I tried to search the forums for this, but couldn't find anything. When I upgraded to the 6.1 ROM (CRCs 9.2) Whenever I receive a text message the time stamp is an hour before. If I receive a Text at 5:15 PM, it will say it was received at 4:15 PM. This isn't a problem when reading them because it still orders them in the order sent/received in the conversation window. But If I send a text and a different conversation within an hour later receives a text, in my summary screen the sent one will still appear at the top, because it has a later time. The biggest annoyance is when using PIM backup to restore my Texts, it sorts them by time. A lot of the conversations restored will have all the receives then after all the sents, because of the time difference. I thought it was isolated to one contact / cell carrier. It appears to be all texts I receive. Am I the only one seeing this? Any thoughts?
I did download CRCs 11.2 ROM last night, and wanted to give it a try, but fear restoring my conversations from yesterday, and not being able to read them.
Re-check your time/date/region settings again. I had the same problem and when i checked the region settings (a second time) it was a different time zone, i put in the correct time zone and all was fine . hopefully that helps
I tried that and it didn't make a difference. The regional settings are for the US, the the TZ settings are picked up by the network from my carrier. I am in the Mountain time zone. There are 3 mountain time zones, Arizona has their own mountain, with out daylight savings, and the one in Mexico. The carrier assigned it correct as GMT -7.
I may just have to live with it.
I to am in the same area as you and have noticed this problem from time to time.. I don't send/receive a whole lot of texts, but the ones that were an hour off seem to all come from the same source, my wife. I checked her phone and it was on the wrong time zone.
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Hey guys,
Picked up a desire yesterday and its great, though I'm having some issues with sms. I notice I don't receive any texts until I send a text first, then I'll receive 2 or 3 texts, timestamped in the past, up to an hour ago!
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks.
edit: unrooted on o2
i get a similar problem, i know i should have received a text message but it doeant show up for hours.
unrooted on tmobile uk
Most likely when your phone is connected over GPRS the text don't come through till you disconnect, used to happen on my N95.
So if my phone is operating in GPRS mode, until it decides it doesn't need the internet anymore and disconnects, it won't retrieve texts... right. So any workarounds or fixes for this?
Prety much, after I use GPRS I just made a call and during or after the call my text came in.
Been getting this all day, are people really just dealing with this or is it only a few people that have this issue?
I am having another problem... on T-mobile, my phone won't download MMS messages. It will just say Download error, General Network Failure... After it expired (3days) , I was sent a link to the T-mobile website, where I am able to see it for 14 days.
Another problem that I am having, the phone is struggling sending long text messages... 4 or 5 normal lenght messages 500-600 characters... I am using the Text App provided with the phone.
I have a problem that I dont think is an actual problem I think its just how the phone works, and tbh its a bit rubbish.
If you dont have signal when you hit send (im my office at work I only get signal on a little square of the desk) the phone says "message not sent". Sometime when it gets signal it will send the message, but if it doesnt get signal quick enough it seems to just give up sending.... a bit lame really....
I'm going to post a message up with the T-mobile UK MMS settings so people in future can find it on search. Have a look in 5 mins.
JAmes.
I've got the same issue with my HTC Desire.
My operator is a Belgium one, namely Mobistar.
I've got the impression that when i open the sms box, i start seeing the messages. Don't know if it's the communication that goes wrong, or the 'throughput' in the phone (screen, alerting...).
After installing (and using of course) chompSMS, this problem is gone... yipppie...
UPDATE: I've found a fix for this issue - AWESOME!
Just go to the Android Market and install the SMS Time Fix app by Matt Precious.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-mattprecious-smsfix-pAFq.aspx
It works perfectly, and updates the time stamp on all messages to relfect PHONE time and not network time. HINT: Make sure the "Last Resort" option is checked in the settings and offset is set to zero. This little app now makes the Evo Messages app usable. Finally...
Hope this is helpful info
So, I've been reading and experiencing several issues with SMS timestamps on the Evo 4G.
It seems there are three distinct issues with SMS timestamps on the the Evo and I believe they all have the same root cause.
Issue 1: When roaming texts are received with the wrong time stamp, offset by several hours (typically 4 or 5 hours off). This causes them to not be threaded in the conversation correctly. Very annoying.
Issue 2: When receiving SMS messages on any network (Sprint or roaming), the time stamp is off by an hour. The result is the same as Issue 1, but a less extreme example.
Issue 3: When texting back and forth in quick succession, SMS messages are not logged in the order in which they are received, and received text messages ALWAYS appear before sent text messages if they are sent during the same minute, regardless of which one was actually sent first. This is also very annoying.
I believe the root cause is that the native Sense UI messaging app is using the timestamp of the tower of each SMS rather than using the time stored on the phone. To prove this, if you use Handcent and set it to use "phone time" and ignore the tower time, it works perfectly. The thing is that I don't want to use Handcent and I want to use the native app. Is there a setting that can be tweaked to fix this? Has anyone talked to HTC or Sprint about the issue and is a fix in the works?
For such a major problem, I am surprised more people haven't come forward. It's a pretty significant bug...
Thanks,
Matt_TX.
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Trying updating your Profile and PRL.
if that doesn't fix it, dial #2
I also have noticed issue #1. I even called Sprint to ask about it and they referred me to a 3rd party app in the marketplace to fix the timestamp.
I have been using Handcent ever since to get around the issue.
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trying updating your Profile and PRL.
agix said:
I also have noticed issue #1. I even called Sprint to ask about it and they referred me to a 3rd party app in the marketplace to fix the timestamp.
I have been using Handcent ever since to get around the issue.
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Its the tower issue mentioned at the top of this topic. Updating your PRL, (Preferred Roaming Location), is usually helpful when you are traveling and lose signal, this will help catch another carriers tower or at least one a bit closer, also, updating your Profile, (Data profile), only will refresh from your device the settings matching your NAI (ID address) with your carrier and refresh your data settings...ie > HCM/SPS>OMA, these tactics are unnecessary, and you can do both with a quick power cycle. The best thing for timestamp correction is to use your phone time as the stamps source & to make sure only to use for future time dated messages. As for dialing *2 or #2 as in this thread, it will get you no where with the issue, they will only refresh your device in their system, in this case meaning Sprint, you can do the same, unless, of course you are running specific roms which clear Carrier IQ, you may then run in to some trouble with those device self updaters, but as mentioned earlier a power cycle will do the same all at once.
The Time Stamp Fix, from the Market works just fine
Does this fix work for when you have your phone off or in Airplane mode? I hate getting my text messages when I turn my phone back on are they are all timestamped to when I turned my phone back on not to when they were actually sent.
thank god i saw this, i have a vzw prl and my timestamp is always 4 hours in the future. works great.
Oddly my sms timestamp is fine on aosp roms, just on sense it is off...
I am having a problem with text messages. Every outgoing text message is right, but every incoming text message reads an hour earlier than it really is. So if someone sends me a message at 4pm, my phone says it is received at 3pm. It's really annoying, and it messes up then entire list of messages from a person. Is there anything I can do about this? I have the Energy Sense Rom.
Anyone had this problem??
Hey, I run the Cookie Energy ROM and OCCASIONALLY on a new flash the time stamps will be messed up. What fixes it for me, is enter your time settings (click on the clock in the HOME Sense Tab) and pick the time zone, then manually enter the correct time and it typically fixes it inside the Sense Text Client.
However, you can also use something like SMS-Chat, which runs faster and cleaner. But occasionally freezes. I'm not sure how to fix this. But just a suggestion. Cheers
I talked to Rogers techs and they reset my phone settings from their end and still messed up. Then they blamed the fact that it was an unlocked phone. I told them that the last 3 phones I used on their network all unlocked and showed the correct time stamp. I also attached an official answer from HTC.
Who am I supposed to believe?.
HTC answer:
Thank you for contacting HTC about your Touch Pro 2. I understand that your text messages are coming in four hours off. I wish we could be of more assistance, but your carrier stamps the time on those messages. This has happened for years on the Rogers network. There is no setting on your mobile device that controls the time stamp you receive. Some Rogers-branded devices have a hot fix available that accounts for the Alaskan time, but the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 doesn't have a patch available for correcting this issue. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, but I'm glad I could offer some insight into this issue.
Still confused?!?!?!
Just to add a little more confusion to the topic. My friend and I both bought Tmoblie phones. He a HTC HD2 and me a HTC touchpro 2. I had them unlocked . We put our Rogers sims in our phones and his text time stamps are right on and mine our 4 hours behind. I now believe its a Rogers cell tower problem. IF anyone out there has seen or has a soluiton it would be greatly appreciated...seeing that i get 50 to 100 textes a day, it gets confusing when the times are off.
Thxs
Its the rom it self, I am on virgin in Canada and with certin roms my txts times are messed but with some there not, try a different rom.
After 3 days of searching the forums I found a fix that works with all HTC phones. I used it on 2 HTC phones, HD2 and Touchpro 2 with great success. All you have to is download the small cab file to your computer copy it over to your phone and extract it. Thats it.....
Thxs to Dangerously for the fix. I added the link to the thread which has the cab in it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374956&page=14
The Energy ROM FAQs list this fix:
Wrong SMS Timestamp: If you are receiving text messages (SMS) with the wrong timestamp, what may cause them to be in the wrong order, a solution was posted here.
Hello everyone,
I've long had this, weird problem where the time stamp for certain events like when i recieve sms or phone calls are wrong
For instance I had a Nokia phone prior to my HTC and the time stamp for sms msgs were always 4/5 hours (depending whether its DST or not) behind the current time
I have the time set to network, or i would change it manually and it never fixes it. I thought maybe its due to it being purcharchased internationally (Hong Kong) so the it caused some error..
I now have a T-Mobile HTC TP2 and the same problem is occuring, the time is 4hours slower than the current time and I don't know how to fix it!
However, when I boot it via Project Android to run it in android mode, it doesn't suffer from this problem. The time stamps are correct!
please someone helllpp
asimo_ said:
Hello everyone,
I've long had this, weird problem where the time stamp for certain events like when i recieve sms or phone calls are wrong
For instance I had a Nokia phone prior to my HTC and the time stamp for sms msgs were always 4/5 hours (depending whether its DST or not) behind the current time
I have the time set to network, or i would change it manually and it never fixes it. I thought maybe its due to it being purcharchased internationally (Hong Kong) so the it caused some error..
I now have a T-Mobile HTC TP2 and the same problem is occuring, the time is 4hours slower than the current time and I don't know how to fix it!
However, when I boot it via Project Android to run it in android mode, it doesn't suffer from this problem. The time stamps are correct!
please someone helllpp
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Try THIS THREAD to get your SMS messages to get stamped with the device's time instead of the carrier's time.
Hi Guys - i've posted this in the HD7 specific forum too - please let me know if multiple posts is frowned upon and i'll delete it.
Anyway...
I've been searching and searching and I cant find anyone with the same problem as me, on WP7 or HD7. Basically the times are completely wack on the text messages i receive. The could be a few hours behind, or usually entire days behind, and my personal favorite, from the future.
No idea what's going on. Everything seems fine in the settings - been over them 100 times. I've seen it as being a common issue with some older phones, but nothing on the latest ones.
Has anyone had this? Or even better, does anyone know how to fix it? The text messages that I send are stamped correctly, so it's just the ones i receive. It looks like the phone is using the time sent from the carrier, and then applying some wacky timezone to it based off my timezone (which is Auckland, New Zealand).
Help!
I have this exact same problem.
My outgoing texts display the time correctly but incomg is off by something like 5 hours. I've searched the forums and google and haven't found anything myself.
Answer from Microsoft:
Time stamps for Text messages are encoded and sent from the carriers MMSC message system. If the time stamp is showing up wrong, that is because it is being encoded wrong from the carriers network. Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done device side, you'll want to focus your attention on Rogers in this case.
I suppose other phones possibly counter this by just making the receive time the timestamp as well.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com...7/thread/bf92da2a-5bcc-4af9-bb6a-79ce98d74406
I've never had such an extreme case with a five hour time difference, but it does happen with some incoming texts.
I remember I sent my sis a text at 1:43pm and she replied and the timestamp said 1:38pm. So maybe it depends on the person your texting and how their time is set up?
Well that's a pain. I read that reply from Microsoft too, but it's pretty unhelpful. To be honest using the date stamp from the carrier seems like a poor decision, or at least not having the option to chose, as far as the user is concerned the only date / time they care about is the one on their device.
I guess i'll have to wait and see if someone comes up with a way to change this on the phones, I see there is a way to do it on the WP6 phones.