No idea if this is an Android 7.x issue in general or specific to OP3T.. but I can't find any calendar/agenda widget for my homescreen which will update (refresh), other than via a reboot.
ie. if I reboot on Tue Apr 4th.. the widget will believe it is April 4th until I reboot several days later .. and show the calendar accordingly, and not pick up any new appointments.
The main calendar app does. Just not the widget.
I had been using Agenda Widget, but that broke badly with 7.x, so I have since tried several others (most recently Tiny Calendar). None of them update.
My Weather widget (Transparent weather) also doesn't update the day and thus shows out of date weather info.
Other than unlocked bootloader, I am stock.
Any solutions?
EDIT: so far as I can tell, I don't have any battery optimizations enabled which would throttle these apps when in the background.
so this is working for everyone else?
I was using the Google launcher.. just in case I switched back to the OP3T launcher.. but no luck. Today is Wed, and both my weather and calendar widget report they still think it is Saturday.
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I really like the 2 reminder 1*4 style of the google calendar widget but it doesn't update like it should.
Anyone game to make a similar style/function calendar widget that works?
Thanks
Me too, looking for the old style G build calendar widget.
Now using Quick Calendar, but the widget UI need to be polished a bit.
ok it is an old thread but i am hijacking it anyway
Is there a widget/app on the market that shows you at least the next 2 appointments from you calendar? like on wm or bb today views...
Quick Calendar was just updated recently, and it's widget works much better. Needs a bit more design polish, but it's functional, and displays more than one upcoming event.
Hello everyone,
Updated to ICS just recently and everything seems to be working fine so far apart from the FriendStream widget.
I'm using the full-screen widget as opposed to the other 2, smaller, versions.
At the moment, I have placed the widget on screen and it shows my updates, but when it refreshes itself the updates don't show.
The time at the bottom of the widget changes to show that it updated recently but the status updates don't change.
If I go into the FriendStream app itself the updates are there but just not on the widget.
Odd.
I have to remove and re-add the widget for it to 'refresh'
Any thoughts please?
Ok I'm running a stock Gear with Galaxy S3 LTE 4.3 And Accuweather HD widget and Accuweather app. Both are set to the same cities, home, New York and Gilbert AZ which I use for work. The home city is updating hourly as per Gear Manager settings.
However the watch is not updating either NewYork or Gilbert, plus Los Angeles which is not even on the Accuweather app! All these cities show last update of 12th Jan and do not do anything. Samsung hd in the UK haven't got a clue; furthermore they don't even have a Gear to replicate the issue!
Can any one help get these subsidiary cities to update? I've restored, rebooted and wiped all the apps and gear. Nothing.
Live and learn. I never knew you could scroll left and right on the weather to see additional cities. What you're having trouble with does work on mine. Although, as I'm typing, the geo-located city won't update and still shows an earlier time than the non-geo-located cities.
Are you using the Samsung weather app? Third party apps, even those sourcing from Accuweather, have no impact on what's shown on the Gear. There are two places on your phone to adjust the weather on your Gear. The Samsung Weather widget (clock) and on the lock screen when you drag down the clock to expose the weather and agenda. Third party apps, even by Accuweather, have no impact on the Gear's weather display.
If you click on the Weather Widget on your home page...
This pops up...
It's where you can control the weather the Gear sees. It and the lock screen pull down are also where you go to refresh the weather on the Gear if it's out of date. And if it is out of date it's not because of the Gear it's because Samsung's Weather app failed to refresh when you set it to. You'll notice that the update time on the Gear is always the update time from the Samsung Weather app.
P.S. - I don't use the Samsung Weather widget. So when I need to access it I'll delete a widget like Flipboard that's the same size and place it there while I'm working on it. I delete it when I'm done and put Flipboard back.
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Live and learn. I never knew you could scroll left and right on the weather to see additional cities. What you're having trouble with does work on mine. Although, as I'm typing, the geo-located city won't update and still shows an earlier time than the non-geo-located cities.
Are you using the Samsung weather app? Third party apps, even those sourcing from Accuweather, have no impact on what's shown on the Gear. There are two places on your phone to adjust the weather on your Gear. The Samsung Weather widget (clock) and on the lock screen when you drag down the clock to expose the weather and agenda. Third party apps, even by Accuweather, have no impact on the Gear's weather display.
If you click on the Weather Widget on your home page...
This pops up...
It's where you can control the weather the Gear sees. It and the lock screen pull down are also where you go to refresh the weather on the Gear if it's out of date. And if it is out of date it's not because of the Gear it's because Samsung's Weather app failed to refresh when you set it to. You'll notice that the update time on the Gear is always the update time from the Samsung Weather app.
P.S. - I don't use the Samsung Weather widget. So when I need to access it I'll delete a widget like Flipboard that's the same size and place it there while I'm working on it. I delete it when I'm done and put Flipboard back.
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Thank you! Actually I don't have the Samsung weather running on lock screen, the S3 I have only allows clock and custom message. And the widget isn't shown either. So....what I did was to download the S3 weather shortcut app from playstore and BINGO! I have the cities all there! So now I can update the settings,and hopefully the Gear will also update!
I am trying to get as much out of the Gear without rooting and this is the last major problem I faced. So thank you again!
All working 100% so thank you again!
you can get a five day forecast for any city added to your Gear if you tap on its initial location. Swipe to go back.
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All working 100% so thank you again!
you can get a five day forecast for any city added to your Gear if you tap on its initial location. Swipe to go back.
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And thank you. I downloaded a shortcut creator from Play and created a link like yours for the S3 to the Samsung Weather app so I'd don't have to swap widgets to access it. And the shortcut stays even after removing the app (I hate keeping one-off apps installed).
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And thank you. I downloaded a shortcut creator from Play and created a link like yours for the S3 to the Samsung Weather app so I'd don't have to swap widgets to access it. And the shortcut stays even after removing the app (I hate keeping one-off apps installed).
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Me too. I have created a folder on the S3 home page called Gear Apps which contains the shortcut and other apps like Gear Manager and Tablet Talk. Makes it easy to access the specific apps I need for the Gear.
I may well attempt to root for full internet access via Bluetooth tethering when the Gear 2 comes out and this becomes surplus. At the moment I'm just having fun trying to push stock to it's limits!
One other question, that you or someone may be able to answer.... I have no contact names showing only numbers in tablet talk messaging. I have a .vcf file of all the contacts from my 'phone. Which folder should this go in on the Gear to ensure all the numbers receive the contact names? I can transfer using Wondershare MobileGo. Thank you!
Hello people,
For the past month or so, I'm facing a weird issue with the HTC Weather app.
Only at night, between 00:00 and 05:00, when I open the weather app I get wrong temperature, wrong weather conditions and no weather stats (humidity, wind force and direction and visibility all show a single dash).
For example, 20 minutes ago (before midnight, local time), clock and weather widget was showing 12 degrees here and scattered clouds (which is the correct weather according to accuweather app). I just opened the weather app (its 20 minutes after midnight local time) and it shows 15 degrees and rain, with dashes instead of humidity, wind and visibility.
Same thing is happening with the new HTC Lockscreen update from Play Store. The clock/weather widget that comes with the lockscreen update (the sense 7 one) and the sense 7 weather widget I got from another thread here, both always show the "wrong" temperature and conditions, again only during the night. Plus, if let's say at 23:00 I set the clock one hour later manually, I get the same bug. That means it could have something to do with the clock app?
With the new HTC weather update the issue is far from fixed. Where in the stock app showed the correct weather on open (I needed to update weather to show the "wrong" weather and I had the "update on open" option disabled), the new app shows the "wrong" weather on start, even with said option disabled.
I have two more reports of this from friends (one has a completely stock device) so it can't be a ROM issue, otherwise I guess it would also happen all the time, not just during the night. It must be an HTC issue since the accuweather app works correctly. I tried clearing data on a bunch of different apps, checked power settings just in case I had data/sync disabled during this hour, even reflashed the rom, no luck.
Anyone else facing this? Any fix?
Grrr...
Yes! I also have this problem. At midnight 0.00h. the weather widget changes to cloudy with rain when it's actually clear outside. I don't know if it's till 5.00h am because i'm sleeping then but when i wake up it's okay again. Turning off automatic time doesn't help. I used to think it was rom related too but now i know it's the freakin weather widget. This needs to be fixed. RIGHT NOW!
Well, I fixed it by uninstalling the HTC Service Pack updates, leaving the stock one which came with my rom (version 1.1.853606, ROM is ViperOne 8.0.0). That fixed my weird/wrong weather data between midnight and early morning.
Sent from my ViperOne powered HTC One M7
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akpe said:
Well, I fixed it by uninstalling the HTC Service Pack updates, leaving the stock one which came with my rom (version 1.1.853606, ROM is ViperOne 8.0.0). That fixed my weird/wrong weather data between midnight and early morning.
Sent from my ViperOne powered HTC One M7
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Last night i installed ArtMod v10 before midnight (hihi) and until now the weather has been correct.
Has anyone else had problems with widgets?
I have two widgets that act flaky:
wifiwidget - supposed to show current wifi connection, it's flaky.
Also use to turn on/off/switch wifi connection. (which works)
screen on widget - widget to force the screen on. doesn't seem to work at all.
It's handy for when I"m eating or something - and way easier than digging through menus.
Any other personal favorite widgets? big screen ones (like full month calendars)
are quite nice on the MIX.
I have the following working on the EU ROM (TWRP'd, Su'd and Xposed)
WSJ widget
NY Times widget
Newton Email inbox
Dark Skies weather
Fenix (Twitter)
All are working well, after a factory reset and re-rooting ( I was getting tremendous G Play FC alerts)
How is your Mix set.up?
Cheers
J
Sent from my MIX using XDA Labs
widgets that update are getting frozen by the stupid battery saving and security measures built into MIUI. freeze those apps and/or follow the instructions on forbes and talked about in various threads to make sure you get instant notifications. its the same concept.
can't wait till someone comes up with a pure android build so i can get rid of MIUI