It dawned on me today....
The Today plugin weather screen... instead of putting your city or state or zip code (whatever) wouldn't it be helpful if the application could use the built in GPS to grab your current location and update the weather for you?
Like, if you drive from City #1 ----> 300 miles ---> City #2, your weather automatically updates based on your GPS location in City #2
That does sound cool....but I don't want to even think about the lag on my Today screen for it to be trying to access GPS.
OPTION:
[] Use GPS
[] Do Not Use GPS
This way, people have options and also you can choose GPS only when you go on journey.
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Hello,
I have HTC home (HTC customizer 1.0 FINAL) installed on my tilt. I've configured the weather to show my city (Windsor, ON). However, the weather it shows is wrong (off by +/- 10 degree C). When I click on more details to get the weather page online, the website would show the correct temp.
Any advice?
settings can change temp measurement and reselecting a city worked for me
(caveat: this is for Sprint Hero)
Does anyone know of a widget that will turn off ALL location based settings? Obviously there's the builtin widget from HTC for GPS.. but heres what I mean - follow this into the settings..
Settings>Location
There's checkboxes in here for
-Wireless Networks
-Location Setting
-GPS
The builtin widget only turns off the GPS checkbox. I want to turn on/off all three of these settings at once, or even via separate widgets is acceptable.
I can't seem to find anything that will allow me to do this. Anyone know of anything?
Just trying to turn off anything I can to help conserve battery. I'm not a big location-based user so I can live without these features. If I want mapping or location stuff I want to be able to turn all of it on/off without menu diving.
Can't wait for Seidio or whomever to release a big battery for this phone. I can't get a full day, presumably because of things keeping radios/connections alive.
I'm using the HTC Flip Clock widget and it automatically updates my location. It was working fine last night and now its not. I'm right now in Woodridge, IL and my flip clock still shows Matteson, IL weather. I know it's not that big of a difference in weather based on 30-35 miles, but I just want it to sync to the correct location. Under "My Location sources", I have use wireless networks and enable gps satellites selected. If this was a pre-existing hero rom issue, please forgive me. I didn't find anything when I searched. Any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated.
why dont you try refreshing it and if that doesnt work then just delete the widgt and then add it again.
SG_Shadow said:
I'm using the HTC Flip Clock widget and it automatically updates my location. It was working fine last night and now its not. I'm right now in Woodridge, IL and my flip clock still shows Matteson, IL weather. I know it's not that big of a difference in weather based on 30-35 miles, but I just want it to sync to the correct location. Under "My Location sources", I have use wireless networks and enable gps satellites selected. If this was a pre-existing hero rom issue, please forgive me. I didn't find anything when I searched. Any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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open up the main weather app, check the setting, and hit refresh. If its not working than I would say whatever ROM you have has issues with the weather app.
With my flip clock, it doesnt update unless i manually do it. On the next page, i put a full-screen weather widget and hit the update bar at the bottom of the weather widget. this in turn will update the flip clock.
Hi all,
Abstract:
I present a way to easily toggle GPS on/off in CM7-based ROMs using Tasker and Locale Execute plugin. It is a little less cumbersome to use than the toggle available in Trigger Redux, and introduces the ability entirely in other CM7 based ROMs. It also leaves a permanent notification on boot if GPS drivers are enabled, so you're not wondering if it worked or not. You can download and import the profiles, tasks, and scripts required in the attached zip, below. See installation instructions.
NOTE: I cannot guarantee that your GPS will get a lock! I can only guarantee that the GPS driver will be correctly loaded/unloaded. Getting a lock is a whole different story!
Overview:
I'm running Trigger Redux build#14 and got a little annoyed with having to go into EDT Tweaks to toggle on/off GPS. There also isn't a naive way to do it in vanilla CM7 (that I know of). However, it's as simple as getting rid of /system/vendor/bin/gpsd (Roman renames it "disabled_gps".) I wanted to write a Tasker widget to do the following:
When I want GPS on:
rename /system/vendor/bin/disabled_gps to [..]/gpsd
Automatically toggle GPS on before reboot
Reboot for me, to reload the GPS driver
Create a permanent notification after reboot
When I want GPS off:
rename /system/vendor/bin/gpsd to [..]/disabled_gps
Automatically toggle GPS off before reboot
Reboot for me; on reboot, phone won't find GPS driver
Using Tasker and the Locale Execute plugin, this is all pretty easy. I wanted to share this with you all because I know how annoying the GPS battery drain is, and toggling the driver on and off isn't natively available in CM7.
Installation Instructions
In the attached zip file, there are 6 files:
CM7_GPS.sh <---- used to only have to approve one Superuser request, rather than several; renames GPS driver correctly and causes a hard reboot
CM7_GPS.tsk.xml <---- toggle widget, this lives on the home screen
CM7_GPS_su.tsk.xml <---- get superuser request - run one time, then you can delete it if you really wanted to
CM7_GPSToggle.tsk.xml <---- toggles GPS on/off, runs CM7_GPS.sh to rename the GPS driver
CM7_GPSNotify.prf.xml <---- leaves a permanent notification that CM7 GPS is enabled on boot
CM7_GPSNotifyClick.prf.xml <---- allows you to click the previously set permanent notification to disable CM7 GPS
You'll need Tasker 1.1 (latest version) and the free Locale Execute Plugin.[/color]
Open the zip and place all *.prf.xml in /mnt/sdcard/Tasker/profiles . Place all *.tsk.xml in /mnt/sdcard/Tasker/tasks . Place CM7_GPS.sh in /mnt/sdcard .
Open Tasker; hit Menu->Profile Data->Import One Profile. Import all profiles that you just installed.
Same as above step, but with tasks.
Hit Tasks, then open "CM7-GPS_su", and hit "Test". Approve the Superuser request. Exit Tasker.
Create a Tasker widget on your home screen - look for the task "CM7 GPS".
Enjoy the ability to toggle the GPS driver on and off, quickly and easily
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED! Download the profile scheme, and hit the Thanks button
If you ever wonder if the Tasker widget actually worked, just look for the "CM7 GPS Enabled" permanent notification. I explicitly check if the file "/system/vendor/bin/gpsd" exists to create that notification. There have been a *couple* of instances where the notification didn't come when it should have; I put in a Wait 20 seconds before checking for file existence in the CM7-GPSNotify task, and that seems to have fixed my problem.
I've been testing, debugging, and refining this profile scheme all day. I've not always been able to get locks, but I've been able to load/unload the GPS driver every time.
If you have issues, please let me know ASAP so I can fix and re-upload. Like I said though, I've been using this GPS toggler without fail for the better part of a day now.
Changelog
Code:
v1: initial release - should hopefully be the only one!
where you can find TASKER 1.1b4
i only find Version: 1.0.21 in offical website
BTW, why don't just turn off gps, i don't think this can drain battery.
yeah i dont think it does i leave mine on and i get good battery life
roffee said:
where you can find TASKER 1.1b4
i only find Version: 1.0.21 in offical website
BTW, why don't just turn off gps, i don't think this can drain battery.
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Check the link I posted.
Disable/enable for the GPS driver itself was based on a conversation in the CM7 nightlies thread (can't find it because there are WAY too many posts in that thread). In Trigger Redux#13, Roman introduced an "Enable GPS" checkbox in his EDT Tweaks that loads or unloads the GPS driver. This Tasker widget just emulates that functionality, but with a few more bells and whistles.
It may or may not impact battery life; I haven't run enough tests to truly understand the impact of leaving the GPS driver enabled, but GPS functionality disabled. I do know that at the time of the original fix (nightly #54 or thereabouts?) it was, correctly or incorrectly, associated with moderate to heavy battery drain. I've always used EDT Tweaks to load/unload the driver ever since; I just wanted to share something that made my life easier, and might make others' lives easier too.
Yes I confirm, GPS enabled does not actually waste your baterry life, it only uses it when the gps icon is blinking. I keep my gps on all the time, but this is a nice profile nevertheless.
All,
Maybe someone else has an answer to this. I have a Gear 1, with Tizen on it (Rooted) and a Galaxy S5 connected.
In Gear Manager, the ONLY option I seem to have with weather is to use location based services (on/off). If it is off, weather does NOT show up on the Gear at all.
When it is on, it shows the weather and updates fine, but the city name is completely wrong, although it appears that the weather forecast is fine. The city name is likely being pulled form Accuweather using location based services. (lets call it "city1")
Now the weird part. I also have the "Weather & Clock Widget" version 3.7.9 on my S5, with my city typed in, not using location based services. ( "city2" )
On the gear, when I touch the weather, it shows me a screen for "city1" that I can tap and go to the accuweather forecast. I can also scroll right and see "city2" that I can also tap and see an accuweather forecast for it (which is the same forecast)
Now that everyone is confused, I guess my question is: Can I use the weather WITHOUT location based services on my Gear ? I typically like to have that turned off on my S5 (to save battery)
I want one option for weather to show up on my Gear, and want it to be "city2" ... the correct city name.
Your post gave me a headache. But when I turn location off in Gear Manager the other cities I input manually in the Samsung weather widget still appear (and update). I'm using a N3.
BarryH_GEG said:
Your post gave me a headache. But when I turn location off in Gear Manager the other cities I input manually in the Samsung weather widget still appear (and update). I'm using a N3.
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Imagine me writing it ! lol
When I turn of location services in Gear Manager (Weather) ... the watch will not show any weather at all, just a message that says: "Tap here to use location info on mobile device"
when it is turned on, it seems to be pulling down 2 weather forecasts.