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Help I've disabled "Automatic date and time", but why does date and time still get auto-changed?

cutedroid

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Jan 3, 2013
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Samsung Tab 4. Running Android 5.1.1. Rooted.


In Settings/General/Date&Time, I've disabled auto-update of time by removing the checkmark ✔ from the "Automatic date and time" box.

I change the date to Jan 1, 2036. And the time to 01:00 AM.
Why does the date and time still revert to the current date and time (i.e. March 19 2017, 2:34 PM) ?

The auto-change doesn't happen right away. More like after a minute.
 
Samsung Tab 4. Running Android 5.1.1. Rooted.


In Settings/General/Date&Time, I've disabled auto-update of time by removing the checkmark ✔ from the "Automatic date and time" box.

I change the date to Jan 1, 2036. And the time to 01:00 AM.
Why does the date and time still revert to the current date and time (i.e. March 19 2017, 2:34 PM) ?

The auto-change doesn't happen right away. More like after a minute.
Your phone is still receiving NIST from the US Naval Observatory. It's built in like your computer.

Refusing automatic means local time changes like daylight savings, etc/ Some states like Arizona don't use Daylight Saving.
 
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How can I disable NIST, at least temporarily?
I don't know enough about the phone hardware, but I don't think you can.
You have to be on NIST network, and your phone is hard coded. You'd have to ask whoever made it.

I've got it on the computer, too. I have one offline computer that has a fit since the BIOS can't get the current time. I have to enter the time each time I use the computer.
 
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