My phone is set up to use the HTC location service for time and weather. I live in Grand Rapids, MI and work 20 miles away in Rockford. Both in the Eastern time zone. For some reason, my phone changes over to Central time when I am in Rockford. I can only assume the service thinks I"m in Rockford, IL? Anyone encountered something similar?
Location service works with AGPS, when GPS is not available.
Have you checked after fixing GPS?
Also, it may be the problem with your service provider.
Try to change another provider sim & verify.
Thanks. I'll give it a try on Monday.
Got a similar problem myself...I got woken up an hour early this morning as the clock decided that my location (which is in the UK) should use the same time zone settings as Paris and Madrid, who aren't using GMT, and are therefore 1 hour out of sync with me I've hunted high and low but can't seem to find a daylight savings mode anywhere....anyone know where it is?
You could switch off the "Automatic Timezone Change":
1) Go into "Settings" > "Menu" "All Settings" > "Personal" > "Phone".
2) Tap "GSM/UMTS Services" > "Time Synchronization" > "Get Settings".
3) Un-select "Automatic change time zone and clock".
4) Tap "OK" > "OK" > "OK".
This setting is independent of the "Location" settings.
Good luck!
Ta muchly for that buddy....turns out my 3) was already unticked but putting a tick back in there seems to have done the trick as the local time settings now shows [city] GMT London,Dublin which is what it should have been saying last night instead of Paris,Madrid...
I unticked mine. Not as convenient b/c I travel a lot but it's probably the easiest solution at this point.
Thanks...
William Hart said:
You could switch off the "Automatic Timezone Change":
1) Go into "Settings" > "Menu" "All Settings" > "Personal" > "Phone".
2) Tap "GSM/UMTS Services" > "Time Synchronization" > "Get Settings".
3) Un-select "Automatic change time zone and clock".
4) Tap "OK" > "OK" > "OK".
This setting is independent of the "Location" settings.
Good luck!
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Good work.... Fixed my frustrating daylight saving time zone issues in Australia (keeps defaulting to Sydney, but I live in Brisbane which is 1 hr behind Sydney atm)
i live in Gujar khan a small tiny town near Islamabad pakistan ......
by using location service my location is correctly identified
i believe location service uses Google maps for location .......
I had the same problem, I live in a small city in NJ which is not listed in the system, there is another city with the same name in Colorado which is listed, and even though it recognizes where I live it gives me mountain time which is 2 hours earlier.
I used weather city editor, added my city, added it to TF3d as a second city and use it as visiting so I have my correct city, time and weather.
Sometimes it goes back to the original one but i can change it right from the main screen.
I hope this help.
I'll second (or third) the issue. I live in a suburb of Lancaster PA (USA), 5 miles outside of the city. The locator service can pick up every suburb cleanly (almost...see below). But if I go into the city, BOOM, my clock is 3 hrs behind. I believe it thinks I'm in Lancaster, CA. But as soon as I'm home or outside the city, it changes back to correct location and time.
But the other issue I have is with my time zone. I am in GMT-5 (when the locator has it right). But my area follows DST, so I should be GMT-5 Eastern US. Instead it shows GMT-5 Indiana; the only area on the East Coast that does not follow DST. Since I've had the HD2 since late Nov, I'm wondering what will happen in March when we hit DST. I know MS fixed the DST problem 3 yrs ago, so is the time zone identification due to the locator service or MS? Or is it possible that because I've got the best phone in the US, even though it's not supposed to be here, that HTC will address this problem with future ROM upgrades or Win7Mo?
William Hart said:
You could switch off the "Automatic Timezone Change":
1) Go into "Settings" > "Menu" "All Settings" > "Personal" > "Phone".
2) Tap "GSM/UMTS Services" > "Time Synchronization" > "Get Settings".
3) Un-select "Automatic change time zone and clock".
4) Tap "OK" > "OK" > "OK".
This setting is independent of the "Location" settings.
Good luck!
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Where are these menus on the HD2 (Uk version 1.48 ROM)? The Settings tab doesn't have an "All Settings", "Personal" or "Phone" options that I can see anywhere.
(Having the same problem in Brisbane - it even keeps updating my location with all the location stuff turned off)
OK. Found it. On a HD2 it's actually at:
Home -> Settings (tab) -> Wireless Controls -> Phone (change phone settings) -> Menu -> Network selection -> GSM/UMTS Services tab -> Time Synchronization
I've got a really odd one. My clock is correct when I stay in HTC Sense. When I hit the windows key and go into programs or settings, when I get back to the home page my time shows 1 hour 2 minutes earlier than current time. It immediately corrects itself but this driving me nuts.
Also, why can't weather connect to data when trying to update my location?
auximinies said:
I've got a really odd one. My clock is correct when I stay in HTC Sense. When I hit the windows key and go into programs or settings, when I get back to the home page my time shows 1 hour 2 minutes earlier than current time. It immediately corrects itself but this driving me nuts.
Also, why can't weather connect to data when trying to update my location?
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That is normal operation for the clock. The clock isn't wrong and then being set. It's just an animation when you visit the home screen. There are ways to stop, google for it. I think it's a registry hack.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
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Lurchy24 said:
My phone is set up to use the HTC location service for time and weather. I live in Grand Rapids, MI and work 20 miles away in Rockford. Both in the Eastern time zone. For some reason, my phone changes over to Central time when I am in Rockford. I can only assume the service thinks I"m in Rockford, IL? Anyone encountered something similar?
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I have the same problem i live in Trinidad & Tobago and we use -4 La Paz
but the service keep setting it to -4 Atlantic and that is giving me daylight savings and we don’t have that here.
Wrong Location
Hi,
the same problem on mine but me had me in India!
I was getting false 3g & HSDPA signals.
I contacted T-Mobile who confirmed that my area was being upgraded from 2g.
He then suggested that I change my phone band to GSM only, I had a similar problem with my MDA pro a few years ago.
Anyhow seems to have solved that problem, hope that helps.
By the by phone / menu / options / band / network type - choose gsm.
it hasn't solved the mystery of my disappearing contacts (sim & phone) but I guess that is for another forum!!
ok I got the same problem today. My phone changed the timezone to Paris instead of showing the correct one which was London. What I did that fixed the problem was:
Uncheck the automatically checkbox in phone settings (mentioned earlier), click ok and go back to the home screen and update the weather. then go back to the checkbox and check it again. After you update the weather again you should have the correct timezone...
AnthonyB29 said:
I have the same problem i live in Trinidad & Tobago and we use -4 La Paz
but the service keep setting it to -4 Atlantic and that is giving me daylight savings and we don’t have that here.
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Guys
I have the exact issue and have identified that only when I connect to wifi does my time zone change from -4 La Paz to -4 Atlantic. I have made all the suggested changes but with no success, further, I have searched everywhere for a soultion to this problen and it seems to not have one.
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I am planning on travelling through different time zones this summer. I thought my phone had a "use network time" box under settings but it does not.
is there a registry setting for that or a simple application to correct the clock and to do so without screwing up my PIM appointments?
there is an registry key that enables a Tab in the Phone settings called "Time Zones".
on my Rom(Slim edition 6.1) it is the key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting]
"ShowNITZPage"=dword:00000001.
it can also be "ShowTimeZonePage" instedd of "ShowNITZPage".
if you that go to the tab and check this setting it changes you clock automaticly when youre in an other timezone.
i have the timezones tab but not the option to use network time...
I am most definetly no expert here, but on my Treo 700WX, I do remember the option for enabling network time, but it was in the original startup when you first turn on the device, or after a hard-reset. I would think as long as you remember it being enabled, then you should be OK.
Or you could just use an app that allows more than one clock on your Today screen, like SPB Time (if you don't want to purchase, just use the trial period on your trip)!!!
Hope that helps some!!
start > settings > phone
select time synchronization then get settings, then select "time synchronize with mobile network"
I am using an Atom which apparently has a bug that it loses its time setting when you swap batteries and do not have any of those registry settings. hoped there was an application or reg hack for me.
tft said:
start > settings > phone
select time synchronization then get settings, then select "time synchronize with mobile network"
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I have this selected but still have to manually select a time zone. Few times I traveled from Pacific US to Eastern US, phone (HTC Touch, on Sprint) did not change the time until I picked the correct zone.
tft said:
start > settings > phone
select time synchronization then get settings, then select "time synchronize with mobile network"
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i only have "automatic change time zone and clock" option no time synchronize with mobile network
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jnc8651 said:
i only have "automatic change time zone and clock" option no time synchronize with mobile network
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Same on my Trinity, WM5. I had to add the key first as well.
deedee said:
Same on my Trinity, WM5. I had to add the key first as well.
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the key was alredy in my registry....it was set correctly i get the timezones tab but no option to use network time...
p-de-geus said:
there is an registry key that enables a Tab in the Phone settings called "Time Zones".
on my Rom(Slim edition 6.1) it is the key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting]
"ShowNITZPage"=dword:00000001.
it can also be "ShowTimeZonePage" instedd of "ShowNITZPage".
if you that go to the tab and check this setting it changes you clock automaticly when youre in an other timezone.
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I tried adding this using both names and in both cases, I did not see a new tab called 'Time Zones' after doing a soft reset... Trying this on a Sprint Mogul with stock ROM...
del4 said:
I tried adding this using both names and in both cases, I did not see a new tab called 'Time Zones' after doing a soft reset... Trying this on a Sprint Mogul with stock ROM...
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Hi guys,
are we talking about Windows Mobile 5 or 6 here? I also tried both names and did soft reset but page is not shown.
My phone is LG KS20 (Windows Mobile 6).
Wow, I just tested changing the key on my phone (02 XDA II - CShekhar 6.1) and it worked perfectly, even after a soft reset. Wish I knew about this years ago. A++++ would read again.
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I'm going to France from the UK this week and obviously don't want to be stung for any roaming data charges.
What's the best way to ensure this doesn't happen on the HD2?
Should I just flick the 'Data connection' in 'Comm Manager' to 'Off'? This won't just come on again by itself will it?
The only thing I have auto connecting via data is google sync emails/calendar/contacts anyway. Everything else like stocks, twitter, weather etc is set to manual (as far as I know).
There is an option (that I haven't used) in BsB Tweaks app. Press Menu (right softkey) and then 'Data Connections' and finally 'Off'.
I was in a situation like you few months back when travelling to the states, but I was on a HTC Touch Dual... Back then I used Advanced Config to switch off Data Connections just to be sure and that worked. I can't say if it'll work on HD2.
Active Sync lets you disable the connections when roaming in it's menu as well...
Hope this helps a little.
Grtz
Lukas
I'm using Nodata on my HD2 - works flawlessly.
http://htcdriver.com/index.php?page=nodata
+1 for nodata!
Nodata all the way.
Agree
NoData ... works ....
You don't need an extra application like Nodata.
Just go to All Settings --> Connections --> Connections --> Advanced --> Select Networks and select "My Work Network" from both drop down lists.
This ensures that the phone can only use WiFi.
But if you do need gprs/hsdpa - using nodata is a much shorter way.
Try this. Completely automated disabling and re-enabling!
I'm looking to use the data connection only when I particularly tell the phone to do something that requires internet access.
That's because my provider rounds up to 0.01GBP whenever the connection is used. It's unfortunate, and if you know a PAYG service in the UK that doesn't do this, let me know!
On my last phone I just turned off push e-mail. But I can't see how to do this on the Omnia II. I've looked in all the menus I can think of.
CSMR said:
I'm looking to use the data connection only when I particularly tell the phone to do something that requires internet access.
That's because my provider rounds up to 0.01GBP whenever the connection is used. It's unfortunate, and if you know a PAYG service in the UK that doesn't do this, let me know!
On my last phone I just turned off push e-mail. But I can't see how to do this on the Omnia II. I've looked in all the menus I can think of.
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Have you gone to Tool>Options in Email, then selected your account? In the next page you select "Send/Receive Schedule" and change the "Automatic Send/Receive" setting to <Manually>
That may solve your problem.
could also try
Start > Activesync > menu > schedule > sync during change the times to ever x minutes insted of as items arrive
pad4651 said:
could also try
Start > Activesync > menu > schedule > sync during change the times to ever x minutes insted of as items arrive
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Great, that did the trick!
Am I the only one with this problem or is it bigger than me? Does ya'll's manilla weather update correctly? Mine hasn't updates since 11:42pm on 7-14-10. I've looked through the settings & all is the same as before 7-14-10. Nothing has been added to the device in the month of July. I can get on the internet, get messages (SMS, MMS & e-mail), but the weather will not update. Is it me or something with Accuweather? At least I think it's Accuweather that handles the manilla weather tab. Let me know & thanks in advance........
common reason is leaving your world clock set to a specific location rather than "my location"
samsamuel said:
common reason is leaving your world clock set to a specific location rather than "my location"
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can you tell me where i can change this setting?
the weather/location update well over wifi, but over 3G it doesn't work almost at all in my house anymore as it used to, though i can connect and send/ receive emails and browse the web normally...maybe in other locations it does
is that a problem in the weather service itself or what?
suzaku said:
can you tell me where i can change this setting?
the weather/location update well over wifi, but over 3G it doesn't work almost at all in my house anymore as it used to, though i can connect and send/ receive emails and browse the web normally...maybe in other locations it does
is that a problem in the weather service itself or what?
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just tap the clock, however in your case i don't think it will help, since you say it sometimes works.
could be your data connection uses a proxy? settings menu all settings connection connection advanced edit proxy tab.
samsamuel said:
just tap the clock, however in your case i don't think it will help, since you say it sometimes works.
could be your data connection uses a proxy? settings menu all settings connection connection advanced edit proxy tab.
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nope, i checked and it doesn't use proxy
Manila Weather Update
Hi All,
My weather update is exactly the same it won't update using gprs (no 3g here) and it will update over wifi. This has been a problem for 5 days now but I have had the HD2 since Feb and never had a problem before!! All the settings are the same and correct and the World Time is set to "my location", yet I still have to go to wifi to update the weather??
Has anybody got any ideas?
I haven't recently loaded any programs and I'm using a stock 1.66 rom on virgin.
Cheers
Tim
Mine and my wifes has stopped telling me the exact location I am and instead gives me the weather of the city 20 miles down the road. It used to tell me the exact village I was in.
I have the same problem after hard reset
Tomo1340 said:
Mine and my wifes has stopped telling me the exact location I am and instead gives me the weather of the city 20 miles down the road. It used to tell me the exact village I was in.
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Yep mines exactly the same, been like it for a few weeks now.
I contacted HTC about it and they say they are currently working on a solution for it.
Maybe worth letting them know you have problems.
Tomo1340 said:
Mine and my wifes has stopped telling me the exact location I am and instead gives me the weather of the city 20 miles down the road. It used to tell me the exact village I was in.
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Mines exactly the same, used to tell me the village I was in also, now it just tells me the County.
i also had this problem along with another defect and sent the phone to htc. they replaced the motherboard and all has been great since.
so i would contact htc and see what they say????
FIX!
This is translated from dutch filesystem:
settings-menu-more-connectivity-connections-edit existing connection-edit-next- Now your in the Accesspoint configuration. Delete the access point name (in my case portalmmm.nl; KPN Hi Netherlands) so now this field is blank- next-finish. Now you have to restart your Leo and voila Now your weather is updating without any problems. When I had the weather-not-updating problem, i did this and it instantly updated again and never had problems with it ever since. I think this also works with other providers. Try it out!
does not work in Serbia - Telenor
Had the same problem, weather would not update. After switching off "manila" in "setings"--> "more" -->"today screen" and back on again, everything updates as usual.
Hi,
I'm facing some strange problem while updating the weather information through Wifi and EDGE (GPRS).
When I try to update the current weather status through Wifi, a strange city (say X) gets added into my city list as "My Location". So by default, I get to see weather for that city and not for the city where I live (say Y).
Also I could not remove this city (X) from the City list as it does not show up in the list.
But if try to update weather information using EDGE, I can see current weather condition 2 times for my city. The strange city (X) gets renamed to my City (Y).
Has anyone encountered such a problem?
Any help available to solve this?
Thanks in advance,
- Abhijeet
As far as I understand it, the default location (the first one in the list) is always automatically updated via the location service - based on the location of the WiFi hotspot or gsm tower (when connected using EDGE).
It seems that in your case the location service is not able to determine your location correctly when connected via WiFi.
If you wish, you can add another locations, but it seems that the default one cannot be deleted or changed. You could, however, disable the location service in Settings | Location.