has not been integrated and worked upon by apple.

the wait continues....