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HTC Home Customizer Probs

Hi All,
Have searched forums and cant find an answer for my prob.
I am trying to get the HTC Home Customizer working on my Hermes (SPVM3100 with Duttys WinMob6 Ver 2 upgrade)
The HTC Home Plugin appears in my Today config, and the various files appear in Windows (HTCICON.dll, HTCPLU.exe etc).
However, when I run the homecust.exe file I get an error saying HTC Home Plugin is not installed? (It is!).
I have extracted the zipped HTC Home Customizer file directly onto a folder on my storage card as someone posted that it doesnt work when the files are extracted on the PC and copied across.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Mark

Markee said:
Hi All,
Have searched forums and cant find an answer for my prob.
I am trying to get the HTC Home Customizer working on my Hermes (SPVM3100 with Duttys WinMob6 Ver 2 upgrade)
The HTC Home Plugin appears in my Today config, and the various files appear in Windows (HTCICON.dll, HTCPLU.exe etc).
However, when I run the homecust.exe file I get an error saying HTC Home Plugin is not installed? (It is!).
I have extracted the zipped HTC Home Customizer file directly onto a folder on my storage card as someone posted that it doesnt work when the files are extracted on the PC and copied across.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Mark
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There might be something of use here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308
Mike

Thanks for your reply, Mike.
I have already been all the way through this thread with no joy.
I THINK it may be due to the version of HTC Plugin that is included with Duttys WM6 upgrade. The file sizes of the key files (HTCPLUG.EXE and HTCICON.DLL) have different dates and sizes.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Has anyone got the HTC Plugin Cusyomize App working on Duttys WM6 Ver 2?
Cheers
Mark

Markee said:
Thanks for your reply, Mike.
I have already been all the way through this thread with no joy.
I THINK it may be due to the version of HTC Plugin that is included with Duttys WM6 upgrade. The file sizes of the key files (HTCPLUG.EXE and HTCICON.DLL) have different dates and sizes.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Has anyone got the HTC Plugin Cusyomize App working on Duttys WM6 Ver 2?
Cheers
Mark
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If you suspect it may be related to the HTC Plugin version, then try downloading the plugin version attached in the thread Mike linked you to.

As far as extracting files, that's the way you should do it: extract on pc then transfer the resulting folder.
With it not running for you, that means the version you are running doesn't have the reg key I'm checking for (location of HTCHome.dll). I'm always trying to make the customizer as compatible as possible, so could you let me know which version of the plugin you are running and possibly a link to it? (Even though you should install one of the cabs from my thread as previously mentioned, as they support all of the customizer's options)

Right, thanks for your help guys - think I have sussed it!
It seems I was getting confused with two different software applications:
HTC HomePlug - just gives some icons (a la PHM Traylaunch)
HTC Home - The big box jobbie with clock, weather etc.
Dont know if others having this confusion, or whether it's just me having noobitis!
Sussed when I realised the customizer application was looking for HTCHome.dll and I had HTCHomeplug.dll - two totally different things!
Thanks again, sussed and working now!
Markee

HTC Home 2.0

Found Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722-schen.cab in the Hermes forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...hlight=Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722-schen.cab
Versin 2.0 allows you to add a diffrent number to favorite People (1.5 defaults to the mobile thus you need to create a new contact to use the Office number.).
Well that is the good news, the bad is that I cant get it to work on my BA
It installs well.
Under Start - Settings -Today - Items - It adds a HTC Home Tab.
The tick boxes work fine (fast as well JOKE).
And on the Today screen it adds Nothing.
I have done a old uninstall, new install, wait, softreset, wait.
This is a patched version based on the thread so may be the clean version would work.
So has anybody got Version 2.o to work on a BA ??

That's v 2.0.720719.
2.0.814.722 is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327646

DANDANA said:
That's v 2.0.720719.
2.0.814.722 is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327646
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SOME PICTURES PLEASE!!

I didn't try it and MDAIIIUser said isn't working on BA....yet

It looks the same as 1.5 with aditional options, but i can't get it to work either, i install needed certificates but still nothing

xplode said:
It looks the same as 1.5 with aditional options, but i can't get it to work either, i install needed certificates but still nothing
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2.0.xxx.xxx work much better than v 1.5....thrust me.
Are you able to get v2.0.7xx.xxx to work?
You can see that v 2.0.8xx.xxx and v 2.0.7xx.xxx and v1.5.xxx.xxx all using DIFFERENT certificate to sign. That is my experimenting on the certificates thing. All work OK with my Hermes. Maybe it is certificate thing...maybe it is other matter that prevent the new version from working correctly for BA. But really I DONT see any reason other than certificate. You can try to sign the dll with other certificates to see if it work or not.
I only patch the dll to enable instalation outsite of windows directory and to fix the brightness shortcut. Other than that nothing. So, this should not be the issue
Congratulation guys WM6 finally arrived for BA and Hima user. I should have hold my thrustworthy Hima longer I dont have to upgrade, BUT Hermes ROCKS, no regret.

Thanks schen for your input, i have tryed al the 2.0.x versions with the same certificates (looked mainly into hermes forums) provided for hermes, but the home settings show in today options and the plugin just does not load. I agree that this is certificate error i will try to sign them with difrend certificates to see what will happen
regards xplode
Edit: I have tryed both 2.0 versions on clean hard resseted rom with both certificates installed and none ot them does not work for some reason, now i will try to sign the dll's with sdk certificate to see the results

Anyone have any luck with Home 2.0 on BA?

Same problem with HTC Plus.
I think the problem is certificate sign.

Just to let you know that this issues is just not with your devices, we are also seeing the same problems with the Apache running Helmi's port of WM6. It shows in settings, but nothing on Today screen. Have tried certs and signing as well.
However, both 2.x versions work fine with the Titan running WM6. My thought was that there were some remnants from the WM6 port that were still using WM5.

maybe you are right, because i signed all files with one certificate and then with another ans it is the same result

If you guys have install the sdkcerts.cab before installing home then I dont think it is certs problem...it is more like device specific security setting problem
Maybe you guys can take a look at the WM5 security...each of the ROM might have different default setting. Some device even dont allow security setting to be change.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/wmsecurity.asp
I will also try copying the SampleDevPrevCert.pfx to the device and click on it. It will add the root cert to the thrusted certificate store. It may work it may not but very simple and worth a try.
Bottom line, if you try the "No Security" setting which allow all signed or unsigned apps to pass and the HTC Home still not working then I dont have any idea anymore.

Please try....
Out of curiosity why v2 of HTC home working on certain device and rom and not working on others, I have resigned all the dll, exe, and mui files with my own certificate.
Installation note in the Readme file inside the zip.
I am looking for some people to try if the cab work. As soon as 2-3 report still not working I will delete the attachment.

Test it, i couldn't install at all; "installation of ... was unsuccessful"; thanks anyway Schen.

Now installing, will keep you posted in few minutes
the instalation of the cab is unsuccessful (the home cab)

DANDANA said:
Test it, i couldn't install at all; "installation of ... was unsuccessful"; thanks anyway Schen.
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Same error message for me

schen said:
Out of curiosity why v2 of HTC home working on certain device and rom and not working on others, I have resigned all the dll, exe, and mui files with my own certificate.
Installation note in the Readme file inside the zip.
I am looking for some people to try if the cab work. As soon as 2-3 report still not working I will delete the attachment.
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I tried 3-4 times, but always installation of HTC Home cab was unsucessfull

Hi Schen,
Thanks for your help with this issue. I can confirm DANDANA's results on my Apache (Helmi's WM6 AKU .7) with no prior version of HTC Home installed. Your cert cab installs OK but the Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722.Resigned-schen.cab fails to install.
I believe this is due to the mui files (from my own experience in trying to unsign/resign them I think the certificate table gets corrupted somehow).
I sent you a PM earlier, but would it be possible to obtain a copy of all of the original HTC Home 2.0.814.722 PE files (prior to any hex editing & re-signing)? Helmi would like to take a look at it since it seems to be an issue with his WM6 ROMs (also affects his AKU .42 release for APAC).
Thanks again!

i have removed flags in cab for the self registering and shared for WmpPluginToday.dll and now it installs but it still does not work

xplode said:
i have removed flags in cab for the self registering and shared for WmpPluginToday.dll and now it installs but it still does not work
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Yes....I forgot to remove the self registering of the plugin, that is the cause of installation unsuccessfull....Earlier I tested this on my hermes manually coying the files and it work OK.
I have remove the cab. AT least I am convince by now it is not the certs thing.
Luv...got your PM...I will have to look for the original HTCHome.dll if I still have it. As I said before....the hack I did was just to change the default directory (\windows) to (\HTCHome) for the graphics AND change it to call HTCUti1.dll instead of HTCUtill.dll...They are unicode hex editing only. You could hex edit and change "\HTCHome" back to "\Windows" and "HTCUti1" back to "HTCUtill", resign it and everything is back to original. The mui files came unsign. I have to sign the mui files to get it to work for hermes.
In the mean time....the main difference between v 1.5 and v 2.0 is the "PROFILE" Tab...Try to install, disable the "Profile", reset if necessary to see if it work. The attached cab only enable the Home tab by default...if it work, you can enable all other tabs one by oneto see which tab is causing the problem.

QuickGPS

Hello!
Anyone here knows where I can download the latest version of quickgps?
I thought I saw it before but cannot seem to find it now.
Thank you.
James

Cab in last post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365595&highlight=quickgps
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Andrew

Hi all,
i am searching for the QuickGps cab.
(i send my phone to repair a screen issue, and they installed a news rom + hard reset, and i dont have anymore the quickgps program)
I have tried differents cabs, and also the one recommended on the link above.
i always get the same result:
- After installing the cab on the phone (internal storage) and not on the SD Card
- rebot
- click on quickgps icon:
"impossible to open the file. it is not signed or one of the components are not avaible"...
I have tried several cabs, and somes "fixed cabs" and nothing; I always get this error or another one (i dont remember exactly, something about empty page...")
any ideas?
For information, my phone HTC Touch HD
rom = SFR (france) 1.14.163.3 32434 FRE
Thanks... for any new hint

HTC Touchflo not installed :S

Hey guys. I bought a clone HTC Touch 3G from Davismicro.com
Basically, I've watched videos on the net and have seen people use these clones, and they come with HTC TouchFlo/Manilla 2D. Mine however, did NOT come with it installed. It just boots to the regular windows 6.1 pro menu.
Normally, I'd email the company but theyre on chinese newyear holiday. Can anyone please help me on tell me how to get touchflo installed on this device?
(If the device is a clone, its a pretty good clone. HTC Branding everywhere.)
EDIT: By not installed, I mean it is not on the phone. So it looks like I'll need the ROM or theme of it somehow. Help pleaseeeeee?

Lyth said:
.. EDIT: By not installed, I mean it is not on the phone. So it looks like I'll need the ROM or theme of it somehow. Help pleaseeeeee?
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You can easily install TF2D (M2D). If you search XDA, you can get the cab files.

Thank you. Is there a step by step process? (I am unsure what to run/install once I would have the files on my phone.)

Lyth said:
Thank you. Is there a step by step process? (I am unsure what to run/install once I would have the files on my phone.)
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You can download the application from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398173
How to, basically..
1) download the .cab file to your PC and transfer it to your phone.
2) on your phone, run the .cab file and it will auto install.
3) after that, you can leave the .cab file or delete it.

Where is the .cab file on that link? When I click the blue "DOWNLOAD" letters, it leads me to a forum. I don't know what to get from the form. I'm new to all this.
EDIT: I got the cab from a post on that seperate forum on the DOWNLOAD link.
MY only issue is: After installing, the phone just says "Touch here to launch TouchFLO". I have a "clone" of a HTC Touch 3G, and I am running Win 6.1, and the MD2 is what I believe to be the newest version. I've searched here, and people mention to download some shared dll's or something. I have no idea what to do.
I downloaded the .cab file from the mobility digest forum post called "UPDATE 5-29-09 COMING SOON - FIXING ERRORS on Jade Manila 2D Build 1.20.19131520.0"
at "This is the link to m2d cab here: 2DManila_1_20_19131530_00"
EDIT 2: I downloaded cracing's m2d for non htc cell phones. And it works, but it seems kinda slow, and doesnt autorun. (Every startup, I have to enable it again. Any help on this? (The m2d for non htc cell phone is just an .exe that I run.). Plus I need to download like all of these programs to avoid getting errors. :S
EDIT3:Web Browser does not load through cracings m2d, albumsearcher.exe cannot be found, weather says its 36 degrees even though its WINTER (Obviously in fahrenheit. How do I change it to celsius?), and settings has all these blank buttons (which have little pictures of the phone beside them. How do I fix all this?

I am not sure how else to help you. I've installed on HTC Kaiser without any problem.
Your problems could be due to the clone set.

Ive got it all working now. Except I have an unrelated problem. Text messages work fine, but whenever I try to make a phone call it says "Phone: The operation failed".
Ive read online that this is because the phone is trying to send data while making the phone call. I do NOT have a data plan, and data service under the settings is 'OFF'. (I cant even turn it on. If I try, it just auto turns off after.)
Help?
edit: i got it to work. somehow. i had to turn everything off in settings, and then on again. :S Maybe the phone needed data service off eventhough it already was. Hmmph.

i have the same problems as Lyth.
AlbumSearcher can not be found or doesn't have a certificate.
in an older version it worked. but there were a lot of shell errors.
does anybody know how to fix it?

CHTEditor Error

I just received my phone the other day and am totally new to this. I read the Noob guide written by Kitestyle on here .
I have a Telstra model here in Canada. I loaded Cookiehometab1.6.1. Worked fine. And then Tried your recommendation to load the CHTEditor.exe 1.6.1 to the SD card.
Ran it on the device and got an error:
"An unexpected error has occured in CHTEditor.exe. Select Quit and then restart the program, or select details for more info.
Details indicates this application requires a newer version of Microsoft.NET Compact Framework than the version installed on this device.
Am totally gray to this....recommendations appreaciated!
Thank you
Paul

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2ZGV1DNJ
.netCF 3.5 should fix it.
You know there is cookies hometab 1.8.5 out, and cookies home tab editor 1.8.5.1, right?

Thanks Samsamuel. I loaded it and it's working.
No I didn't know there's an update, I'll find it and load her up.

pineridge said:
Thanks Samsamuel. I loaded it and it's working.
No I didn't know there's an update, I'll find it and load her up.
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no worries. Its a big step up to 1,8,5, and i heartily recommend it.
BTW, keep hold of that netCF cab for if you reset your device, a fair few apps require it.