Some iPhone 5 Users Facing Date and Time Bug

[zakislam]

Majority of those complaining said to be Verizon iPhone subscribers.

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[Guest]

You're telling time wrong.

 

[Miharu]

... You read it wrong right?

 

[vertigo_2000]

It's magical. It travels through time.

 

[guru_urug]

Maybe the Mayan's were right after all, we just misinterpreted it.
The image of a comet hitting earth was actually that of a bitten apple. Its the end of an era.
Google & MS will rise 😛

 

[amigafan]

Incredible, iOS devices have trouble with time (and alarm) non-stop.

 

[LightningStryk17]

Doesn't the iPhone pull the time data from the carrier?

 

[qu3becker]

Daylight saving time is coming soon. We'll get the same complain every year... Unless they fixed it! :O

 

[Botia]

Maybe the Mayan's were right after all, we just misinterpreted it.
The image of a comet hitting earth was actually that of a bitten apple. Its the end of an era.
Google & MS will rise

We'll never get to the 12th at this rate.

 

[alexmx]

IIRC, this problem hasn't been resolved since 2 generations ago

 

[Be0wulf22]

[citation][nom]LightningStryk17[/nom]Doesn't the iPhone pull the time data from the carrier?[/citation]

Yes, but let's not let the facts get in the way of our poking fun at Apple.

 

[whiteodian]

LOL. I remember when they had a daylight savings bug. The phone would display the correct time, but my alarm would still go off as if it was still running an hour behind/ahead. I feel bad for those who are waking up late for work. Apple Fail!

 

[tobalaz]

I'd like to know how many of the other phones are having this same problem.

 

[igot1forya]

Wow... that's a lot of money for something as simple as being able to tell time. I'm curious of all the ramification from this issue, for example how it handles and reads secure certificates now that the clock is busted. I'm sure a whole slew of problems are going to surface now.

Users have suggested several methods of purported fixes: changing the date and time from automatic to manual, turning off LTE, resetting the device, as well as toggling the Airplane mode

Don't forget adding "Get another phone" or "Get off Verizon".

 

[nokz]

[citation][nom]vertigo_2000[/nom]It's magical. It travels through time.[/citation]
This makes perfect sense. Clearly Apple found the secrets to time travel and sent an iPhone from 2 years ago into the future (present day). This explains the old hardware and why people are seeing it as "new" and "innovative".

 

[tuffjuff]

[citation][nom]LightningStryk17[/nom]Doesn't the iPhone pull the time data from the carrier?[/citation]

If this idea were considered, the Android fanboys (which make up 95% of the readerbase of websites like Tom's Hardware or Engadget) wouldn't be able to troll articles, using poor and inaccurate analogies (such as the non-existant antenna "issue") because they have nothing else to go by.

 

[tuffjuff]

[citation][nom]whiteodian[/nom]LOL. I remember when they had a daylight savings bug. The phone would display the correct time, but my alarm would still go off as if it was still running an hour behind/ahead. I feel bad for those who are waking up late for work. Apple Fail![/citation]

As a rule of thumb - if you have a real job, you should probably own an actual, dedicated alarm clock. I get up at 5:45am, typically, and set an alarm on my phone AND my alarm clock. My phone hangs out on the nightstand next to me, and while I've not had a problem with the 2 years I had an iPhone 4, or the few weeks I've had an iPhone 5, with my alarm not going off, I have been known to disable it while half asleep, once or twice. 😉

 

[sundragon]

It must be a Verizon issue, I haven't seen that issue on AT&T... Though, AT&T has it's own set of service issues, lol.

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[house70]

If it was only a carrier issue, pretty much every Verizon phone out there should have this bug, not only the iphones. Looks like another iOS 6 fail, probably related to the Verizon-specific firmware loaded on it.

 

[casperstouch]

[citation][nom]LightningStryk17[/nom]Doesn't the iPhone pull the time data from the carrier?[/citation]
The iPhone just like many others will pull the time from the tower during a Health Check or location update. Issues can arise if the carrier tower that the phone is on does not support Network Interface Time or has it disabled. Even after that the Phone will then revert to its own oscillator to keep time, then update during the next Location Update, which should occur each time it hands off to another tower. Then again it could have a faulty Oscillator, or the phone could be stationary in which the tower should have an inactivity timer set to force the mobile to perform a location update every so often. If this is disabled then the phone again can drift. Turning it off and on (Power Cycling) or turning on and off Airplane mode will force a location update, and will only set the time if Network Interface Time is set and enabled.

 

[adgjlsfhk]

It's really caused by the maps. Space=time, so when your maps are shit, so is your time keeping ability.

 

[fuzzion]

So not only will you get lost using their maps to get to your function but you would also now be late . lol.

 

[fleeb]

[citation][nom]tuffjuff[/nom]As a rule of thumb - if you have a real job, you should probably own an actual, dedicated alarm clock. [/citation]

Thing is, Apple devices are always touted as well tested and underwent a lot of research as well before being released to the market. That is why these are premium and high end gadgets that command a premium price tag. So how can the most valuable company miss something as common as DST after all the testing and research?

 

[richarduk]

My iPhone 3G had real problems when I flew between time zones, would take it an hour or so to recover. Had to junk it!
Sounds like they still not fixed this bug. My Android phone works perfect between time zones, never missed a beat.
It's maps work too........... 😉

iPhone still best software, but they are trying their best to screw it up.

 

[tobalaz]

Really, I'd like to know if this is a common problem on any other phone. I'm due to upgrade at the start of the year.