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Weather widget ??

Accuweather.com weather widget don't seem to be very accurate as won't find my town nor post code
Any1 else experience this?
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I am a totally newbie for smartphones and android but I am suffering that weather gadget as well.
It says sunny in London today!!! yes, probably behind that clouds...
I adhere to your post, if anybody know a better alternative, many thanks.

maybe its just really hopeful and thinks it will be sunny everywhere
mine does the same, in liverpool today its grey and overcast and it says sunny

I've replaced mine with "Go Weather Widget". Very nice. Provides plenty of information and so far reports accurate weather for UK.

Download "beautiful widgets",,,the best set of widgets for clock/weather & other toggles.
Loads of themes/clock skins/weather skins & animations to choose.

Great is Palmary Weather

Nexus S Genie Widget
If you have root you can try Nexus S Genie Widget.
You have to copy it to /system/app
No need to install, just copy and it will be available in widgets.
I attached semi transparent version. You can find transparent and other types here on xda.

StupidIdea said:
If you have root you can try Nexus S Genie Widget.
You have to copy it to /system/app
No need to install, just copy and it will be available in widgets.
I attached semi transparent version. You can find transparent and other types here on xda.
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Genie widget is already included
BTW this thread shouldn't stay here... ever minded reading the first post of this forum?
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Try Go Weather or Glass Widgets, both are nice

Never found the included Widget very accurate . If you're in the UK try UK Weather , great Widget radar etc and all data from the MET office

aix weather

[Q] weather widget not in widget list?

i mean the one on our homescreen by default.
if i go to the add widget list then straight away there's the accuweather one. if i add that all i get is a 2x1 widget and not the 4x1 that's there by default. i mean, if i removed it how would i get it back?

tommo123 said:
i mean the one on our homescreen by default.
if i go to the add widget list then straight away there's the accuweather one. if i add that all i get is a 2x1 widget and not the 4x1 that's there by default. i mean, if i removed it how would i get it back?
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Its resizeble. Just tap and hold on widget
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yea, just got it. but OMG is that annoying to resize. in LP/adw it's easy, this thing has a mind of it's own on whether i get that yellow box or not. seems freaking random!
anyhoo, what i'm trying to do is move to adw launcher and alls fine apart from the weather widget and the task manager
resizing the weather widget in adw doesnt work properly (big gap in middle) and i assume that the task manager is like HTCs apps? only shows in their launcher?
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hmm, never mind. adw launcher lagged like crazy

tommo123 said:
yea, just got it. but OMG is that annoying to resize. in LP/adw it's easy, this thing has a mind of it's own on whether i get that yellow box or not. seems freaking random!
anyhoo, what i'm trying to do is move to adw launcher and alls fine apart from the weather widget and the task manager
resizing the weather widget in adw doesnt work properly (big gap in middle) and i assume that the task manager is like HTCs apps? only shows in their launcher?
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hmm, never mind. adw launcher lagged like crazy
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It's exactly the same for me in TW and LP

hmm, i tried go launcher as well but that's the same.blue square in the middle that's empty. weather is forced to the far right.
weird

The TW widgets only work properly in TW.
The trick to getting in Resize mode is simple. You just put the widget on the homescreen. Then tap and hold it for 2 to 3 seconds (you know, a long press). But dont move at all during that tap and hold. Hold it STILL for a moment, and then drop. It will then go in resize mode.
I dont know if I explained it right. But I always get to resize when I want, not random at all lol

XDA mark said:
The TW widgets only work properly in TW.
The trick to getting in Resize mode is simple. You just put the widget on the homescreen. Then tap and hold it for 2 to 3 seconds (you know, a long press). But dont move at all during that tap and hold. Hold it STILL for a moment, and then drop. It will then go in resize mode.
I dont know if I explained it right. But I always get to resize when I want, not random at all lol
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Explanation was useful ... I even will manage to learn it some day LOL
It's dammed difficult !

What ? You can resize the widgets ? But it's pretty tricky ! Well .. why make it simple ?

Dr.Sid said:
What ? You can resize the widgets ? But it's pretty tricky ! Well .. why make it simple ?
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Only very few Widgets (AccuWeather) supports resizing ... maybe that's why it's so difficult to use this feature LOL

tommo123 i think the weather widget that you are talking about is not the accuweather one. the one that comes default with the phone is a widget called "News & Weather", it will display the 1x4 widget directly. keep scrolling in the widgets towards the end and u will find it.
regards.

yea tried that too. it is the accuweather one but when you stretch that with the defaul launcher it looks ok. but not using other launchers.
using fancy widget at the mo though

Seeking Full Screen Calendar Widget

Hi all,
I am really interested in a widget that covers all of a Honeycomb screen. I use Pure Grid Calendar widget on my EVO, but right now there isn't a 8x7 or whatever the full size would be.
If you know of such an app, please post!
If you're looking for such an app, please head over to the Pure Grid Idea that I posted and vote!

muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I am really interested in a widget that covers all of a Honeycomb screen. I use Pure Grid Calendar widget on my EVO, but right now there isn't a 8x7 or whatever the full size would be.
If you know of such an app, please post!
If you're looking for such an app, please head over to the Pure Grid Idea that I posted and vote!
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.snowbee.colorize.hd&feature=search_result

Check out touch calendar:
https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.olilan.touchcalendar&feature=search_result

yoda715 said:
Check out touch calendar:
https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.olilan.touchcalendar&feature=search_result
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Looks similar to Pure Grid Calendar. Do you have any screenshots of this on a Honeycomb home screen? Like I said, I'm looking for a full screen widget.

yoda715 said:
Check out touch calendar:
https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.olilan.touchcalendar&feature=search_result
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Not a bad widget. With a name like WIZZ, no wonder I couldn't find it.
While it functions as a large calendar widget, it lacks all of the customization and options that Pure Grid has. Hopefully they'll update with a re-sizable widget soon.

I use Touch Calendar. I added the biggest widget on one of the home screens and long pressed it as if I were going to move it or remove it. Instead of moving it, I long pressed until it flashed and then removed my finger. It remained outlined with a blue line. I was then able to drag this blue line and re-size the widget just like with ADW Launcher for example. So I re-sized to a full screen widget.

Wow. I'll give it a try.

When Spb Shell 3D comes out for tablet it has entire home screen panels for calendar, clock, weather, pictures, etc... It wont show in market yet for tablets. But you can see a demo and buy direct from them at www.spb.com. Once you buy you will be given a download link and a serial number. You can also always get the latest version from their FAQ section.
I have used it on my Evo for 3 months and love it. Its really nice to have similar navigation and features between phone and tablet. Id post screenshots but dont have root access. So far this "experimental" SPB Mobile Shell 3D is better than VLT, Launcher Pro, and ADW all together. Its smooth, lots of packed in widgets and features, and limitless home screen panels that you can easily add/remove/switch order.
You have to use for yourself to see it and know it. =)
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Touch Calendar looks ugly

[Q] Asus Weather Widget - Tap to Open Forecast App

is there a way to open another app when you tap on the standard asus weather widget?
i tried using tasker but couldnt find a way, any other apps that can do this?
i want ironically to open the accuweather honeycomb app just by tapping on the asus weather widget

this would be great. tapping it to open the weeks forecast.
i stopped using the widget because i noticed that many times when id come back to my home page, the numbers (say 89 deg) was cut off. it was weird, but half og the numbers would end up "cut off" on the screen

I have the same problem, sometimes it's cut in half. But the weirdest thing is: Since the last update the temperature is wrong, about 10 C.

Just to chime in...
I also have the "cut in half" issue often. On top of that I don't get the temp updated on schedule. I set it to every hour and it will randomly update but not every hour. It may not be random, but I haven't spent enough time to determine the pattern.

gunswick said:
..., any other apps that can do this?
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My Samsung Galaxy S2 has such a widget, which opens the Accu Weather website, when being tapped on.
Search the market place, there's a free Accu Weather widget for Honeycomb with the same functionality, though the design isn't that nice looking for my taste.
jayson269 said:
I also have the "cut in half" issue often.
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It seems to be a bug in the widget, because the system logs say, the Accu Weather servers are unreachable. The widget of my SGS2 always reaches the same servers.

turbulent28 said:
this would be great. tapping it to open the weeks forecast.
i stopped using the widget because i noticed that many times when id come back to my home page, the numbers (say 89 deg) was cut off. it was weird, but half og the numbers would end up "cut off" on the screen
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I used to have that, but since using ADW EX Launcher it's a thing of the past. It's almost as if the 'transparent' box which determines the size of the widget somehow becomes smaller so you can get the clean cut on the numbers.
With the ADW EX launcher, you can make the transparent box which controls the overall size of the widget a little bit bigger so you don't get the problem.

Paradaz said:
I used to have that, but since using ADW EX Launcher it's a thing of the past.
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In my case the problem with the cut off numbers also didn't happen again ... don't know why. I don't use a different launcher, only a new keyboard. I use the Hackers Keyboard, because it has cursor keys, which come in handy, when answering forum posts

gunswick said:
is there a way to open another app when you tap on the standard asus weather widget?
i tried using tasker but couldnt find a way, any other apps that can do this?
i want ironically to open the accuweather honeycomb app just by tapping on the asus weather widget
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Download "The Weather Channel" app. You can place a widget on one of your screen, tap on the widget to open up the full weather app. I have the said app and works well. Just that the widget isn't as fancy as fancy as Asus' weather app.

hoang51 said:
Download "The Weather Channel" app.
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Call me paranoid, but I would NEVER install a weather app, that needs the permission to send SMS and make phone calls. Ok, on the TF that's not a problem, but it makes me wonder, what info this app is trying to spy out ... read the details HERE.
I would stay away from this app.

Screen on Time Widget?

Does anyone know of a mod or app that displays a live reading of screen on time on a homescreen widget? The best I've come up with so far is a shortcut to the battery usage screen. Anyone know of a more direct way?

I do not know if it will help you. But I've seen this app: which supports this otrher app and you can put a widget with the time and the time on screen.

somereta said:
I do not know if it will help you. But I've seen this app: which supports this otrher app and you can put a widget with the time and the time on screen.
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That's interesting. I already use GSAM as most of us probably do. I'll give that a try, thanks!

You can always create your own widget using KLWP app, it is pretty easy and the possibilities are endless

nowaar said:
You can always create your own widget using KLWP app, it is pretty easy and the possibilities are endless
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I'm trying this out now. Sort of like Zooper in a lot of ways. Unless there is a formula to show a live reading of the current screen-on-time in a widget, it's not going to really do what I want. I have been able to set it so if you tap the time or a custom icon it'll go to the usageactivity screen, but a live reading of SoT seems to be elusive.
I could use a custom string to show live data, like system info, but I am not finding what that string would be to show that specific piece of data.