One of the adjustments that we have to make inevitably on mobile phones every year at least twice, is the time change. This day marked on the calendar becomes a challenge for users, because the problems to change the mobile time sometimes appear without us noticing. This can happen on all mobiles, both Android and iPhone.
Once three in the morning have passed, the problems with the time change begin. On the one hand, we can doubt that it has been made effective and in other cases we can see how other clocks have been changed but the time on our mobile remains as it was previously. With the intention that this does not happen to us again, we are going to teach you to solve the errors of the time change.
Why does the time change on the mobile fail
This situation that nobody likes to encounter has an explanation, which can vary and affect us for various reasons. Before each failure and situation we have a possible solution that we will explain to you. The first and main reason has to do with the fact that we do not have the automatic time change activated. This function is not always active, which forces us to make the change manually.
On the other hand, we can find that the time change is not correct, something that happens especially in Xiaomi mobiles due to having the wrong region selected. If we have a different country as a region, its time change or none will apply to us. It can also happen that the mobile is taking wrong information from the network.
Check if the time on your mobile is correct
Before starting to change the time of the mobile phone or modify settings, we must check if there really is a failure with the time change on the mobile . To get out of doubt we only have to use the Google search engine or even with the mobile assistant. To find out, we will ask what time it is in our city or town and it will return the exact result without depending on our mobile.
Now we only have to compare it with the time that appears on our mobile at the top, making us clear whether the automatic time change has worked or we have to apply the steps that we show you below.
Use automatic time on Android
The best method to avoid date and time issues, but also to fix time issues on Android is to use automatic time. This consists of a series of very simple steps that avoids us having to always be aware of the time change, allowing the mobile to change automatically when the time comes. To carry it out we must do the following:
- We start by accessing the mobile Settings.
- Then we go to the “System” section.
- To then touch on “Date and time”.
- If it does not appear, we can search for Date and time in the Settings search engine.
At this point we only have to activate the option that allows us to use the time provided by the network or which can also be called automatic time. We have to do the same with the time zone, as this way the mobile will recognize the place where we are to avoid problems with the smartphone with time changes when traveling to other countries or different areas.
Time change does not work automatically
It is likely that we have correctly configured the time on our mobile manually or that we have even done it automatically, but the problems with the time continue. This may be because the region is incorrect, something very easy to modify on most mobiles, we will only enter Settings> System> to change it within.
The problem with the time on Xiaomi
For most Android mobiles it is easy to solve but if we have problems with the time change in Xiaomi , it may be preceded by having selected a different region than ours at some point since some mobiles had errors when choosing the Spain region. This no longer happens and we can modify it again without problems, allowing the time to work correctly. For this we must follow the steps:
- We enter the Settings.
- We go to the Additional MIUI Settings section.
- We touched on “Region”.
- We select Spain.
Just by doing this and having set the date, time and automatic time zone, the mobile will modify the time in a few seconds and correct it.
Manual time change on mobile
If we have problems with the automatic time change and we cannot complete it even after having followed the aforementioned steps, the best thing is that we complete it as if it were a classic clock and processed to change the time of the mobile manually . To carry it out, we will have to return to the Settings> System> Date and Time section. Once inside we uncheck the option to use network time and touch on the time to modify it according to the corresponding one.
Time change on iPhone
In case our iPhone has not executed the time change correctly automatically , we only have to go to its settings and proceed to the change. In iOS we have fewer options in this regard and the location is established without having to give it permissions, therefore all we have to do is the following:
- We enter Settings.
- We go to the General section.
- We touch on “Date and time”.
At this point we can change the clock format and also establish the automatic adjustment for the time , which takes the information of our location and combines it with that offered by the network. In case you do not want to have the option automatically, we will only have to deactivate it and set the time manually, although with each time change we will have to repeat the process.