{"id":127,"date":"2010-05-31T19:18:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T11:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vk6hgr.echidna.id.au\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2010-05-31T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T14:01:07","slug":"nokia-lets-do-the-time-warp-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vk6hgr.net.au\/blog\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Nokia: Let&#8217;s do the time warp again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vk6hgr.echidna.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nokias-e1275302625189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vk6hgr.echidna.id.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nokias-e1275302625189.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Nokias\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of these three is not like the others<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All three of these phones are in Perth, Western Australia, are on the Telstra network and are set to automatically update their time from the network. The brand-new <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nokia_E52\">Nokia E52<\/a> in the middle is an <strong>hour ahead<\/strong>.  How do you fix it?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1<\/strong> &#8211; Wait for Telstra to release new firmware with a patch to change Perth from GMT+9 back to GMT+8&#8230;<br \/>\n(Cue the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/ChirpingCrickets\">Chirping Crickets<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 2<\/strong> &#8211; Work around the problem<\/p>\n<p>First, you need to switch off the pesky automatic time sync and pick a useful time zone.<\/p>\n<p>From the phone&#8217;s menu, select <code> Ctrl. panel<\/code> (or Tools), then <code>Settings<\/code>. select <code>General<\/code> and finally, <code>Date and time<\/code>. Scroll to the bottom of the list and set <code>Automatic time update<\/code> to <code>Off<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Still on this menu, go up to <code>Time zone<\/code> and change it from <code>GMT +8:00 Perth<\/code> to <code>GMT +8:00 China<\/code> or <code>GMT +8:00 Singapore<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You will then need to set the Time manually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can my phone auto-update its time some other way?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By itself the phone will keep its time reasonably accurate (within a minute or two) for weeks, if not months. What if you use your phone as an alarm clock (as I do) and don&#8217;t want to have to keep manually updating the time?<\/p>\n<p>To solve this problem I hunted around and found an awesome Symbian app called FreeTimeBox that can auto-update the time from a variety of sources &#8211; even the phone&#8217;s GPS &#8211; automatically. Download it <a href=\"http:\/\/handheld.softpedia.com\/get\/Business\/Clock\/FreeTimeBox-64856.shtml\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you load FreeTimeBox from the Applications menu, select settings. Make sure <code>Start on boot<\/code> is set to <code>Enabled<\/code>. In the syc settings, set it to do a scheduled sync and set the Access point for NTP (I use <code>Telstra.Internet<\/code>). For the Time server, first, add a new server. I use my own server of <code>203.59.7.248<\/code> on port <code>123<\/code> but any NTP server will work.<\/p>\n<p>Select <code>Sync now (NTP)<\/code> and your phone should correct its clock.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it&#8217;s up to Nokia and Telstra to fix this. How were these new phones (The Nokia 6720 classic is affected too) were released with such obvious firmware bugs..?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All three of these phones are in Perth, Western Australia, are on the Telstra network and are set to automatically update their time from the network. The brand-new Nokia E52 in the middle is an hour ahead. 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