Has anyone figured out how to change the clock from 24 hour time format to 12 hour am/pm in the WM5 version (downloaded va HTC Home Customizer v 0.8b)?
My regional and time format settings are set for English (US) with time format of h:mm:tt, but the Home Plugin continues to show in a 24 hour format (H:mm:tt). I've searched the web for most of the weekend to discover similiar posts, but only one hint of an individual that was able to change his regional settings, perform a soft reset and then change it back to have the clock suddenly appear with the 12 hr format. I've attempted so many combinations, including uninstalls, reinstalls, but nothing seems to work. The date format is chaning with the regional changes, but not the time. Searching the registry hasn't revealed anything either.
Anyone else figure this out or have a direction they could point me in? Would be much appreciated.
EDIT:
Further investigation shows that its not really ignoring my regional settings. It just doesn't want to play with either the h:mm:tt or hh:mm:tt formats. I can change it from H:mm:tt to HH:mm:tt and the changes is reflected. Can also change the date format and it appears correctly. Why can't I get h:mm:tt?
UPDATED:
After an "unscheduled" rebuild (couldn't get past Windows Mobile screen after a soft reset), I've installed the HTC Home Plugin and the clock issue resolved itself. Evidently the problem was caused by a conflict with another piece of software. I've reloaded all my apps and its still working fine. Could have saved myself a few days of searching and just bite the bullet and performed a hard reset.
I'm having the same issue but I don't want to hard reset because I did that a few days ago. Anyone have any other solution? I'm using the iPaq rw6815 with Wm5.
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I'm using the new SER 1.2 and I'm having an issue with tdclock. It *always* displays in 24 hour format, regardless of the regional settings. Any way to fix this??
It looks like tdClock can indeed only show 24 hr time.
It has a 'date_format' registry key for the date format, but none for the time (and I just tried adding 'time_format': no sigar...)
Hmmm, bad...
Got my new XDA2 today and have resolutely set about making it my own. With the various guides on this site and others, I've modified the Config.txt file in my Extended_ROM to remove the O2 Active interface from the machine when I do a hard reset. All looks good.
However, this means that the default O2 settings for SMS, GPRS and so on aren't installed either. There are two solutions:
- Either someone knows how to stop the O2Active interface running while preserving the installation of the O2 network settings at a hard reset, or;
- Someone knows what the settings should be for the O2 service in the UK, and wouldn't mind helping me set my machine up manually.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with either of these options!
PS. I got pass-through Internet connection working (when the XDA2 is docked) if the O2 settings weren't configured automatically, but never managed it with the thing O2-branded Another good reason to ditch the O2Active setup!
To stop active loading after powerup of soft reset simply remove its shortcut from the /windows/startup folder.
Perfect! Thanks, stryker. Didn't realise yet how all this works.
I took the opportunity to get rid of the Flashman apps from startup too, since nobody seems to need them, they eat into the precious 31 allowed processes, and I'll be synching all the time anyway. Anyone know of any other StartUp-folder items that can be safely removed? I'll be keeping the IA_Caller_ID for the moment, but what else could be stopped without causing a problem?
Any idea what USSD and stk are?
Cheers,
look in the comments at the bottom of this article.
stk = SIM Application Toolkit
BTIcon = BT icon in the Today screen
USSD.exe = unstructures supplementary service data (whatever that is)
Thanks to you too, tyfy. I've seen that article before in the last few days, but had forgotten it/ lost track of it, so cheers for reminding me.
I need to start building a list of all the tweaks I'm applying every time I do a hard reset. Things like removing these startup items, customising configuration etc. I've got a couple more days before my SIM is activated and I want to get it right before that happens. I need to get onto Handango too, and buy some of these power tools that people are raving about.
Got PocketQuake2 running last night, though It won't be staying - too slow, disk-hungry and difficult to control, but seriously cool!
This is quite annoying, some today plugins are not getting refreshed properly and simply dissapear. I remeber somewhere reading about registry trick, but can't seem to find it. Any suggestions?
TIA
ID64 said:
This is quite annoying, some today plugins are not getting refreshed properly and simply dissapear. I remeber somewhere reading about registry trick, but can't seem to find it. Any suggestions?
TIA
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I found this and tried it, but I still have the problem with part of the Today Plugin dissapearing...
What I did is increase the Glyph cache (fonts) to 32768, the memory used to cache fonts glyphs, this allows you to use more memory to speed up the display.
Sometimes there is still a delay in plug-ins appearing, but now at least they always appear.
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
You can change the "limit" value from 4096 (slow) to 32768 (fast)
32768 will speed up the display noticeably, but uses more memory. I believe that 32768 is the max. value.
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Thanks a lot! I'll try that!
possible explanation for today plugin display issues
found this at MSDN... it seems that the app has to be tweaked a little for it to work better with wm2003se.
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Why does my Today Plugin sometimes disappear on Windows Mobile 2003
Second Edition devices?
The code for the sample Today Screen plugin that ships with the Pocket
PC 2003 SDK does not behave as it should do. The code calls
DefWindowProc after handling WM_PAINT, which it should not do. It
should simply return zero after doing its painting.
This bug can result in incorrect painting; specifically, you will get
a WM_ERASEBACKGROUND without a subsequent WM_PAINT, which will cause
your plugin to disappear.
If your Today Screen plugin was built based on the sample code you
should correct this behavior to fix your problem.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/dnppcgen/html/migration_developers_faq.asp
So any solutions to this problem?
I keep having this problem, especially after a soft reset.
Thanks.
i think the software maker should write some more stuff in their code (see my post above) so that the today plugin will be 100% compatible with the OS, maybe you could drop the developer an email and point them to the MSDN link so they could improve their application.
Greg has fixed this problem in his free taskplus plugin in version 1.41. Great tool to show you task list in Today's page.
I tried the registry fix posted earlier in this thread and it worked for my WorldMate plugin. After a reset the Worldmate plugin used to load only about half way and I'd have to unselect all of the plugins and reselect to put it right. So finally I just stopped using it, now it loads great everytime...Thanks.
Also I tried Task plus again and it now works nicely on my Jam. The older version had refresh problems, but now it is working great. Oh happy days!
I tried the registry fix posted earlier in this thread and it worked for my WorldMate plugin. After a reset the Worldmate plugin used to load only about half way and I'd have to unselect all of the plugins and reselect to put it right. So finally I just stopped using it, now it loads great everytime...Thanks.
Also I tried Task plus again and it now works nicely on my Jam. The older version had refresh problems, but now it is working great. Oh happy days!
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Doesn't work on mine... I set it to 32768.
But anytime after reset, the WorldMate plugin overlaps the others..
TaskPlus still not working
I'm using TaskPlus 1.41 and had already increased the glyph cache size to max, but TaskPlus still disappears from my Today screen--a lot.
Same here, Taskplus randomly disappears, soft-resetting does not always help, nor does ticking and un-ticking the box in the today settings.
Ok after upgrading to 1.11
I faced that in 1.03 as well after a few days of usage. I have just upgraded to 1.11 and noticed that it stays on after reboot. Will monitor it for a few more days to see if it is ok...
Has anyone got TodayPlus http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=843
up an running on the wizard. It is/was the best todayscreen plugin on my old Ipaq. I can get it to run as a stand alone app. but not to integrate as a plugin.
Al
Hmm.. I reviving this threat after 'discovering' something called 'TodayPlus'. I did a google to it and it seems to be a very powerful program. From the looks of it, it seems to have the potential to cover both PocketBreeze and PocketPlus.. and yet it seems to be not often being discussed here. It seems to be able to do everything, by scripting (feels to be like the PPC version of Samurize.com)
I'm bound to give it a go this weekend.
Those who are interested, take a look at this MASSIVE forum just for this today plugin/application.
http://forums.jhollin1138.com/
French version http://www.todayplus.fr.tc/
You may able to download the software from the link above (post by `wizzzard`).
Note that, there are a lot of software named TodayPlus, which includes a Palm based software that tries to emulate PPC Today. So, it is rather confusing to do a google for it. Anyway, the 'head' of TodayPlus seems to be at this site
http://www.dark-mojo.com/
But it seems to be currently down.. interesting...
i got it working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=360201#360201
but i couldn't get it to update weather, rss,radar
attaching the program
Todayplus is/was the best plugin I found. It worked perfectly on my WM2003 Ipaq2210 and works on my WM5 Wizard. It was designed for WM2003 and does not support landscape correctly. There is no support available from the author but remains for me the most adaptable today screen plugin.
Don't work for me...
I got only a blank screen. Any suggestion?
Ciao
blank screen
i have given edited dll also in that archive.
Skip the steps for editing it and you have to follow these steps
phuntum (05-27-2005) - v0.11.0
On your PPC use a file explorer that will allow you to see extensions and hidden files to find the file “todayplus.dll” in \Program Files\TodayPlus and copy it to your PC. On your PPC turn off the TodayPlus plugin (uncheck in the Settings/Today screen), soft reset, and move “todayplus.dll” from \Program Files\TodayPlus to \My Documents. On your PC use a hexeditor to open the “todayplus.dll” and search for “7D 1E A0 E3 03 08 A0 E1”; replace “7D” with “8D”; save the edited “todayplus .dll” and copy it back to \Program Files\TodayPlus on your PPC. Delete” todayplus.dll” from \My Documents and reset your PPC. On your PPC turn on the TodayPlus plugin (check in the Settings/Today screen) and soft reset.
phuntum (05-28-2005) - v0.11.0
The above fix is permanent. Save the new todayplus.dll in a safe place so that if you have to reinstall (e.g., after a hard reset) all you need do is install, disable, and replace as per above. You might want to save the instructions just in case. Free hexeditors are abundantly available. Do a web search for one. It's a great program and the effort is worth it. When you're ready, surf over to http://www.jhollin1138.com for a goldmine of help. There is a great debate as to whether the fix should be shared--somewhat hypocritical in my estimation, since those who were lucky enough to get it before it disappeared are using it.
these are the directions from ppcfreewares i followed
after doing this go to this thread http://forums.jhollin1138.com/viewtopic.php?t=1292
and start with no 6 in instructions
good luck
I still need to reinstall this plugin after upgrading my ROM.
There are loads of diferent skins available my favourite is attached.
The Dark Mojo forum closed ages ago but discussions particularly on the "Hammerskin" skin are ongoing on http://forums.jhollin1138.com/
Hammerskin is awesome but it was too much of a resource hog last time I tried it.
Sorry for the double post
updates?
did u get weather and rss updated?
I have tried it twice on my Kjam. Used the modified dll provided. however, I can only see a white screen when trying to access the settings! :S Does anybody know what I am doing wrong? Thanks
Ok, I found it! I was missing the .net!
Very nice application with beautifull skins! Only drawback is that it does not auto refresh when you add a new apointment or task!
Apart from that its a really nice application!
Arrgghh,
Reinstalled on my Wizard after upgrading to Molski's ROM. I can get it working as a plugin rather than as a stand alone program, which previously was my stumbling block. Now I can't get the config utility to remember my location or get weather and rss feeds updated. This did work on my old ROM. I think it is just some reg settings that need creating but why it worked before and not now I do not know.
Hi Guys,
Im a newbie to this plugin but so far I understand that its able to make short cuts on the "desktop" just like a normal pc....and thats what Im looking for.
Ive followed the instructions carefully and the first time it went okay....i.e I got the slider.txt in the skin box. However I didnt find the "okay" button on the top.
Well I followed the instructions but it didnt show up on my desktop....strange so I uninstalled.
Now Ive been reading a bit further and read that the reason why it might not have workd could be the date so I decided to set back the clock 2 years and reinstall it.
2nd time around I dont get the slider.txt option, it has saved my settings from my first install....and it still doesnt work.
help help help
Well after som struggle I managed to get the slider.txt into the "Select Skin (DLL)"
But its still not working on my today screen. I can choose it as the only item on the today screen however its just blank.
Is this because I use a special black screen (tsk file) for my back ground ?
Also its seems to forget my location (Lat/Long)
Any help so that I can get it working ??
Im using a Qtek 9100 with WM 5 OS 5.1.195 Build 14847.2.0.0
Oh I'm happy again
I finally got Todayplus running properly again. Weather and RSS are updating correctly.
This is what I did.
1 install Todayplus cab
2 Disable Todayplus from Settings/Today/items
3 Soft reset. Or power cycle the phone.
4 Overwrite todayplus.dll with the modded one
5 create directory \program files\todayplus\Buffer
6 Connect to internet and verify connection with PIE, minimise
7 Run todayplus config
6 Tab to Weather/RSS add new weather cities and rss feeds
7 Tab to Time/Storage add new timezone and set storage path to \Storage Card (case sensitive and device specific for Wizard?
8 Close Todayplus config
The config utility would not save my location coordinates on the owner info tab so I manually entered the values into HKCU\Software\SRSSoft\TodayPlus\coords\1 (string value of the form 53.483,-2.053) You can get your city coords from http://www.heavens-above.com/
9 Disable all other today screen plugins and enable todayplus. Close the settings program.
On returning to the today screen after a short wait Todayplus should be working. This worked for me but there is loads of information at http://forums.jhollin1138.com/viewtopic.php?t=1292 if you need further help.
Hello everyone,
Well I revert to the wisdom of these forums after trying to solve an issue on a Motorola MC75 that runs WinMo 6.1 Pro.
Specifically I want to change the timezone and get the clock to automatically readjust. So if time is 11:00 AM and timezone is GMT+0 if i change to timezone GMT-1 I want the clock to go back 1 hour to 10:00 AM. This works fine using "Clock.exe" that is supplied with WinMo 6.1 Pro.
The tricky part however is that I do not want to use "Clock.exe". I want to either make the change via the registry or using some other application that accepts command line parameters for example "setclock.exe -timezone gmt-7" (this application should also readjust the time).
Since I haven't found any time/clock/timezone application to do this I have been trying to apply registry changes. Attached I am including two registry files with the registry keys for GMT+0 and GMT-1. I am applying/merging these registry settings using "regmerge.exe" that comes with Motorola MC75 devices.
Now, when I change the timezone using these registry files, the timezone is in fact changed and I confirm this via "Clock.exe" however the time is never re-adjusted.
If I run an NTP application that synchronizes the time with an NTP server, time is also not readjusted it is maintained exactly according to the previous timezone.
It seems that when I make the change via the registry, the timezone is altered (confirmed via clock.exe) however it is in fact not applied all over the OS. I therefore tried warm and cold booting the device however this also didn't work. I also tried running an NTP sync after warm booting and it also didn't work.
So it seems to me that when one changes the timezone using "Clock.exe" it not only changes the registry keys but also applies the change all over the OS and therefore readjusts the time or does some other change that I am not aware of.
I come to this conclusion because of the following. Say my device initially has as time 11:00 AM and timezone GMT+0. When I change to GMT-1 via registry files, my timezone is in fact changed but the time is maintained at 11:00 AM.
Now say I via "Clock.exe" change the timezone to say GMT-8, press ok and apply the changes. The time here will readjust. If I now change back to GMT-1 my clock will revert back to the old time 11:00 AM. At this point if I finally run a NTP sync application my clock is correctly changed to 10:00 AM.
Well I apologize for the long post but I really have to make sure my problem is well understood. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas please do share them with me.
Many thanks,
icebrian
Setting time
Try checking out the OpenNetCF libraries. It is open source. There is a companion tool that I am running from my PC while I have the PDA connected called psynctime.exe
This tool allows me to synchronize my PC time with the PDA time and I have confirmed that it does in fact change the device time. If you can look at the source code for this executable you can see what calls they are making in the device to set the time.
Hi dchapma1, Thanks for your reply. It was indeed helpfull. From what I gathered in the source code time is actually manually recalculated so that minutes are added or subtracted from the current time. Then finally various other registry key's are changed with hexadecimal keys. It seems that the process is mostly manual and that basically gave me the idea if also doing this same process.
Basically I set various registry keys via the registry files, then I sync the readjusted time to the device then I force a reboot. From there on timezone has aparently been aplied and if I use a NTP application time is correctly maintained.
Seems as thou this is my only option. Once again thanks for the input.
Regards