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      PhAndersson
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      Volla Quintus received with 20.04/OTA-8 and upgraded to 24.04-1.3.

      The system clock / date is correctly set only when the phone connects on a WiFi network (via NTP, I suppose). Maybe it would also synch over mobile data, but I can't confirm that.

      When the phone is power-cycled and restarted in offline mode (i.e. both SIMs "logged in" in VoLTE mode but no WiFi and no mobile data), the clock is off by several weeks.

      So it looks as if, during shutdown, the kernel fails to save the system clock to the hardware clock.

      Has anyone else noticed that behaviour?

      Daily driver: Google Pixel 3a (20.04 OTA-11/stable) [was: Nokia N900 (Maemo) from 2009].
      Volla Quintus (24.04-1.3) with 2 SIMs
      Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) initially with 2 SIMs

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        gpatel-fr @PhAndersson
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        @PhAndersson

        I had seen the same thing when I was connected to a wifi network that blocked everything but http/https, as NTP was not useful my phone was not at the correct date.

        I remember dimly that someone on this forum had explained to me that it was to be expected.

        I am not sure if this problem is a limitation of the software or if it was working at some time and there was a regression.

        Anyway this has happened on my FP5 so it's not a port specific problem.

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          PhAndersson @gpatel-fr
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          @gpatel-fr Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'm glad to know it's not specific to the Quintus.

          The only thing I can tell is that I never had the same issue on my Pixel running Focal. It only connects on the Wifi at home, and occasionally uses mobile data, but it always keeps a reasonably accurate clock.

          I wonder whether this could not be linked as well to the new support for VoLTE: could it be that the Pixel is able to get its time from the traditional GSM network, whereas VoLTE on Noble doesn't support that feature yet?

          In any case, that's a bit problematic if you want to use your phone as alarm clock when you travel...

          Daily driver: Google Pixel 3a (20.04 OTA-11/stable) [was: Nokia N900 (Maemo) from 2009].
          Volla Quintus (24.04-1.3) with 2 SIMs
          Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) initially with 2 SIMs

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            gpatel-fr @PhAndersson
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            @PhAndersson said:

            the Pixel is able to get its time from the traditional GSM networ

            My memory is a bit dim on the subject and it's all hearsay anyway, however I remember I was said otherwise.

            Sorry to not be more precise however my meter says that I posted 563 posts in 9 months, so I finding precise details in the answers I got in all theses threads is not an attractive proposition.

            It could be that the Pixel is able to save clock and this ability was lost on more recent phones.

            @PhAndersson said:

            use your phone as alarm clock when you travel

            not sure it's a huge priority - there is an obvious workaround: do not stop your phone during the night.

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