To my surprise, I couldn’t find this question is this or any other topic (but maybe I’m not very good in searching the forum).:
Why is the Wheather Widget/app obligatory?
I don’t want to know anything about the wheather and it’s annoying to have to see it om my startscreen all the time. It appearantly uses data and energy on my phone and I want to get rid of it, but that doesn’t seem to be possible. I can’t imagine that this app is needed by the OS to work properly, so can anyone enlighten me please?
2 Likes
Yeah, but why are a weather app and widget there in the first place?
I’d like to have the smallest number possible of default apps, and certainly no weather app nor any weather widget.
1 Like
Because /e/ (according to the /e/OS page of their main website) believe that, for their target audience
…apps and online services are crucial components of our everyday experience, too.
So, /e/ includes
… a set of carefully selected default apps to cover your most common needs, personal and professional: get you email, plan your week ahead, chat with your friends and coworkers, browse the web, check the weather, check your itinerary for your next meeting…
Yes, but you are not who /e/ see as their main target user. You are clearly capable of removing stuff that you don’t want, and this is pretty easy to do with a little bit of technical knowledge and experience
1 Like
Disagree; it’s certainly a lot easier for anybody to add an app/widget than it is for me to go through the pains to disable one.
1 Like
I disagree completely. I bought a Refurbished Samsung S7 with /e/ preïnstalled on it, because I wanted to support /e/ in this way. I don’t usually root phones . Having to install ADB (whatever it means) on a pc is not my cup of tea. /e/ wants to be an os for others than geeks. A widget most people don’t want and that can’t removed without more advanced knowledge of how mobile operating systems work, isn’t helping that objective. It is simply annoying.
By the way, thnx for your reply, Petefoth. I’ll see if I can find someone to help me with this.
2 Likes
OK, I tried installing adb on my laptop and when I allow USB debugging on my device, connect it to the laptop and run the command adb devices it finds a device:
List of devices attached
ce021712214b7e1105 unauthorized
I’m not sure if something is wrong with the fact that it says “unauthorized”, but when I run the command line: pm uninstall -k --user 0 foundation.e.weather
I get a failure message:
‘pm’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
After a Google search I find suggestions that ADB is not running, but then my device would not be recognized or would it?
Any suggestions?
Hi,
Look at your phone, it should be prompting for a confirmation 
Thnx, I think I did confirm, but I’ll try again.