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time change to BST. Is it automatic on Desire?
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SiHa
Android Enthusiast
It should be, if it is set to ' automatic' in Settings > Time & Date, and you have a signal at home.
Edit: Just noticed that you need to set your alarm. The only thing I can suggest if you really want to make sure is either set your alarm for 3am then you can make sure it's right and go back to sleep, or set it an hour early and take a chance that you'll be woken up an hour early if the change happens. If it doesn't then you'll just be woken up on time.
Edit 2: Or, put it in airplane mode, set Time & Date to 'manual' overnight then you can be sure the alarm will go off. When you're up, set it back to manual and take the phone out of airplane mode.
Edit: Just noticed that you need to set your alarm. The only thing I can suggest if you really want to make sure is either set your alarm for 3am then you can make sure it's right and go back to sleep, or set it an hour early and take a chance that you'll be woken up an hour early if the change happens. If it doesn't then you'll just be woken up on time.
Edit 2: Or, put it in airplane mode, set Time & Date to 'manual' overnight then you can be sure the alarm will go off. When you're up, set it back to manual and take the phone out of airplane mode.
I've seen iPhone users on an F1 forum complaining their alarm didn't go off this morning for the early get up to watch the Aussie GP this morning.
My Desire changed time automatically any alarm went off OK. Still, because I'm not an iPhone user I had the common sense to set a back-up alarm as it is the first time change since I had my Desire - a back-up I didn't need in the end.
My Desire changed time automatically any alarm went off OK. Still, because I'm not an iPhone user I had the common sense to set a back-up alarm as it is the first time change since I had my Desire - a back-up I didn't need in the end.
If you have the time set to automatically update it uses the time provided by the network so there's no need to update it manually.
Not lazy, just stupid.
The iOS implementation is more complex than simply using the network-provided time but it doesn't work properly! Fail
My phone went ahead one hour exactly after it was 12 PM
iOS programmers are lazy.
Not lazy, just stupid.
The iOS implementation is more complex than simply using the network-provided time but it doesn't work properly! Fail
My Desire changed to BST on it's own. I have a 2nd Gen iPod Touch that I assumed would not update, so I put it forward an hour. Evidently, the iPod then put itself forward a further hour during the night, meaning it woke me up an hour earlier than it needed to at 04:30 this morning.
Stupid thing! Damned if you do, damned if you don't. How very 'Apple'.
Stupid thing! Damned if you do, damned if you don't. How very 'Apple'.
coos lick
Android Enthusiast
Dang! You beat me to it. Maybe getting a bit close to fanboy territory (and off topic) but can't but help having a wee smile when I read that.
speedycolzalez
Android Enthusiast
My phone went ahead one hour exactly after it was 12 PM
iOS programmers are lazy.
That suggests Android programmers are lazy too as the clocks officially change at 2am
I set mine to manual to be on the safe side however when I turned my phone back on after flying north it'd gone forward another hour
SiHa
Android Enthusiast
That suggests Android programmers are lazy too as the clocks officially change at 2am
True, but the Automatic time setting takes the time from the Network, so you can't pin that one on Android.
That suggests Android programmers are lazy too as the clocks officially change at 2am
The clocks always change at 1AM GMT, therefore they change at 1AM going into BST and then technically 2AM coming out of BST.
Canarytops
Newbie
My Galaxy S2 changed fine, however the wife's Galaxy Tab 10.1 didn't. Manually set time next day. She is know complaining that sync'd calendar entries are an hour early. Had to change Time Zone to correct. Doesn't seem to be an option to use "Network Time" on the tablet - unless someone knows better ?
SUroot
Extreme Android User
The truth.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
Me too. Working the streets. Was lucky cause he had to pay me double
The alarm clock on the phone knew it was going to change. I had to set an early morning alarm on Sunday, and the "alarm set for x hours and y minutes from now" message took the time change into account, i.e. elapsed time was 1 hour less than what the raw numbers would suggest.
I did a little testing and found that it produced identical messages if I set the alarm for 1am and 2am - correct behaviour, as these would actually be the same time that night.
I did a little testing and found that it produced identical messages if I set the alarm for 1am and 2am - correct behaviour, as these would actually be the same time that night.