diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/DataStore.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/DataStore.cpp
index fa3c65ad..d2d541d9 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/DataStore.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/DataStore.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,17 @@ void DataStore::restoreRTCTime() {
     uint32_t t = 0;
     file.read((uint8_t *)&t, sizeof(t));
     file.close();
+#ifndef SIM_PLATFORM
+    // Real hardware has no other way to know the time before a GPS fix or
+    // a phone/CLI sync, so restoring the last-known saved time is the
+    // right call there. The sim's RTCClock (SimRTCClock.h) is already
+    // backed by the real host wall clock (time(NULL)) from the moment it's
+    // constructed -- overwriting that with a stale save from a previous
+    // visit (persisted via IDBFS, see the site's "returning visitor" note)
+    // would make a returning instance's on-screen clock drift away from
+    // the visitor's own real time instead of just showing it.
     if (t > 1000000000UL) _clock->setCurrentTime(t);
+#endif
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
index d3ab73bf..2e9d9d37 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
@@ -409,6 +409,22 @@ extern "C" EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE int sim_test_get_num_contacts() {
   return the_mesh.getNumContacts();
 }
 
+// Real hardware ships with NodePrefs::HP_DEFAULT -- a curated 5-page Home
+// carousel (Clock/Tools/Shutdown/Favourites/Map) -- so a first-time user
+// isn't handed 13 pages to joystick through; the rest (Recent/Radio/
+// Bluetooth/Advert/GPS/Sensors) are opt-in via Settings > Home Pages. The
+// demo site exists specifically to show off the whole feature set, so it
+// calls this once right after boot to opt every instance into all of them
+// instead -- 0 means "all visible" (see the home_pages_mask comment in
+// NodePrefs.h), same as an as-yet-unset field on a factory-fresh device.
+extern "C" EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE int sim_test_show_all_home_pages() {
+  if (!g_sim_ready) return 0;
+  NodePrefs* prefs = the_mesh.getNodePrefs();
+  if (!prefs) return 0;
+  prefs->home_pages_mask = 0;
+  return 1;
+}
+
 #ifdef DISPLAY_CLASS
 // Jumps the on-device UI straight to the DM thread with the first known
 // ADV_TYPE_CHAT contact (UITask::openContactDM() -- the exact same real