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Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: RadioRental on February 24, 2004, 09:29:28 am

Why is it that when I switch off my z it does not keep time properly.  Am I missing something really simple?

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: lardman on February 24, 2004, 10:15:29 am

Which ROM are you using? and which machine?

Mine is fine (3.3.6pre1 on sl5500).


Si

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2004, 10:42:49 am

I\'m having the same time problem on my C860 - just turned it on and in 12 hours it gained about 8 minutes. sometimes it\'s fast, sometimes slow, sometimes right on -

running the Cacko/QT Rom with the javab0y kernel -

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: RadioRental on February 24, 2004, 11:04:46 am

sorry, should have been more explicit. my bad  :roll: it just seems like there\'s something very obvious I\'ve not set or something that I should have done.

5600 Sharp rom with the 250 premptive mod, I have the qtopia -sysinfo hack so it doesnt give me the exact rom version anymore, its the 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-emb... kernel downloaded from here. The one that removed the 250 bug fix. I\'m completely new to Linux, are the kernel and rom completely independant? if so I have the latest sharp rom of sharps site.

I\'ve done a little bit more investigation.  I cant seem to replicate the issue by suspending the z for a few minutes.  I always comes back up with the correct time.  Is it normal to see the set system time dialogue after a reboot?

It\'s just that every time I come to work the first thing I have to do is correct the time which is always out by several hours.  Maybe the z goes in to some deeper power saving mode after a longer period of time and then the clock freezes?

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: Anonymous on February 24, 2004, 12:22:47 pm

Mine does the same thing: sl5600 latest sharp rom. Although mine is usually losing time, sometimes it will go for a bit, then  loose several hours. Was wondering if there was an internal battery that may be the issue?

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: RadioRental on February 24, 2004, 12:30:47 pm

I think you might be right.  I\'m going to watch it a little closer over the next few days and if I can confirm its a hardware issue I\'ll return it to amazon.  I\'ll post a question to sharp support about this, might be a known fault.

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: RadioRental on February 24, 2004, 01:29:05 pm

wow! a reply within an hour!! a fairly stupid reply but thats quick support!

Here\'s what they said \"Zaurussupport <Zaurussupport@sharpsec.com> wrote:


Thank you for contacting Sharp Electronics Corporation.

Try doing a reset on the unit and see if this will correct the
problem.\" :mrgreen: why didnt I think of that

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: stampsm on March 28, 2004, 09:34:20 pm

i have problems with my 5600 clock not keeping time right i think it has something to do with programs locking up or crashing
does anyone else know any more?

Title: z does not keep time properly
Post by: andreasl on March 29, 2004, 06:36:11 am

Hello,

I know that, you must set the correct time from console without running apmd.
so boot first in console (not opie) and do the following:

#/etc/init.d/apm stop
#date -s xxxxxxxxxxxxx
#/etc/init.d/apm start
#/reboot

this will set the time correctly on my Z.

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