Has the 'weather widget' gone again ?

allachie9 · 04-25-2015, 01:25 PM

After the recent problems that many of us, around the world, had with the 'Digital Clock and Weather' widget being replaced by that awful analogue clock, I thought that BMW had finally fixed it a couple of weeks ago.
However, for the last couple of days, although I still have the digital clock, the weather part of the widget is constantly displaying 'no data available'.

Is it just me, or anyone else have the same problem ?

Fronzdan · 04-25-2015, 08:12 PM

I never had a problem with weather when everyone else was. But the last couple days it didn't work for me. About 10 min ago I was in the car and weather worked again.

Boxtyp3 · 04-25-2015, 08:35 PM

Gone for a day, now it's back.

funkahdafi · 04-26-2015, 03:33 AM

They had a major issue on their servers, going from Friday through Saturday evenening (german time). Wasn't just the widgets, it affected all of ConnectedDrive services.

allachie9 · 04-26-2015, 04:16 AM

Still nothing here I'm afraid.
Just showing 'No data available'.

Coxey · 04-26-2015, 04:21 AM

Mine wasn't working yesterday I'll check today

jkoertge · 04-26-2015, 06:51 AM

Mine was out like everyone else a few weeks ago. It's been back since though.

allachie9 · 04-26-2015, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by funkahdafi

They had a major issue on their servers, going from Friday through Saturday evenening (german time). Wasn't just the widgets, it affected all of ConnectedDrive services.

I wonder how you found that out ?
Is the information available on a website somewhere ?

I've thought for some time how much better it would be if BMW were to make available the current status of their online services, pretty much like mobile/cell phone networks do. Especially if there were issues affecting the service.
We could then check to see if it was a known issue, rather than be concerned that there was something wrong with our individual cars.

Technic · 04-26-2015, 09:18 AM

Guys... BMW is updating the whole ConnectedDrive servers since last March due to the introduction of the BMW Store. This has been announced for a awhile now; full services are scheduled to come back by May.

allachie9 · 04-27-2015, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Technic

Guys... BMW is updating the whole ConnectedDrive servers since last March due to the introduction of the BMW Store. This has been announced for a awhile now; full services are scheduled to come back by May.

Can you advise where it has been announced please ?
It would be great to be able to keep in touch with developments.
Thanks.

Technic · 04-27-2015, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allachie9

Can you advise where it has been announced please ?
It would be great to be able to keep in touch with developments.
Thanks.

Search for "BMW Store". It was posted in the front page of this forum.

allachie9 · 04-27-2015, 08:13 AM

Thanks for that.
Incidentally my widget is back !

gomichaelkgo · 04-27-2015, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Technic

Guys... BMW is updating the whole ConnectedDrive servers since last March due to the introduction of the BMW Store. This has been announced for a awhile now; full services are scheduled to come back by May.

They sure have some slow server upgrades! I can't think of any other internet facing service that displayed an upgrade message for months. Perhaps the new iDrive store will have Duke Nuk'em Forever.

Technic · 04-27-2015, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gomichaelkgo

They sure have some slow server upgrades! I can't think of any other internet facing service that displayed an upgrade message for months. Perhaps the new iDrive store will have Duke Nuk'em Forever.

I wondered the same thing so I am expecting something magical to explain the months of "upgrading"...

funkahdafi · 04-28-2015, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by allachie9

I wonder how you found that out ?
Is the information available on a website somewhere ?

Simple. I called them.

I just took my new car in on Friday and had trouble getting ConnectedDrive activated. It didn't work, their website reported "internal errors" and what have you. So I called them and they explained they were having issue (some backend outage, apparently).

The issue went away by Saturday evening. At least in Germany. The probably have regionalized data centers, so it might have been different in other regions.

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funkahdafi First Lieutenant 70 Rep 343 Posts Drives: Z4 (E89) sDrive 35is Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Europe, Germany, Mannheim iTrader: (0)	They had a major issue on their servers, going from Friday through Saturday evenening (german time). Wasn't just the widgets, it affected all of ConnectedDrive services.
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allachie9 Grumpy Old Man 1334 Rep 1,306 Posts Drives: G30 520i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North East Scotland iTrader: (0)	Still nothing here I'm afraid. Just showing 'No data available'. __________________ Alan
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allachie9 Grumpy Old Man 1334 Rep 1,306 Posts Drives: G30 520i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North East Scotland iTrader: (0)	Thanks for that. Incidentally my widget is back ! __________________ Alan
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