alternative to WeatherBug? HUGE Data file with WeatherBug

[royta]

What is a good alternative to WeatherBug? The app is 5MB and the Data is 5+MB. I'll delete the Data in "Manage applications", go back to the WeatherBug app, uncheck "Enable Background Data", "Enable My Location", and "Enable Follow Me". At that point I am supposed to enter a location, but instead I'll just exit out and go back to "Manage applications". My Data file is back up to 5+MB without a single location being saved. If I do enter one location, the Data is 6MB for a total of 11+MB that this application is hogging up.

I sent WeatherBug an email, but I'm not expecting any changes since the same thing happens with the latest version of 2.5.494, the one I had prior of 2.5.485, and most certainly a few releases prior. What is the deal with this developer?

Thanks.

Roy

[UrbanBounca]

11 MB's isn't a lot.

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[Abe21599]

11 MB's isn't a lot.

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exactly. and weatherbug elite on my phone is only 4.04 MB

[royta]

11 MB's isn't a lot.

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exactly. and weatherbug elite on my phone is only 4.04 MB

This is not your decision to make. To me, a 5MB app that more than doubles in size with only one location saved IS A LOT. Now are you going to at least make a small effort in answering my question, or just give subjective opinions?

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[guidot]

You could try Weather Underground. I'm not sure of the app size on phone, but I can check in a few (just did a factory reset ha)

[SniperDroid]

This is not your decision to make. To me, a 5MB app that more than doubles in size with only one location saved IS A LOT. Now are you going to at least make a small effort in answering my question, or just give subjective opinions?

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You could try the Weather Chanel app.. only about 3 megs in size. Personaly, I like the subjective opinions of guy's that have been here sooooo much longer than myself. Helps me learn what the hell I'm doing... I mean, since I came here with a problem anyway.

[metalspring]

What is a good alternative to WeatherBug? The app is 5MB and the Data is 5+MB. I'll delete the Data in "Manage applications", go back to the WeatherBug app, uncheck "Enable Background Data", "Enable My Location", and "Enable Follow Me". At that point I am supposed to enter a location, but instead I'll just exit out and go back to "Manage applications". My Data file is back up to 5+MB without a single location being saved. If I do enter one location, the Data is 6MB for a total of 11+MB that this application is hogging up.

I sent WeatherBug an email, but I'm not expecting any changes since the same thing happens with the latest version of 2.5.494, the one I had prior of 2.5.485, and most certainly a few releases prior. What is the deal with this developer?

Thanks.

Roy

Theres an entire category of weather apps in the market? I guess the weather channel app and AccuWeather would be pretty good as well (never used them but both have large networks for accurate weather i believe)...btw have you tried clearing the cache instead of just the data? it seems to build a large cache at first but once cleared it doesnt add very much?

[metalspring]

weatherbug actually seems to be the smallest...weather channel is a little over 5 mb and accuweather is about 10 mb...i havent opened them up yet, i'll update when i do but it would seem accuweather is out

weather channel app gets to about 6 mb total...still dont see why your weatherbug is taking up so much space though but if it does then it does lol

[royta]

It's not the initial app size of 5MB that bothers me. It's the additional 5 to 6 MB of data that is used up with just a single location saved. It doesn't make sense to me.

I switched to WeatherBug over Weather Channel about a year and a half ago. I really like WeatherBug, but I'm just trying to free up same space and improve the speed of this aging Droid 1.

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[royta]

Theres an entire category of weather apps in the market? I guess the weather channel app and AccuWeather would be pretty good as well (never used them but both have large networks for accurate weather i believe)...btw have you tried clearing the cache instead of just the data? it seems to build a large cache at first but once cleared it doesnt add very much?

I don't recall seeing the cache actually get that large. I'll clear the cache on all the apps from time to time. I don't like to clear the data on any app because you have to reload everything.

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