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If I have an Android device that has no internet connection and I would like to use a PC as a time server. What should be the right procedures?

Is it that I should install a NTP server on my PC and then .....? How can I set the Android device to detect the time from the time server on my PC?

Thanks!

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  • SimpleRT allows you to share your PC's internet connection with your Android device.
    – Geremia
    Commented Jul 5, 2020 at 20:56

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That should be the correct approach. As you noted, time sync needs a source -- so setting up a NTP Server on the PC will provide this source. Now you need to have some NTP client on your Android device. Searching Google Play for "ntp" brings up two of them right on the first page: ClockSync (I use this one, and am quite happy with it; still running it with the default NTP server configured -- but in your case, you will have to change this: as you can edit the time server used, this should be no issue), and NTPSync - Time Synchronization are two examples running in the background. If you prefer something permanently visible, Atomic Clock Wallpaper seems to be a candidate. Just follow the search link for more candidates :)

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  • thanks!.... but I don't know why it didn't worked for me.... I set up the PC server as windowsitpro.com/windows/… mentioned... and then in the ClockSync app, i modified the NTP setting to listen to the IP address of my PC. Both PC and the Android device are linked to the same wireless network....
    – MW_hk
    Commented May 27, 2013 at 7:10
  • plus... the app will need the Android device to be rooted?..
    – MW_hk
    Commented May 27, 2013 at 7:11
  • I cannot help you with the Windows part. As for the Android part: Yes and no. On a non-rooted device, apps can only adjust differences of 30s and higher (according to the ClockSync dev). If that's enough for you, the device does not need to be rooted -- otherwise it's a pre-condition, unfortunately. Not my design, and I cannot understand the reason for this limitation...
    – Izzy
    Commented May 27, 2013 at 9:24
  • @Izzy The reason is that Google refuses to allow user apps to set system time (so ClockSync without root just helps the user set the time manually), and there is no way to set seconds when setting the time manually (on some devices seconds are reset to 0, but this behavior is manufacturer-specific).
    – Sergey Vlasov
    Commented May 27, 2013 at 10:19
  • @SergeyVlasov Thanks for the details! If user apps cannot do that at all, it gets understandable again. I just would not have understood if apps generally could set the time, just not that accurate :)
    – Izzy
    Commented May 27, 2013 at 10:39

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