Accuweather Widget

Barberry · January 20th, 2013, 05:47 PM

I have both the 7.0 and the 10.1 versions of the Tab 2. The 10.1 didn't have a weather widget on the home screen, but the 7.0 does. I have searched Google Play, but the stock one doesn't seem to be available. I would like to have the same widget on both devices because it has a dual zone clock and weather. The reason I want this one is that I am in the UK and I have family in California, and it takes the brain work out of the time difference.

If anyone knows of a way to copy the 7.0 widget on to the 10.1, I would be extremely grateful.

Both devices are on Android 4.1.1

Frisco · January 21st, 2013, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Barberry

I have both the 7.0 and the 10.1 versions of the Tab 2. The 10.1 didn't have a weather widget on the home screen, but the 7.0 does. I have searched Google Play, but the stock one doesn't seem to be available. I would like to have the same widget on both devices because it has a dual zone clock and weather. The reason I want this one is that I am in the UK and I have family in California, and it takes the brain work out of the time difference.

If anyone knows of a way to copy the 7.0 widget on to the 10.1, I would be extremely grateful.

Both devices are on Android 4.1.1

Welcome to the forums!

Are you saying that you can't go to the "my apps" selection in the Play menu and download/install the widget from that list?

jwither · January 21st, 2013, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Barberry

I have both the 7.0 and the 10.1 versions of the Tab 2. The 10.1 didn't have a weather widget on the home screen, but the 7.0 does. I have searched Google Play, but the stock one doesn't seem to be available. I would like to have the same widget on both devices because it has a dual zone clock and weather. The reason I want this one is that I am in the UK and I have family in California, and it takes the brain work out of the time difference.

If anyone knows of a way to copy the 7.0 widget on to the 10.1, I would be extremely grateful.

Both devices are on Android 4.1.1

Using your favorite file manager (I use File Manager HD), you can copy AccuweatherDaemon.apk from the system/app folder to your other tab. This is only theoretical, as I do not have another tab to test it on.

If it needs other files in order to run, unless you figure out what those files might be, it won't work.

.apk files are install packages, so once you've copied it to the other tab, use the file manager to run/install it.

Barberry · January 22nd, 2013, 05:16 PM

There are two files in system/app, AccuweatherDaemon.apk and AccuweatherDaemon.odex. They both have -r- permissions, which I presume means root. I copied them to the SD card, but it won't install from there. I suspect it needs to be in the system/app file, where all the other .apk files appear to reside.

Thanks for your suggestion, which, it appears, may well work, but I don't feel comfortable rooting a brand new device for fear of bricking it.

Barberry · January 22nd, 2013, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Frisco

Welcome to the forums!

Are you saying that you can't go to the "my apps" selection in the Play menu and download/install the widget from that list?

Thanks for the welcome

The specific app that I want isn't available in Play

jwither · January 23rd, 2013, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Barberry

There are two files in system/app, AccuweatherDaemon.apk and AccuweatherDaemon.odex. They both have -r- permissions, which I presume means root. I copied them to the SD card, but it won't install from there. I suspect it needs to be in the system/app file, where all the other .apk files appear to reside.

Thanks for your suggestion, which, it appears, may well work, but I don't feel comfortable rooting a brand new device for fear of bricking it.

The -r- means "read only", in other words, you can't edit and then save the file, but you can run it or copy it. If you see a "d" that means it's a directory (or Folder in today's terms), and "w" means it's writable. There shouldn't be any root requirement for this, so if they don't run, it's something else. Did you enable unknown sources (non google play) in Settings, Security, Unknown Sources?