Some OnePlus users reported that their phone is showing the time in 24-hour format on the lock screen. This happens when the time on the rest of the device’s UI shows in the 12-hour AM/PM format. Apparently, it is a bug in OnePlus’s Android 11 builds. Many devices are affected including the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, 8T, 7T & OnePlus Nord. Thankfully, a fix is also pretty simple and works for most of the users. Here’s how.
Fix the issue leading to the 24-hour clock on the lock screen
Is your OnePlus phone also showing the 24-hour clock on the lock screen even when it is AM/PM format in other areas of the phone’s UI? Then this quick fix will care for your problem.
- Open Settings > System.
- Tap on Date and time to open the time settings.
- Under Time Format, enable the “Use 24-hour format” option.
- Wait a few seconds and then disable the “Use 24-hour format” option.
- Lock the screen and see if the time is now showing correctly in AM/PM format.
The above steps should sort out the issue. However, in case it doesn’t, then the problem might be caused by some other bug and we should wait for a fix from OnePlus via an OTA update.
The Oneplus 6t seems to have this issue with the lock screen too, but won’t fix itself with the provided steps unfortunately.
This worked for me. Thank you very much.
There actually is no Settings>System option on Android 11. But you can change the time format this way: Settings>General Management>Date and Time>Turn off “Use 24-hour format”.
Hi Jerry, are you talking about OnePlus phones or some other device? Because the Settings > System is here. It seems you are using a different brand that has a custom interface and settings values.
I’m talking about my Samsung A01 with Android 11. It was there on my previous phone but not on this one.
Hey Narender, I just realized that I missed that the original answer was for OnePlus phones. But my answer works on Android phones that don’t have the Settings>System option.
I see. Thank you for the contribution 🙂