I don't know exactly which RAZR I just got, but Paul's words encouraged me to poke around and try and find a way to switch to 24-hour format. Unfortunately, no joy with my particular model. :-(
Hope others have better luck .... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not metric, but we standards buffs love it, don't we?? > > Carleton, I had a Motorola V180, and now I have a Motorola RAZR V3. Both were > 24-hour settable. With the RAZR, and, I believe also the V180, I did the > following: > > settings --> initial setup ---> time and date ---> autoupdate (CHANGE THIS > FROM > "ON" TO "OFF".) > > Turning off the auto update takes the phone's clock off the network. When, > after > turning off the autoupdate, you go back into "time and date," there then, and > only then, does a format choice appear between 12-hour and 24-hour. Choose > 24-hour and voila! The format changes. I had to tinker quite a bit, and call > customer service, to learn and RE-learn this trick. > > See if this works or if you have it. > > Paul T. > > Quoting Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Phone thread. > > > > > > > > One wonders just how hard it would have been to include this feature, > > especially since it's there for other phones they make. > > > > > > > > $%&#$& > > > > > > > > Carleton > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: Motorola Mailbox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:20 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: I do not use the am/pm time format. My old phone, a Motorola V265, > > had an opt... [Incident: 070302-000976] > > > > > > > > Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. > > Below is a summary of your request and our response. > > > > If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it within > > the next 2 days. > > > > Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you. > > > > Click > > <https://motorola.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/motorola.cfg/php/enduser/acct_login.p > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&p_next_page=myq_upd.php&p_iid=1283325&p_cr > > eated=1172885057> here to check the status, read our response or to update > > your question with additional information! > > > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > > > I do not use the am/pm time format. My old phone, a Motorola V265, had an > > opt... > > > > > > > > > > > > Discussion Thread > > > > > > Response (Brock O.) > > > > 03/05/2007 09:20 AM > > > > > > Thank you for contacting Motorola. > > > > Unfortunately there is no way to display 24hr time on the Verizon Krzr. > > > > I apologize for any inconvenience. Please let us know if you need further > > assistance. > > > > > > Customer (Carleton MacDonald) > > > > 03/02/2007 07:24 PM > > > > > > I do not use the am/pm time format. My old phone, a Motorola V265, had an > > option to display 24-hour time. I cannot find that option in my new phone. > > How do I set it to display 24-hour time? I will probably return the phone if > > I can't do this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Brock O. > > Motorola Customer Support > > > > > > > -- > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Phone (432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten > >
