Weather widget not working on ios 11

Try this...

remove all cities in weather app

remove widget

Disable location

Then add the widget and enable location services and not add manually any cities on app

Try to reboot the full phone, this fixed the same issue for me.

I faced this problem with iPhone SE (iOS 11.2.6). When I checked location settings it was Always. But after clicking on Never and back to Always widget started working properly

3D Touch on weather icon fixed it for me thankyou!

Will report back in a few days but so far all ok, I now notice when opening Notification Centre that the Weather Widget "blinks" slightly as though it's checking for latest info, this didn't happen before the reinstall.

Just a general observation, I've always been a firm believer of doing any iOS update via iTunes, which installs the complete OS followed by importing your chosen BackUp, it's just given less issues than doing the "Over the Air" method. This time with the new iPhone I let it update itself (twice) which with hindsight could have been a mistake, my iPad which was done via iTunes hasn't shown such issue regarding the Weather widget.

I haven't read the entire post yet but you could try (if still having issues) restoring your device via iTunes and bring back your settings by importing a BackUp (just make sure it's an encrypted BackUp because that contains most info).

Lastly, when reinstalling Weather app earlier I didn't delete via Home screen but instead went to Settings/iPhone Storage and removed it from there - not sure if that makes any difference or not.

This is a long shot, but was reading about someone having Spotlight search issues on there iPhone in that a search would not find Apps that were on the device. This didn’t happen all the time but when it started only a Forced Restart would get things going again, then after a few days or so it would come back.

Now to the point, this person went to Apple and was told (for the iPhone X anyhow) that if Restored from a “older” device issues can result (ie. Spotlight glitches or similar) associated on the Network side and “Reset Network Settings” should resolve.

Could this be what is behind the Weather Widget update issue I wonder - I’m not having issue at moment (updates after a short time) so haven’t tried the above yet, but for those that almost have the Widget totally locked it could be worth a try. I believe all that RNS does in addition to resetting the network side is remove ApplePay data/cards.

ps. Don’t think it’s been proposed before, but with all the posts might have missed, sorry if it has been.

Installing the new App and then selecting it's Widget obviously makes "changes" to the Widget Center, maybe that has kick started things off again - as before, the important thing is does the change last. So many have tried, deleting/reinstalling, turning off/on, restart device - they have a temporary effect but after a few days things revert back again to a "sticky" update behaviour.

The only way that seems to work for me is when Weather Widget has one of it's "uncooperative" moments I open the News App, look at the news for a minute or two then go back, the latest weather info then appears! Does the News App really make a difference or is it simply the act of using the device allows time for the widget to update itself, not sure.

I’ve been observing how Widgets update (or not in some cases) for the last week and as you confirm it’s certainly not consistent, either on the one device or between several devices.

The Weather Widget as previously stated sometimes updates immediately, other times it may take a few minutes - this may be the same on iPhone/iPad or one may update while the other doesn’t. Calendar Widget behaviour is the same, the update might get delayed and when it shows it can often be different between the devices.

The only consistent part is the Widgets do eventually update, I can usually force Weather by remaining in Notifications Center for a couple a minutes and it suddenly changes, Calendar often needs the next event to come along then everything jumps back in to sync (until the next time).

jonathann78 wrote:

She has same iPhone, 8 Plus, bought together in the same apple store.

What these app/widget problems have in common? Localization!

But if you said previously your wife's phone/app combo works perfectly and you both have same devices, both run iOS 11 and both use same app - but one works and the other does not, I would try looking at how the devices were setup (in other words looking for what's different between you).

Did you restore from backup while she setup "as new" (or other way round)? if not and both have been setup the same, it might point to network (are you on different mobile carrier networks or does it still occur while connected to same wifi) or lastly hardware (could there be a specific fault with your phones electronics, although must say I wouldn't think that likely).

I've heard with respect to the X that the modem can be sourced from Intel or Qualcomm, although I'm unsure if those parts come in to play regarding this problem, but if they did it might answer why some have issues and others not - but don't think different sourced hardware applies in the case of the 8 Plus.

Saying all the above you may be correct (ie. connected to localization failure), I still haven't got to the bottom of why my iPhone and iPad sometimes update ok at the same time and at others only one will - and that "one" can alternate so it's never the same device time after time.

Good morning,

15 hours on 11.3 and, for the first time in six months, the Weather widget has worked consistently. You seem to have predicted accurately that a major update would quietly fix what was clearly a complicated bug.

I have the exact same issue. Interestingly, I’ve found that whenever I send a text message, of any kind, the widget automatically updates. Otherwise it remains accurate and frozen as of the time of the last text message.

i can confirm that resetting the location and privacy resolve this issue,for now

Same thing did the sim ejection but it work ok for a couple of hours

I will check to see if this is a forever fix

I have the same problem on my iphone 8 with iOS 11. The only solution is to reboot the phone.

This is not the case here (iOS 11.0/iPhone SE); if my weather app is set to "while using" it will refresh for the last known location when the weather app gets opened; however, the widget's displayed temperature on the home screen does not update. This behaviour also is unchanged when setting it to "always" use location -- the app's UX itself updates, but the homescreen display does not update (the time of day actually does seem to update: it shows the appropriate icon for time of day; however, the temperature does not update).

SiHancox wrote:

you can submit this "escalation" in either of two ways, Feedback or Bug Reports.

Product Feedback - Apple

https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/

With Bug Reporting you will be required to login with your Apple ID if memory serves me correctly following registration.

Here are the feedback links again.

PS: I also see problems with the weather app. Sometimes it does not update. But it updates in about 10 seconds, so still much better that the widget. I also see my town listed twice (I guess one is my "current" location and the other is the stored location), with two different temperature readings.

PPS: I never in my life saw a working weather widget. Not on Android, Windows 8 (PC), or even a web page. By working I mean showing up to date data. Maybe it is against some natural laws... 😉