Strange clock behaviour

[JBentleyR]

When I woke up this morning and looked at my phone, it showed the time as 6:39 whereas the real time was 7:51. I've never seen this before.

Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?

Any ideas of the cause?

After I re-booted, the clock seemed to re-set itself correctly.

 

[Rukbat]

The time on the phone is the time on the cell tower you're connected to. It could have lost connection to the tower, the clock software could have frozen - there are a lot of possibilities, but no way to go back in time to see which one happened.

 

[JBentleyR]

The time on the phone is the time on the cell tower you're connected to. It could have lost connection to the tower, the clock software could have frozen - there are a lot of possibilities, but no way to go back in time to see which one happened.

Thanks Rukbat. It was connected to my home Wi-Fi at the time and cellular reception was turned off.

So I assume that the possible causes could have been a dropped connection to my Wi-Fi router or the clock software freezing.

If the former, shouldn't the internal clock keep reasonably good time until connection is re-established?
If the latter, is clock software freezing commonplace, and is it a sign of some more serious problems?

 

[Hook]

Thanks Rukbat. It was connected to my home Wi-Fi at the time and cellular reception was turned off.

So I assume that the possible causes could have been a dropped connection to my Wi-Fi router or the clock software freezing.

If the former, shouldn't the internal clock keep reasonably good time until connection is re-established?
If the latter, is clock software freezing commonplace, and is it a sign of some more serious problems?

Honestly, unless it keeps happening, I wouldn't worry. It might even have been a screen freeze or redraw problem that was cleared up with the reboot. Unless it happens again, I'd just consider it a freak event.

 

[JBentleyR]

Thanks Hook. I'll keep an eye on it. (Not all night, though!)