My iPad is losing time

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My iPad is losing time

The time displayed at the top of the screen sometimes loses hours of time requiring me to reset the time in the general settings. Has anyone else seen this problem? Can an app modify the system time? Also, I didn't see an option to set the time automatically using the network time protocol.

iPad 32 gb.

Posted on Apr 4, 2010 8:18 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 4, 2010 10:06 AM in response to Hellcats

I haven't had any problems like that and I don't think your Pad should be losing time. I suspect you could have a defective unit. If it's a couple hours behind, like if you had the wrong time zone set up, it should at least be consistently wrong.

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Noahxstr

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Apr 4, 2010 4:33 PM in response to Hellcats

Mine loses time when it goes into sleep mode. I'm seeing the same problem.

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Apr 5, 2010 11:26 AM in response to Hellcats

My iPad is also losing time. Not hours, but several minutes. Have to reset time manually; it surprises me that there seems to be no option for syncing the time automatically...

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Hellcats Author

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Apr 6, 2010 6:49 AM in response to milesdesign

I haven't seen the problem now in a couple of days. It happened three times right after I got my iPad, but not since. One thing I did was connect to me.com and get a bunch of calendar events. I wonder if having no future timer events might allow the hardware to shut down or something (totally grasping at straws here).

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whatheck

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Apr 6, 2010 8:37 AM in response to Hellcats

Is the time correct on the computer you are syncing the iPad with? The iPad may be getting the incorrect time synced through iTunes.

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Hellcats Author

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Apr 6, 2010 10:05 AM in response to whatheck

Thats a good idea, but yes, the time on the Mac was correct. Also, the worse instance (losing several hours) occurred after turning it off Saturday night and back on Sunday morning. The time was correct before turning it off Saturday, and I just left it off (not charging). When I turned it on Sunday, it had lost the time. But it has kept perfect time since syncing with Me.com.

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Jcdesimp

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Apr 6, 2010 2:57 PM in response to Hellcats

I've had no problems with my 16G wifi model.

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Apr 6, 2010 5:22 PM in response to Jcdesimp

I've had no time issues with my 32GB model either ... can't understand why it would happen, but obviously it's an issue sporadically. I keep a watchful eye out and notice if anything happens time-wise on mine.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Apr 6, 2010 7:55 PM in response to Hellcats

I just bought a 32 gig yesterday, and when i went to bed at 1137 I put it in sleep mode, when I got up this morning it still said 1137. I had to manually reset the time. It has been fine ever since??

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Apr 6, 2010 8:03 PM in response to Amy's Apple

Well there's a perfectly good reason for that ... it went to "sleep" the same time you did and you had to "wake" it up!

Sorry ... couldn't resist ... hopefully you've cured it ... LOL!

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Apr 6, 2010 9:50 PM in response to daMacNut.com

I'm also having this problem. The clock seems to get stuck. It has happened several times today. Seems like a software glitch.

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Apr 7, 2010 9:51 PM in response to Hellcats

Same problem here. I notice it every time I wake it up. I don't have a MobileMe account but I'm gonna just put a random event in the calendar to see if it effects it. Let you guys know if it works.

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Apr 7, 2010 9:57 PM in response to mummbleswers

How can you lose something that you never had?

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pointy_b

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Apr 8, 2010 1:13 AM in response to Hellcats

All of a sudden my iPad listed the time as exactly one hour earlier than it should be. I reset it to the proper time, then it reverted to the wrong time again.
I don't agree with the comment that you have a defective iPad. I'm betting that it's a software glitch, and will hopefully be fixed with the next upgrade.

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Apr 8, 2010 6:39 PM in response to Hellcats

Mine just started losing time tonight. I noticed it about 8 pm, it was about 5 minutes off. I corrected it. I just noticed it is about 30 minutes slow. There is plenty of battery.

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