SMS time problem
 

Hello everyone!

I have a weird problem with the time of SMS..

When I send a SMS on the n900 i see the time and it is the correct time..
However when I receive a SMS from any of my friends, it shows an incorrect time.. somehow it shows the time 5 hours earlier..

I tried fixing this but I am not sure how to do so...
It seems its like a time zone problem yet we're all in the same time zone.. When i use google talk or skype IM, the time is ok... its just with the SMS..

My girlfriend and I got the same phone and we both have the same problem!
Someone plz help!

(If i click on the message it shows the wrong time and then the correct time one next to eachother... ie 1:32 | 6:32.)

Thanks for your help :)

Re: SMS time problem
 

What is your timezone?

Re: SMS time problem
 

I'm also seeing this problem. The timestamps of SMS messages that are sent to me, read 5 hours behind the actual time in my timezone. So, a message sent to me at 8:27pm shows 3:27pm in the timestamp. But the timestamp of messages that I send out are recorded correctly.

I'm using my phone on Rogers and my timezone is GMT -7. I didn't run into this problem with my prior phone (Nokia E71).

Is anyone else having this issue?

Re: SMS time problem
 

Looks like there is an existing bug report:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5994

Re: SMS time problem
 

I also have this problem...seems to have something to do with Rogers/Fido's network

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Not only Rogers/ Fido. Its happening in the Netherlands to

Re: SMS time problem
 

Same here with rogers in Toronto. 5 hours off.

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Same here, i'm with rogers too. It's extremely annoying, i hope it will be fixed soon.

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It works just fine here in Greece.

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Only 5 hours? Windows mobile shows a date 6 *years* ahead. :D

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Yeah I'm experiencing this issue as well and I'm with Rogers, really annoying if you ask me...You guys going to go with WIND soon? I think I'll try and open a new plan up before I port over my number just to see how it is...

Re: SMS time problem
 

Same here on Fido in Toronto, few hours off for incoming texts.

Re: SMS time problem
 

Seems to be really common in Canada then, I wonder if it is our carriers.

I am considering wind, but they need to expand further into a couple areas before I can move over. I also have almost 2 years left on my contract, but I have a really good plan so I could likely get someone to pick it up if I put it online.

Re: SMS time problem
 

the first timestamp shows the time at which the message was sent.
the second one shows the time at which the "delivery confirmation" was received.

as it apparently works fine for most of the n900 users and you are all living in canada, it seems that this could be a country/provider specific problem.

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Update...I just switched to WIND and it is working as of now, seems like its an issue with Rogers/Fido users only, good to know its not an N900 issue

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I've been researching this issue, and I've heard that it's basically something up on the rogers back-end specifically with SMS.

The firmware on my N900 is also the latest one.

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i am on FIDO same problem. there is a bug report needing votes https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5994

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This is not a Canada issue. this is just n issue. I am in Chicago on Tmobile and my messages are lately 2 to 7 minutes off. I receive a message 7:54pm and I sent the one they are replying to at 7:58pm.

Re: SMS time problem
 

Same in Sweden (Teliasonera network). 6h and 1min off.

Tried with 2 different SIM-cards and same problem.

Outgoing SMS is fine. Incoming has this problem.

Re: SMS time problem
 

Found the problem. Set time zone update to "update automatically" and the correct time will be used.

I set it manualy to GMT+1 but then still show the "off" time.

This is a BUG of course.

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I have the same problem here, and it shows -30 mins or something!

Re: SMS time problem
 

vote for https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5994

Re: SMS time problem
 

same situation here and i am using fido... anyone know how to fix this?:confused:

Re: SMS time problem
 

Same here (India) shows the GMT time not the local time... Very annoying, getting confused at times....:mad:

Any fix on this ??:confused::confused:

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No problem here with SMS time stamp, using Vodafone in Netherlands:)

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Here i had like -2 minutes. But automatic time doesn't works (or at least it seems to NOT work) here on Vodafone, Portugal.
I just changed my phone for like +1 min and it's all okay because we don't have seconds measurement hehe.

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Guys when you receive SMS, its time depends on what is set by your telephone/cellphone company. :)

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The sms time depends also on the SENDER's time/timezone on their device. I had this problem on the N900 initally (using in Pakistan, GMT+5 no DST) and had these problems too.

I had initally selected my timezone/location (karachi) and turned on automatic updates. I noticed that it showed my timezone as GMT+6 instead of +5, which was (acc to me) causing all the problems!!!

I then selected a region with GMT +5 (tashkent, turns out) and disabled automatic update. Works just fine now. Turns out some of the labels are wrong (or incorrectly 'corrected') in the worldclock/timezone.

Also, in the conversations window when you select an individual sms, it shows two timestamps under the sender's name. the left one, in grey, is the sender's (or sending networks') time. the right one in white is the time the message was received on the N900 (ie, device time). Since the device uses its own sent/received timestamps to sort sms'es in a conversation, it organizes the messages in the correct order (at least for me, none of the posters here have mentioned if they have this problem?)

However, when it displays the conversation it shows senders time only (the one in grey). i guess that is whats leading us into this confusion?

Hope this helps. cheers

Re: SMS time problem
 

stas123 posted a fix/workaround in the form of a modified MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.js for US owners. A few months back I modified it slightly so that it'd work with those set with a canadian region instead. I never decided to post it since it's an easy change but seeing as how I just noticed my time was off again from updates I have just fixed myself up again and I've bundled it together exactly as he did.

So download the zip attached to this post, follow the same instructions at stas123's original post here with the only change being that you set Canada to your region.

Oh and yes you still need to use 24 hour notation for it to work! I like 24 hour notation so that's always been fine with me.

All credit goes to stas123 as all my lazy *** did was change the display format to suit us canadians!

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How do you find this /usr/.... folder? I'm pretty new to rooting but i'm not bad with computers and I didn't see anywhere to put this fix in my phone filesystem. Sorry I'm just looking for a little more breakdown on how to get this file where it needs to go. This stupid time thing is killing me. Has anyone had any success rectifying it from the service provider?

Re: SMS time problem
 

I am suffering same problem..

Re: SMS time problem
 

Thanks lutte let me check bug report..