Weather widget not working on ios 11

I really shouldn’t be saying this just in case it’s tempting fate, but never yet had the Weather Widget permanently lock up on either device (fingers and everything else crossed), and again this lack of consistency makes it very difficult to guess what’s going on.

Just updated iOS to 11.2.5 and although it’s not mentioned in the notes will see if it helps, again fingers crossed.

We'll see about 11.2.5, but, since this bug has persisted, I'm not sanguine. An Apple service tech did tell me that "engineering is working on the issue," and, given the other widget issues that you have had, perhaps the problem is more complex than Apple has been able to solve so far.

...agree, not Widget related per say but something deeper in the OS which "manages" them, if that's so we will probably not see any mention of a fix in the notes, it will all just start working one day (as it was always intended), we can but hope.

Just this minute tried both devices and they updated immediately, the iPad didn't this morning and not having time to do the usual faffing around just left it - noticed when login into devices I am now seeing the Location Services arrow on a more regular basis, whether that will last or in fact it has any relevance I'm not sure.

Was wondering the other day why this post hasn't got any bigger than the 14 pages if this is indeed a bigger issue, but if the majority are like mine, may be for some it's going totally unnoticed!

That's exactly my experience, but what's behind this odd "delay" and why does it only happen on some occasions. A weather app requires constant info so it can change to reflect latest predications, in the UK it's quite common for the band of rain predicted for the afternoon in the early morning forecast to move forward to late morning over the space of a few hours, an app that doesn't track that change adequately can result in getting caught out!

Luckily the app still does track changes but as we've seen the widget sometimes "drops the ball".

Still can't figure if the lack of immediate update is linked to certain times of the day (server related) or whether once updated the widget requires a certain amount of time to pass before it tries again (a sort of in build timer preventing frequent info requests) - or is the Notification Center some how failing to trigger updates occassionally when opened for some reason (in other words a deeper issue within the OS).

I’ve found a third party application affected by the Localization issue.

Autoscout24, used for searching used cars, has some difficulties when you use zip code of your area to search cars and in some specific cases, a pop up advice that, due to localization problems it is not possible to have all details of tha car found.

This is not a problem of tha application because I’ve tested it on my wife’s iPhone, apparently one of the few iPhone without localization problems!

Are you saying it's the App or it's Widget (if it has one) that has the issue on your phone, if it's the App I don't think I've had that happen yet. I say "think" because all my Apps using location services that fix your position, like Maps, The Weather Channel or Redshift have worked fine to date, the only thing I've notices sometimes is when opening the App Store I might see "Try Again", this doesn't usually happen for the iTunes Store when tried at the same time, plus on retrying it then works. Thought it just could be Apple having trouble with the numbers trying to access there service but not sure now, could it be a "location" connected problem.

ps. By the way, this morning both devices updated the Widget straight away, last night the iPhone wouldn't - just the opposite to the previous day! If one device updates and the other doesn't would think that rules out the server being the problem,

Sadly, for me the Weather widget just stalls. After one hour, the widget is now 5* incorrect from the app itself, once it’s opened through the widget. Opening the app does not reset the widget. This is the typical pattern that has shown for months.

If the reports are true with regards to delaying "new" features so they can concentrate on getting the current "mix" working 100%, then I believe we should be grateful they are finally seeing the reality of the situation. I've long considered Apple has been spread too thin with all the new devices being released and it's shown in some silly errors getting through the net, bugs that were fixed previously reappearing in future updates have been common on both iOS and macOS which luckily are still few, but draws your focus and takes the shine off using the system.

The biggest issue for me has been how their services have worked (or not as the case may be), I've had glitches with Messages syncing, Podcasts updating, Mail, Handoff and iCloud Photo Library at some time or the other, sometimes getting so fed up I turned off that process or used another App until it finally got resolved.

If Apple really do spend time consolidating what they currently provide they probably won't win any points from those always looking for the next new thing, but I would think seasoned users will jump for joy.

I cannot confirm that closing the weather app recovers the widget. I also retried the maps workaround which does not trigger the update either. Seems there is no way to trigger the widget updates manually.

Besides that now even the frequently visited places seems to have stopped working.

Hmmmm, if i do that and then hold the Home button down, Siri comes on. Then i back out using the Home button. And the Weather temp is still off by 10 degrees from actually using the app insteaad of the widget. I have a 6 month old SE. Bill

Sadly, this does not solve this long-running problem, at least for me: I’m now 45 minutes and 45 miles from last update, and about 6* incorrect, when comparing the Widget to the app, which has correct geolocation and temp.

For work purposes, on two different occasions I engaged Apple’s two-factor authentication, attempting to integrate Apple and MS Outlook calendars, and both times none of my Apple devices would authenticate the others — long stories. Both attempts resulted in a laborious process of completely re-setting my iCloud account just to return to baseline functioning.

All the Apple software problems that I described earlier feel like the awful institutional silo or stovepipe problem with which I am familiar from my own profession. Divisions or departments develop projects up their own chain of authority without adequate integrative oversight.

drjwr wrote:

All the Apple software problems that I described earlier feel like the awful institutional silo or stovepipe problem with which I am familiar from my own profession. Divisions or departments develop projects up their own chain of authority without adequate integrative oversight.

...the result maybe of getting too big and/or lack of a single point of contact for coordination, who has ultimate sanction on what goes (could that be describing SJ).

That's a couple of days then, see how it goes over this weekend and please give us an update, would be nice to hear 11.3 might be the answer.

I'm still on 11.2.5 and nothing much has changed, it (in the UK) usually "sticks" in mornings and evenings (not sure why), but if left open takes couple of minutes then updates, the rest of the day it's fine and updates immediately.