Serious Weather Gods 4.8.5 Issue

By Weather Gods (Scott), 6 August, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi,

I have a very serious issue associated with the Weather Gods 4.8.5. It seems to have caused the App, Widget or Watch to repeatedly call for weather data - in some cases every 4 minutes. This has resulted in a very large weather data bill which I will have to pay.

I have an update 4.8.6 which is on the App Store and I am hoping I have identified the rogue part of the app - not 100% as I have received no crash or hang reports from Apple.

Please can everyone update the app and also let anyone else know who might be using 4.8.5 and ask them to update.

Really hoping my fix works, otherwise I'm at a bit of a loss - in more ways than one.

Appreciate the help in spreading the word.
Thank you
Scott

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By Daniel Angus MacDonald on Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 14:48

hi Scott,
first off, , this is unfortunet for you. hopefully it's not overly expencive. does this apply to beta versions?
Daniel

By Weather Gods (Scott) on Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 15:58

Hi Daniel

Yes, it's the beta as well - there is a 4.8.6 version on TestFlight if you could update please.

Unfortunately, it will be expensive, it's like having a burst water pipe when your usual data usage is a steady trickle :)

Lessons learnt - I need to be more careful with my changes. Only myself to blame.

Scott

By Daniel Angus MacDonald on Friday, August 8, 2025 - 19:51

the build I am running is 4.8.6, 17252. I have automatic updates turned on. just checking if this is the required version. this will hert you in the short term, but hopefully in the long term, you'll be good.

By Weather Gods (Scott) on Friday, August 8, 2025 - 20:15

Thanks Daniel

That build is good. Look out for 4.9 in the next couple of days - bringing back the AI weather text to the beta.

By Daniel Angus MacDonald on Friday, August 8, 2025 - 20:25

thanks for confirmation. will look for that afore mentioned beta.

By Holger Fiallo on Saturday, August 9, 2025 - 00:16

My beta updates by it self. Also I copy your message and sent it to an email for appleaccessibility for the blind group. Thanks for WG and hope things get fix ASAP.

By Weather Gods (Scott) on Sunday, August 10, 2025 - 07:44

Thanks Holger, things are retuning to normal now.