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iPhone 4 time off by 3-5 minutes

I just upgraded to the iPhone 4, and when I set the time to "automatic," it's off by 3-5 minutes. I've double checked multiple known time sources, and it's flat wrong. I've reset the phone multiple times as well and returned the settings to original OEM. Nothing.

I just set the time manually, but has anyone else had this issue?

Mac OS X (10.5.6), iMac G5 with iSight, eMac G4, 13" MacBook

Posted on Jul 8, 2010 10:41 AM

45 replies

jdbowden

Level 1

31 points

Jul 14, 2010 7:41 PM in response to jdbowden

Time is correct on Edge network. 3G is ~4 minutes slow 🙂

jdbowden

Level 1

31 points

Jul 14, 2010 7:43 PM in response to jdbowden

Go to settings -> General -> Network and turn off 3G. Watch the time correct when on Edge network.

avanpelt

Level 1

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Jul 14, 2010 7:48 PM in response to jdbowden

jdbowden wrote:
Go to settings -> General -> Network and turn off 3G. Watch the time correct when on Edge network.

I turned off 3G on my iPhone 4 and it made absolutely no difference when the phone jumped over to the Edge network.

jdbowden

Level 1

31 points

Jul 14, 2010 7:56 PM in response to avanpelt

avanpelt.... I live in Plano, Texas (Central time) and Edge vs. 3G time is ~4 minutes different. Are you in Georgia (Eastern time)?

I suspect this is ATT network time is not sync'ed up.... there could be more than one issue....

Jul 14, 2010 10:18 PM in response to Nozz

This is hilarious, i'm anxious waiting for my iPhone 4 and I have been on this forum ever since reading the stuff for the iPhone 4.

But heres what's got me giggling when I read this threat I took a look at my iPhone 3G date in the lock screen and it said 4:54 October, 27. It's crazy right, now I just adjusted it manually.

Jul 15, 2010 12:23 PM in response to Joey Burns

Same here... Turn off 3G and it displays correct time. I have a brand new 3GS phone with iOS4 on it. So its not just an iphone 4 deal its it either with their software or the 3G side of things.

Jul 16, 2010 7:47 PM in response to Nozz

I live in Flower Mound, TX. I have a 3G and my husband has a 3GS. I have been experiencing this problem for at least 6 weeks now (with both iOS 4.0 and the previous iOS); however, my husband's 3GS always displays the correct time. Restoring my phone didn't correct the problem.

Tywash

Level 1

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Jul 19, 2010 9:25 AM in response to Dickens1228

The way I fixed mine was to go into 'general settings','date and time' turn off 'set automatically'. Then change the time to something completely wrong, turn off the phone and then back on and go back in and turn 'set automatically' back on and it fixed itself.

Jul 21, 2010 7:36 AM in response to Nozz

Same issue here....my wife and I got new 3GS's on Sunday (7-18) and I've noticed that "my" time is slow "around" 4 mins.....her's "seems" to be more or less correct (haven't looked at her's closely yet). As has been mentioned, if I turn 3G off, the time is correct.....just seems strange that the problem isn't with "both" phones. I'm in northern Denton County TX (just north of DFW area).

**I tried the above and "thought" it was fixed....but it got off a little later **

pberk

Level 2

321 points

Jul 21, 2010 7:42 AM in response to iRyGuy

iRyGuy wrote:

You wouldn't think that the iPhone 4 would connect any differently than other phones to the network but, hey, what do I know?

Any ideas?

They do connect differently - IP4 is an HSUPA device...

ATT has announced that their towers which have Alcatel equipment have a software glitch when handling HSUPA devices... Alcatel is supposedly fixing the problem

Jul 21, 2010 7:51 AM in response to pberk

However, the issue affects the 3GS as well.....

Jul 21, 2010 1:26 PM in response to Nozz

I am in the DFW area and my phone is 3 1/2 minutes off. If I set it manually and then go to auto syn it goes right back to 3 to 4 minutes off. I would say this has happened in the last week

Jul 4, 2011 6:10 AM in response to Nozz

i live in brisbane, australia and ive tried restoring my iphone 4 as a new phone and deleting my backup. the time was correct until i unplugged it... it constantly thinks it is 17 hours ahead of the actual time. I would like to know how to fix it.

Lexiepex

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Jul 4, 2011 6:13 AM in response to Nozz

I had it on the iPad, a lot of people have had the same problem, in my case it disappeared after upgrading the software/firmware.

Engender

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Apr 2, 2014 4:28 PM in response to Lexiepex

Found this thread through a duckduckgo search. My iPhone 5s was off by about 1.5 minutes. I found this out when I was watching the WMATA (Washington DC Metro) website, giving my girlfriend real-time information on when the train was coming/going.

Anyway, I reset the network settings and the time is now accurate. I had to re-enter my wireless password as well, however.

iPhone 4 time off by 3-5 minutes