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Weather widget and current location

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
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.

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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HTC clock widget

It seems to pull either the wrong weather or very much behind in what it downloads. It shows the sun being out way after dark and rain when there isnt. Even went to accuweathers website where it downloads the data from and they show the current data, I have even done a refresh inside the weather app it self. Deleted the widget and reloaded it. Is this a known issue others are having? Will it be fixed or is there a fix?

Works fine, check that ur settings are updating the widget in a shorter amount of time... i think default is at four hours

I have done that and even when i manually update/refresh weather it still shows wrong weather about 2 hours behind accuweathers website which it pulls from.

I am actually having this problem. And the weather keeps changing my location, when even GPS and self update is off. I mean, how can this be possible?

Weather also uses the "Use wireless networks" under my locations in settings. I know this much but as for the old weather details being shown vs the current weather on accuweather I am not sure.
Fixter said:
I am actually having this problem. And the weather keeps changing my location, when even GPS and self update is off. I mean, how can this be possible?
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Fixter said:
I am actually having this problem. And the weather keeps changing my location, when even GPS and self update is off. I mean, how can this be possible?
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What's it showing for you? I've noticed mine keeps switching between Guaynabo, Bayamon, and Puerto Rico (yes, just plain ol' PR)... To be fair I do live right in between Guaynabo and Bayamon so I can understand the random switching there (altho it seems to do it even when I haven't left the confines of my house). Not sure why it just states Puerto Rico sometimes.
The actual weather report does seem to be fairly accurate tho, from what I've seen. I might switch to the ADW Launcher soon anyway so I'm not terribly worried about HTC's weather widget.

Phone says I am in NY but I am in Ma

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.

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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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!

cm7 weather doesn't work

is anyone using CM7 having a problem with "news & weather"? my phone doesn't seem able to acquire my location to update the weather. whenever i refresh the weather, it'll say "acquiring location"...then "loading..." and then it says "no weather location available". i am also using an app called "minimalistic text" to display the weather on a widget and it can't seem to acquire a location to display either...anyone know what's going on here? if i specify a city (i.e., a "custom location"), then it will display the weather...otherwise it doesn't. my gps is working fine as well so i'm not sure why it can't seem to detect my location for the weather
any help would be appreciated! thanks!

I'm not having any issues with it. You have you location set?
Its working for me on nightly 40, just switched to 51 and still working.
Also using the minimalistic text widget, and it has my location and weather as well. Do you have it set in settings to acquire location by mobile
data, otherwise you'll have to have gps on.

no i don't have the location set. if i have it set to a specific location, then it works. if i want it to update depending on which city i'm in, then it doesn't work and says "no weather location available..."
back when i had the sense stock, i didn't have to have gps on..and every few hours, the weather would update on its own depending on which city i was in...

News and weather settings: [only what I have checked]
weather: use my location
No special settings under minimalist. Hit globals settings, and try checking define location. Mine isn't checked, but it still picks up my location.

yea currently i have "define location" checked...but then it makes me specify a location...so i did...and it works. but if i leave it unchecked, it doesn't pick up my location...and this is precisely the problem...cuz i want it to update depending on where i am...vs. specifying only one location...
weird that i seem to be the only one with this problem..cuz i didn't find anyone else with posts regarding this matter

nelce said:
yea currently i have "define location" checked...but then it makes me specify a location...so i did...and it works. but if i leave it unchecked, it doesn't pick up my location...and this is precisely the problem...cuz i want it to update depending on where i am...vs. specifying only one location...
weird that i seem to be the only one with this problem..cuz i didn't find anyone else with posts regarding this matter
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Awkward. In location and security under settings, do you have use wirelessn networks checked?

I wonder if "The GPS Fix" would be relevant here?

teh roxxorz said:
Awkward. In location and security under settings, do you have use wirelessn networks checked?
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nope i don't have that checked....should i?

nelce said:
nope i don't have that checked....should i?
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Yes, because that allows the data to pull your location based off your 3G, and that should allow it to update automatically based on your location.

teh roxxorz said:
Awkward. In location and security under settings, do you have use wirelessn networks checked?
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i think that actually solved the problem! thanks so much!

nelce said:
i think that actually solved the problem! thanks so much!
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My pleasure.

Weather App Problems

I currently am trying to use two weather apps on my Z1 that don't work properly, a Zooper Widget Pro widget and Weatherback . Both of these apps work as expected on my Nexus 7, but the locations seem to be off on my Z1. I do NOT have a data plan on my phone (but the Nexus obviously doesn't either). Does anyone have any suggestions for which settings I should check? My regular weather apps run perfectly on my Z1.
Thanks in advance.

rebecker said:
I currently am trying to use two weather apps on my Z1 that don't work properly, a Zooper Widget Pro widget and Weatherback . Both of these apps work as expected on my Nexus 7, but the locations seem to be off on my Z1. I do NOT have a data plan on my phone (but the Nexus obviously doesn't either). Does anyone have any suggestions for which settings I should check? My regular weather apps run perfectly on my Z1.
Thanks in advance.
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What do you mean by 'locations seem to be off'? Is the weather not loading, or do you get weather for a different location? Does it not work for auto and manual location, or just auto, (try a manual location if you haven't yet). I had a similar problem that turned out to be caused by not having Gapps installed, since there's some service that Gapps provides that you need yo have an alternative for.

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What do you mean by 'locations seem to be off'? Is the weather not loading, or do you get weather for a different location? Does it not work for auto and manual location, or just auto, (try a manual location if you haven't yet). I had a similar problem that turned out to be caused by not having Gapps installed, since there's some service that Gapps provides that you need yo have an alternative for.
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Thanks for replying.
I've entered my location manually in Weatherback. It seems to work better. "World Weather Online" seems the most accurate in Minneapolis. I will experiment with the other two.
I also made a formula change in Zooper Widget Pro that seems illogical if the phone location is the issue. If I simply enter "#LLOC#" for the location command I get odd locations, one 100 miles away and one nearly 1500 miles away (Only the same 2, Tomah, WI and Tonopah, NV). However, I entered a variation of the following formula in all the weather related items: "$#LLOC#!=#LLOC#?****:#W0MAXN# / #W1MINN#$", which returns "68 / 54", as an example. This has been returning the correct local weather for the last few hours. Could be a fluke, but I've never gone even an hour in my house without an incorrect reading. I definitely have no idea why this works.
***Hmmm. Just as I finished the last paragraph I noticed that my location in Zooper is again incorrect. The weather temps, both predicted and current, are correct, as is the condition (Cloudy). Totally flummoxed by this.
Re: GAPPS. In Weatherback I have occasionally gotten a crash message related to GAPPS when altering the settings. I'm assuming this indicates that GAPPS is installed.
Any additional thoughts will be appreciated.
-Bob-

rebecker said:
Thanks for replying.
I've entered my location manually in Weatherback. It seems to work better. "World Weather Online" seems the most accurate in Minneapolis. I will experiment with the other two.
I also made a formula change in Zooper Widget Pro that seems illogical if the phone location is the issue. If I simply enter "#LLOC#" for the location command I get odd locations, one 100 miles away and one nearly 1500 miles away (Only the same 2, Tomah, WI and Tonopah, NV). However, I entered a variation of the following formula in all the weather related items: "$#LLOC#!=#LLOC#?****:#W0MAXN# / #W1MINN#$", which returns "68 / 54", as an example. This has been returning the correct local weather for the last few hours. Could be a fluke, but I've never gone even an hour in my house without an incorrect reading. I definitely have no idea why this works.
***Hmmm. Just as I finished the last paragraph I noticed that my location in Zooper is again incorrect. The weather temps, both predicted and current, are correct, as is the condition (Cloudy). Totally flummoxed by this.
Re: GAPPS. In Weatherback I have occasionally gotten a crash message related to GAPPS when altering the settings. I'm assuming this indicates that GAPPS is installed.
Any additional thoughts will be appreciated.
-Bob-
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Don't know much technical stuff, but see the last few posts of crdroid thread, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-crdroid-android-t3117940), for the answer I got from someone who seems to know about it. Maybe it applies to your situation.