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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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I've noticed that with my T-Mobile sim in the Desire the HTC weather app can't find any weather from accuweather for my current location (Loughborough), but put in my Vodafone sim and it finds it no problems whatsoever. Both are updating over wifi... Anyone else having problems with the weather app?
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I've noticed that with my T-Mobile sim in the Desire the HTC weather app can't find any weather from accuweather for my current location (Loughborough), but put in my Vodafone sim and it finds it no problems whatsoever. Both are updating over wifi... Anyone else having problems with the weather app?
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Yes, I've got the same problem with my current location. Other cities are updated fine.
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Yes, I've got the same problem with my current location. Other cities are updated fine.
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Works fine here but then again I'm not in the UK
ChikkenSoop said:
I've noticed that with my T-Mobile sim in the Desire the HTC weather app can't find any weather from accuweather for my current location (Loughborough), but put in my Vodafone sim and it finds it no problems whatsoever. Both are updating over wifi... Anyone else having problems with the weather app?
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That bug is not new as i had Hero for few days that had this bug too as well as HD2.
Use wetather bug
Always find location.
i find that my weather will drop out sometimes IE: it'll just disappear from my clock widget, if i then click on it it'll tell me there is no weather for the location, however, if i update it manually (press refresh icon on the bottom left) it will find the weather for my location !
One other thng is that (and this might be part of the problem) is that if i check the little box to update automatically it will do so for a while, then the weather will drop off the clock again, ill go into the settings only to find the box is unchecked again!
its only a small issue but bloody annoying !
Any ideas ?
i also got that, but to get it working just simply add your city and then in the widget options pick that city instead of the current location and it works
Having used the Hero for a year I can tell you the novelty of the htc weather app soon wears off when you realise its rubbish. It doesnt always change to the correct weather station and when it does its usually wrong.
Get weather bug , its accurate and doesnt use as much battery power as the htc widget.
Hi,
My weather widget shows my country as current location and not my town. Does anyone know how this current location thing exaclty work and how can I correct my problem. I can add my city manualy without any problems at all. Location tracking is turned on. But this damn widget still shows country and not the town I know that I can remove widget and add it again and select my town, but I want dynamic thing (current location). Tried weatherbug and it detects my location without any problems. Help and thanks.
My advice.. dont bother with the weather widget, all it does is tell you what you can find out by looking out the window.
rimvydukas said:
Hi,
My weather widget shows my country as current location and not my town. Does anyone know how this current location thing exaclty work and how can I correct my problem. I can add my city manualy without any problems at all. Location tracking is turned on. But this damn widget still shows country and not the town I know that I can remove widget and add it again and select my town, but I want dynamic thing (current location). Tried weatherbug and it detects my location without any problems. Help and thanks.
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I had the same problem here (Ireland). It just listed my country as the current location. I decided to try a different weather app called snow storm. BUT... After I tried out this app I realised (coincidence?) that my current location started working in the standard weather app!!! It shows the area Im in now (or closest big town, usually correct within 2km). Im in Dublin and it shows all the different regions of the city as I drive around I don't know what caused it to suddenly work but it does now. When it started working it was on and off for a day to two. If I refreshed the weatehr sometimes it would jump back to Ireland(current) and if I refreshed again 2 or 3 times it would jump to Stillorgan(current). i.e. the local area. Now it does not jump to country at all and always lists the current area. No idea how it started working though. no updates etc. try refreshing the weather 4 or 5 times in a row and see if it still says your country and not your town? Actually, my mobile operator (O2) started selling the phone around about the time it started working?! maybe its linked to that?
I tried to install application you've mentioned, tried to refresh 6 times weather app - no change at all Tried to delete location and weather data - still no change It would be very interesting to know how this location thing deas exactly work at all. Because and world clock app shows my location as Lithuania and not my town which is capital of Lithuania:/ And one more thing - Vilnius is not mentioned in available timezones list when Dublin is there. Maybe this all thing is because of that?
That is strange. I would expect Vilnius to be there. I would expect the capital city of all EU countries to be there. I can only think it must somehow be network related. The phone naturally gets this location information from your network somehow. If the network do not provide this information to the phone in a certain way maybe it cannot deduce your location? the fact that mine works now and DID NOT work for 3 weeks when I first got the phone (I even have a post about this) I think it must be network. I changed nothing else with the phone and its perfect now. Does your network sell the HTC Desire? Do they plan to sell it? I think when they do, your location will start working.
Problem is that one guy I know has HTC legend and he is in the same network I am and his legend shows Vilnius without any single problem:/ It still would be very interesting to know how the phone detects location - does it use some kind of cell info, does it use internet. Because if I want location services to work I must turn on mobile network. And when location services are turned off my current location is Minsk I think because it is in the same time zone as I am and because it is in the database. Can you look at your phone's timezones? Are you able to see Vilnius in there?
I wish too the weather widget could give a forecast. Looks great but not exactly practical. Shame.
I had exactly the same problem as you, the weather app showed my country and not the town was in. But somehow it managed to jump to the city (in Sweden) I was currently staying in, but now when I´m 300km away it still shows the same town.
I don't think there´s anything wrong with the network because the widget called Latitude shows updates very frequently and tells me where I am even in very small towns.
I think it has to do with
Menu -> Settings -> Location -> USE GPS satellites... I think, not sure
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I had update disabled (i update the widget manually) and from the previous update it got stuck at my country (Macedonia).
I ticked the previously mentioned option, enabled the internet, chose to update the weather, and it located my exact region.
ljesh said:
I think it has to do with
Menu -> Settings -> Location -> USE GPS satellites... I think, not sure
Edit: Confirmed.
I had update disabled (i update the widget manually) and from the previous update it got stuck at my country (Macedonia).
I ticked the previously mentioned option, enabled the internet, chose to update the weather, and it located my exact region.
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That's really obvious my friend! It´s like "Try restarting it" =)
Nah I know how to fix it, it worked for me.
Remove it from the home screen, then when you reattach it the widget (Clock as it's called) will ask you to choose a city and just simply pick "Current location" from the list. Remember to go to the weather app and update if the weather is not visible in the widget.
ljesh said:
I think it has to do with
Menu -> Settings -> Location -> USE GPS satellites... I think, not sure
Edit: Confirmed.
I had update disabled (i update the widget manually) and from the previous update it got stuck at my country (Macedonia).
I ticked the previously mentioned option, enabled the internet, chose to update the weather, and it located my exact region.
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That's really obvious my friend! It´s like "Try restarting it" =)
Nah I know how to fix it, it worked for me.
Remove it from the home screen, then when you reattach it the widget (Clock as it's called) will ask you to choose a city and just simply pick "Current location" from the list. Remember to go to the weather app and update if the weather is not visible in the widget.
Nanchang?
Hi guys
I didn't want to create a new thread as I'm having similar problems to the OP.
Since yesterday, the current location and time on my home screen time/weather widget (the one with the flip clock and weather) shows that I'm in Nanchang, with the weather to suit (cos it certainly isn't 27 degrees celsius at 22:16 here in Leeds, West Yorkshire!).
I installed Gameboid last night, and a couple of games (roms); also NewsRoom, and installed Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2010
I removed Radiant, and Toss It games to free up some space
I have tried selecting Leeds as the City when adding the clock widget, which is fine as it shows me the correct time and weather on the widget/home screen. However, the time on the taskbar at the top still shows as 22.23 (at moment of typing this), which is the time in Nanchang.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Mo
It's ok guys. Seems to have been a glitch with network whilst I was at work cos as soon as I left Morley (Leeds), phone automatically straightened itself out. Weird. But I'm happy.
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The weather on my phone is showing that I am in New York, when in Fact I am in Massachusetts. I have removed all locations and have the location service turned on. What am I missing here?
brookegray said:
The weather on my phone is showing that I am in New York, when in Fact I am in Massachusetts. I have removed all locations and have the location service turned on. What am I missing here?
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I don't think you're doing anything wrong -- sometimes My Location just gets confused by the answer it gets (from cell-tower triangulation).
I don't know the explanation...but I sometimes get way-off wacky results from My Location Weather, too. In certain places in eastern Oregon, My Location says I'm Anchorage, Alaska -- about 1700 miles off!
Usually it works correctly, though.
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The weather on my phone is showing that I am in New York, when in Fact I am in Massachusetts. I have removed all locations and have the location service turned on. What am I missing here?
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Its always ALWAYS helpfull if you post what it is you are running on your phone (stock or custom rom). radio, carrier etc etc so we can actually help you.
Do you even have a version of of sense (manila whatever you want to call it) that has location based weather? The newest versions of sense 2.1 and 2.5 have them but the older stock versions don't, thats why I ask.
Pretty easy to tell. When you are on your home screen do you have the current weather icon under your clock with the location and temperature? I'm sure you've seen this before if not just look up a sense 2.5 picture and you'll see what I'm talking about. With all of the cities taken away in your weather tab do you have something on the screen that says "my location"? If you don't then you don't have a rom that has the ability to show your current locations weather. If you do and its not updating go into your settings and see when you have it set to update? It may not even be checked and that may be your issue. Check it and set it to update however often you'd like.
If none of that helps then I have NO idea
Good luck!
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.
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.
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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.