I'm not in China but my phone says I am

[sjsharxfan]

It only seems to happen when I am at home, but my clock, weather, google maps, and google navigation all say I am in Xuzhou. Looking at my clock settings, it even changes the time zone to GMT -7. So far, it has only happened when i am at home, everywhere else gives me the proper location. I've already overridden the clock by setting it to a nearby city instead of "current" location. Does anyone have any ideas of how this could happen and what I can do to fix it?

 

[trapport]

I have the same problem for almost a year. Stopped by VZW store and they were no help at all. Said to call the 800 number, they had a fix for it. Tech support was clueless about it. Did a hard reset, took battery out while power still on then the standard *228 roaming update. Doubt this will change anything. Can we get a show of hands how many have this problem?

 

[truslide]

The problem is Verizon. You're probably over paying for your service as well.

 

[takeshi]

Nonsense. I use Verizon and have no problems with my device reporting my location correctly.

What methods of determining your location do you have enabled? It's difficult to assist without details.

 

[mickdroid]

I also ran into time zone problems on both of my android phones. My Samsung transform suddenly gave a location in Brasil instead of Pacific time. I was able to correct this by resetting the time zone manually, an option on the Transform. When my LG Optimus S put me in a time zone 11 hours ahead I thought I could also reset the time zone like in the Transform. Unfortunately, the Optimus does not allow this option to manually change time zones like the Transform. I discussed this with Sprint and they are looking into it.
Since Sprint does not appear to have a fix for the problem, I did some investigating. About a month ago, i had Sprint send me an Air Rave signal booster because the phone signal inside my house is marginal. This has worked great in increasing signal strength from 0 to 1 bars before to 5 to 6 bars after.
I also noticed that my time zone problem corrected itself when I left the house and reappeared when I returned home. I suspected it could be the Air Rave, and I searched the net only to find that this was a problem that has also been experienced by other Air Rave users. I contacted Air Rave support and they confirmed that this has been an issue with other users and that they are working on it. I decided to do my own test, unplugged the Air Rave, and my time zone returned to Pacific time. When I replugged the Air Rave, my phone returned to being 11 hours ahead.
So as it stands, my clock, calendar, appointments, alarms, etc are all screwed up when Air Rave is on, without which I cannot properly make or receive calls inside my house.
If I could manually change my time zone to Pacific time on my Optimus S, I could get around this problem. Is there any way to do this, or do I have to change phones?