Automatic clock function for time zone changes

[Geekster]

I read on Motorola's web site a couple of weeks ago in the "FAQ'S" section that the Q will not change time automatically b/c Outlook appt's would get messed up. So, it's made/built to stay in the time zone you set it for. I have heard that some have shut their phone off and back on the time will sometimes change but I think that's a hit or miss thing. My husband complains about it, too. Just letting you know what I read.

[cc05]

I read your post and thanks for some clear information/recommendations to address the issue of "automatically changing time on the Q". All the other posts seemed to get off on tangents vs. the direct question.

Can you advise if the *228 worked? If so, did it change your calendar entries?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by PNut

I talked to Verizon about the other day (while waiting for them to answer another question -- irritating incorrect email message indicator).

Their solution was to dial *228 because the Q does receive time from towers, but it doesn't update automatically.

I will let you know tomorrow -- I will be changing time zones in the morning...

My 0.02 -- I have never had to "reprogram" any other phone, just updated automatically...

[jmiles]

Everyone seems to agree that the Q doesn't automatically update time zones, but mine did just fine from August '07 until two weeks ago. I set it to automatically update time zones when I bought the phone and it worked great every time. Now it doesn't work at all.

After playing with the phone for a couple of hours, I found the ability to change the updates to manual to make it go away, but I am unwilling to give up a feature that I had for 8 months. USCC tech support had me download the DST patch, but that did not fix the problem either.

I am now working with USCC and Motorola tech support simultaneously (each one said it was the other guy's problem!) and will report what we find.

[larsdennert]

As many have stated the problem lies with Outlook and not the phones. The phones are simply trying to patch the problem by not changing zones and thereby the appts. Of course the clocks are wrong, meaning you miss your appointments anyway... A more ideal solution would be to have the phone update the time automatically like most phones on all carriers can. In the appointment screen have a timezone election that defaults to the current zone but is changeable. There has been long talk that MS would fix Outlook's GMT offset with a timezone bias. I'm still using OL 2000 and the new MS Exchange/OWA doesn't appear to have a fix. So I guess they aren't going too.

As Pony said, making an appointment for a different zone involves two things, change the zone on your Q before programming the appt (then change it back) and change the zone when you get there. A shame because the phone could do the second for you.

[larsdennert]

Outlook 2003 has a swap timezone feature http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...970221033.aspx