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My Iphone time off by 5 minutes... my wife's is fine.

My iphone is off by 5 minutes from my wife's iphone. We had a bet as to whose iphone was incorrect.

Turns out I have to do the dishes all week.

My Iphone 3G is 4-5 minutes behind every clock I can find that keeps accurate time. I looked up the official time online as well as a few other friend's iPhones. Mine is off.

My wife and I both have iPhone 3Gs.... and live in the same house. We have not jailbroke our phones or anything. I have never dropped it, I keep it in a case.

Any ideas how to fix this timing issue?

I've done a shut down restart. Let the battery drain dead. I sync to my computer on a daily basis.

I've searched for answers but have never found anything.

Thanks.

Fraky

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Duo Processor

Posted on Jun 4, 2010 10:28 PM

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modular747

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Posted on Jun 5, 2010 12:50 AM

Did you setup your phone for automatic time synching with the carrier?

Settings > General > Date & Time > Set Automatically > ON

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bothfly

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Jun 26, 2010 6:30 PM in response to modular747

I kinda agree that its an ATT issue.
I haven't been anywhere is the past few days and will be going out of town on Wed next week, so I will see what it does then and report back.
Apple did say they would replace the iPhone4, of course they have no phones to replace it with

bothfly

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Jun 27, 2010 10:36 AM in response to bothfly

UPDATE>>>
I think I may have found out what is causing this issue.
I took my iPad's Micro SIM and placed it in my iPhone4, this time I rebooted the iPhone4 and wham, the time was correct.
Put my iPhone4 Micro SIM back in the iPhone4 and rebooted wham, the time was 4 min slow again.
I'm going over to ATT to get a new SIM card, will report back if that did the trick, but I'm betting it does.

Jun 27, 2010 12:28 PM in response to bothfly

I just noticed this issue today when sitting with another iPhone user. His clock was 5 minutes faster than mine, and his was right. I'm also in the DFW metroplex. Really strange. Did a shutdown/restart, no help. iPhone 3Gs, running iOS4.

bothfly

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Jun 27, 2010 5:28 PM in response to Philputnam

UPDATE 2>>>>

Went to the ATT store and got a new SIM card and that FIXED the time problem!

Jun 27, 2010 9:24 PM in response to bothfly

Didn't your new iPhone 4 have a new SIM card when you got it? This whole thing is frustrating.

Hopefully when I get my new iPhone 4 (whenever they are available again), the new SIM will help out.

bothfly

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Jun 28, 2010 5:50 AM in response to matthewlberg

Yes, my iPhone 4 did have a SIM card in it. It uses a Micro SIM, smaller than the iPhone 3g/s.
But getting a new SIM card fixed my problem with the time sync, why, I have no idea. The store guy said he had read about others having time problems and never thought it could be the SIM card.
I've found over the years if you have any issues with Data, Calls or what ever has to do with ATT on your phone, getting a new SIM card seems to fix the problem.

Jun 28, 2010 7:40 AM in response to bothfly

Following up on my problem, it seems to have fixed itself for the time being. Not sure if it was a temporary server error, or if it will come back until I replace the SIM card. I'll report back if I have any further issues.

Jun 28, 2010 8:37 AM in response to Fraky

here is some more weirdness i noticed.

if i am on Edge the time is correct. when it switches back to 3G, my time goes back 4 minutes.

Elgon

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Jun 29, 2010 11:02 AM in response to matthewlberg

I just upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4, and I am having the same 4 minutes off problem. It corrects itself when I switch 3G off. I assume that AT&T's DFW 3G servers have the incorrect time. Does the iPhone 4 have the same problem? If not, I am not going to worry about it (my new phone should arrive next week).

Jun 29, 2010 11:04 AM in response to Elgon

my issue seems to have been fixed after upgrading to the iPhone 4. seems like it is a sim issue, might want to try and get a new one.

Jun 29, 2010 12:03 PM in response to matthewlberg

I'm on the Vodafone network in London, so the problem seems to be travelling 🙂
I've had this 3Gs for 6 months or so without problems, so not sure why this has suddenly started happening.

MicahGTi

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Jun 29, 2010 11:57 PM in response to Travelcard

I noticed this morning, though i think it may have been when i upgraded to ios4, as i caught a train the other day and was puzzled why it appeared early. Have reset my 3GS, no use. I live in Kent, UK.

Jun 30, 2010 11:32 AM in response to bothfly

I have had the same issue on and off for the past few months. It fixes by itself and then changes at random times and messes up the order of my text messages. Its been the same problem on my 3gs and now on my iphone 4. I just took it to an AT&T store and the manager told me he got an email about this problem, and told me that it's a cell tower in the area and it should be fixed in the next month or so.

Jun 30, 2010 1:18 PM in response to Fraky

My wifes new iPhone 4 is about 3.5 minutes fast compared to my 3G. We are in the Washington Metro area. I have not yet contacted Apple or ATT, these forums were my first stop. Thanks for relaying all your experiences. I might try and get the sim card replaced here in the next day or so. If it changes anything I will report back.

Jun 30, 2010 7:17 PM in response to bothfly

I had this issue, also in the DFW area. I got a new sim card and it's fixed.

My Iphone time off by 5 minutes... my wife's is fine.