Weather Update Connection Error? - Page 5

jthomas8946 · #41 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rainfreak

Yeah, I uninstalled it and it broke. So I went to the XDA link and tied the regedit, bit it did not work. I didn't get an update error; it just kept saying updating and never actually updated. I took the regedit back out and went back to getting the update error.

I am going to reinistall the cab and leave it alone, until another more straight forward resolution is found. I gotta have my weather!

Is the solution I posted still working for you? It is working just fine on mine.

**rainfreak** · #42 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jthomas8946

Is the solution I posted still working for you? It is working just fine on mine.

As long as I keep the cab installed, the weather updates work. But if I uninstall the cab, all bets are off and I am back to errortown, usa.

jthomas8946 · #43 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rainfreak

As long as I keep the cab installed, the weather updates work. But if I uninstall the cab, all bets are off and I am back to errortown, usa.

Ok, I never attempted to uninstall the cab. I found some more information posted at the link below. He indicates that the proxy server between our phones and accuweather seems to be down. He has listed two fixes, one that I already listed and another. Check it out for more information.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=20

cappy · #44 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rainfreak

As long as I keep the cab installed, the weather updates work. But if I uninstall the cab, all bets are off and I am back to errortown, usa.

See my post above jt's. It works. The reason uninstalling broke the weather updates is because the Key that was needed was removed. If you rename the Key, the app uninstall cannot remove the Key. Then just name the Key back to what it was.

brklyn · #45 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:34 PM

The error is due to Accuweather changing something on their server (which is where htc gets their weather data from). Weather was working fine yesterday, but is broken now. Sprint/HTC/Accuweather are aware of the issue and are working on it. It is not a problem with your phone, don't try installing .cabs and such and such, the only thing the cabs would do is possibly change what weather server is used. Just wait for a fix

**rainfreak** · #46 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by brklyn

The error is due to Accuweather changing something on their server (which is where htc gets their weather data from). Weather was working fine yesterday, but is broken now. Sprint/HTC/Accuweather are aware of the issue and are working on it. It is not a problem with your phone, don't try installing .cabs and such and such, the only thing the cabs would do is possibly change what weather server is used. Just wait for a fix

We know it is a problem with a connection to the server. Wait for a fix? Yeah right... that's not what we do...

**jason25** · #47 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:50 PM

It works on my Touch Pro after doing the Weather Database Editor. I need it anyway to get my local weather.

brklyn · #48 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rainfreak

We know it is a problem with a connection to the server. Wait for a fix? Yeah right... that's not what we do...

Well, just saying it's only been broken for like 20 hours, using a 3rd party server is probably going to be much less reliable in the future/long run...

The cab works because that editor changes your file to get weather from a 3rd party server

**rainfreak** · #49 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cappy

See my post above jt's. It works. The reason uninstalling broke the weather updates is because the Key that was needed was removed. If you rename the Key, the app uninstall cannot remove the Key. Then just name the Key back to what it was.

Right on. I noticed the difference in what was in the key that I made manually and what the cab did:

Mine:

WeatherServerURLOverride (string)
value: http://weather.not2advanced.com/

Cab version:

WeatherServerURLOverride (string)
value: http://weather.not2advanced.com/htcweather/

Thanks for following up on it with me. I removed the cab installation and recreated the new registry entry myself with the correct value and it works.

**rainfreak** · #50 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by brklyn

Well, just saying it's only been broken for like 20 hours, using a 3rd party server is probably going to be much less reliable in the future/long run...

The cab works because that editor changes your file to get weather from a 3rd party server

Agreed, but it gets the weather working. And if you read my last post in this thread, it will tell you exactly how to do it. Once Accuweather gets their crap together, I can rename the registry key and it will use Accuweather again. And if they ever screw the pooch again, I can always rename my registry key back and have it working ASAP.