[Q] Device loses time / resets time after each restart, cLock not updating - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have a rooted I9195 and installed CM11 M9. After every reboot, date and time are set to 1.1.1970, 0:00 GMT. The date is corrected as soon as an connection to either internet or cell provider is established.
Has anyone, especially using XPrivacy (link), experienced this? What can be the reasons?
Also, the time shown is not updated in cLock widget, and also in the status bar on the top.
It's very annoying to have no correct time when no connection is possible...
Any ideas?

I had this issue with CM 11. Sometimes the lockscreen clock, clock widget and status bar clock could all have different times. Sometimes locking and unlocking a couple of times would make them match up again. There was no reason for it but it would work again without any issues one week and then not the next, never found a permanent fix though.

Waltee said:
I had this issue with CM 11. Sometimes the lockscreen clock, clock widget and status bar clock could all have different times. Sometimes locking and unlocking a couple of times would make them match up again. There was no reason for it but it would work again without any issues one week and then not the next, never found a permanent fix though.
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Well, you could try to set the time manually - worked for me for the last week(s)...

me too
unfortunately i also have no time after reboot:
three S4M devices
1st CM11 20140120 nightly
2nd CM11 snapshot M8
3rd CM11 snapshot M9
this is really annoying. is there any further info or a fix for this?
it doesn't matter if the time ist set manually or automatically.
always lost after reboot.
and if one has no data connection in automatic time mode, the time wont be right till a dataconnection is available.
all things happening till then get a wrong timestamp

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Tilt 2 Clock issue?

Just received my phone today. I toyed around with the phone and I noticed everytime I select something : task manager, program, volume. When the phone returns to the home screen the clock shows a time of 6:24 then it flips to the correct time. I had the Original Tilt and have never used Touchflo 3D. Is this the norm? It was cute the first time now it's aggrevating.
PS- I'm running stock rom.
Yep it's my location time running behind your normal clock.
I noticed the same thing too. The clock appears to start an hour behind and then flips to the correct time.
Its slightly annoying. =/
Happens on the stock AT&T rom. Don't know if it happens on other ROMs.
Neo.magic said:
Yep it's my location time running behind your normal clock.
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Ok you lost me. Can you explain?
Actually, mine starts 1:02:00 behind, then it switches to my current time. So I see the hour flip once and the minute flip twice. If you want to recreate this, just tap the notifications up top, close them, and then you'll see the time change. It's as if ATT wanted the clock to flip once when changing focus to it...
im using the tilt with a cooked rom and i have the same "issue. mildly annoying; would be nice to get rid of it
Unfortunately, it's working as designed. I believe it's supposed to be a "coolness" feature of the clock flipping everytime you go to the page.
I'm not sure I agree - you can see the behavior with the digital clock on device lock as well. There, it's not so cool. It really looks like it's doing something wrong.
Anyone know where to set 'my location' if you've gotten rid of TF3D?
me too
I noticed that the first day I got it on the Wednesday. I agree it is annoying and would like to prevent it if possible. I will keep looking to see if anyone comes up with a fix.
The other thing that I have noticed is that the SMS and or Email will just pop up for no apparent reason. I have it set to check my Email accounts every 15 minutes but I dont think it is on that time frame. It seems fairly random. Let me know if anyone else has noticed this that way I can see if it is something I have installed causing the problem.
Thanks, Kevin
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It's the Time Zone Auto Fix package that is causing it...Just the way HTC is keeping your time accurate. Try disabling auto time check.
BG4 all also fixes it
Background For All includes a couple of flip clocks (clear and white) and also "fixes" this behavior. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572166
At0mAng said:
It's the Time Zone Auto Fix package that is causing it...Just the way HTC is keeping your time accurate. Try disabling auto time check.
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Where is that setting at?
At0mAng said:
It's the Time Zone Auto Fix package that is causing it...Just the way HTC is keeping your time accurate. Try disabling auto time check.
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Assuming you meant the settings under 'Phone', this had no effect for me. Still flips. Going to try the Background 4 All & Flip Clock next. Thanks
The time between what's first shown and what it is flipped to / skipped to is about 75 minutes apart (I caught it enough times to see it happen). It's a very odd time to be off / different...
I've got this issue too, and I'm running the stock att rom for now. I agree, very irritating. I thought something was wrong with my phone until I found this thread.
It appears that the time is when I last looked at my phone, as if it's cached (either the time or what seems more likely - the screen) and then is updated and refreshed. I wonder if there's a way to disable this caching, if that's what it actually is...
Probably handled in the LUA scripts as they describe how the page is rendered & what action do what. My suggestion is try to find the Home Page from one of the other TP versions. They don't have the flip clock.
EDIT: The newer Sense 2.1 TF3D does this as well as animated the whole BG with the Weather on the Home page anytime TF3D looses focus & gains focus back. This means when you go to a screen that is not TF3D. An example is just opening & closing the start menu on a 6.5 ROM.
A fix for the clock issue
Here is the manila file to fix the clock issue...To istall you must disable manila and then total commander this file into the windows directory of your phone
gramsey1911 said:
Here is the manila file to fix the clock issue...To istall you must disable manila and then total commander this file into the windows directory of your phone
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You're on to something there. Fixed the flip but screwed up the clock. Digits are all screwed up.
Any ideas?
Thanks for working on this.
(copied from the tilt2 tips/problems thread)

SOLVED!! - TF3D Weather - change update frequency?

Anybody know if there's a way to change the update interval for the weather tab in TF3D? I'm not even sure how often mine currently updates; I've seen it say "Last Update" as old as 3 hours. I most often see it as 2 hours, so I assume it's updating right around every 3 hours or so.
I'd like to get it to update at least every hour, if not every half hour. The weather here in Minnesota can change pretty quickly!
Does anybody know how to do this?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
That's a mystery to me, too. Under menu/settings, you can check "Download weather automatically." But it doesn't say how often and I don't see where you can set or change the interval.
Any ROM with Sense/TF3D/Manila 2.5 allows specified update times for stock, weather, etc. There's a link in my signature to EnergyROM, and it has TF3D 2.5. The only downside to TF3D 2.5 is that it doesn't support landscape, and can be slightly laggy at times.
I'm using the Energy ROM, but it's the newest one which had Manila backed off to 2.1 (I think).
Is this still possible somehow without going to Manila 2.5?
Thanks,
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to me the “auto update” feature isn’t what most people think it should be. I’ve observed that if you have the auto update toggled on, it just means that every time you navigate to the weather tab and the weather is over 3 hrs old, your device will attempt to retrieve updated info. It doesn’t retrieve the updated info on a fixed regular interval in the background. You must navigate to the weather tab to trigger the update.
I do believe it automatically updates in the background after around 3 hours as well, because I have at times went to the weather tab and found it to be, for instance, 14 minutes old.
It's just annoying because I'm using a Today Screen that has the weather underneath the clock. so if it updates at, say, 7 in the morning and it's 31 degrees out, then I look again at 9:30am and the today screen still says 31 degrees, when its actually gotten up to, say, 42 degrees. That's what happened this morning...
DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
Any ROM with Sense/TF3D/Manila 2.5 allows specified update times for stock, weather, etc. There's a link in my signature to EnergyROM, and it has TF3D 2.5. The only downside to TF3D 2.5 is that it doesn't support landscape, and can be slightly laggy at times.
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Shame this is only for manila 2.5
ohyeahar said:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to me the “auto update” feature isn’t what most people think it should be. I’ve observed that if you have the auto update toggled on, it just means that every time you navigate to the weather tab and the weather is over 3 hrs old, your device will attempt to retrieve updated info. It doesn’t retrieve the updated info on a fixed regular interval in the background. You must navigate to the weather tab to trigger the update.
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Yeas, same behavior here.
Perhaps any registry edit?
Hope this can have a solution as it´s very annoying
Thanks,
Looking for a reg hack for this too .. seems odd that it does not update more often if you want it too .. i have unlimited bandwith so not a big deal to me ...
someone ? Help us ?
bump..
I too would like to know the answer to this, its annoying looking at it and haing o check the last time it updated Kinda defeats the purpose
I wonder i seem to not be seeing full animation on the home screen, just a short fade in. No Temperature either, any thoughts?
I am using Energy Rom with 2.1 on TILT2
After it auto updates, does it disconnect the data connection on it's own or do you have to manually disconnect it? I'm only worried that if the phone stays connected, it will drain my battery way to fast.
On mine the data connection stays on so i turn off auto update.
Scann69 said:
After it auto updates, does it disconnect the data connection on it's own or do you have to manually disconnect it? I'm only worried that if the phone stays connected, it will drain my battery way to fast.
On mine the data connection stays on so i turn off auto update.
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Try this instead: Download and install Advanced Config if you don't already have it (most cooked ROMs do), run it, tap the "Menu" softkey, then "More Settings" then "Connections". Then, check the "Disconnect after:" box, and set it to whatever you like (mine's set at 5 minutes). Tap "OK" at the bottom, exit Advanced Config, soft reset and the changes will take effect. In my experience, your battery life will be much better after doing this.
DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
Try this instead: Download and install Advanced Config if you don't already have it (most cooked ROMs do), run it, tap the "Menu" softkey, then "More Settings" then "Connections". Then, check the "Disconnect after:" box, and set it to whatever you like (mine's set at 5 minutes). Tap "OK" at the bottom, exit Advanced Config, soft reset and the changes will take effect. In my experience, your battery life will be much better after doing this.
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Ok that makes sense Thanks for the tip. I don't have Advance Config tool but i'm using Tweak UI and it has that option too.
I'll see how it goes
SOLVED!
Got it working folks! I added the reg entry from a Sense 2.5 ROM, and can confirm that I've got it auto updating weather every half hour!!
Create this DWord entry in the following key:
HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\
Dword Name:
Weather.AutoDownloadInterval
DWord Value:
30 (Decimal)
Change the value to whatever time you want in minutes. Reboot. Voila!
Enjoy!
SOLVED - Can set Sense 2.1 weather update frequency!!
Had been trying for some time to get the weather tab (and therefore the weather under the clock) to update more frequently than every 2 - 3 hours. I added the reg entry from a Sense 2.5 ROM, and can confirm that I've got it auto updating weather every half hour!!
Create this DWord entry in the following key:
HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\
Dword Name:
Weather.AutoDownloadInterval
DWord Value:
30 (Decimal)
Change the value to whatever time you want in minutes. Reboot. Voila!
Enjoy!
NOW THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKIN ABOUT!
Excellent work bro. Been looking for this for a looong time.
Checking it as we speak.
Any trick for automatic update of the weather image.
I mean for example: now is night ... I update the weather application via internet ... the image is e.g. the moon (but I also have the meteo for next 3 days)... If I don't update again, the image of the moon still remain even at midday and don't change also the day after. Is it possible to have an image that change updated with the clock? I don't want update constantly via internet for having a correct image on my today screen
SPB weather do this correctly.
Sorry for my bad english ... I hope you can understand.
Thanks in advance.
muccamucca said:
Any trick for automatic update of the weather image.
I mean for example: now is night ... I update the weather application via internet ... the image is e.g. the moon (but I also have the meteo for next 3 days)... If I don't update again, the image of the moon still remain even at midday and don't change also the day after. Is it possible to have an image that change updated with the clock? I don't want update constantly via internet for having a correct image on my today screen
SPB weather do this correctly.
Sorry for my bad english ... I hope you can understand.
Thanks in advance.
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The image updates with the weather...because it displays the weather, not just day-or-night. I mean, it doesn't show just a sun or moon, it can be sun-with-clouds, moon-with-rain, etc. So that's why it doesn't change if you don't update the weather. If you set it to update once every hour or two...that's a very small hit on battery life.
Okay, this "hack" is behaving a little strangely. I absolutely know for certain that it essentially works - my weather has updated every half hour numerous times now. But, if you've got a weak signal and the weather CAN'T update at the required time, it seems to break. It has happened once now, and I looked at the weather tab and it said last updated 1 hour ago.
What I SHOULD have done then was just wait, to see when it finally tried again. But instead I hit the update button and updated it, after which it worked as it should and updated every half hour.
So, once it "breaks" by not being able to retrieve the update, I need to find out how long it waits after that, and if it DOES finally auto update again, whether or not it sticks to the half hour interval after.
I'll keep an eye on it and let you know what happens. In the meantime, I absolutely suggest adding that reg entry! No ill effects so far, even once "broke" I'm certain it will auto update again eventually. Plus, it doesn't fail to update often at all (only when my signal is at like 1 bar), so for day to day purposes this should be excellent.
And like I said, if it does fail, you just have to manually update it once and it's back up again.
GOod luck, let me know if anyone else experiences this. I just tend to go to a few places with no signal alot...
THanks,
Jeff
notaliberal said:
Okay, this "hack" is behaving a little strangely. I absolutely know for certain that it essentially works - my weather has updated every half hour numerous times now. But, if you've got a weak signal and the weather CAN'T update at the required time, it seems to break. It has happened once now, and I looked at the weather tab and it said last updated 1 hour ago.
What I SHOULD have done then was just wait, to see when it finally tried again. But instead I hit the update button and updated it, after which it worked as it should and updated every half hour.
So, once it "breaks" by not being able to retrieve the update, I need to find out how long it waits after that, and if it DOES finally auto update again, whether or not it sticks to the half hour interval after.
I'll keep an eye on it and let you know what happens. In the meantime, I absolutely suggest adding that reg entry! No ill effects so far, even once "broke" I'm certain it will auto update again eventually. Plus, it doesn't fail to update often at all (only when my signal is at like 1 bar), so for day to day purposes this should be excellent.
And like I said, if it does fail, you just have to manually update it once and it's back up again.
GOod luck, let me know if anyone else experiences this. I just tend to go to a few places with no signal alot...
THanks,
Jeff
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Jeff.....thank you soooooo much for discovering this!! Im going to try this asap !! I have been wanting to autoupdate the weather at a specific time interval forever. Also, if someone could cab this or better yet add it to advance config or other config app which you could easily edit the time interval...that would be luv. Thanks again for this.
p.s. could you post which rom and radio your using..
My pleasure!
It's still a little flaky, but I think that's because the URL for the updates is being flaky. I tried a manual update 4 times before it was successful. THen I set the interval to 10 minutes, and it indeed updated appropriately every 10 mins. So again, it works, but it appears we're at the mercy of the server that's dishing out the weather info.
I'm on the Energy ROM from 11/08/2009 and I'm using the 4.49.25.05 Radio.
I would absolutely cab this up for you, but I have not learned how yet. So until someone else can, you're going to have to make the reg entry by hand.
If someone does cab this up, might I suggest making several cabs for different update times. Perhaps a 30 minute, a 60 minute, and a 15 minute for the really hardcore junkies?
Thanks, good luck, and enjoy the more frequent updates!

Clock settings got reseted on battery pull

Hi all.
After i S-OFF and flashed cm7 hboot i have a strange issue..
Everytime i pull the battery for some reason like taking off the sdcard.. When i boot phone the clock is always reseted.. Like 0:00 of 1/1/1980...
It happens with all roms i try.. Like insertcoin and cm7..
Even if i set the automatic get settings from network in clock options.. Is the same..
Any clue about this? Thanks
Do you have to set the clock manually? I think it's normal that your clock gets resetted when you pull your battery.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
It is normal if you pull the battery while the phone is turned on, but as long as it's powered off properly it shouldn't reset. If you're using a Sense 1.9/2.1/3.0 ROM, make sure its off and not hibernating.
Yap... Clock is manual.. But manual or automatic is the same problem... And yes i shutdown first lol not hibernating...
Never happen this.. Just after S-OFF
Weird
same problem
After S-OFF to? Did you flashed cm7 hboot?
Weird... The wifi settings and other settings are ok..
Till now the only problem i discovered it was the clock
Been searching the forums to see if anyone has same issue as me - sounds like you do, but mine seems to have more serious consequences:
[apologies for the length of this post, but thought it may help to supply all the detail]
Have had my Desire rooted with S-Off (Alpha-Rev 1.8) for some time, but the last couple of months I started to have some strange problems. After much analysis, seems that every time I take the battery out (doesn't matter whether pulled when running or properly shut down first) the phone resets the time and date to 00:00 and 6 Jan 1980 (1980 being the earliest available year the phone can be set too).
The phone will not then re-establish the correct time and date when set to automatic (whether from Wi-fi or network, however much you play around with it or disconnect/reconnect). If that was all I could cope, but to make matters worse this seems to also cause a permanent sync failure/error with my gmail account (contacts, mail and calendar all refuse to sync thereafter - sometimes getting a message saying sync unavailable and will be back soon). There is NOTHING that will fix this aside from a full factory data reset (and of course having to reset everything up and reinstall all my apps from Titanium back up) - Have tried deleting gmail data (as described on google's tech support page), reflashing a back up of my current ROM, but nothing else works
Even after reflashing to RUU stock (in preparation for returning under warranty, which also contained HBoot update and wipes S-Off) still the same problem exists, meaning I can NEVER take the battery out and just have to keep recharging it (even though I have a spare battery if I go away for weekends etc).
I'm guessing, like on a pc, there must normally be a built in battery on the motherboard to maintain the clock date/time settings when the battery is removed, but that this is faulty? Perhaps the phones inability to then re-establish the correct date/time from the network/wi-fi is the reason the gmail sync fails? On the other hand, after full data reset when setting the phone up again if does pick up the correct date, time and time zone but says "unable to detect time zone", so perhaps there's a different fault going on?
Having exhausted every option, am now returning to HTC under warranty (much to my anoyance)
I was having the same problem when using insertcoin nightly everytime..
Now im on cm7 and the problem is gone..nothing changed..only the rom..strange anyway
Sent from my HTC Desire

[Q] Weird clock issue

Hey there,
I'm having some rather odd clock issues with my phone. The time is "right" but not really. I use LauncherPro and WidgetLocker. I've never had any issues with these. However, WidgetLocker has its own clock widget. It works fine half the time. The other half of the time it is one hour behind my phone time. But that's not always right either.
For example, it's 9:30PM. The widget time will say 8:30PM. A few minutes pass, and the widget time is at least an hour behind sometimes a few minutes. The system bar shows 9:30PM as well, but then once I open the keyboard or rotate the phone, it will update to the current time, let's just say something like 9:37PM.
Both the apps listed are up to date, and I'm running CM 7.2.0 RC1.
Phone is rooted, I removed a few included APKs when I flashed the ROM. Is there a certain preinstalled APK that might have been affected by my removing it that updates the time, or does anyone know a fix?
Thanks!

Problems with status bar time

Over the past week to 10 days I have noticed that the time is incorrect in the status bar of the phone. Searching around I see that this could be related to having the option to automatically set the time enabled. I disabled the automatic time and that does fix the problem. However, this seems odd as it was working previously. Also it seems that the problem is only in the statusbar. When I access the lockscreen or the ambient display the time there always seems to be correct even with automatic time setting enabled.
I've also noticed that my imap-based email does not seem to be updating as quickly as it should. When accessing aquamail the message list is stale until I refresh. It is almost like battery optimization has been enabled for everything.
I will note that my phone is running on Verizon, does not have greenify or any other doze helper apps installed. However, I am using nova launcher instead of the pixel launcher.
Is anyone else having this problem or have a fix other than turning off the automatically set the time? I was thinking about a factory reset but think I will wait on the Feb security fix release first to see if that makes any difference.
Any ideas?
FYI that I have factory reset the phone and that seems to resolved all of my problems. I had installed greenify at one time and run the adb commands to get it working since the phone is not rooted. I had deinstalled greenify but did not "undo" the adb commands. Perhaps they were still in place causing problems, I don't really know. But a factory reset has fixed all issues.

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