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Hyperyellow Author

Level 1

2 points

iPhone 5 time and date issues

So, I activated my vzw iPhone5 Saturday. Very much enjoying it. Woke up yesterday and was very confused because my phone thought it was 8/26/12 and 30 minutes later than the actual time. I reset network settings and it self resolved...until this morning. I woke up and looked at my phone and had a melt down because my alarm never went off. I hurriedly got ready and looked at the microwave as I ran out, and it was 30 minutes earlier than my iPhone said.

My iPhone apparently is doing something weird and reverting to 8/26/12 + 30 minutes while I (and it) sleep. It throws off iMessage and I'm sure the rest of the date/time dependent apps, so I've turned off the automatic time setting for now, and its fine now (so far lol). But I would like to know what the real issue is if possible!?! Is it my phone? VZW? Does it matter?

Thanks in advance :0)

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 12:22 PM

742 replies

Apr 30, 2015 8:46 AM in response to Hyperyellow

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, but I wanted to post that I'm having the same problem… except mine changes to random time and dates. Is there a button for Posting rather than Reply?

May 15, 2015 1:39 PM in response to johnnyfralin

Same problem, I have tried all the suggestions here as well as restoring.... Apple????????

May 15, 2015 2:58 PM in response to erickas18

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

NCflyboy

Level 1

0 points

Jun 12, 2015 4:12 PM in response to Hyperyellow

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.

ifonfon

Level 1

3 points

Jul 12, 2015 3:57 AM in response to Hyperyellow

experiencing the same issue on my 5s with 8.3 and now 8.4 ios. when screen turned off, the clock stop ticking. tried everything but nothing works.

Aug 28, 2015 6:01 PM in response to Hyperyellow

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).

Dec 16, 2016 3:20 PM in response to Hyperyellow

I have T-Mobile and the problem still happens. But it is not exactly like yours. Mine puts any random date of the year and time of the day. It is so annoying.

iPhone 5 time and date issues