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

Hi,

Somehow my date and time settings keeps changing to GMT/Cupertino despite setting it to Mumbai (India). Because of this all my alarms and calendar events have gone for a toss. I have changed the time to Mumbai multiple times, but it keeps switching back without event touching the phone. I even upgraded to 2.0.2 but the problem persists. Any idea what else can I do to get this working.

Thanks,
Avinash

Iphone, Windows XP

Posted on Aug 25, 2008 8:53 PM

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anupamg9

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Sep 4, 2008 12:35 AM in response to avidamani

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 Author

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Sep 4, 2008 2:21 AM in response to anupamg9

Agreed. Also since this being India we cannot do anything about it. Cannot return the phone, cannot even sue apple. 😟. Costs 30K and it cannot even keep time. I think apple spent too much time and money on polishing its UI and missed out on all the basic features which even a 1K phone has.

avidamani Author

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Sep 4, 2008 8:51 PM in response to avidamani

@Anupam: Another quick question for you. Whats the kind of battery performance you getting out opf your iPhone? I need to recharge it every 2 days with minimal usage. Is that normal. I expected a charge to last atleast a day more.

avidamani Author

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Sep 5, 2008 10:43 AM in response to avidamani

Here's some news...Hope this works.
Talked to Vodafone guys again today. He asked me to set the timezone to New Delhi instead of Mumbai. Seems they have set Delhi in their system.
After setting the timezone to Delhi, I used elevator twice and even turned on Airplane mode and turned it off to simulate n/w loss. The timezone has not changed yet. Will observe over the weekend and update. I suggest you guys also try it out.
And post your observations.

ashishpp

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Sep 5, 2008 10:06 PM in response to avidamani

hi..
Tried the setting as New Delhi..
No success.. time went back to GMT after a couple of hours.

Still no solution to our problems.
Wonder why Apple is not reacting ?

anupamg9

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Sep 6, 2008 7:18 AM in response to avidamani

@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.

anupamg9

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Sep 6, 2008 7:41 AM in response to avidamani

@avidamani so Vodafone is aware that there is a problem and that it's their problem that they have to resolve. Well, there's a start then! Let's hope they've heard of a city called Mumbai!

avidamani Author

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Sep 6, 2008 11:35 AM in response to anupamg9

Changing it to Delhi worked for me. Only time the time screws up is when i go out of coverage area and the phone again reconnects. For a split second the time screws up and then again it goes back to normal IST time and the world clock etc are proper then. But for that split second when it goes bonkers, all my alarms and events for that day start beeping. So its still annoying... but a bit less. I think its the iPhone that needs time from n/w. unlike other mobiles which can keep time by themself.

Everyone told me not to buy iPhone. I also decided not too.. buy saw one and couldn't resist. Think thats how it is... all beautiful outside and nothing inside lol

aditi88

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Sep 6, 2008 1:49 PM in response to avidamani

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...

anupamg9

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Sep 7, 2008 12:07 AM in response to avidamani

@avidamani - "all beautiful outside and nothing inside" - lol! completely agree! As I've kept saying - it's an awesome device and an awful phone.

@aditi88 - welcome to the club!

ashishpp

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Sep 7, 2008 8:07 PM in response to aditi88

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 Author

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Sep 7, 2008 9:13 PM in response to ashishpp

Seems the problem is still there. Now my phone also switched to GMT though less frequently. So the delhi thing is not a proper solution. How can we escalate this issue.

anupamg9

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Sep 8, 2008 12:15 AM in response to avidamani

@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
A

ashishpp

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Sep 8, 2008 1:32 AM in response to anupamg9

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....

avidamani Author

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Sep 8, 2008 1:53 AM in response to ashishpp

Anupam: There is no specific time that I could notice but will try to check that. Only thing I could confirm is that whenever there is a n/w loss and it reconnects it goes for a toss. Try switching to airplane mode and then back and see if clock screws up.

Didn't really notice the slowness as I have been changing timezone and time frequently throughout the day. But will try to check that as well.

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