Missing My Genie Widget

[entcee]

I upgraded to the Bionic from the OG Droid. Love the phone, but I dealy miss the News & Weather (Genie) widget. I used that multiple times per day

Is there anyone planning to port it over to work with the new phones?

[Markla709]

Well, I'm assuming you're referring to the widget that had the type of weather on the left and headlines on the right? If I recall, that was part of HTC Sense, and as this is a Motorola phone, you must fend for yourself. Check the app store -- some apps there are great.

[DukeArgos]

this is a possible option that i found interesting -- wallpaper that goes to accuweather.com

hold down on desktop, choose wallpapers, then live wallpapers, then forest

after installation -- tap on wall paper shows current temperature -- then tap again to go to accuweather.com for full forcast.

[entcee]

Well, I'm assuming you're referring to the widget that had the type of weather on the left and headlines on the right? If I recall, that was part of HTC Sense, and as this is a Motorola phone, you must fend for yourself. Check the app store -- some apps there are great.

Actually it was off the Nexus One phone which means it came from Google as a part of Android v2.1.

It worked great with v2.0 and even v1.6 (I think someone may have ported it).

I will keep my fingers crossed that someone (google or someone smarter than me) will make it work with v2.3

[entcee]

this is a possible option that i found interesting -- wallpaper that goes to accuweather.com

hold down on desktop, choose wallpapers, then live wallpapers, then forest

after installation -- tap on wall paper shows current temperature -- then tap again to go to accuweather.com for full forcast.

Thanks for the info, however, I never used the weather. The news is what I used every day and what I am missing.

[brkshr]

I used this DL link, works great. http://android.snkbitten.com/apps/GenieWidget.apk

[A.C.Sanchez]

I used this DL link, works great. http://android.snkbitten.com/apps/GenieWidget.apk

This app is FCing on me. Did you just download, install, and it worked? Or did you move it to /system/app using root?

[brkshr]

I DL'd it on my phone and installed. Maybe try a reboot.

[A.C.Sanchez]

I DL'd it on my phone and installed. Maybe try a reboot.

Doing that now! Maybe the permissions got messed up too. Either way, thanks for sharing.

[brkshr]

Yep, hope it works for you