Android Time Synching

Larry Peterson

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Anyone know how time synching is supposed to work on a Verizon Droid?

This morning my time was 4 minutes off from the official US time at http://www.time.gov/

I only realized it because I had the alarm set on both my phone and an alarm clock that is supposed to automatically synch to the correct time (and it does).

Under Settings->Date & Time, I had "Automatic - Use network provided value" checked so I don't understand why I was off by 4 minutes. I unchecked the setting and then re-checked it and amazingly the time changed to the correct time.

Not how an app like this is supposed to work. Anyone have any idea how I can keep this in synch automatically. There are clock synching apps but they are for providers that don't support NITZ (Network Identity and Time Zone). Verizon supports NITZ so I shouldn't need a synching app.

Any thoughts?
 
I believe the cell provider controls that. There may have been some kind of synch issue with the local tower that serves your area. Did it improve when you moved to a different location/tower?

Mike
 
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