Iphone not Automatically setting Clock

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Kiell2005 Author

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Iphone not Automatically setting Clock

Hi there, My wife and I have 32GB 3GS iPhones, and each has a different setting in the Settings-General-Set Date and Time options. Mine has a "Set Automatically" option where her's does not. As we travel to different time zones, my clock changes and again her's does not. The phones are the exact same version # and have the same Firmware. how do I make her's set the date and time automatically?

PC, Windows 7

Posted on Mar 10, 2010 11:16 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 10, 2010 11:34 AM in response to Kiell2005

Has she turn on the 'Location Service' for her iPhone?

Cause I haven't 'Set Automatically' option in my iPhone 3GS as well....(wondering why/how you have this option)......but the time zone can be updated during my travel by itself...

I never noticed there is such an option like that 🙂

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lll

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Mar 10, 2010 12:51 PM in response to dannyli_1984

settings-general-date and time-automatic setting

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Mar 10, 2010 1:36 PM in response to lll

lll wrote:
settings-general-date and time-automatic setting

Hi lll:

I'm quite sure again that I haven't this menu in my iPhone.

Settings-general-date and time:
1. 24-Hour Time on/off
2. Time Zone: (You can select any, but no automatically option)
3. Set Date & Time Manually (Not Automatically)

Funny.......

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Kiell2005 Author

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Mar 10, 2010 11:51 PM in response to Kiell2005

lll wrote:
settings-general-date and time-automatic setting

Hi lll

Here is the way it looks under Date & Time

24-Hour Time ----------- (on/off)
Time Zone -------------- Denver >
Set Date & Time ----------- >

No Set Automatically...Weird eh?

Thanks again everyone, any help is good help - silly problem but annoying

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Kiell2005 Author

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Mar 10, 2010 11:54 PM in response to dannyli_1984

Location services turned on... You can totaly chance it manually, but this feature became standard on cellular telephones in 1995 - silly the all knowing and magical apple device cant do it - apple care no help either

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lll

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Mar 11, 2010 6:49 AM in response to Kiell2005

Here's what I see on my iPhone, sorry but it's in french
Réglages (settings)
Général
Date et heure (date and time)
Affichage en mode 24h
Réglage automatique (automatic settings)
Fuseau horaire (time zone)
Régler la date et l'heure (set date and time)

And besides automatic settings , there is the little slider that make it on or off

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Mar 11, 2010 6:56 AM in response to Kiell2005

Do you have the same carrier? The option to Set Automatically for Date & Time is only available if your carrier supports that feature. Not all carriers support it, and for those that don't, the option is not there.

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lll

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Mar 11, 2010 9:09 AM in response to neuroanatomist

I'am with rogers canada

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hieber

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Mar 11, 2010 9:54 AM in response to lll

Interesting, until now I thought that this was a bug in the german localization. The switch for automatic time setting is missing here too.

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Kiell2005 Author

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Mar 11, 2010 10:53 AM in response to neuroanatomist

We are the same Carrier, Bell in Canada. But I hear what your saying... Perhaps ill push apple for a new phone as it doesn't look like there is a quick fix for the problem.

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Kiell2005 Author

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Mar 12, 2010 8:51 AM in response to Kiell2005

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

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