how do i change timezone using adb

Question

I want to change the timezone using adb shell command.

I went through some posts which allow changing it in linux, but they are not valid for android.

Answer 1

In my (very) limited experience I have been able to edit the /system/build.prop file. I change the line in there that says persist.sys.timezone=America/Sao_Pao or some such drival to persist.sys.timezone=America/Chicago for my timezone CDT. I also changed the lines persist.sys.language=bt and persist.sys.country=AR to persist.sys.language=en and persist.sys.country=US respectively.

There are a few other things you can tweak in the file that will persist after a system restore. You might want to make sure that the build.prop file in a flash image or directory has the correct lines in it.

The /system/property directory seems to hold several text files with a single value. These seem to show up after using setprop but the OS doesn't seem to reflect the changes.

Editing these files usually does require root access either with a term program or the ADB.exe shell. (ADB = Android Device Bridge available in the Android SDK) I found ADB.exe while looking through the firmware downloads at JXD.HK for the S18 MiniPad. In the files.rar dl there is also the SuperUser.apk and a rooted version of busybox and su.

Best of Luck !!!