Weather widget not working on ios 11

Strange, mines now been working fine all day, go figure - have noticed that the Weather Widget on the Mac's Today/Notifications always appears upto date and does it instantly (ie. always same as that on the Web using Safari when going to the Weather Channel site), the Weather App on iOS although nearly as good sometimes has the odd "hour" out by 1 degree, but always seems to update within a very short time to mirror that on the Mac.

The Widget on the other hand has been anyones guess when it decides to show the correct figures, but last few days as I've said have been quite good (previous to that had to turn the bloody thing off for a while because it was driving me mad), when it does lag behind it only seems to be the temp for "Now" thats effected, but that updates within the following few minutes.

Although non of the above helps, it's just strange how variable this issue appears to be.

Now waiting to see if latest update to 11.2 resolves issue, decided to apply update via iTunes rather than on the device itself, done iPad mini first and widget working (but would expect that after reboot anyhow, fingers crossed it continues working).

Woo woo; we’ll see. I’m out of town for a few days and will install 11.2 with all hope when I’m home — maybe after a wipe-clean of the phone and a set-up as new. If all that doesn’t help, then who knows: iOS 12 perhaps!

Well, did install 11.2 while on the road: native weather widget worked only for a few hours; and neither Dark Sky nor The Weather Channel widgets opened with any temperature showing. Will try a wipe-clean and set-up as new when home and report back.

After a day of checking both devices not sure the update has made much difference, previously the iPad appeared slightly better at updating the Weather Widget, now it looks like it's the iPhone! - but all told they are still glitchy and the temp update can still take several minutes to appear.

Still get the impression it's time related with late evenings being better.

With respect to other Widgets updating, haven't had any issues yet, but they are all iOS supplied (ie. no third party).

I take it you updated over the phone itself, if you are going to try reinstalling via the Mac you could connect your phone but in Recovery Mode, iTunes will then give you the "Update" option - this still replaces the OS but doesn't replace your data (or remove Apps) so when finished you are good to go (if you connect normally you are only given "Restore" which then requires installing a "BackUp" (to import your previous settings) which then triggers re-downing all your Apps again (which can be very time consuming depending on internet speed/number of Apps).

Don't think there is anything else we can do.

I updated to iOS 11.2 this morning and kept an eye on the weather widget all day while traveling. There seems to be no change in its aberrant behavior. It still gets stuck and won't update for long periods of time, if at all.

This is beyond ridiculous...

I know, right?

Finally, I gave in and have tried to squash the bug with the big hammer: Last night I wiped the phone clean, set-up as new, and manually added each app — 100% backup free.

Twelve hours of working widget, so far. I’ll check in as time passes.

(Also, this process seems to have killed another iOS 11 bug that I otherwise could not exterminate. When I used 3D Touch on the native calendar to see upcoming appointments, a weeks-old appointment would appear first. Go figure. That problem is gone for the moment.)

I have the same issue on my iPhone X. I discovered it while being on 11.1.2 and after the Saturday update to 11.2 it is still not fixed. I am absolutely sure that no reset or restart will fix it long term. Lazy coding Apple.

jsisti wrote:

This is beyond ridiculous...

Same here, been nearly three days now since the update and behaviour is as reported previously, Widget will update but takes anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes, just never know which it will be! - and it's the same for both devices.

I've given up now, and unless anyone else discovers some crazy fix will just ignore the Weather Widget until Apple decides to issue a fix.

24 hours after a complete wipe clean and restore as a new phone, the weather widget has failed to update.

When I called Apple Support about a very different 11.2 bug — the forced restart now no longer works — I asked about the weather widget. The tech looked in the computer and told me, “the engineers are working on it.”

The cynic in me says, “and the check is in the mail,” but we will see.

Hi all, so I won’t blast Apple again? But what stage does these forum questions get escalated to Apple, all I can see is 15 pages of the same issue, who is actually holding Apple to accountability here?

In my view, there is no excuse for Apple's failure to monitor its support communities. It is cheap, it is arrogant and it is costly. I had two keyboards and the motherboard replaced on my iMac for an issue I eventually solved myself by burrowing into the support community and learning the problem, bizarrely, was rectified by adding an extender cable between the keyboard and the Mac. Apple's "geniuses" and AppleCare folks were unaware of the solution that was on their own message board.

Since 11.2 the app has never failed to update for me. I've been doing some traveling recently and it was always up to date, I never even gave it a second thought until I remembered it hadn't been working of late.

That’s simply not good enough, it should be working if something doesn’t work so much why don’t people complain about it, Apple users seem to be always putting up with issues , they need to be fixed by Apple,

Hi all!

I've the same problem. Gone to an Apple Store and wrote to Apple. But still does not working and no answers.

Resetting locations&privacy properties it works for some hours.

I noticed that it seems a localization problem because I've a similar issue with "Destination" widget and Apple Maps app. I try to explain better.

1 - "Destination" widget often does not indicate me time to arrival for a certain destination (home, typically), only displays the destination (home, gym, work, meeting) but not the time to arrival;

2 - Opening Apple Maps, often the app does not locate me automatically and I have to tap on the "arrow" on the top. After doing this, also the widget "Destination" updates with time to arrival. Very annoying, because I don't receive alert when I have to leave for a destination set on the calendar for example!!!

Anyone noticed the same issue (Destination widget)?

Keep in touch!