Android – Israel Timezone

For all those Israelis that have an android but have the wrong time/time zone since Israel keeps on changing the date of day light savings, this procedure is for you.

Download updated tzdata 

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00221707530400639773

For more information see http://iandroid.co.il/forum/topic143622.html

Android adb

Make sure you have the android adb (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)

Connection to your device

To test your connection type in the dos prompt: adb devices.

You should get a list like

Copy the tzdata file to the same folder as the adb.

Run the following commands

adb root
adb remount
adb push tzdata /system/usr/share/zoneinfo/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata
adb reboot

You should now have the correct time and time zone.