FWIW (at least a couple years ago) cell time is remarkably broken on tmobile, periodically being as much as 15 mins off or sending down the wrong time zone entirely.
I believe the android 'network' time sync actually uses ntp, so it is almost as accurate as taking the gps clocks (and a lot easier on battery.) On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:27 PM, liuyu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Hadmut, > > GPS consumes a lot battery power and only works at outdoor. > Regular user would not always keep GPS on to sync the time. > I think this is why android uses the mobile network instead of GPS to > sync the time. > Besides, if you can't get accurate time from your mobile network, > you'd better check whether your network providers time synchronization > first. > > On Mar 7, 7:01 pm, Hadmut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a Motorola Milestone (european version of the Droid). The > > internal clock of my device is terribly unprecise, need to adjust it > > every now and then. > > > > Ironically, the device has a builtin GPS receiver, and thus always the > > precise time. Why doesn't android use the GPS signal to adjust it's > > internal clock? > > > > (I have a rather old-fashioned navigation system in my car, that can't > > compete with android, but continuosly sets the clock of my car to the > > GPS time, so my car always has the accurate time.) > > > > regards > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
