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My iPad's clock is wrong. Very wrong.
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I had the same issue, it was off by 5 hours - I then re-synched it and it went back to the actual time, but reverted a bit later. Then checked my Mac and it's time was now off by 5 hours to match the iPad. Not sure which was causing which, but I'm watching it now. Maybe a bug on either end....
I'm have an appt. at Apple today for my MacBook, going to ask the guy/gal if they've heard about this yet. I'm not quite ready to ask for an exchange yet but I want to let them know it's happening. Will post again if I hear anything useful.
Debating whether to take my iPad with me, but I'm leaving in half an hour and the time looks fine (despite leaving the iPad in sleep mode for 30 minutes), so bringing it won't accomplish much.
Debating whether to take my iPad with me, but I'm leaving in half an hour and the time looks fine (despite leaving the iPad in sleep mode for 30 minutes), so bringing it won't accomplish much.
I'm also having this problem. It seems to not keep the time when it's in sleep mode.... When I first used my iPad this morning it basically stated the last time I had used it, not the current time. I went away, came back, and the time had "fixed" itself. Solutions?
Time freezes
I'm having the same time problems. When I turn on the iPad in the morning, it shows the time I turned it off the previous night. After 15 or so minutes, it shows the right time. I'm not sure how to report this bug to Apple. Thanks.
I'm having the same time problems. When I turn on the iPad in the morning, it shows the time I turned it off the previous night. After 15 or so minutes, it shows the right time. I'm not sure how to report this bug to Apple. Thanks.
OP here. I haven't had this recur, but I've also fallen into the habit of plugging in the iPad before I go to bed. Are you all experiencing this with the iPad plugged or unplugged?
I mentioned this to an Apple store person on Monday, was unsurprised to hear she hadn't heard of it at that time, she said what they usually say "it'll probable be a software problem"...and then I forgot about it because it never happened again, until this thread start getting bumped.
Maybe I'll try to leave it unplugged tonight and see if I can re-create the problem consistently.
I mentioned this to an Apple store person on Monday, was unsurprised to hear she hadn't heard of it at that time, she said what they usually say "it'll probable be a software problem"...and then I forgot about it because it never happened again, until this thread start getting bumped.
Maybe I'll try to leave it unplugged tonight and see if I can re-create the problem consistently.
I'm going to guess that in order to achieve the long stand by time on battery, they shut off the wifi chip, or out it in to some ultra low power mode that stops syncing time.
I'm wondering if the iPad uses a feature similar to the desktops where it can automatically sync time from a wifi broadcast. Sort of like when you travel to a different time zone, the Mac will fix the time based on available wifi signals.
I'm wondering if the iPad uses a feature similar to the desktops where it can automatically sync time from a wifi broadcast. Sort of like when you travel to a different time zone, the Mac will fix the time based on available wifi signals.
But waking up to a clock that is 7 hours off and won't be fixed until you *physically* sync (in my experience) doesn't sound like something that is working as intended. Does it?
Last night was the first time I didn't plug it in to charge overnight, and that is when I first noticed the problem. So it may have something to do with being plugged-in/not plugged-in. There is a thread in the apple.com forum about this as well.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2392277&tstart=0
