Breezy Weather is saying there is a new 6.2.0 version. It wants me to download an apk and install it. I can do that but why doesn’t it update like every other app?
Honestly, Breezy Weather has been a nuisance since it first appeared.
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I tried to update breezy downloaded it but could not install it. I opened the download and tried the update, it fails each time. Anyone know what I need to do different? Thanks
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I concur. Breezy has been a PIA since I first received my Brax phone. Multiple times a week I get notifications that Breezy didn’t update. It’s to the point I don’t notice the messages anymore - kind of like commercials on TV….that’s not good.
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I get several “failed to update notifications” and eventually a “successful update” notification.
Same here. I just end up ignoring it and it eventually updates. I generally just don’t use the app anymore
Breezy is a preinstalled app.
All preinstalled apps can not be updated independently.
They need to be updated by Iodé. Hopefully in the next ota update breezy will be updated.
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Good to know! But why does it tell us there is an update and where to go to get the update?
I just updated to 7.5 and this morning Breezy Weather is saying I should upgrade to 6.2.0, just as it did before
Uninstall it. You have to go to Settings, Apps, then Preinstalled apps. Reboot. Now install from F-Droid (or Aurora Store or whatever store you want to use). Bonus, you can now silence notifications (you can’t when it’s a system app).
If you want to keep it a system app, then you can make sure that f-droid is using the special iodeos version instead of the f-droid version. It’s possible that f-droid sees there’s an update in one repository, but can’t update it (because the signatures don’t match). Personally I set it so it doesn’t notify me of updates and doesn’t try to auto-update. Also, if the app itself is checking and is what’s showing the notification…well I don’t think you can silence that if it’s a system app (again, you just don’t have the control over notifications for system apps that you would if it’s a normal app), so I’d just do the uninstall then install as a normal app.
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If it’s a system app, will new releases of the OS overwrite the version installed from f-droid?
If you uninstall a system app, it’s no longer a system app and it shouldn’t be re-installed during a system update. Never say never though, I’ve seen weirder things happen (even if it tried to, it should fail because the signatures don’t match).