What is the iPhone default weather app?

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What is the iPhone default weather app?

While rearranging my apps on Home page, I accidentally deleted my weather app.

In App Store, I selected "Weather" - but that's not it (the icon says "Weather Bug").

I tried "Weather+" which gives very similar features - but the icon is different.

I don't want to work through all the apps unless I need to.

Could some kind person please tell me the name used by App Store.

Thanks.

BTW: I've never actually needed to do an iCloud restore, or a computer restore, since I bought my phone.

Q1: If I tried one of those, would I get my old app back? Would I get back apps that I deliberately deleted today?

Q2: If I got the app back using one of those restores, would the apps be arranged in the same sequence as when I bought the phone?

Thanks.

iPhone 5s

Posted on Nov 29, 2017 10:35 AM

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OldGrantonian Author

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Nov 30, 2017 1:34 AM in response to Phil0124

Hi Phil0124,

>> Apple's default Weather App is simply called weather. Blue icon with a cloud and a sun behind it.

I found that immediately. Thanks.

I can open it from the App Store, but I can't download it.

I raised another post for that issue:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8181245

>> Try this link directly on the iPhone:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather/id1069513131?mt=8

What does that mean? (I'm an infrequent iPhone user). Do I simply open Google and type the URL? If so, what is the expected result?

Thanks.

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Answer 2

Nov 29, 2017 3:12 PM in response to OldGrantonian

Apple's default Weather App is simply called weather. Blue icon with a cloud and a sun behind it. When you tap on it ti should have Apple as the developer.

Try this link directly on the iPhone:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather/id1069513131?mt=8

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askbarnabas

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Nov 29, 2017 2:58 PM in response to OldGrantonian

It may come back if you just plug your phone into your iTunes computer using a USB cord. The Weather Channel is the app but they have their own so it can be confusing. Best thing to do is to look for apps created by Apple.

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Nov 30, 2017 7:20 AM in response to OldGrantonian

That's the link to the Weather App in the App Store. If opened directly on the iPhone, it should open the App Store App automatically and open directly to the Weather App entry for download.

Reading your other post, it seems you solved it, and figured out it was restricted. Not sure how you can restrict the Weather though.

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Answer 5

Nov 30, 2017 7:49 AM in response to Phil0124

>> Reading your other post, it seems you solved it, and figured out it was restricted. Not sure how you can restrict the Weather though.

I saw an article online suggesting that one way to expose hidden icons is to remove restrictions. So I tried it - it worked. Can't lose them all :-)

But, just now I re-imposed the restrictions to see what would happen. The Weather app remained exposed. In fact, I'm fairly sure nothing was actually hidden by the re-imposition of restrictions.

I think the technique is similar to thumping the top of the TV when anything goes wrong :-)

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Answer 6

Nov 30, 2017 7:55 AM in response to OldGrantonian

OldGrantonian wrote:

I think the technique is similar to thumping the top of the TV when anything goes wrong :-)

A very old engineering solution. On one of the Apollo moon missions a warning light appeared on the control panel. Ground Control ran a remote test, and decided the warning was what we would today call a "false positive". After a meeting of several engineers, the crew was told to hit the panel with a fist in a precisely described location. This succeeded in extinguishing the warning light.

The modern equivalent is "when in doubt, reboot"

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Nov 30, 2017 8:13 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Lawrence Finch wrote:

OldGrantonian wrote:

I think the technique is similar to thumping the top of the TV when anything goes wrong :-)

A very old engineering solution. On one of the Apollo moon missions a warning light appeared on the control panel. Ground Control ran a remote test, and decided the warning was what we would today call a "false positive". After a meeting of several engineers, the crew was told to hit the panel with a fist in a precisely described location. This succeeded in extinguishing the warning light.

The modern equivalent is "when in doubt, reboot"

Indeed.😁😉

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Answer 8

Nov 30, 2017 12:51 AM in response to Phil0124

Hi Phil0124,

>> It may come back if you just plug your phone into your iTunes computer using a USB cord.

I tried that a few times - no luck. But thanks anyway :-)

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