Stock 2.1 News and Weather Not Working

[stealthdroid]

I recently downgraded my Droid from Froyo 2.2 back to stock 2.0.1 and then back to 2.1 standard. Now the stock News and Weather app/widget is not working and I can't figure out why. I have cleared the cache already so it isn't that. The widget says "Sorry, unable to connect. Please try Later" with a "Retry now" button. That doesn't work either. The News and Weather application does open but seconds later says "Sorry, network error. Please try later."

There are a couple older threads out there relating to this problem but they have been abandoned without solution. Please help!

 

[terpitude71]

might simply be a problem on google's end right now.

 

[kerbero9]

I am having the exact same issue... I deleted the widget to move some stuff around, recreated it and thats when i started having the problem.

 

[kwright817]

Now I can't delete it from my home screen. Any other method other than the tap, hold and drag?

 

[WAM]

have you tried rebooting? idk

 

[kwright817]

have you tried rebooting? idk

Yes/ I was finally able to remove it by aligning the left edge of the widget with the trash can. Thanks.

 

[anon(19981)]

I have not had it work since yesterday afternoon. I am glad to see its not just me.

 

[tender]

I have the same problem also. Must be a system wide outage.

 

[stealthdroid]

It's a new day and my News and Weather still doesn't work as explained in the first post. I cant believe over 300 people have seen this thread and still nobody has an answer. Even though it isn't critical, the frustratrion is mounting.

 

[pstinger]

Have you tried a factory wipe?

 

[stealthdroid]

Have you tried a factory wipe?

Yeah I'm pretty sure that by going from Froyo 2.2 to stock 2.0.1 and reflashing my phone with RSD Lite does a complete factory wipe. I did have to reactivate the phone and set all my accounts up over again as if I pulled it out of the box for the first time.

 

[AlwaysAnxious]

Same issue here . . .

I have nothing of value to add, but wanted to just post that I am also having this same issue.

 

[MisterEich]

This looks like the answer to our problems. Check the top post. PalmarySoft.com - Best Software for Palm OS, Windows Mobile and Android

 

[shley00]

Mine has not worked for 2 days either. News will not update even with a manual refresh

 

[DeeMat]

Mine had stopped working but seems to be fine now.

 

[pstinger]

Mine seems to be working, it just won't pull the weather.

 

[AlwaysAnxious]

Mine seems to be working, it just won't pull the weather.

Likewise. News works, wheather doesnt. Step in the right direction I suppose.

 

[DeeMat]

My weather is back to functioning as of last night.

 

[stealthdroid]

Finally News and Weather works normally again as of this morning. It fixed itself apparently.

 

[tdawgui]

All is well within my world again... well... almost, just gotta get my swype going again.