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Does anybody experience an issue with the HTC Home plugin (ported from the HTC Touch) when the temperature displayed is almost always 3-4 degrees lower than the actual? Mine seems invariably about 3 degrees lower than what Spb Pocket Weather (and my local weather station) is reporting.
I am able to select my location (Toronto, CA) from the list, running the plugin on my Trinity with MUN's WM6 ROM. The temp display is set to Celsius. I really like the plugin (despite its slowness) but the wrong temperature is making it less appealing.
Temperature too low
I had same problem with Sydney,AU -was showing 44 C and there are only 12C.
I changed to a different city, updated forcast (for different city), than changed back to Sydney and updated again... so I got the correct forecast.
Try it...
Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately that didn't help at all. The plug in insists that it's currently 23C with light clouds while it's actually 28C and raining cats and dogs
Visit accuweather.com and lookup the current weather for your city and country you have in HTC Today. They should both be the same since accuweather.com is the source. If so, then the source is your issue.
The accuweather.com website seems to be pretty much bang on, the temperatures are almost the same as reported by The Weather Network locally.
I've also noticed two strange things:
1. The 5-day forecast reported by HTC's plugin differs from the 5-day forecast on AccuWeather's website, the same 4 degrees difference (21 on the HTC's plugin instead of 25 on AccuWeather website).
2. The plugin actually reports the correct current temps but only in early morning, as the day progresses the difference becomes greater and reaches 4 degrees around 11-12 AM.
This stupid thing drives me nuts, totally ruins the otherwise excellent HTC Home plugin.
hi all, in Mine , the temp is shown in Farenheits, how can i change this to Celcius? i cant find any options around for that.
Insane Devil said:
hi all, in Mine , the temp is shown in Farenheits, how can i change this to Celcius? i cant find any options around for that.
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Tap on your City, in the "Select City" screen tap on Menu (lower right), then select Weather Options. Under "Temperature Scale" select the Celcius radio button. Tap on Done, then OK.
To address my original problem - out of a sudden the current temp is correct although forecast is still about 4 degrees lower than the actual forecast. Oh well as long as the current temp is fine, I am happy
Wheather via USB sync?
Can sby tell me, how to make HTC Wheather plugin work through USB sync? It used to do that, but ain1t working since a month or so...
I need Great Falls, MT. I can pull it up on accuweather, but the device cant seem to pull it.
http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=NAM|US|MT|GREAT%20FALLS|&u=1
<city name="Great Falls, Mt" loca="NAM|US|MT|GREAT%20FALLS" land="United States"/>
Okay, there is one thread devoted to Jade Clone phones and while it does address a serious need or issue, it hasn't really evolved beyond its title. With the creation of this thread, which I paraphrased Yoda, I Obi-Ron Kenobe propose that we Clones develop tips and customizations that will advance our phones' capabilities.
With that in mind and like other new threads, I will reserve the first two threads as the thread's creator for future developments that I feel are key or that the Mods might wish to use.
"I have a good feeling about this. . .(paraphrasing what Obi-Wan says usually when the action is going to pick up)"
Reserved Second Thread
Reserved for future usage.
Top ten things that should be done to your jade clone before putting the sim card in
TOP TEN THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE TO YOUR JADE CLONE BEFORE PUTTING THE SIM CARD IN:
1. Build an SD card prior doing an ActiveSync connection with CAB files that is a back up of the SD card of the one sent with your Jade Clone. You can do this on your PC. I did this prior to getting my Clone because I had an idea which programs I wanted to install due to having a PDA. When the phone arrived, I removed the original SD card and examined it on my PC. I then copied the ROM file to a new card where I had my CAB files stored.
2. On this new SD card, which I recommend be at least 4Gb or 8Gb in size, have a directory with the CAB files you will need to set up your smartphone. I called my directory CABS and have placed the following files in it.
3. Get a good back up program and install it. Sprite or SPB Backup are good commercial software programs that will you to make a back up of your Clone. Every time I install new software, I back up my Clone so that if the installation does not work or I do like the program, I can go back to a good SAFE condition my phone was in prior.
4. Download GPSToggle into your CAB directory and install it.
5. Go to your Today screen, activate GPSToggle and turn it on. I cannot stress how important it is to get your GPS up and running. Let GPSToggle get at least four satellite lock-ons before you turn it off.
6. Install Quick Menu as per this thread.
7. Install iPhoneToday as per this thread. In my humble opinion, iPhoneToday makes use of TouchFlo 3D, is finger friendly and gives your Clone a cool screen that others will notice. My avatar shows what my public iPhone Today home screen looks like.
8. Get a good Explorer like program like Total Commander.
9. Get PHM Registry Editor but be very careful with its use as changes to the Registry can really affect your Clone.
10. Do a back up after installing these programs.
I really recommend having an initial back up of what your ROM looks like after you turn it on for the first time and then a second one after you have completed my TOP TEN LIST. I will admit that I did not do all these steps initially but went back and reaccomplished them after I realized how important it is to have this first back up and then a back up of what my installed program list is.
That way if I ever screw up an installation, I can go back to either the primary or secondary installations. I also keep the original SD card put away in a storage case. Yes, you can always find back up ROM file that is included on this SD card but when I need it, I don't want to have to go online to find it.
I recommend doing back ups religiously. I do one almost every day. I keep the initial two and then the last three chronological back ups (a total of five). That way in case something goes wrong and I can't identify where it went wrong, I can go as far back as necessary to get to a good configuration.
Finally, while it did not make the TOP TEN - Number 11 would be to make a back up of your SD card periodically. I have two back up cards. One is the master that never gets used. The other two get rotated. SD cards can become corrupted due to usage. Having a back up SD card will preclude you having to reformat a corrupted card and reinstalling it.
Replace your battery without loss of date or time - MikelSpikel BatteryReplace.zip
Part of the reason I decided to create this thread was because tonight for the upteenth time, I swapped a dead battery for a charged secondary battery. One of the better aspects of Jade Clones is that most sellers provide two batteries and a secondary charger that hooks into the wall or can be connected to a USB port.
Well, if you remove the battery on a Clone, it loses its date and time which really blows IMHO. As a Dell Axim x51V user, I remembered a utility cab program written by another user on a Mobility Site (http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/1059212947-post64.html). Yesterday before I left for an overnight trip I installed it and it works!!!
The cab, MikelSpikel BatteryReplace.cab, can be installed to your Clone or storage card. I installed mine to the device as it only takes 62kb. I felt that there will be a time when I might have out the SD card and would like the installed program to sit on the Clone.
Once installed as per the cited post, the cab will place an icon in your Clone's Taskbar. When you need to change out your battery, click the icon and it will ask if you need to store the date and time into flash memory.
Enjoy!
Revised: 101009 - Included picture of Icon in lower right corner of Today screen.
QuickMenu program recommendation
Check out QuickMenu from one of xda's community: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340352
You can see screenshots of it as a GIF here: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-quickmenu-v2-7.html
The most current version is 2.8 available at the first link. When you click QuickMenu's icon from within its program, you will see a Screen menu item. Clicking it, you will see H-V Switch which stands for Horizontal - Vertical Switch or rotate screen utility. The nice thing about this is the program will allow you to set up a shortcut for rotate that can be used with icon programs like iPhoneToday. However, if you remove QuickMenu, the link will become broken.
QuickMenu has a lot of other neat functions like Close Running Program. The one I like the most is that it shows all programs still running (even though you may think you have closed them). Clicking the X next to their name will shut them down. You can see the GIF example which lists programs running at its top.
Clicking the QuickMenu icon from within the program will show the Suspend feature. I use that to save my battery. The phone will "awake" when a call comes in. . . Love this Suspend feature!
As per the Mod edit on the xda link, use the Options button (get to it by clicking the QuickMenu icon) to set up a "fingerfriendly view". Go to view and set the Menu Item Edge to a number like 8 (that's where I have mine set for a T3232 clone.
QuickMenu has another feature I like - programs are running in the background undetected by WM can be closed from its main menu. I check this screen frequently because a couple of programs I have installed will self-activate and I close them whenever I see them running silent.
QuickMenu has a lot of neat features. In the Options, I have mine set to be memory resident and replace WM's lame Start Menu. When I click at the upper left hand corner, it activates. It can set up shortcut links to lots of features normal users cannot figure out how to do!
Enjoy!
Revised: 111109 to include screen pic of View tab on Settings page.
iPhoneToday Program Recommendation
iPhoneToday will give your Clone the appearance and feel of an iPhone. Install the cab file to your device and you will have two options as how you want to execute the file.
The first option is as per the developer: your Today screen must be reset from the Settings menu to have no other items present other than iPhoneToday. In essence your Clone will still look like a Windows smartphone.
The second option, which I recommend highly, is to copy iPhoneToday's LNK file from WM Programs to Windows StartUp directory. Reboot your Clone and now iPhoneToday boots at startup with the icons have better spacing. I recommend leaving the bottom row empty so you use that space for sliding and gliding ala the iPhone.
When you see it on your Today screen (please see the attached picture for what my modified home screen looks like), you will need to reset the icons by tapping and holding them. This will bring up a context menu of several items. The one you should use all the time is Edit Icon selection.
I recommend you pick the icon you dislike the most to use as the first one you work on. At the top of the Icon Settings page you will see multiple selections. Let's go through them one by one:
Screen - Screen # is the page or tab you want the icon to be displayed at. Screen 0 is the home screen. If I remember correctly, when installed iPhoneToday comes with three pages. I banished the ugliest first one to a new page by editting Screen to Screen 4 which created the fourth page. NOTE: Screen -1 is the bottommost row of Icons ans is the Homerow. These Icons will exist on every page. You need to give careful consideration as to which Icons you want there as they should be the ones you use most often. I decided for myself that instead of four icons on the Homerow, I wanted only three Icons to highlight them. This gives me a cleaner swipe and glide as well as differentiating this from the iPhone app.
Icon - Icon # (where # can be equal 0 through 11) is where you want the Icon to sit on a particular page. Icon 0 is the first Icon. Icon 11 is the last which sits in the bottom right.
Execute - this block tells iPhoneToday which Program it will run (I lied and jumped ahead but you will soon see why). To designate which Program you wish this Icon to use, click on the small box to the right of the big left block next to the word Execute which has three dots in it. iPhoneToday will take you to your Programs directory where you can choose which Program you want the Icon to run or Execute. When you tap or choose a Program, box will pop up saying Exit and offer to "Set Icon Name?' with a Yes and No choice. For your initial Icon, please answer Yes. When you get more experience you can always go back and edit the Icons, Names, Pages, etc.
Image - most Programs have a standard PNG file that displays it as icon. In the iPhoneToday directory you will find other images or icons that can be used other than the standard icon. The reason for this is because WM does not use rounded or more stylistic icons which iPhone does. In the attached picture, you can see that I used iPhoneToday's icon for iGO8 versus the balloon tipped icon that iGO8 normally displays.
Animation - this should already be checked for you. The animation is what gives iPhoneToday that quote unquote iPhone look when an app is started.
I do not use the other blocks or choices that are on the rest of the Icon Settings page. You can test them when you are more comfortable with iPhoneToday.
Once you have set the name, click OK at the top right corner. An Exit box will appear and ask if you want to Save Changes? If you're happy with your selection, click Yes and the Icon will be created on the appropriate page.
Please note: the developer placed some Icons with Spanish titles. Please do not complain about this! Because I speak Spanish too and as a homage to him, I left my homerow in Spanish. You can always edit the Icons to your own language.
Also: some of the Icons will work automatically. Some need to be tweaked. The one I remember is FM Radio. I had to tweak its Execute to where FM Radio exists on my Clone.
The most current version is v1.3 - I use 1.2.5 because the new version just came out last week. Both versions are attached to this message. I've included them here because they are stored on Rapid$hare which is now harrassing free users with delays in downloading programs.
Last week, I showed my phone to a buddy who has a new smartphone himself. He asked when I got an iPhone. I said I had a smartphone too but had modified it with a program (iPhoneToday). When iPhoneToday is booted at Start-Up, it gives your Clone the iPhone appearance because it is full screen. He was so impressed that he asked me to modify his phone for him. Let's just say, he bought me some beers to pay for my experience. . .
Speaking of beers - if you like iPhoneToday, please donate to the developer the price of a cup of coffee or a beer!
Here is our xda link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508429
I could not upload 1.2.5 as an attachment and editted this post to include this link for it:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BCKIAH9N
Forum Tip: Tags (in lower left corner of screen)
BTW, if you look at the left bottom of this thread, you will see that it has been tagged with several other threads. If you click on one of the tags, you will see other threads that have a Jade Clone connection to this thread.
Check them out! Not many but the Clone Wars have started. . .
GPS Toggle - Today screen app
Having problems getting your GPS to turn on and work for your GPS programs? If so, a little app known as GPSToggle may solve your problem.
Download GPSToggle CAB from this link http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7VRBH5RS . It is called GPSToggle and is a Today screen app. It works best when installed to main memory.
Once installed, you will need to add it to your Today screen. From your Today screen go to Settings, then choose Today settings. Go to the Items tab and you should see BAF GPS Toggle at the bottom of the list. Click the box to have it added to your Today Screen. Close the Settings screen and go back to your Today screen.
Now, a little bit of info about your GPS. It will work best when it has an unobstructed view of the sky overhead. It should stationery (not moving) and uninterrupted from the time you turn on the application.
Some people can get satellite signals inside a building. I can because I live in a one-story condo. If you can sit outside with your phone for about 30 minutes, GPSToggle should do the trick.
On your Today screen you will now see an item called GPS with the word OFF next to it. Click the word GPS and the word next to it will change to On indicating that the app has turned on your GPS.
Now sit back, be patient and wait. If you're lucky and outside, the SIRF III chip in your phone should lock on within as little as 42 seconds and as long as five minutes.
Attached to this message are four screens showing what your screen will look like:
GPSToggle 01 - Initial turn on. GPS is in search mode (no satellites detected).
GPSToggle 02 - GPS on. Communication beginning. 12 satellites possible.
GPSToggle 03 - GPS on. Four satellite bars displayed. Satnav not possible yet.
GPSToggle 04 - GPS on. Four satellites locked on. 3D satnav possible.
Note 1: I had not turned on my GPS today which meant it took about 2.5 minutes to lock on. This is not bad considering I am sitting in my front room. Normally, it takes about 60 seconds when I have turned on the GPS previously in the day and eperemis data which is satellite position and timing information is available from a previous session.
Note 2: According to most SIRF manufacturers, it takes three satellites for 2D satnav to occur. Most GPS programs can operate with that mode. Four satellites provide 3D satnav which is preferred.
See if this works for you. If it does, whenever you need to use your GPS, go to the Today screen and use GPSToggle to turn on the GPS for you which will quote warm it up for your GPS program. Once you see four green bars, you can turn on your GPS program and navigate like a champ!
You can read further about GPSToggle at this URL and thank the developer: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gps-toggle.html
Good luck!
Score is Zero to Zero. . .
My old Coach used to remind us before each game that the score was Zero to Zero and that great defense would keep the other side at Zero. How does this apply to HTC Clones?
Well, it is early in the game in the development of WM6.5. Some of you might have 6.1 and feeling slightly left behind. If I was you, I would not be too worried about getting or upgrading to the "the next best ROM."
From what I have read and seen, WM6.1 is fairly stable and some users report better than 6.5. To go back to the Coach's analogy, the other side may have a slight advantage but the score still is Zero to Zero and we can narrow the gap if we keep them at Zero.
My point is that we all should be committed to do no harm to our Clones.
Get a good back up program and use it often!
Don't jump on the latest and greatest program - go with what you know and what others have reported as being steady and good!
Do these things and we Clones will win!
Great idea and I'm with you ..
I have 2 device The Clone and the original device also .
Don't like the feel of your Power Switch to awake your Clone from Suspend?
Don't know about you but I don't like how hard I have to depress the Power Switch to awaken my Jade Clone from Suspend especially if I am sitting at home next to the computer when all I want to do is add a CAB file to my SD card or make a small program adjustment. Sooner or later all that pressure could affect the Power Switch. Why give the PS abuse when a web service will do the trick for you?
Well, a useful website will awaken your Clone from Suspend or if you've misplaced and feel it is nearby. Here is the site:
http://www.wheresmycellphone.com/
wheresmycellphone dot com will place a call and ring your Clone awakening it. Or, if you've misplaced it, you can go look for a ringing phone. I like using this website and have plugged it as a Contact.
Additional Icons for iPhoneToday
Looking for some additional Icons to add to your iPhoneToday app? Well, here's some courtesy of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4627577#post4627577
The current version is 1.2 but 1.3 was unofficially released in Post #74 of that thread by the developer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4837730&postcount=74
You can download the Icon ZIP files from this post or that thread. They can be placed in the iPhoneToday folder or on your SD card. Enjoy!
system tray
i've installed iphone today but i cannot remove the system tray from the bottom of screen. i have searched and tried everything but no luck. did you need to remove it from your homescreen
silverback said:
i've installed iphone today but i cannot remove the system tray from the bottom of screen. i have searched and tried everything but no luck. did you need to remove it from your homescreen
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If I remember correctly, somewhere in the iPhoneToday's thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508429), removing the Taskbar is discussed. I found it much easier to display iPhoneToday full-screen as per what I originally wrote:
The second option, which I recommend highly, is to copy iPhoneToday's LNK file from WM Programs to Windows StartUp directory. Reboot your Clone and now iPhoneToday boots at startup with the icons have better spacing. I recommend leaving the bottom row empty so you use that space for sliding and gliding ala the iPhone.
While I like and use iPhoneToday, I am not a master of it - I have it tweaked to what I like as described in the iPhoneToday Program Recommendation which is Post #6 of this thread. My avatar is a picture of my homescreen and appears next to my name in each post. I only get smart enough to be dangerous with each app I recommend here but throw caution to the wind when I install programs to my Clone. Above all else, I will do no harm to my Clone.
I recommend all of you to do the same. If I recommend something here, it's because I use it and know it is safe as long as you don't do something stupid with it. Operator error cannot be accounted for by anybody but yourself!
If you want to get rid of the Taskbar, you will need to visit the developer's thread.
One of the other xda forums I visit has a thread similar to the one I created for all of us Jade Clone owners which is hyperlinked to its title:
Jade Clone Owners - Please sign in!
Please visit that thread by clicking on it and sign in so we can get to know each other.
Treasure Hunt
Thought I had forgotten about this thread? No way, Jose. . .
I've been working on something - not sure if it will be big or small but it's going to be a treasure hunt. Starting on Thursday, each day clues will be left in this thread to find the Easter Egg. . .
Stay tuned. Same Bat Channel. Same Bat Time!
Let the hunt begin. . .
Tick tock and it's all right;
Eastern Standard Time, it's midnight.
With this the first leg;
look for the Easter Egg.
It's on screen;
and not in between.
Its words will take you;
to what you must do!!!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Each day will find a clue to a thread you must visit to gain knowledge. I will give the clue in an obscure way. To solve the riddle of the rhyme above, look for the words Easter Egg on this screen. A hyperlink will take you to what you must do. . .
Lest we forget, one of my first posts (in this thread), I made a promise which I will keep next week.
The start of this thread to Customize your Jade Clone - The Clone Wars (have started). . . was the first part of making it good to the Forum. Next week will take it to new heights for us Jade Clone owers.
A new thread will be created and hopefully water your eyes. . .
Conclusion and reason for Easter Egg Hunt
Hello, if you followed the Easter Egg Hunt last week, you should have visited several other threads of major importantance. The first clue was Easter Egg and appears as one of the Tags in the lower left corner - does anyone remember me asking you to look at the Tags? The first clue had you go to this thread:
Jade Clone Owners - Please sign in!
where you should have signed in as a Jade Clone owner.
If you click on any of the Tags you will find similar Jade Clone, HTC Clone or other tagged articles here on xda. The Easter Egg Tag specificially takes lists this thread and the following one as being linked:
To iGO8 users
The clue in that thread led you to this thread:
HTC Clone - TouchFlo
Finally, you should have ended up at this thread:
iGO8 for Jade Clones
All these threads are hyperlinked and very important to us Jade Clone owners and should be bookmarked using the Thread Tools button for review whenever you login.
In the days ahead, each link will be explained further. Please stay tuned
I found a post detailing how to add some weather locations at http://www.avforums.com/forums/htc-mobile-phone-discussions/1081931-htc-hd2-15.html#post10873219
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Moosh said:
One of the problems that I've read is that of "My Location". After a bit of searching I found a tool that allows you to add more cities to the default list:
Manila 2.1 and 2.5 Weather Editor PPC Edition - xda-developers
Install that application to your phone and then go here AccuWeather.com - US Weather Forecast Search - Local Weather Forecasts
In the "Internation Location" enter the town/city that you live in (I'll use Worcester) and press "GO!".
Click on the relevant link (Worcester, United Kingdom (Worcestershire, England)).
In the URL you'll see loccode=EUR|UK|UK248|Worcester. We're interested in the EUR|UK|UK248|Worcester bit.
Open "Weather City Editor" on the HD2.
Choose "United Kingdom" from the "Country" drop down.
Press "Add City".
Choose (GMT) in "Time Zone".
Type Worcester in "City".
Type EUR|UK|UK248|WORCESTER in "AccuWeatherCode".
Press "Add".
At this point you can either add more cities or exit the application.
Restart your phone.
Now, go to the "Weather" application on the slide menu.
Choose "Menu" > "Add Location".
Start typing Worcester.
When you see it appear in the list, choose it (make sure it's the United Kingdom one :grin.
Press "Update Now".
Slide back to the "Home" screen and press on the clock. You should get to the "World Clock" screen.
Choose the "Worcester" radio button.
Press "Back".
It may take a few minutes for the animations to show up on the "Home" screen.
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Now I was going to do this to see if it works, but to install the first app I need to go through the hassle of installing the .net compact framework, which frankly I can't be bothered to do. I did try searching through the windows directory for the xml file and found "Weather_Pages.xml" but I don't think it relates in any way to add city codes in it.
Does anyone have any idea which xml file I have to find and edit to add more location codes?
Thanks
Installing .NET framework probably takes less time than writing this post.
You have a solution - yet you choose not to use it because you're too lazy to install something that's needed anyway? Sorry, I can not understand your reasoning.
And it works very well too
AND... the author says you probably only need .Net 2.0 which is already on your phone.
Many thanks for this. Works a treat on my HD2. My Location never really worked for me in the small town I live in. This has provided a better solution. Cheers! mate.
why cant this crappy weather "my location" not just use google maps or just my f*cking GPS? Google maps finds my exact location in a sec even if I'm inside (almost everytime) and my GPS function works splendid, but the "my location" always shows some ****ty town 10 kilometres away. Its f*cking annoying. Sorry for the swearing but the h*ll were the developers thinking?????
"Okay, lets see, lets make a weather app!! yeah, good idea, lets also put in a GPS, but we should definitely not combine the two"
OMFG - I love my HTC but this app is making me dizzy, gonna disable it using duttys
I have been able to add my location and when I go to weather, it updates fine and shows the current weather. Right now it is cloudy. However, on the homepage under the clock, it keeps showing rain no matter what. The temp seems the same but the weather that is showing is not the accurate. How can I fix this?
lazy
kai_ said:
I found a post detailing how to add some weather locations at http://www.avforums.com/forums/htc-mobile-phone-discussions/1081931-htc-hd2-15.html#post10873219
Original post:
Now I was going to do this to see if it works, but to install the first app I need to go through the hassle of installing the .net compact framework, which frankly I can't be bothered to do. I did try searching through the windows directory for the xml file and found "Weather_Pages.xml" but I don't think it relates in any way to add city codes in it.
Does anyone have any idea which xml file I have to find and edit to add more location codes?
Thanks
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there is a cab file for .net on this forum. wow!!
Hi,with HD2 ,i've installed any software, my city is selected automatically (by google maps I think).
soup006 said:
I have been able to add my location and when I go to weather, it updates fine and shows the current weather. Right now it is cloudy. However, on the homepage under the clock, it keeps showing rain no matter what. The temp seems the same but the weather that is showing is not the accurate. How can I fix this?
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Make sure the clock is not set to My Location, but to the same city as the weather tab.
Add locations
Been Playing with my new HD2 over the weekend and the my location works perfectly in a regional town in Australia but I can't manually add the towns into the weather tab to monior weather in nearby regional centres. The add loations only has major cities but the my location successfully finds all towns I have visited so far which arent avalable to be added as locations and returned the correct weather settings. If the my location is able to retrieve the weather there must be a way to get one of these towns permenantly added to my locations list so I can check the weather in other parts of the country outside capital cities.
My first post on this forum is a big thank you!!.
I'm very shallow and wanted the weather working or it was going back and I was going to get an iPhone instead.
Weather is now working for my town
How do I get it to display the days and weather description instead of IDS_Home_State_0 etc?
Thanks
My second post is I must learn to tell the difference between the / in a URL and the | that the instructions gave
All fixed, even happier now!
I'm sure I must appear really dumb here but where on the HD2 do I go to add my city?
Hi,
can anyone please give me a brief feedback if this tool works with the latest official rom release 1.66? Maybe he/she can even tell me his/her exp with a german device because I read alot about problems regarding sence & manila crashes in a german pocket pc forum (don't know if it is allowed to post the adress here, anyone may get it per PM). And I would appreciate to miss another hard reset
Thanks in advance!
Lars
Uhoh,
I used this app and first time it worked fine.
Second time, I've now lost the whole home screen and all options.
All I have is the start menu and icons across the top and the phone/contacts buttons at the bottom.
I assume this is because the editor disables touch flo 3d and htc sense when it starts and hasn't re-enabled them. Anyone point me in the right direction as to how to turn them back on?
Ta!
Sorted: Just had to go to the today settings and re-enable htc sense.
You have to turn Sence back on in....
Settings > Home > Items and put an X in the HTC Sence box
http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/editor/separator.gif
I've only just managed to actually find the right city codes for this!
I think the linked page has changed a bit and all the search boxes now operate by post code.
You actually have to switch to the international page and search on there rather than searching in any of the boxes.
Alternatively, just go straight to www .accuweather.com/world-index.asp
Thanks mate, I will try this program. I've been looking for a solution for this for a long time.
hello,
how do i add a location manually?
my weather app's 'add location' is greyed out.
in 'world time' i only have the option to remove cities or rearrange.
thanks
tom
htc hd2
t-mobile usa
no data plan
Hi, Have you ever been able to do this? Have you installed any custom ROMS or home screen apps tha could be hiding this? Another point, have you tried a soft reset (switch off and take battery out for ten seconds or press the red reset button under the back cover? On 1.66 stock ROM (and below from memory) There should be a big Add City with a + at the left side above the My Location radio button in World Clock. If you don't think it was an app the caused it you could try a hard reset if a soft one doesn't work.
I believe that there is a tool for adding locations, not "findable using the Add City option. A searach on here or the apps and theams section might identify it for you.
Pretty sure you need 'location service' turned on to set a location...
EddyOS said:
Pretty sure you need 'location service' turned on to set a location...
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Although I haven't seen the TMobile USA ROM on stock WWE 1.66 you don't need the location service active to add a city. The Weather "Add Location" function and World Clock "Add City" facility appear to be links to the same thing (IMHO). It's only when you try and get weather data that the location service needs to be activated (then you get the Google Location terms of service screen if it is switched off). Don't why theoption is greyed out. It would be interesting to know if you have ever been able to add in the TMobile USA ROM.
thanks for all the suggestions.
solution: i figured out what was going on (and nowhere in the manual could i find this). the app only allows 12 cities. once you're 'full' the location greys out. and the +add city disappears. my phone came with 11 cities preset so all i had to do was add my home city and i lost the ability to add additional cities with no explanation.
the way this phone is set up is kind of silly. i can look out the window for the local weather, but if i want to monitor the weather in a city i am getting ready to travel to i have to go through the hassle of resetting my phone to that city. which of course, makes the local time/date of the phone incorrect. 'my location' is nice if you never leave home or have a world wide unlimited data plan! (but if you travel and want to monitor weather elsewhere it's a pain).
now to get rid of my location.....
even though i have all data services turned off it somehow keeps defaulting back to my gps location.
- tom
ps - i'm using the stock ROM 2.10.531.1 (82076) WWE
Hello everybody,
Can somebody help me with following problem;
When I select the weather tab, there is a default location.
Somehow I managed to put this on "Kerkrade". This is the town
where I live. (NL)
However when I try to update it start searching the location,
but it does not update this location.
When I add another location, for example "Heerlen-Kerkrade"
the phone updates the weather in this tab.
So this is not a Wifi problem
I think the location "Kerkrade" does not exist, but how can I change the default location to "Heerlen-Kerkrade" ?
Maybe it is very simple, but I can't see the option to change this.
Thanks in advance,
Maurice
htt p://lmgtfy.com/?q=add+city+to+weather+%20topaz+xda and take firs lik from the top
Hello,
Thanks for the link....
But this link describes how to add your own cities. I have the problem that default city is "Kerkrade" and there is no way to change(=delete) it. I can't delete it either, because it is not listed.
I can add a new location, for example "Heerlen-Kerkrade" which works fine.
But on the clock screen, the phone uses de default weather. This is the default one, which I can't delete !
This added one "Heerlen-Kerkrade" I can delete, but the default city I can't delete because my HTC does not see it. If I select update in the default one it say "IDS State 8" below the city.
Is there a way to kill "Kerkrade" in my phone ? Or kill all weather data, so I can start again (without hardreset)
Regards,
Maurice
Take a look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563204
Hello fighter7139,
That patch did fix my problem partly. Indeed it deleted my default location in the weather tab, which is good.
But on the first tab (clock) it still displays the weather for the deleted one.
It still says "Kerkrade". Is there any way to force my phone to select the
right one?
Thanks,
Maurice
Hi all,
I fixed it.
I found the solution in the thread of fighter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563204
To turn it off "My Location" in the home screen tab, simply tap the clock, add a city, and make this city active. After that, you will have the home tab (and the weather tab, of course) displaying data for this city.
Suberb,
Thanks for your help !
Groeten uit Nederland,
Maurice