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cost money for auto-time-update?
September 12, 2008
5:05 pm
5:05 pm
hobocell
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Guests
does it cost money if i set the autoupdate for the time on?
it seems like it will have to send signals so i would like to know if this feature cost money.
September 12, 2008
5:53 pm
5:53 pm
Big Ang
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Guests
Doubt it. Never saw the charge on any cellphone bill in the past.
September 20, 2008
1:14 am
1:14 am
Stimpy
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Guests
I've had the auto time update feature turned on for about three months now and I haven't been charged anything for it.
The phone doesn't have to send any signals to update its clock. Every GSM tower constantly sends out a stream of data that includes (among other things) the current time and date, the network name, the area code, the channel numbers for all nearby towers etc. Every phone has to listen to this data stream anyway, but it can choose to ignore the time & date if it wants to.
