topic Re: weather widget with wrong location in Z Series

weather widget with wrong location

Emmalou1 — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:29:05 GMT

Hi, my weather widget keeps saying that I'm the other end of England, I've updated it but it keeps switching back, does this mean my phones been hacked and how do I stop it?

Re: weather widget with wrong location

GhKerh — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:07:36 GMT

Give us the name of your weather widget, we'll try it. After we'll can comparate.

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Emmalou1 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:43:19 GMT

It's the accuweather one that comes up on the screen, says eastby when I'm in Oxford

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Steve_Suth — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:25:20 GMT

I have the same problem, Eastby wherever that is

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Qatrium — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:29:38 GMT

@Steve_Suth

@Emmalou1

Have you granted that app the required location permission? Check in Settings -> Apps -> Accuweather (or whatever the name is) -> Permissions

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Jovigirl — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:20:39 GMT

Mine is also showing that I'm in Eastby even though I have never been there, also doesn't change location anymore when I do, just continues to show Eastby.

Re: weather widget with wrong location

aliyasen — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:05:59 GMT

Yes, same here, my AccuWeather app frequently switches to Eastby which is the other end of the country, so it also made me suspect if I'd been hacked.

If many people using the app see the same location (Eastby) maybe it's an issue with the actual app?

Or are we all hacked by the same group!? My phone has been ridiculously slow since the Eastby thing started. It wasn't always like that.

Technical/ weather

Jovigirl — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:01:37 GMT

Hi my accu weather widget keeps showing Eastby even though I have never been there, this is the second time this has happened and I'm hoping that you can resolve this issue again. Also, the clock and Google have disappeared from the home screen this time. Since the Eastby issue last time, my phone has become really slow, freezes regularly, keeps stopping and gets really hot. Are these problems related? Thanks

Re: Technical/ weather

Eriu9 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:44:25 GMT

Cheers Sony for all your help! I have the same problem!

Re: weather widget with wrong location

howardclegg — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 06:59:32 GMT

I'm also having the same issue with the location showing as Eastby. I live near the M25 and have never been to Eastby. There's obviously a bug in the last software update from either Sony or Google, if we are all having this issue.

It's the built in app so who would that come down to?

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Randodom — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:55:02 GMT

I also have this issue, I don't live in England though so it's not just England where it's happening.

I live in southern Finland, but the location changes constantly to a town that's almost in the center of Finland.

Sometimes the app decides to show the right location, but most of the time it just shows that town.

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Snozzy — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:13:33 GMT

I have the same issue with accuweather switching to Eastby intermittently, fed up with it now. Anyone come up with a fix?

Re: weather widget with wrong location

Furious_fajita — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:15:42 GMT

To anyone who is a still havhav this issue I fixed mine by Going to

Settings then apps then to waether then force stopped it then disabled it then reenabled the app and put the wigit back on the home page