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Help HTC Weather Widget broken???

I'm having the Location issue on the Weather widget, too. Mine seemed to work fine until a week or so ago, now it's stuck on "United Kingdom".

Not the end of the world, but annoying. I've tried to fiddle with settings but to no avail.

I'm on t-mobile, so not had the 2.2 upgrafe yet, perhaps tht will help?
 
Today I drove to Rochester and it changed from 'United Kingdom' to 'Current Location'.... now back home and it's back to 'United Kindom'...
 
Mine has gone altogether, unless I have wifi or internet connected. None of my other settings have changed; all the background data, GPS, locations, etc., are running as I've set them to, but the weather widget both within my HTC clock and the widget itself have gone.

Any suggestions??
 
Originally, it worked: it showed the correct location. Then it didn't show the correct location. Then it started working again. Yesterday, it suddenly changed to United Kingdom. What's going on?
 
I have a similar issue with my desire. But instead of having my phone updating locations (incorrectly). I'd rather be able to select what area should appear on the home screen.
Does anyone here know whether that is possible?

I can find my area in the list, set it as a town but the phone wants to display current location only... and it always gets current location wrong!
 
MolefeM said:
I have a similar issue with my desire. But instead of having my phone updating locations (incorrectly). I'd rather be able to select what area should appear on the home screen.
Does anyone here know whether that is possible?

I can find my area in the list, set it as a town but the phone wants to display current location only... and it always gets current location wrong!
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You can do this if you remove and re-add the widget (long press and slide down to remove, long press and select widget / clock / right arrow to choose the one with the weather). It will allow you to choose a fixed location from a list as part of the set up process.
 
After 2.2 Tmobile update, I now have an accurate location which never happened on the Hero, or Desire when at home.
 
snowmobile said:
You can do this if you remove and re-add the widget (long press and slide down to remove, long press and select widget / clock / right arrow to choose the one with the weather). It will allow you to choose a fixed location from a list as part of the set up process.
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Ta. Worked like a charm!
Now I won't have to look at it struggling to find the current location, which is in fact part of the list...
 
MolefeM said:
Ta. Worked like a charm!
Now I won't have to look at it struggling to find the current location, which is in fact part of the list...
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The current location still is the current location i.e. the weather information is correct.. it's just the name that is wrong...
 
BigNickUK said:
My weather widget has been broke ever since the 2.2 upgrade 2 days ago. It keeps going blank and comes back briefly when I turn the phone off and on again but then goes blank again
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Exactly the same problem here after the 2.2 upgrade. I got the following advice from an Orange adviser who seemed fairly switched on-



Carry out a soft reset-disconnect the battery while the phone is still switched on.



Very important point-you must wait at least a minute before reconnecting the battery or the reset may not be successful.



I followed the advice and my weather widget is now stable. The adviser went on to say that it's a good idea to pull the battery out of a smart phone for about five minutes once a month, it's basically the same as defragmenting your computer and should keep your phone performing at top speed.
 
I found the opposite. Since upgrading to 2.2 last weekend, the weather widget has worked fine ever since.

I'm not convinced by removing the battery. I'd consider turning the phone off and on once a month, but I don't see the point in removing the battery as well.

EDIT:
According to HTC Support, the problem with the weather widget is solved by making sure that "Use wireless networks" is ticked in Settings >> Location. I don't believe this myself, but I thought I'd share the official advice in case it helps some people.
 
They've fixed something in 2.2, as mine now works just about everywhere it didnt on 2.1

Makes you wonder if they have/can pump out forced mini updates OTA, and this borked all the HTC handsets?
 
Got my 2.2 update today. re-installed the weather widget & current location is working again. Result. Hope it lasts.
 
I assumed that HTC had changed the servers so that they worked with Android 2.2 and we've only just caught up. That seems unlikely, but so does being able to "pump out forced mini updates OTA".
 
Very strange that this is still NOT FIXED!! A bright sunny day here in Cornwall and the weather widget is still showing location as 'Current Location' with a night time graphic, very poor show HTC.
BTW, The Weather Channel widget & google search both know & display my correct current location so why can't HTC get their software sorted?
 
It goes backwards and forwards between working and not working. At the moment, it's got my location correct, but now at 11:00am, it's showing the moon. I think not.
 
According to HTC, a factory reset will fix this problem. I did a factory reset a few weeks ago, and it didn't solve the problem, but I thought I'd pass on this information in case it helps anyone else.
 
Same problem here and ive tried all the above, resetting sense, remove battery etc and nothing worked :(
However i found something last night and turned it on and today its worked perfectly,from its first update this morning at around 5 with lunar graphics,to early morning sun graphic, also switched location from where i live to where i work, and its now updated back to my home place and seems to be working fine updating every 3 hrs automatically, anyway give this a go.
menu > settings > Accounts & sync (check auto-sunc tab is ticked).
Then below is a list called manage accounts, on mine there was 4,google you tube,google mail,stocks and then weather.
I unchecked all except weather and its worked perfectly ever since,lets hope it stays this way :)

I also noticed on the power widget i have enabled, the refresh tab is now constantly on so it may be that all you have to do is highlight this tab,but now that i have it woking again im just gonna leave it be :D

Hope this works for you .
 
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I'll be turning off sync on my other accounts just to get the weather widget working.
 
18:45 today, and it showed bright sunshine. It had been cloudy while I was cycling home, and it's now dark outside (sunset at 18:10). Apart from these two occasions, it's behaved pretty well since updating to Android 2.2.
 
You dont have to turn the other account syncs of, i just do that cause i dont use those particular ones, feel free to leave them all active.

Since doing the above my weather widget is still working perfectly .
 
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