Question on weather widgets - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I have a job with the railroad where I travel. what I want to know is there a way to have one weather widget hat tracks where I am. And one that set to my home city. Also any suggestions on weather. I already have. Beautiful Widgets.
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I recommend WeatherBug.

Most weather widgets have a gps option that will change based on your position.
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agreed I use weatherbug

patrao_n said:
agreed I use weatherbug
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Watsup Patrao I see you hitting my thanks alot but never posting in the threads ya hit it in? But thanks back at ya never the less. Dont be a stranger. Just pop in and say hey.lol.

+1 on weatherbug. I use Elite

I prefer BeWeather. Used it from its beginning on Blackberry.
Think it will boil down to your preference since most have a location based report as well as set locations.

The stock accuweather program will do multiple locations. Just open accuweather, tap the bottom left drawer buttom, and hit the "My city list" icon. You can add your other cities there. If your city cannot be found. Next time you are in the area you want the weather for add your current location to the city list.

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Default clock widget on HTC Desire

the clock also has my "supposed" location" just underneath the time.
Is there any way to change the settings on the widget to remove the location as the location is never correct ( i think it may be the location of the phone mast it is using )
Also if i remove the clock widget altogether, how do i get it back as Ive been into Add Widgets and it is not the "Analog Clock" by Andoird or the Clock by HTC
Have you clicked on the Clock by HTC and gone right? Its there.
When you re-add it you can add a City of anywhere, so you can manually choose your own city. Not sure about the name, haven't really looked at that part...
it is the clock by h t c you need to swipe to the right to see the version you're talking about.
when you choose the widget you can choose any location you want
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yeah that is it, i thought it was a differen one as it had the weather in it.
Doesn't look there is a way to disable the location
dougsdir said:
yeah that is it, i thought it was a differen one as it had the weather in it.
Doesn't look there is a way to disable the location
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I dunno about disabling location but you can pick your own location instead of it doing it automatically.
dougsdir said:
yeah that is it, i thought it was a differen one as it had the weather in it.
Doesn't look there is a way to disable the location
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I don't need an app to tell me what the weather is right now, where I am right now. I've got five built-in senses that do a pretty good job of working that out, no data connection necessary.
I like the flip clock though.
Related (But not what OP asked). The Defaulted clock the Location was wrong at Arrival obviously. However after changing it into the Right City the weather plugin on the Homescreen now displays the right area (Although lacking the proper letters "å ä ö" are displayed as "a a o" but that's not the problem. Once I hit the weather it suddenly displays the "Current" city seems to be defaulted at "Sweden"... Is there a way to change that Current city or force it so it displays the right things?
biemsy said:
I don't need an app to tell me what the weather is right now, where I am right now. I've got five built-in senses that do a pretty good job of working that out, no data connection necessary.
I like the flip clock though.
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Have a look on the market for a flip clock app then or just IGNORE the weather on it.

[Q]Calendar widget?

I just got ADW launcher and I need a calendar widget to replace the stock one.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I'd like one similar to the stock month calendar widget. One that shows the whole month, some kind of bullet or marker on days that have an event, and some kind of text box showing the event for the day you touch.
Thanks.
eMace said:
I just got ADW launcher and I need a calendar widget to replace the stock one.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I'd like one similar to the stock month calendar widget. One that shows the whole month, some kind of bullet or marker on days that have an event, and some kind of text box showing the event for the day you touch.
Thanks.
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I second that question/request. I wonder if theres a way to use the stock one with other launchers, it seems to be the only stock widget thats missing if i remember correctly.
lilant510 said:
I second that question/request. I wonder if theres a way to use the stock one with other launchers, it seems to be the only stock widget thats missing if i remember correctly.
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Actually there's a couple more I need to find replacements for too.
The task manager widget that displays the number of active apps and takes you to the task manager if pressed.
And the double clock widget that will let you display two different clocks, with time zone and location of your choosing displayed.
Try jorte on the market? I love it!!
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joser24 said:
Try jorte on the market? I love it!!
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Thanks! I'm trying it out right now. There's still a few things from the stock one I miss though. It doesn't have a widget with a text box on the bottom that can show the whole event. Instead it shows small text in the day box that gets cut off, and you have to click on that day to see the whole event title. The tasks seem to be a little limited too. Like you can't add a location that you can navigate to later. I'm gonna keep playing with it though. Thanks.
i use the Go Launcher EX Calendar widget, it's simply the best available out there
AllGamer said:
i use the Go Launcher EX Calendar widget, it's simply the best available out there
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yeah I saw Go launcher yesterday during my search and told myself I gotta try that one. Looks like a lot of good stuff on that one. I especially like that task manager widget that they have.
Thanks for the recommendation AllGamer! I'm using Go Launcher now and loving it.
lilant510, if you're still missing stuff from the stock, I suggest you try that one. Has everything I was missing from stock and more. Better than ADW IMO.
AllGamer,
Do you use the Go launcher toggle widget? Does it work ok for you?
When I press the GPS toggle, it goes to the GPS settings menu, instead of just automatically toggling it off/on.
The 4g toggle sometimes does and sometimes doesn't work also. Seems to depend on if the wifi is toggled on with it or not.
Wondering if anyone else is having the same problem.
i do not use the Go Toggle
because the ROM already has all the on/off switches i need build in
eMace said:
yeah I saw Go launcher yesterday during my search and told myself I gotta try that one. Looks like a lot of good stuff on that one. I especially like that task manager widget that they have.
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they also have a Transparent skin for the Go Calendar Widget, it makes it really elegant
I've used literally ever launcher available to date and imho Go launcher is the absolute best! And all the Widgets that come along with it put it over the top. There are so many skins fir the Widgets and I use the calander widget which is my favorite.
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AllGamer said:
they also have a Transparent skin for the Go Calendar Widget, it makes it really elegant
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Yup. Exactly the one I'm using.

[Q] Alarm question on ICS

Hello all....
Those of you familiar with Beautiful Widgets will understand my question...
Previously with Gingerbread roms on my SGS, there was an actual Alarm Clock app that you can hit and it would go straight into the alarm clock.
With Beautiful widgets, you can map the "Time Tap" to open up the Alarm clock, which to me was a great feature.
Now, with ICS on this thing, I can't find a way to go into the Alarm clock directly anymore... I have to go into the Clock app, then hit 'Set Alarm' Not a big deal, but kind of redundant and annoying.
Oddly enough, if you use the stock 'Analog Clock' Widget on your home screen, it does exactly what I want when you tap it.. it goes straight to alarms.
Am I missing something? Can I not get into alarms automatically with one tap somehow the way the Analog widget can?
In beautiful widget settings, go under advanced and select there which app should be opened when you tap the time part of the widget.
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I already know how to do that, that wasn't my question.
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greeced said:
I already know how to do that, that wasn't my question.
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Just checked and noticed the same thing, Clock is an option, but nothing for Alarm Clock.
When I tap the clock from the widget I get sent straight to alarm clock.
Herman76 said:
When I tap the clock from the widget I get sent straight to alarm clock.
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Again, i already stated that functionality. I want the same to happen in Beautiful widgets
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greeced said:
Again, i already stated that functionality. I want the same to happen in Beautiful widgets
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I think he was referring to the stock clock widget. That is what I use to get into the alarm directly. I didn't see you mention that anywhere. Be kind, anyone who replies is only trying to help you with your question.
stickerbob said:
I think he was referring to the stock clock widget. That is what I use to get into the alarm directly. I didn't see you mention that anywhere. Be kind, anyone who replies is only trying to help you with your question.
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Be kind? I don't see where i was rude...
As for mentioning it, it clearly states that in my original post that the stock widget performs this function.
" Oddly enough, if you use the stock 'Analog Clock' Widget on your home screen, it does exactly what I want when you tap it.. it goes straight to alarms."
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Hello Greeced,
Can you please clarify your question? I think it got a bit confusing down the line.
The stock "Analog Clock" widget takes you to the alarm menu when tapping on it.
That is the only widget ICS stock offers for the clock.
The Beautiful Widgets clock widgets also have that functionality. A tap on the clock part takes you to the alarm menu.
Are you looking for a way to get into the alarm settings without a clock widget?
greeced said:
Now, with ICS on this thing, I can't find a way to go into the Alarm clock directly anymore... I have to go into the Clock app, then hit 'Set Alarm' Not a big deal, but kind of redundant and annoying.
Am I missing something? Can I not get into alarms automatically with one tap somehow the way the Analog widget can?
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greeced said:
Again, i already stated that functionality. I want the same to happen in Beautiful widgets
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Neera said:
Hello Greeced,
Can you please clarify your question? I think it got a bit confusing down the line.
The stock "Analog Clock" widget takes you to the alarm menu when tapping on it.
That is the only widget ICS stock offers for the clock.
The Beautiful Widgets clock widgets also have that functionality. A tap on the clock part takes you to the alarm menu.
Are you looking for a way to get into the alarm settings without a clock widget?
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Beautiful Widgets only has the functionality to select which program you want to open when you click on the time or date in the settings... but no longer has the option to select inside the "Choose Application" area to select Alarm Clocks... You can select Clock, but it only takes you to the desktop clock, a further tap below the time at that point will take you into the alarms.
So in essence, what you can do with the Analog Clock widget you can no longer do with Beautiful Widgets. (1 tap vs 2 to get into alarms.)
I hope thats clear.
Thanks for the clarification, but Beautiful Widgets behaves differently for me.
It behaves exactly like the stock analog widget. When I tap on the clock part it takes me straight to the alarms, not just to the desktop clock which would require another tap to get to the alarms.
I have nothing selected under super clock settings/clock settings/advanced/Time Application.
Neera said:
Thanks for the clarification, but Beautiful Widgets behaves differently for me.
It behaves exactly like the stock analog widget. When I tap on the clock part it takes me straight to the alarms, not just to the desktop clock which would require another tap to get to the alarms.
I have nothing selected under super clock settings/clock settings/advanced/Time Application.
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Hmm.. I'll have to try that out. I'll let you know.
EDIT: That's great! Who would have known not selecting anything works!
Thanks Pal, appreciate the help. I was going bananas.
Previously on my SGS, i had to select "clock".
Thanks a million
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Im sorry for bumping but... I have the exact same problem on my nexus 4. I dont seem to be able to fimd this "super clock settings/clock settings/advanced/Time Application." setting on android 4.3. Any ideas, am I missing anything?

Accuweather

how to improve Accuweather widget??? The widget shows wrong weather type for example it was raining and it showed cloudy.... Inaccurate weather updates are pissing me off...
Was it raining anywhere in the area? It most likely pulls its info from NWS which goes by zipcode and will display info for whatever weather station is set up nearby. Usually an airport, college, etc.
So if it was raining there that would be why it said it was raining at your place.
I'm in the S.E. where we have these everywhere! So its usually quite accurate for me, but has been known to be off a bit. I'm kind of a weather geek so I also don't rely much on apps like accu-weather or TWC.
I use PykL3 Radar to really know where the good stuff is! I can usually watch the radar on my phone and be able to know down to about 2-3 min when the rains gonna get to me! (When its close of course) its pretty cool to watch it approach on radar and see exactly when it gets to you!
Not sure if that helps you or not. Maybe try a different weather widget from the market? Results will probably be similar though.
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chui84 said:
how to improve Accuweather widget??? The widget shows wrong weather type for example it was raining and it showed cloudy.... Inaccurate weather updates are pissing me off...
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I have found Fancy Widgets to be way better than the stock accuweather widget:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets&hl=en
The gps first needs to be enabled then click the lower right corner of the widget on the synchronization symbol.
AccuWeather
redsoxticket said:
The gps first needs to be enabled then click the lower right corner of the widget on the synchronization symbol.
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samsung customer told me to do this---->Clearing the cache and data of the accuweather app will refresh the application and it will update correct info.
To clear the cache of accuweather app Go to Applications >> Settings >> Applications >> Manage Applications >> Tap on all >> select the application whose cache you want to clear then tap on clear cache and clear data.

Accessing Alarm Clock via clock widget in JellyBean???

Hi,
I recently flashed my phone to the stock FK23 JB rom, and I'm liking all of the added features after coming from GB. However, the one thing I do not like and can't seem to figure out is this: On GB, I had the digital clock widget on my home screen that when tapped, would open the alarm/timer/stopwatch utility.
Why doesn't this behavior work in JB???? Sure, if I put a shortcut to the Clock app on one of the home screens, I can click that to get to the alarm. But why can't I use the digital (or analog for that matter) widget as a shortcut to the alarms anymore???? I don't want a shortcut to the clock or alarm on my home screen, and I don't want to have to make more than one tap or gesture to access the alarm. I want a one-tap solution to access the alarms, as I set and reset multiple alarms throughout the day.
Can someone tell me if there is something I'm missing here? Why was this feature removed, or how can I restore it? I liked having the digital clock widget act as a shortcut to the alarms. And honestly without this functionality, the digital clock is pointless because the time is already in the status bar.
Someone please enlighten me! Thank you!
Tap the clock in the pull down it will take u to your alarm
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Tap the clock in the pull down it will take u to your alarm
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I assume you mean in the notification pane? When I pull down the notification pane and tap the clock in the upper left, it takes me to a 'World Clock' popup - not the alarm.
And for the record, tapping the clock in the status bar does nothing.
Any other ideas? Why was this feature removed???
There should be a widget called "Alarm" or "simple alarm clock" widget.
When world clock pops up touch it again it opens the entire clock with alarm and everything
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Slayder1 said:
There should be a widget called "Alarm" or "simple alarm clock" widget.
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Or get the Go Weather app and add the 4x2 widget, tap the clock and you get access to alarm, world clock, stop watch and timer.
Thanks for the replies, guys. But I was really wanting to have a 1-tap access directly to the alarm clock, without using a 3rd party app.
For the notification clock tap idea, that takes (1) a swipe to bring down the notification pane (2) a tap on the clock (3) a tap on the world clock popup (4) a tap on the Alarm tab -- way too many taps.
If I had to use a 3rd party app, I'd probably go with something with the HTC Sense design, but I have yet to find one that will take me to the Alarm. I still don't understand why the native clock widgets in Jellybean do not link to the clock app.
Magic Matt said:
Thanks for the replies, guys. But I was really wanting to have a 1-tap access directly to the alarm clock, without using a 3rd part app.
For the notification clock tap idea, that takes (1) a swipe to bring down the notification pane (2) a tap on the clock (3) a tap on the world clock popup (4) a tap on the Alarm tab -- way too many taps.
If I had to use a 3rd part app, I'd probably go with something with the HTC Sense design, but I have yet to find one that will take me to the Alarm. I still don't understand why the native clock widgets in Jellybean do not link to the clock app.
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Fancy widget has tons of themes and you can set different areas of the widget to go different places like hour takes you to alarm by default but ive redirected mine to alarm clock plus since I use it over stock.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Fancy widget has tons of themes and you can set different areas of the widget to go different places like hour takes you to alarm by default but ive redirected mine to alarm clock plus since I use it over stock.
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Awesome, thanks. I'm downloading it now and will give it a go.
Magic Matt said:
Awesome, thanks. I'm downloading it now and will give it a go.
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I have the pro version and its been a while since ive used free, but I think the only thing the free one doesnt do is allow in app downloads of themes you have to manually install them
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I have the pro version and its been a while since ive used free, but I think the only thing the free one doesnt do is allow in app downloads of themes you have to manually install them
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This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I like the added ability to one-tap the weather to get the forecast as well. And I do believe you can download (a limited set of) themes from within the free app. Thanks again!
Magic Matt said:
This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I like the added ability to one-tap the weather to get the forecast as well. And I do believe you can download (a limited set of) themes from within the free app. Thanks again!
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Cool! I haven't used the free version since I got the key as free app of the day like 20 months ago or so. It was back towards the later half of 2011 when I scored it free on amazon. I actually ended up purchasing it from the play store later after I screwed up my old amazon account.
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