so who is using the xoom's barometer to check the weather?

[Necron99]

I've had my Xoom since March. Barometer HD worked great until I received an update to it. Then it didn't work. It's stuck on 25.34xxxx inHg (inches of Mercury, where xxxx fluctuates).

I thought the update broke it, but the author says nope. His stopped working after a jet flight, but worked OK after he landed.

I went down to the Verizon store and we loaded Barometer HD onto the floor model. Exact same behavior as mine.

Every once in a while (like just now) I install it and check it out, but it still doesn't work.

Dave

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[rive]

its working just right for me, and i even compared its inHg reading with online weather services for my zip code. its pretty close.

[m5racer]

This s so cool. I can't believe I didn't know about this function.....

[fish1552]

No, I sure don't. Someone wrote an app and posted it there quite a while back.

I just spent a good 15 minutes or so searching the forums over there and didn't have any luck either. One guy "alphabetaone" appeared to be working on a barometer app, but I wasn't able to find a post where he was offering it, nor did he have it listed as a project. Oh well.

Supposedly though, the WeatherBug app *will* read the internal barometer instead of pulling it from online. *That* was mentioned time and time again over there.

[Technician]

Does not do kPa not interested.

[rive]

Does not do kPa not interested.

No, it does hPa instead

100 kPa= 29.53 inHg
or 1 kPa = 0.295333727 inHg

it also has digital readouts for hPa

0.10 kPa = 1 hPa ( a kPa is one tenth of a hPa)

to get kPa, take the digital hPa reading, divide by 10, or simply move decimal point to the left

simple math, simple conversion . my 5 year old can move the decimal point to get kPa

[4Dandroid]

I've had my Xoom since March. Barometer HD worked great until I received an update to it. Then it didn't work. It's stuck on 25.34xxxx inHg (inches of Mercury, where xxxx fluctuates).

I thought the update broke it, but the author says nope. His stopped working after a jet flight, but worked OK after he landed.

I went down to the Verizon store and we loaded Barometer HD onto the floor model. Exact same behavior as mine.

Every once in a while (like just now) I install it and check it out, but it still doesn't work.

Dave

LOL! I'm having the same issue. I did not realize it was broken until I read your post. The options button no longer works too. I shall give it a bad rating then uninstall.

[rive]

im sorry it doesnt seem to work for you guys, but it works fine for me- except options box. i have recorded readings, and it moves and changes just like it should as the pressures change.

for example my recorded is:

hPa= 986.179993
( or kPa) = 98.617993

inHg = 29.121876

new current readings are in constant flux, but est current is:

hPa = 991.92993

kPa = 99.19299

inHg = ( est) 29.263914

[sbak51]

I D/L ed it and it looks pretty neat. Haven't the slightest clue as to how it works, nor how to read it. Nice that it uses the barometer on my Xoom... just wish I knew what it was saying.