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Htc Sense weather location wrong

Im running mighty's latest rom as of now and when i try to do my location in the weather tab, it puts me in kingston jamaica or karlovac which i dont even know where that is. anyways google maps gets my location correct and within 20 meters. any one got any help? btw ive run quick gps, didnt work.

AFAIK, at least with the stock VZ ROM, location for weather is picked up from the tower location, not GPS location. So that fact that Google Maps works OK doesn't really help much. You might try posting in a thread for Mighty's ROM.

SecretAgentMan said:
You might try posting in a thread for Mighty's ROM.
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Now why would anyone want to do that when they can just start a new thread?
There is probably a Menu on your Weather tab. Check the settings and make sure you have enabled the Automatic Updates.
Did you enable Location Services? Don't ask what it is. Do a search and find out for yourself. You will feel much better about yourself.

It is 19 degrees here, so if my weather tab wants to put me in Kingston Jamaica, I will go get packed now...

I also have this issue - with standard HTC Rom jan. '10
Hi,
I have the same issue, different locations of course ;-)
My location places me in the middle east instead of western europe...
If it takes my location from my tower location it doesn't make any sense....
Help...

I'm getting the same issue, it also thinks I'm near Kingston in Jamaica.
I'm in North Wales, UK so was quite confused to pick up my phone see the clock on Eastern Caribbean time and 25C with thunderstorms...bit weird as it was snowing outside at the time.
Google maps also thinks I'm in Jamaica. Is this an issue with Google location services?
J

Kind of the same issue, but not really.
Ok, I kind of feel everyone's pain here. Since Sprint was gracious enough to release the Win6.5 & Touch Sense 2.5 upgrade (FINALLY, YOU SPRINT ********), I upgraded last night. Initially, it had said Minneapolis, MN. I am in MN, but not in Minneapolis. I am in Brainerd, MN.
Long Story short, a couple of times, I seen it actually default to Brainerd, MN. But Went to look again and found that it went Back to Minneapolis.
I guess what would really be good here is an application or extension of the HTC Sense Weather program that would allow for you to explicitly define what you want to see on your "Home" tab in HTC Sense.
Basically, the GPS, Tower, whatever it is... would be an excellent tool for travel and shouldn't be disabled, but only made as an option as part of the above suggested suggestion. If I could select it when I am traveling, and choose which city I wanted when I am not, this would be so much better.
Lastly, is there a way to make it updates it's location? Or even change and/or remove the "Detected" city?
Any Help would be appreciated.

This is really frustrating me now...
I've just moved house, and my phone is insistent on me still living in the old town. I can go anywhere and it will update to the nearest town correctly, but as soon as I'm back on my wireless network at home it always goes to my old home town.
I can remove my wireless network settings and just use 3G at home, and it gets the correct town. It's ONLY through my home wifi network that it chooses my old town!

Weather location
I think I have the same problem. My weather location isn't updating. I think it has something to do with the new radio 2.09

oedsdemeer said:
I think I have the same problem. My weather location isn't updating. I think it has something to do with the new radio 2.09
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Have you used any other apps (like google maps) to verify your ability to get a good GPS lock since upgrading to that radio? Somtimes after flashing to a new radio it's necessary to reestablish that ability before your My Location will update properly

Hey all, I don't know if this issue is the same as what I was having but I know how frustrated I was so I figured I'd pass along my results (I did finally solve it)
EDIT: crap, I can't post outside links. Go to AndroidForums and search for a thread called I feel like I'm in the effin twilight zone it was created by me (same username).

In my case (Win6.5 TouchPro2):
Open GoogleMaps, let it use GPS, let GPS get hold of the satellites. Wait for a few minutes, let it download the map to show your location. Exit GoogleMaps.
Now MyLocation is correct, hence weather shown is correct.

HTC HD2 weather location wrong.
uuuummmm, solution is embarissing.
Click on the time.
Choose my location (that will use the gps)
If your gps is not working, select your location.
Regards,
totter

HTC Weather App problem

I've had my HTC Desire since just after launch, and I've had the default HTC Clock/Weather widget on my main screen since then. It's always given my current location pretty accurately, with at most a 15minute delay when I arrive somewhere new.
Until yesterday. Since yesterday my location is given as 'United Kingdom', with what I can only presume is a generic weather info for the UK, which is different from the weather forecast for my actual location (I have my home location as one of the additional places).
I've tried removing the widget and re adding. I've tried powering off and on. I've tried replacing the widget with the one that just does weather. All with the same result, my location remains 'United Kingdom'.
Additional info, the GPS is enabled, and Google Maps and various other apps give my exact location quite happily almost instantly. Syncing works just fine for other apps, and the weather account is enabled under sync.
Any ideas how I can get the weather widget working again properly?

Have you had an OTA update??

DanTehManUK said:
Have you had an OTA update??
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None that I am aware of.

Slugsie said:
None that I am aware of.
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check if u have the latest software in the settings+ about phone, cuz pretty sure mine was working bugy untill the latest update

Mine started doing the same after an ota update.
Not found a fix for it, but found a way around it.
All I've done is go into the weather app from the widget, and manually added my city and deleted all the other irrelevant locations.
Not ideal as have to change it manually if I move out of my home city, but better than the generic uk weather until the bug is fixed. It's not often I venture outside the city limits anyway.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

wnp_79 said:
Mine started doing the same after an ota update.
Not found a fix for it, but found a way around it.
All I've done is go into the weather app from the widget, and manually added my city and deleted all the other irrelevant locations.
Not ideal as have to change it manually if I move out of my home city, but better than the generic uk weather until the bug is fixed. It's not often I venture outside the city limits anyway.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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hehe funny thing is that i did this work around before the actuall update, as current location never could find the data, after the up it started working fine, suppose different network = different problems

cez10 said:
check if u have the latest software in the settings+ about phone, cuz pretty sure mine was working bugy untill the latest update
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It has been working fine until yesterday. I haven't changed any settings, applied any updates, installed any apps. I've had no system messages that I know of.
I have tried doing a manual update, there are no available updates.
I don't know what the latest version is, but here is what I get...
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Baseband version
32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11
Kernel version
2.6.29-3cb3dfbf
[email protected] #1
Build number
1.15.110.11 CL155070 release keys
Software number
1.15.110.11
Browser version
Webkit 3.1
I am on T-Mobile if that is relevant.

wnp_79 said:
Mine started doing the same after an ota update.
Not found a fix for it, but found a way around it.
All I've done is go into the weather app from the widget, and manually added my city and deleted all the other irrelevant locations.
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I've temporarily done this. Odd thing is that the list of default available cities was a bit strange. It wasn't the same as the list of cities I had selected as weather locations in the widget, and included some odd ones that I would never have selected.
Is there any way I can get a history of OTA updates that I have had?

readysa1ted said:
I don't think it's anything to worry about ... mine too has started misbehaving over the past couple of days and there are a couple of other posts about the same thing happening.
I've done nothing to mine and I'm on 1.15
I'm guessing it's HTC messing around with all the Froyo/Sence stuff
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Well if it means there is an impending Froyo update (i.e. within the next few days) then I'll live with it. Otherwise I wish they'd stop buggering about.

I also have had this issue it started for me about an hour ago... It usually very accurate with my location, I live in Jersey, in the Channel Islands (UK) and it was accurate down to the parish I live in, but all of a sudden it started displaying my location as Escondido and my clock is now 8hrs behind.... Ive never even heard of that place lol...
I cant get around this as my location is not avalible in the list it offers. the best I can do is go into settings, change the time so that atleast the little clock in the top right corner show the correct time, and wait and hope it resloves itself.
On a side note. When I go outside with the phone, the widget has a little fit and switches between Escondido and London. Neither of which are correct.
Hope this is only temporary as its highly irritating...

Well it's still happening for me now, so don't hold your breath. Maybe when T-Mobile release the 2.2 update for my Desire that'll fix it.

Hi I'm using my desire from Brazil with no problems like this. I bought it in switzerland, so it's an unlocked desire running 2.2
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I'm having this problem right after Froyo update. I own an Asia Pacific Desire without contract. The weather app and clock widget keep showing the location of a town 70km from where I am.

HTC Weather Location Problem

Hello
I hope this isn't a repost.
I was wondering if anyone else is having an issue with the weather application not showing your correct location. Mine was working fine until Wednesday evening and now it just displays United Kingdom (Current Location). It does update the temperature and Google Maps knows where I am using cell location.
Anyone know of a fix or is this a wider issue with the the accuweather site?
Thanks
Paul

Mines been on the blink for a couple of weeks now. Some times it works and other times it just says UK

Same here - however, when I am in Bath (where the office is), Bath is shown, anywhere else on route now just says United Kingdom.

mine is the same went daft a few weeks ago worked for 1 day on wednesday and know is dead again just saying UK and thats it

Yep. Mine gone bat sh*t stupid too.
Even with gps on, it still doesn't get it right.
Ended up doing a work-around by going into the weather app, deleting all the irrelevant locations (paris, madrid etc) and manually added my city. Won't change when I go somewhere else, but rarely leave my city limits and its better than generic uk weather.
Not too fussed about it. Accuweather (who do the weather info for this widget) are not too crash hot on details anyway. Yesterday I was sat in my office, and it was raining so hard, it was hard to hear over the roar of the rain on the roof. My weather was saying "mostly sunny". Lol. Said the same after I refreshed it, and every uk news station saw this down-pour coming since tuesday.
You are better off having a link to the met office (if you in the uk) on your home page. Or just look out the window!
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Mine too. Just says "current location" and nothing else. Has done for weeks.

Does anyone know if there is a fix or planned fix for the problem?

As i`m aware there is no fix, it was easy to fix on WiMo, maybe we should spam HTC for this ?
Weather newer worked on my location, but 2 miles away everything is fine

I think they're updating the locations all the time. Mine used to say Bamber Bridge even though I live in Leyland. It played up saying current location as United Kingdom and then started working again and shows my correct location.
I don't think there's any fix for this apart from manually adding your correct location until they get it fixed.
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Ok thanks I'll spam them.
I wouldnt be so bothered but this was working last week and I've checked, Sheffield is still a real place....

weather location problem - fix!
I have been looking through other threads and have just found something that seemed to solve this problem.
Turn on the wifi (don't have to connect to any network, literally just have it turned on) and refresh the weather page and the location changes to your current location. Turn the wifi off and it's fine.
It has worked for me so far... I hope this helps someone else. (Phone: HTC Desire HD)

squelia said:
I have been looking through other threads and have just found something that seemed to solve this problem.
Turn on the wifi (don't have to connect to any network, literally just have it turned on) and refresh the weather page and the location changes to your current location. Turn the wifi off and it's fine.
It has worked for me so far... I hope this helps someone else. (Phone: HTC Desire HD)
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doesn't work for me. Thanks for suggestion though..

That was a solution for phones with winmo and manila 2.1 cooked in. Maybe try newer radio? I only assume that you all are using stock Desire rom... if not maybe check for update from chefs?
I had same issue with stock rom. After movind to Leedroid ones problem disapeared.
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From what I can tell from my experience with the Desire weather widget, having accurate location data is largely dependant on connection quality. By this, I mean that if you're connected to wifi, you're going to get a much better read on things. When using GPRS, the weather seems to get a bit more vague - I'm lucky if I get "United Kingdom", since most of the time it will just say "Current location". I can't say what experience you'd get with EDGE or 3G, since I don't live in an area with either.
Your best bet is to ensure you give your phone every available avenue for location data. On a Desire running Froyo, from the Home screen, press:
Menu -> Settings -> Location
Make sure both "Use wireless networks" and "Use GPS satellites" are ticked, then back up out to the Home screen. Go back in to the weather widget (for reference, I mean the clock / weather combo widget here) and refresh it. Give it a little bit, and it should (about 75% of the time) update to your proper location.
Some times when this probably won't work / you may still have trouble:
- When you have your device connected to a computer for the purposes of USB file transfer, tethering or HTC Sync.
- When you are connected to a wireless network using an invalid IP (such as having a static IP set to 192.168.1.x in a 0.x range).
- When you find yourself inside a faraday cage, a mile beneath the surface of the Earth.
This is all likely just common sense stuff that most people are doing already, but hope it helps some of you.

[BUG]Clock app force closes

I've only had the HOX for a couple of days. Finally set it up, like I need it to be and then I noticed that my Clock app is force closing, so I can't reliable use it to wake me up in the morning. This is quite a nuissance for me, as even other alarm apps seem to not work properly on my HOX.
I'm on the latest official FW, no bootloader unlock, no root, just plain 1.29.401.7.
Is anybody else experiencing this issues?

Edit: Managed to fix it, at least for me.
All I did was in the settings remove the automatic timezone detection. The clock then opened first time.
However, Taipei is showing in the list, even though I've deleted it from my list of Cities - so I'm guessing there's some location caching issue somewhere.
Anyway, the alarm screen etc. all seems to work for me, so try that.
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Can't assist yet I'm afraid, but you aren't alone.
Just received my 3rd HOX (yellow spots, faulty GPS) today and after checking everything and thinking I have a perfect example - clock FCs on startup, every time, regardless of other apps running, straight after a fresh boot, etc.
Oh well, I guess it was too good to be true
Not a biggie for me, because I use Alarm Clock Plus, which worked fine on the previous two HOxs (HOXes?) so hopefully it won't bother me. I can't be bothered to reset to factory settings just to see if the clock works.
I'm on 1.28, preinstalled by T-Mobile, no root or unlocked bootloader yet.
Haven't had time to investigate it much further, but the error log says it's a
'Java.Lang.Nullpointerexception' in WorldClock.java that's the culprit,specifically to do with the updateWeatherData Source Method, so may be something to do with getting the current location?
Forum search only threw up this post, so perhaps its just you and me!
If I find a fix I'll add it here. If anyone else has already found one, please let me know!
Gavin

Hi
Same here, i noticed that my clock app is force closing from time to time. Also noticed that i untick the automatic time update then it starts working again. I think it has something to do with location as for some reason it is not able to find my location (the city) and when i select Brussels for the list it shows it in the map somewhere in Africa
I did remove the weather app form the ROM so maybe it has something to to with that.

I had this same issue and contacted HTC support through their website. They directed me to do a factory reset (!), which is definitely a suboptimal solution, but worked. No FC on the clock since then.

How do I get map widget to list my current location?

I've had my One X just under a week now and I'm loving it.
One issue I am having is that the weather widget just shows 'Current Location' rather than the actual town name I am in. I am also finding that apps such as Foursquare also seem to take forever to update my current locaton.
If I go into Google Maps and tell it to pinpoint my current location it gives me the correct location.
I think the weather widget has shown the correct location once but no matter how often I refresh it, it now wont change.
Can anyone help with this or is it a common problem?

I had the same problem. I work in different counties and the HTC would either keep my hometown name or swap to current location.
For some reason it seems to have sorted itself out now. I've performed a few resets for one reason or another and so far the widget seems to update itself properly now.
Although it's a minor thing, it can be pretty annoying when it displays the wrong thing.

Thanks for that.
I've just rebooted the phone and it appears to have fixed it. At least its showing the correct location anyway. I guess I'll know for sure if it updates when I leave work this evening.

craggybuk said:
Thanks for that.
I've just rebooted the phone and it appears to have fixed it. At least its showing the correct location anyway. I guess I'll know for sure if it updates when I leave work this evening.
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No worries. I should say that it did play up for a bit after the first time I reset the device (ie: showing home address normally and work address as current and vice versa depending on where the rest was done)
But for the past couple of weeks it's changed itself properly and not been a problem.