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Need a Weather Plugin

Can anyone recommend a good, simple, customizable weather plugin for the Today screen? I've been using HTC Home, but it takes up too much room on the screen.

There's always Spb Weather:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/weather/?en
I think it's been discussed a few times on the forum.

Yeah,
and also SPB MOBILE SHELL has the weather next to other good stuff for today screen ...
Damn, am I the only one liking it???

Junner2003 said:
Yeah,
and also SPB MOBILE SHELL has the weather next to other good stuff for today screen ...
Damn, am I the only one liking it???
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Actually, it does look kinda cool
I'll have to try it sometime. haha

Weather to Go
Weather to Go wtg.exe
it's free and works great.

mrlease said:
Weather to Go wtg.exe
it's free and works great.
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Thanks, mrlease! I had tried SBP Weather, but couldn't get it to work. Weather to Go does what I need it to do, and the price is certainly right. (Though I would have paid for SBP the other day if it had worked.)
Thanks again!

OK, maybe I spoke too soon. Weather to Go works fine, but it has limitations. It doesn't appear to update over a cellular connection (ActiveSync or WiFi only), and it doesn't show current conditions.
So, I guess I'm still searching. Again, SPB didn't work for me (couldn't get it to connect), so that's not an option.

You might try: http://www.sbsh.net/products/pocketweather/. It is cheaper than SPB by $5. I heard it has a smaller memory footprint than SPB, but I can not vouch for that. I tried it and liked it, but decided I could just use weather on mobile google.

Junner2003 said:
Yeah,
and also SPB MOBILE SHELL has the weather next to other good stuff for today screen ...
Damn, am I the only one liking it???
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I like SPB shell as well. I flash so much though that Ive gotten to where I dont even bother putting it back on. It's a pain to keep settting back up. The weather for my city though never seems to be even close to what it is. I have just found Marsware WeatherPanel. Seems decent enough. Still taking any other suggestions though.

Fizz Weather?
WB

samcham said:
OK, maybe I spoke too soon. Weather to Go works fine, but it has limitations. It doesn't appear to update over a cellular connection (ActiveSync or WiFi only), and it doesn't show current conditions.
So, I guess I'm still searching. Again, SPB didn't work for me (couldn't get it to connect), so that's not an option.
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I'm using WTG with WM6. I can update the weather through my data connection, wireless or ActiveSync. You might be confused when you look at the detailed weather drop-down for a city. The update date and time shown is the last time that NOAA updated the information for that city. BTW, most weather programs only give you a simple graphic with the high and low temperatures,
I really like WTG because I travel through connecting cities and it gives me a look-ahead for potential weather delays for multiple cities. Having to update manually is a small price to pay.

mr_skot_a said:
I like SPB shell as well. I flash so much though that Ive gotten to where I dont even bother putting it back on. It's a pain to keep settting back up. The weather for my city though never seems to be even close to what it is. I have just found Marsware WeatherPanel. Seems decent enough. Still taking any other suggestions though.
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I tend to agree here. SPB weather was very inaccurate for me. Sometimes it would be as much as 10 degrees off. They use some weather source that is based in germany by default I believe I heard. There are user made weather sources that seemed to work better, but they were a pain in the neck to weed through, install, and configure in my opinion. SBSH's pocketweather worked great for me. But I ended up just using either the web or googlesms for weather. I'm in Dunbar, WV USA.

try weatherpanel 2.5
www.marsware.net.
The software is now free so you don't need to purchase. Its customisable and can have animated icons. I used with no problems but now use htc home.

I went back to SPB Weather, because I don't like how SBSH weather shows the detailed information, besides, for unknown reasons made my virtual page (I use WAD) really slow, changed to SPB again and everything works ok now.
PS: Nothing against SBSH, I moved from SPB Diary to PocketBreeze.
sbetts000 said:
try weatherpanel 2.5
www.marsware.net.
The software is now free so you don't need to purchase. Its customisable and can have animated icons. I used with no problems but now use htc home.
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It only allows to download trial versions, there's an option to pay 13 dollars.

By popular demand: the cabs i use

since i have received a number of requests for the cabs i'm using, i will just post them here.
if i've forgotten any cabs or if you have any questions, please let me know.
*thanks to all the authors of these cabs.

here's another.
[edit] i guess i should post the theme for batterystatus and give some instructions for that. you also need glossy black bars.exe for the black 6.1 theme to not b greyish. i had a LONG day so i'll post that stuff tomorrow

I guess this was more meant for me, lol. I'm gonna mess with em when I get home. Thanks.

itslinx said:
I guess this was more meant for me, lol. I'm gonna mess with em when I get home. Thanks.
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i got like 5 PMs asking for them, but since i can't figure out how to use attachments in PMs i figured i'd just post them here.

Thanks for the SoftKey changer. That's a big plus. I wanted to change the left softkey since i've had the wing.

I was able to install Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722-schen.weatherpatched.zip and I love the look. Definitely an improvement from what I had. A couple questions about THAT though. First of all, the weather. It's a VERY nice feature. But unfortunately, it's not accurate. It says my city is like 26 degrees when it's like 80 today. If you need to know, my city is Providence and that's in the US. Unless there's another Providence city in the US and that's not mine. But there's only one to choose from.
Also, what's the difference between your BatteryStatusExt_Clock.1.05.CAB and the BatteryStatus I use from Chi-Tai or whatever?

itslinx said:
I was able to install Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722-schen.weatherpatched.zip and I love the look. Definitely an improvement from what I had. A couple questions about THAT though. First of all, the weather. It's a VERY nice feature. But unfortunately, it's not accurate. It says my city is like 26 degrees when it's like 80 today. If you need to know, my city is Providence and that's in the US. Unless there's another Providence city in the US and that's not mine. But there's only one to choose from.
Also, what's the difference between your BatteryStatusExt_Clock.1.05.CAB and the BatteryStatus I use from Chi-Tai or whatever?
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change your degrees to Fahrenheit. you may need the home customizer for that, i'll post it.
as for batterystatus, it is from the same people, it is on their website, but you need that one in order to have the clock

wyldstallyns2589 said:
change your degrees to Fahrenheit. you may need the home customizer for that, i'll post it.
as for batterystatus, it is from the same people, it is on their website, but you need that one in order to have the clock
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I see. I'll be waiting for that Home Customizer then so I change to fahrenheit. I thought that might be the problem. I like the clock the way it is. So I guess I should keep the battery status I have already?
Also, what method did you use to remove the tray on the bottom? I thought it may be useful, but I don't think so anymore. I can always open stuff by the start menu or the launcher. As long as I can see the status of my battery on the today screen somewhere. Being able to lock it is useful too though. That way I don't accidently dial anybodys # and call them when my phone is in the carrier.
When the phones in landscape, the tray blocks what I have above it. I'd like to keep the appointments thing on the today screen.

i have configured the home plugin to just show the weather, is there anyway to remove the tab icon and the line that is below the city without disturbing the way that the plugin works?

Soniku007 said:
i have configured the home plugin to just show the weather, is there anyway to remove the tab icon and the line that is below the city without disturbing the way that the plugin works?
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not that i know of.
for getting rid of the tray, use a reg editor and find this
\HKLM\init\Launch92
delete the value TrayAp.exe and restart your phone, viola!
it's not letting me upload anymore. it just sits there. i'll try to figure it out.
any you can get rid of the tabs with the customizer but choosing the transparent buttons, but they look like a solid gray

Iphone like interface ?
I was told by a friend that he believes that he heard of a cab that will do what the ipone can do as far as with the touch screen. I have tried touch commander. But its not what I'm looking for... Please help

i downloaded a .cab that gave me phone an iphone look.. didnt like it all that much. your best bet is to use the search function. you will find what you need.

wyldstallyns2589 said:
since i have received a number of requests for the cabs i'm using, i will just post them here.
if i've forgotten any cabs or if you have any questions, please let me know.
*thanks to all the authors of these cabs.
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So the difference between the battery status and battery status clock is just the clock???

Iphone interface
I am super new here and now to all of this. I dont know much about this stuff except all I know that this is way cool.. Need help in finding what i'm looking for.

itslinx said:
i downloaded a .cab that gave me phone an iphone look.. didnt like it all that much. your best bet is to use the search function. you will find what you need.
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I dont know where to look or what to look for..

clue1968 said:
I dont know where to look or what to look for..
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Go to search up top right below where it says "Private Messages" and type in like "iphone look" or something. You'll find what you want.

finally! had to post the zip though

i suggest everyone just go here
http://www.pocketemu.com/news.html
as what i have posted is from like october 2007 and the new stuff is from march 2008

Thanks for posting that man, appreciate it. I was searching for it (while you said you weren't able to get it uploaded), but I wasn't sure whether or not the ones I found were the same as the one you had. Obviously the one you have you used and it works, so I wanted to be sure I got the same exact one. Thanks again.

itslinx said:
Thanks for posting that man, appreciate it. I was searching for it (while you said you weren't able to get it uploaded), but I wasn't sure whether or not the ones I found were the same as the one you had. Obviously the one you have you used and it works, so I wanted to be sure I got the same exact one. Thanks again.
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i got the newest HTC from the site i posted. i don't like it, you can't put anything above it. i want battery status THEN HTC home, but it won't let me do that.

HTC TOUCH HD on our Diamonds!!

Hey check this out: I think the pic size is the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=440861

zmob123 said:
Hey check this out: I think the pic size is the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=440861
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yea apparently they are looking at finding out the strings and values associated with the size.. and there is like tons of them.. so yea.. editing them in hexadec will be crazy
anyone can help out?? i duwan to splash another 1k on a touch HD

Im a bit lost, what does it offer over the diamonds tf3d besides a stock tab?
I dont understand why anyone wants this so badly. Anyways, at this point, if they really want this to shine on the pro/diamond, i suggest finding a way to remove top and bottom bars from the today screen and letting TF3D take over completely

gobmonster said:
Im a bit lost, what does it offer over the diamonds tf3d besides a stock tab?
I dont understand why anyone wants this so badly. Anyways, at this point, if they really want this to shine on the pro/diamond, i suggest finding a way to remove top and bottom bars from the today screen and letting TF3D take over completely
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U think that's what some people are tryin to do via resizing.

It have a nicer interface and more customization.
I think a lot of Diamond user will like to change to this one.

gobmonster said:
Im a bit lost, what does it offer over the diamonds tf3d besides a stock tab?
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5 day weather forecast on the same weather tab is another plus.

Personally, the only benefit I see of the HD TF3D is the built-in customization. But I can use Advanced Config for that, so... Don't care for stock nor weather, but that's just me.
What I would really like though, is a real and integrated calender tab. I know I can add one, but that just bring up the days of month, you can't do anything with it (see/add appointments etc).

Flip Clock "Problem"

Hi all.
I am having a wierd problem with my flip clock on the home screen.
When i open anything and go back to the home screen the clock shows a time 1 hour before my time and then flip to my time.
i have uploaded a small 20 sec clip to show what I mean since i don't think i am explaining it properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81G5nlFJSxg

sv452 said:
Hi all.
I am having a wierd problem with my flip clock on the home screen.
When i open anything and go back to the home screen the clock shows a time 1 hour before my time and then flip to my time.
i have uploaded a small 20 sec clip to show what I mean since i don't think i am explaining it properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81G5nlFJSxg
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Though this may seem strange, annoying, obnoxious...this is actually supposed to be a cool "feature" by HTC -- simulated excessive digit-flipping.
Someone has posted what seems to be a fix for this "feature" on NRG's Photon thread on the rom-development sub-forum.

MCbrian said:
Though this may seem strange, annoying, obnoxious...this is actually supposed to be a cool "feature" by HTC -- simulated excessive digit-flipping.
Someone has posted what seems to be a fix for this "feature" on NRG's Photon thread on the rom-development sub-forum.
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THANX for the reply ...
that is the most silly feature ever ... hehehehehehehe ... i think at least they should allow it to be turned on and off ...
man this has been driving me nuts. . .
I will check it out and comment if it worked or not.

sv452 said:
THANX for the reply ...
that is the most silly feature ever ... hehehehehehehe ... i think at least they should allow it to be turned on and off ...
man this has been driving me nuts. . .
I will check it out and comment if it worked or not.
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Some people who have tried it say it works. It didn't work for me...but I'm running a WM6.5.1-based ROM with Manila 2.5, so maybe however this fix works...doesn't work for my system.

I'd love to get rid of this too............. gunna try the "fix" but I am sure I not only don't know how to do it, since I have the newest and latest photon ROM it won't work.

This didn't work for me on the OEM AT&T ROM

You can swipe up to make the large clock away, and show a smaller clock (in portrait view), but then the large clock still shows in landscape. Suggestions for ways around this? There doesn't seem to be a built-in setting to change this. Any quick CABs or reg edits, aside from installing a different clock?

redpoint73 said:
You can swipe up to make the large clock away, and show a smaller clock (in portrait view), but then the large clock still shows in landscape. Suggestions for ways around this? There doesn't seem to be a built-in setting to change this. Any quick CABs or reg edits, aside from installing a different clock?
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This is a completely different topic. Please create your own thread for that.

Worked for me. NRG's leo rom. Make sure you disable manilla before copying file into windows. Great!!

This clock-flipping thing seems odd to me, because I've never seen it on my own phone (running UK Vodafone stock ROM).
Does this mean I'm likely going to gain this "feature" when I flash a different new ROM (e.g. one of the ones from the chefs here) ?

i tried but it did not work ... demmit !
thought as much but worth a try anyway ... so we keep on searching ...

thanks
that file worked for me.
topaz; wm 6.5 official rus

Worked for me ...... Cheers

Works for me in my latest Manilla 2.1 rom.

as i can see most people comes back negative with this solution.. so do i..
not a good thing this bloody flipping flopping clock.. so will anybody come up with more successful solution on this one? i'll donate for the one who does
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WWE Touch-IT ROM with SENSE 2.5

Worked like a charm on Topaz official french rom 2.16. Thanks !

I take absolutely no credit for this. I just can't find the thread anymore. This works on my stock AT&T ROM Tilt2 with TF3D 2.1.

jcterry said:
I take absolutely no credit for this. I just can't find the thread anymore. This works on my stock AT&T ROM Tilt2 with TF3D 2.1.
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Works perfectly on my Leo .. Thnx a million!

just run on stock rom works a treat

[REQ] More quick links!!

I'm suprised not to find a request for this when searching. I need to increase the number of quick links on the Sense home tab. I've just used my last one and need some more.
Can anyone help with this?
Edit: Probably worth mentioning - I've already got the 4x4 quicklinks mod installed. I'm ideally looking for another page, but 5x5 will do for now

With Max Manila 2.519202525 Ultimate you can have up to 20 quick links.

panart said:
With Max Manila 2.519202525 Ultimate you can have up to 20 quick links.
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Thanks, but it's overkill. I have had that installed, and I just didn't like it.
I'm sure there'll be some way to extend it, without having to add all the other stuff that comes in that mod.

Would be nice to have someway of having a second page you could flip down to (a bit like the iphone has flip across...)

_dash said:
Would be nice to have someway of having a second page you could flip down to (a bit like the iphone has flip across...)
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My thoughts exactly, but that sounds like a massive reworkinging to me. I think to get 5x5 would simply be a case of someone "in the know" modding the existing manila.

For the time being you can get 4X4. It's in the stickies.

pedmond said:
For the time being you can get 4X4. It's in the stickies.
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Yeah, thanks. Already got that installed, as per the original post.

johncmolyneux said:
Yeah, thanks. Already got that installed, as per the original post.
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Ooops! Sorry, turns out I wasn't paying enough attention...

There's a 5x4 (5 across) cab on this page...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591333
If anyone else finds this thread and wants more.

Are there any 4x4 ones that don't break contacts pictures/wallpapers?

NZtechfreak said:
Are there any 4x4 ones that don't break contacts pictures/wallpapers?
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The contact pics is still an issue, but since the people tab is the next tab along, I personally don't see the point in having contacts on the home page.
I don't know if the wallpaper issue still exists with the 4x4 cab on the stickied tweaks page, but I can confirm that if you use HDWall to get a background on all tabs, that definitely works.
HDWall

I like to have my girlfriends contact shortcut on the homescreen, so its kinda important to me...
I've seen a post with a 5x4 arrangement where contact pics work, but it has two different cabs, but no indication which works with the HD2.
Anyone?

NZtechfreak said:
I like to have my girlfriends contact shortcut on the homescreen, so its kinda important to me...
I've seen a post with a 5x4 arrangement where contact pics work, but it has two different cabs, but no indication which works with the HD2.
Anyone?
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Fair comment about the gf on the shortcut. Didn't think of that.
The 20 shortcuts is in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5038737&postcount=1
and is called Vovichek_Jamrecords_20shcut_m2525. (I didn't want to directly link the cab as there's some other useful stuff on that post.)

johncmolyneux said:
Fair comment about the gf on the shortcut. Didn't think of that.
The 20 shortcuts is in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5038737&postcount=1
and is called Vovichek_Jamrecords_20shcut_m2525. (I didn't want to directly link the cab as there's some other useful stuff on that post.)
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Awesome, thanks heaps for that.
EDIT: 20 shortcuts works, doesn't appear to affect any other homescreen UI, and contact images display properly. Good thing I tried it, turns out 16 shortcuts would have been woefully inadequate. Didn't realise quite how quickly I had accumulated apps...