The s3's clock? (One for the geeks) :)

[funkylogik]

Ok this is a bit random but i have the s3. My wife got the Galaxy Ace like a week ago. We both have the same app which beebs hourly (shes severely diabetic n i like her to check blood/sugar levels every hour)
Anyway like a week ago, hers beeped about 3seconds before mine.. the gap has gradualy decreased to about a second in the space of a week.
Neither of us have adjusted our clock and theyre set manualy.
So which phone is most likely to be losing time; the 1.6ghz quad core super-phone or the 800mhz single core starter phone?
I know i could set them both by BBC time and see but i wana see these great brains working

 

[XplosiV]

Dude, it depends how the second is defined in the code, it's not simply 1, more like 0.xxxxx there will be a slight variation for some reason between your ROM's/builds I expect.

 

[funkylogik]

Well hers is stock (for now lol). Mine is modded and i go between cpu speeds of 500mhz n 1.6ghz (mostly 1.6) plus i probably reboot more and her battery lasts much longer so chances are its mine losing time?
And is there like a lil rechargable battery that keeps time when shut down?

 

[XplosiV]

Well hers is stock (for now lol). Mine is modded and i go between cpu speeds of 500mhz n 1.6ghz (mostly 1.6) plus i probably reboot more and her battery lasts much longer so chances are its mine losing time?
And is there like a lil rechargable battery that keeps time when shut down?

It could be yours mate, but without seeing the coding it's hard to tell.

I believe I remember seeing a battery on the S3 mobo when phandroid put a pic up over Xmas, when the nand failures were occurring.

 

[SUroot]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.org.amip.ClockSync&hl=enA

 

[funkylogik]

Only just found this thread again lol. Excelent app man cheerz

 

[meyerweb]

Why have you time set manually? Let the network keep your time in sync. It's much more accurate than your phone will be.

 

[funkylogik]

Doesnt seem to work on my netork mate. Ive set that app to update from atomic clock every week so shouldnt use much resources

 

[funkylogik]

Hmm my clock had already lost .67 of a second since installing ClockSync.. thats pretty poor eh
Im guessin things like phones dont use a crystal to keep time?

 

[ScoobyWRX]

There's 2 minutes difference between my S3 and my Nexus 10!

 

[funkylogik]

There's 2 minutes difference between my S3 and my Nexus 10!

Does that difference expand quickly though?

 

[ScoobyWRX]

Seems pretty constant