Over the week-end WeatherIcon, a mod that displays the current temperature and weather conditions in the Weather icon, received two updates. The first, version 2.2.5, made the application compatible with the 3.1 firmware… which I know many of you have been waiting for! The second update, version 2.2.6, fixed a bug that when you turned the weather icon part of the mod off in the Settings, the Weather icon would go blank. Below is the exact change log.

Change Log:
2.2.6
- Fixed issue where weather icon went blank is the icon is turned off in the Settings.

2.2.5
- Fixed safe mode crashed in 3.1
Note: Due to some odd 3.1 dpkg behavior, I had to remove the LockInfo WeatherIcon theme from this package so that I could get the fix out as fast as possible. I will release the theme separately.

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The WeatherIcon mod was recently update to version 2.1.16. The update doesn’t make any visual change to the mod itself but, it does add a description of the Override Location feature in the Settings for the app. The update also adds compatibility with LockInfo and includes a bug fix. See the full change log below. You can get this update to WeatherIcon via the modmyi source.

Change Log:
- Added LockInfo Plugin. No Themes yet, but this will allow for integration with LockInfo.
- Cleared up instructions in the settings.
- Fixed another possible “in call” issue that would mess up incoming calls if a phone is plugged in.

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Weather Machine is a very detailed and information loaded weather application. Honestly, this app might have too many features…if that is possible! I’m going to explain a few features of the app and then I will let you watch the demo video so that you can get the full feel of the app.

When the app opens, it will ask to find your current location. After it did this the first time, I actually shut this feature off in the Settings so that it didn’t ask every time I open the app…it is slow and it is not extrememly accurate.

Once the app is open, you will see the current weather conditions including the current temperature, feels like temperature, weather conditions, pressure, humidity, wind direction and wind speed. It you double-tap on the Current Weather screen, it will enlarge the screen and you will get the current visibility and dew point. If you tap on the arrows at the bottom of the current weather screen, it will scroll through surrounding cities. If you rotate the device into landscape mode, you will get a animated Satellite map of the current conditions, a current conditions map, a forecast map and an animated doppler radar map.

Back on the main screen, you can drag your finger down the screen (or tap on the dates on the right side of the screen) and it will bring up today’s and the next four days’ weather forecast. If you rotate your device while on one of the forecast screens, you will get an hour-by-hour forecast of that day. You can quickly view the five day forecast at the bottom of the screen as well.

If you double-tap on the days along the right hand side of the screen, you will get a detailed morning, afternoon, evening and night forecast for that day.

Along the left hand side of the screen is where you can select, search and enter new locations into the app. This allows you to quickly switch between multiple cities’ weather. You need to tap and drag the icon to the right to bring the menus out.

The “i” icon on the upper left side of the screen is the Settings. Here you can choose a number of settings and customize the background image for the app.

That is just a quick overview of the Weather Machine. It does take some time using the app before you get used to finding all the features. Overall a fun, nicely designed and feature-filled weather app!

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App Store Description:

Weather Machine is not the usual weather application. It is not only easy to use, reliable and complete (having more than 58,000 weather stations around the world), but it stands out with a beautiful and original graphical interface. To show weather information, Weather Machine uses beautiful and clear panels that float in the blue sky, allowing you to travel through time, projecting you into the future with simple and natural gestures of your hand. You can see all the weather details you need, including:
* Maximum and minimum temperatures
* Perceived temperature
* Speed of the wind and its direction
* Atmospheric pressure
* Dew point
* UV Index
* Humidity
* Probability of rain

And there’s more: you can view the current situation of each locality, have forecasts of the next 5 days, and you can also go even more in detail consulting forecasts divided into day quarters for the next 48 hours.

Moreover, by rotating your iPhone, you can browse hour-by-hour weather forecasts and maps of your preferred regions. In addition, you can use the GPS receiver to accurately determine the closest location to you so to have related weather information.

You also have the possibility to customize the appearance of Weather Machine by choosing an image in your photo library to use it as background image.

But this is only the beginning: you will have the assurance of continuous and frequent updates where will be corrected any problems you will find and, above all, will be issued new and useful features. Here a preview of the next releases:
* Weather alarms for US only
* Severe weather warnings for the whole world
* Support for other languages

To get the latest information on Weather Machine and on the progress of its development, have a look to its official blog:

http://weathermachineblog.wordpress.com/

Go on sending your feedbacks to the support email address. We care your suggestions!
What’s new

* Added the possibility to see the hour-by-hour forecasts for the first 48 hours and for 5 days (to show them you only need to display the wished forecast panel and rotate your iPhone as for the maps)
* Added the possibility to set a specific background for each city in your list of preferred localities
* Added the possibility to see animations of certain maps (OS 3.0 only)
* Added the full support of the French language and the partial support of the German language
* Improved the usability of all the buttons (even if I suggest to use gestures in substitution to the buttons)
* Improved the fluidity of some animations
* Some other fixes

Yesterday, there an update was release for the WeatherIcon mod. The update is through the modmyi source. It doesn’t make any changes to the mod however, it does replace the mod via the david.ashman.com source. I’m not sure if David has moved his mod to the modmyi source or if the update to the app mistakenly overwrites the david.ashman.com mod. Doug said he had a little bit of trouble with the update on his iPhone 3GS, he had to unisntall and reinstall it…then it worked. I didn’t have any issues with the update on an iPhone 3G running 3.0.

If you install the modmyi update, it will overwrite and the david.ashman.com mod and you cannot revert back to it. WeatherIcon will not even display an as app in the david.ashman.com source.

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There have been a few updates to the WeatherIcon mod since the last time I wrote about it. The updates were mostly bug fixes but, the update to 2.1.14 caught my eye. The update says, “This release “should” fix issues that people were seeing with phones running on EDGE that had incoming call issues. I got reports of problems with calls being dropped, no audio, and other oddities. This release should handle that more gracefully.”

Ok, seriously, I have been wondering why my iPhone was being so crazy lately. People would call and I couldn’t answer or it would answer and there would be no sound or I would try to make a call and it would be dead air. It was really starting to drive Doug crazy and he was going to restore my iPhone today but, I am going to give this a try first. I will have to test it for a while and let you know how it goes. Let me know in the comments if you notice a change.

Change Logs:
2.1.14
    • This release “should” fix issues that people were seeing with phones running on EDGE that had incoming call issues. I got reports of problems with calls being dropped, no audio, and other oddities. This release should handle that more gracefully.

2.1.13
    • Fix for 2.x OS

2.1.11
    • Fix some issues with the weather info conflicting with the bluetooth icons in the statusbar.

2.1.10
    • The release is an attempt at fixing the crashed that some people have. I have not definitely isolated the crash issue, so this release may do nothing to help.

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The WeatherIcon mod has had quite a few updates going from version 2.1.4 to 2.1.9 (below are all the change logs). I found that the updates have the mod working very nicely….even in conjunction with the Status Bar date mod via SBSettings. Let us know in the comments if you are still having issues with this mod.

Change Logs:
2.1.9
    • Bad status bar logic. Fixed.

2.1.8
    • Fix issue with bluetooth icon, and bluetooth charge.

2.1.7
    • Fix issue with bluetooth icon.

2.1.6
    • Remove excess logging.

2.1.5
    • This version should fix the remaining issues with the status bar.

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It seems we have another update to the WeatherIcon mod. Once again, I had no problem with the update on an iPhone running 2.2. The mod also seems to be working a little better with the 3.0 firmware. The Status Bar part of the mod is looking much better and it now visible instead of being too high and getting cut off. I did notice that the Status Bar mod does not work correctly if you are adding the date to your Status Bar using SBettings. It did take a few resprings and disabling/enabling to get it to work correctly (Status Bar) but, that could have to do some of my mods and not the actual WeatherIcon app.

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