iPhone 5 time and date issues

My iPhone 5c started losing time this week. The clock runs slow. When I turn it off and back on, it corrects to the right time. However, it will randomly start losing time again. Last night I had it plugged in to recharge and the clock lost time again. Since I use it as my alarm clock, I overslept. I am going to try your suggestion about changing name of phone. Also have tried doing the other suggestions listed in this thread. Will have to wait to see if problem continues.

I have the same problem still. I have tried everything except dissemble. It's obvious this has been a problem for two years now. Why isn't there a fix for this bug with the 5's? It is messing up my iMessaging as well as snapchat. Also if my WiFi is on and connected to a router, the phone will just switch between cellular data and the WiFi data. I am going to set up an appointment at the Apple Store, hopefully they will know something.

My Iphone 5C is unstable with the Wi-fi network, clock delaying even in manual and bluetooth does not work, already checked several posts and no solution, I will send my Iphone 5C for technical assistance from Apple, this Saturday, 25/01/2015.

My iPhone 5c was working perfectly until I upgraded to IOS 8.1.2. 😟 My wife has the same phone and luckily I saw my time issue quickly after updating so I did NOT update hers. Her phone is still running 8.1 and she has NO issues with time.

I removed/reinserted my SIM card on Saturday...it immediately picked up the correct time and was good for about 4 hours.

I think in my case, if it goes to sleep (screen goes blank) it will lose time, even if the time has been set manually.

Leaving the display on all the time is a battery drain though.

I am not liking my first experience with iPhones. I want my Android back. Luckily I saved my wrist watch.

Hey gmjones.

I had this issue and tried a million things. Finally I tried a combo of trying to turn on bluetooth. Then turning on and off "Set Automatically" as per what anino35 was saying a few posts previous. I started with the first option anino35 advised, then the second, but somewhere in between I was trying to turn on bluetooth, and at some point I also did a hard reboot. Finally the clock came good. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I think if you try a million combos of this then you might happen across the right trick. My system seemed to freak out when I put a Cambodian SIM in my Australian phone, after having recently put in a Thai SIM.

I really hope this helps mate. Keep at it - I am sure you will fix it.

Erickas, my problem was solved by going to the Apple Store> Genius Bar and discussing this with a rep who basically said only that, in fact, my phone was f..ked up... then gave me new one. So, I doubt there is a fix. J

Okay, so after reading all of these posts I managed to fix my wife's iPhone 5C.

Symptoms: did not keep time, especially when the screen was off. This happened with and without set automatically on. And yes the phone is on Verizon LTE.

My solution:

1 - ensure set automatically is on in date and time settings, turn off Bluetooth and wifi off, then put the phone in airplane mode. Do a hard reset.

2 - once phone reboots take it out of airplane mode and then soft reset

3 - after reset turn on Bluetooth and then give it about 20 minutes to see if it is working. Assuming it is, do another soft reset

4 - after reset, turn on wifi and connect to a network. At this point I had everything on and it was properly keeping time.

5 - I completed on more soft reset and it has been fixed since. It has been three days without any issues.

hope this works for someone else, it took me 4 hours to figure out.

I am having this issue as well. Just happened to me this morning. Looks like it was a big problem 3 years ago. Did anyone figure it out? How did you fix it? Is anyone still experiencing this? Thanks for your help! ( in Utah iPhone 5s with version).

My iPhone 5 has started doing the time/date change more frequently lately. This screenshot was taken around 8:45 this morning (October 25th). I have the black 32 GB on Verizon.

Having the same issue, also on vzw.

Having identical problems with both our new iPhone 5s, also on Verizon.

Has to be a Verizon issue.

Same issue, also Verizon! Getting frustrated because I'm afraid I'm going to miss something!

Was your phone plugged in when it lost time? Mine was.

My iPhone 5 which is on Verizon and also keeps losing time. Haven't noticed if it is affecting iMessage.

iPhone 5, iOS 6, Verizon, Los Angeles - same problem.