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When I first turned on my Galaxy Tab 10.1, I told it to automatically set the time. Unfortunately now the time zone is set to GMT+00:00 in the Date & time settings, and is disabled (so I can't change it). How do I enable the time zone setting so I can change it?

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I am having the same issue, too. Manual settings are disabled! – user5049 May 11 '11 at 18:00

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I downloaded a free app called TimeZone Changer to fix this problem. Still don't understand why Samsung disables this.

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That worked for me. Add a URI to your answer and I'll make it the accepted answer. – Daryl Spitzer May 11 '11 at 22:26
Samsung didn't intentionally disable it. I'm told these tablets have pre-release software (that will be updated) and this is a bug. – Daryl Spitzer May 11 '11 at 22:55
Worked for me as well. Much better than having to factory reset my device. – Matt Guest May 11 '11 at 23:30
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@Daryl I added the link. – Matthew Read♦ May 12 '11 at 14:31
I emailed customer support and they told me to factory reset the device. Glad I saw this! – schwiz May 18 '11 at 21:43
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I could not get it to change timezone or time either. Could not make it stop using network time either. i did a factory reset (from settings | privacy), correctly set my timzeone this time BEFORE saying use network time, and that worked fine.

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The guy at the Samsung support desk at Google I/O said the same thing. – Daryl Spitzer May 11 '11 at 22:22
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The problem is that the "Automatic Time Zone" setting on the Samsung Galaxy Tab defaults to on, and the preference to disable it is missing from the built-in settings application.

There is an app on the Android market specifically designed to correct this issue called Galaxy Time Zone Fix. It mimics the "Date & Time" section of the built-in settings application but adds the missing preferences.

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Uncheck "Automatic - Use network-provided values". It should be the first entry in Settings -> Date and time.

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That entry isn't there (in the Data & time settings). Perhaps this is a bug in Samsung's Honeycomb port. – Daryl Spitzer May 11 '11 at 3:20
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@Daryl That's unfortunate. I'll leave this answer here in case it gets fixed or people with other devices drop by. – Matthew Read♦ May 11 '11 at 16:02
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You can go into the calendar app and under settings there is a checkbox titled "use home time zone". Check that box and then you will be able to adjust the time zone.

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This only allows you to change the time zone for the calendar; the system time zone is still fixed at the old setting. – Shawn Lauzon May 15 '11 at 2:00

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