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New Clock Widget doesn’t keep accurate time!
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Odd... I updated to the public release from beta 8, and even though they’re supposedly the same build, my clock widget has been solid since Wednesday.
Previously it would go wonky after a few hours tops.
But you know, this is the new Apple that thinks removing the text selection magnifying glass and MagSafe power adaptors are “improvements” to their products.
Previously it would go wonky after a few hours tops.
But you know, this is the new Apple that thinks removing the text selection magnifying glass and MagSafe power adaptors are “improvements” to their products.
FWIW, my clock widget – after falling behind twice last night – has been keeping time ok since I restarted my phone (fingers crossed).
Mine was wrong on the iPhone 11. Tested on the original SE, it was fine a day later. I rebooted my 11, and it has been fine a day so far. A stupid bug, since the second hand is still spinning smoothly. Almost like they are attempting to keep time internally to the app, and if seconds are missed getting behind.
Mine seems to be keeping perfect London time. I will keep an eye on it
edit - I stand corrected. Losing 4 minutes an hour
rebooted phone and now keeping perfect time
edit - I stand corrected. Losing 4 minutes an hour
rebooted phone and now keeping perfect time
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By the way, does anyone know why the widgets sometimes display "low-resolution" text (as seen above)? It happens with the Calendar widgets, too... then the text will be sharp again after a restart.
Seems like that happens when the widgets essentially crash/freeze, which a restart then usually ends up resolving. Hard to say what causes it and if there's a way to avoid it or at least get it all to work without a restart, but it does seem to happen here and there for some reason (likely a bug of some sort).
Yes, they also seem to become "un-clickable" when that happens (i.e., tapping them doesn't launch the corresponding app, they're just "dead").
Yeah, when it happens it seems to affect all of the new ones (thankfully the old ones continue to work, and hopefully will continue to be supported by apps that have them).
But I no longer see the old versions of the Calendar and Weather widgets under the “Customize” menu!
😫
So I have no way of using these particular first-party widgets now.
Yeah, for Apple apps and perhaps some other ones that have gotten rid of the old style widgets, it's a rather unfortunate bug to run into. Jus hoping that old style widgets will at least be supported for some time by other developers even if they roll out new widgets and just keep the old ones as they are without any new functionalities or anything like that.
Running on 14.0.1
So tried Apple's own clock widget - the single clock (2 x 2 size). Place it on my home page, found the less-than-obvious location time set - everything seemed tickety-boo.
Within 5 hours, the clock had drifted back 1 hour and 5 minutes, even as the iPhone's own notification bar clock showed the correct time.
Great. Deleted widget.
A quickie Search within these Forums (and elsewhere) suggest this has been an issue for awhile (into the Betas) and still this? Not sure how obvious issues with iOS apps / widgets are being ignored by Apple. Especially when 3rd Party products do the same thing - but correctly.
Sloppy, Apple.
Meanwhile, a sidebar to this: anyone figured out the white / dark clock faces in the mini-clocks widget? I had thought that represented day / night for the destinations set, but that does not seem to be the case. Thoughts? More sloppiness?
So tried Apple's own clock widget - the single clock (2 x 2 size). Place it on my home page, found the less-than-obvious location time set - everything seemed tickety-boo.
Within 5 hours, the clock had drifted back 1 hour and 5 minutes, even as the iPhone's own notification bar clock showed the correct time.
Great. Deleted widget.
A quickie Search within these Forums (and elsewhere) suggest this has been an issue for awhile (into the Betas) and still this? Not sure how obvious issues with iOS apps / widgets are being ignored by Apple. Especially when 3rd Party products do the same thing - but correctly.
Sloppy, Apple.
Meanwhile, a sidebar to this: anyone figured out the white / dark clock faces in the mini-clocks widget? I had thought that represented day / night for the destinations set, but that does not seem to be the case. Thoughts? More sloppiness?
iPhone 12 Pro on iOS 14.2. Same problem, I have the four mini clocks with various cities on my widgets page and a large clock set to UTC on my home screen. Both freeze regularly and display a time that can be wrong by hours or minutes. Luckily, I noticed the problem before it caused me to miss something . The only way to get them running again is to delete and reinstate them or change the timezone on them. Very annoying as this is the one widget I would find really useful and a very disappointing lack of attention to detail - can’t believe Apple cannot even get basic functionality working. I also have a Samsung work phone with an equivalent widget but strangely they do not support UTC as a timezone (obviously no one told Google it matters) but their widget does at least keep time.
I don't agree. iOS 14.x runs as smooth as silk on both my 11 Pro Max and iPad pro 11". Battery life is stunning.
Now, iOS 13 was a 'bag-of-poo'
Now, iOS 13 was a 'bag-of-poo'