So is it the Battery?
So could it be the battery? So before doing the 1.008 update I backed up my files. Watched the latest video, which had the correct date and checked the camera via live view on an iPad. Date and everything is fine. The camera is powered via Power Magic. I turned PM off. the camera powered down normally. Popped in the newly formatted Sandisk sd card in the camera and turned PM back on. To format the sandisk high speed, class 10 32 gb card, I used SDFormatter 4.0 with the full erase, as is always suggested. The camera powered up fine, did the upgrade fine and started normal video recording. I got back on wifi live view to find everything normal except the date displayed was 7-25-13 and the time started at 10:15. When the car is off and Power Magic off, the clock keeps ticking as the next time I power up and start recording, the clock has kept running. The clock does not reset when the power is off. I have tried everything from Pacific Time to Antarctica and the clock, although still running, has not changed to reflect the time zone choice in the firmware. It is ignored by the camera. The time also not a solid hour off as it started at 10:15. So even if it is 12 noon, the clock might say 3:23. Never updates off the GPS. The GPS syncs in a minute or two every time. The proper MPH is displayed and the GPS displays the car on the proper place on the map. I've had the camera up for hours via ac adapter with parking mode off and GPS on and working.
So do you guys really think its the battery?
Most everyone on this site is some sort of geek, boffin, hobbyist. So 1.008 has gotten out to a very few people. Most of the general public wouldn't think about going on a website and doing upgrades to their dashcams.
But there have been enough documented instances of this date problem, being on different cameras, for Blackvue to say they are (Now!) working on it.
This forum is a tiny tiny universe. We do not know where else Blackvue may be getting reports from. But we have several complaints of this issue here on this Forum alone. They will be getting complaints from elsewhere.
This 1.008 could become a real boiling issue for them if it gets out in the general public (who are not boffins).
But then how many English speaking, America residing, BlackVue cameras could there be here. Perhaps not that many. Perhaps not many more until they take this seriously and fix it.