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Changing the Today screen

Folks,
Been a member on here for a while, and had my Orbit2 nearly 2 weeks now and loving it. Best phone I've ever had.
I HAVE gone through as many posts as I can find and I simply can't find the answer what I'm looking for, so here goes:
How can I change my Today screen to look like the press-release shots where it's a black theme and has the LCD time at the top:
Similar to this:
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I just can't see anywhere where I can change it. OR, is it a 3rd party application (which is a shame, considering this style is on 99% of promotion shots of TouchFlo).
If it's really obvious and there's a gazillion posts about this, then my apologies, seriously I have searched with no results.

do a search for "htc AND home"
and download that today item plugin
as some operators remove it from their devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369101

Brilliant!!
Many thanks for that.

I would like this too but could not find the cab file on my device :-( Any other clues as to where I can get this?
Thanks
Allan

O heck!
Checked where post #22 says the file is (in the Windows Directory) but it's not there.
Have followed a few posts and ended up where the "All HTC Applications" are listed, and found the file but it appears to be for a Kaiser.
Will this work on the Polaris or is there a specific Polaris version?

It should work for the polaris as they both run the same version of windows mobile - i doubt there are any specific parts to the software - where did you find "All HTC Applications"
Thanks
Allan

maybe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344533&highlight=HTC+Applications

allanmb said:
It should work for the polaris as they both run the same version of windows mobile - i doubt there are any specific parts to the software - where did you find "All HTC Applications"
Thanks
Allan
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Here's the link, hope that helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344544
Just tried it now, and it works (just gotta found out how to change the theme to black/gray)

I just tried to install the HTC_Home_Plugin_v1.6.zip and all it did was give me a little bar on my Today screen with shortcuts - which one did you install?
Thanks
Allan

Ok I found that its HTC Plus and not HTC Home that is required. Only thing is I have an analogue clock - any ideas how to change this to the cool LCD digital one?
Thanks
Allan

allanmb, the file I installed was called "HTC.Kaiser.Home.Eng.0409.6Tab.schen".
After a restart I have a lovely LCD clock with several notifications underneath (email, SMS, calls) and several buttons for options.
Didn't need anything else.
Although I do still have the Cyan(ish) theme and still trying to look how I can change it to all black.

Aha there is a HTC Home (I previously tried HTC Home plug). This gives the cool clock and weather etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1665662&postcount=35
Allan

To get the black theme go here:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/get-black-wm6-theme.html
Allan

Brilliant!
Looks great now. Thanks!!

HTC Home Customizer
I would like to get some opinions on the HTC Home customizer before I try it. Has anyone used the HTC Home customizer on their device? If so have you had any problems with it?
How is as far as memory or battery usage is concerned?
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-home-customizer-v1-0.html
Hope I didn't hijack the thread.

loggie1 said:
I would like to get some opinions on the HTC Home customizer before I try it. Has anyone used the HTC Home customizer on their device? If so have you had any problems with it?
How is as far as memory or battery usage is concerned?
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-home-customizer-v1-0.html
Hope I didn't hijack the thread.
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I've used it, but I found the interface a bit clunky and very slow. It's ok for the odd 'tweak' but I'd personally prefer a far nicer one.

HTC Home & Orbit 2
Beware that even the latest 6 tab versions of HTC Home do not have full functionality with the O2 Orbit 2.
Neither the backlight tab nor the favourite contacts tab will work with it.

Lomcovaks said:
Neither the backlight tab nor the favourite contacts tab will work with it.
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I have no idea about Backlight, but are you sure about the favourite contacts?
I have found that if I set up the contacts in TruFlo (which I don't normally use), then they appear in HTC Home. (If I just set them up in HTC Home, they disappear after a soft reset.)

Lomcovaks said:
Beware that even the latest 6 tab versions of HTC Home do not have full functionality with the O2 Orbit 2.
Neither the backlight tab nor the favourite contacts tab will work with it.
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Just to say the favourite contacts tab works fine on my Orbit 2 (with all original firmware). Haven't seen anything about the backlight.

BadTasteUK said:
Just to say the favourite contacts tab works fine on my Orbit 2 (with all original firmware). Haven't seen anything about the backlight.
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Are you sure it's the 6-tabbed Home plugin that shows the favourites correctly?
The backlight just doesn't work at all, but any favourites I put in TouchFlo aren't updated on the 6 tab Home plugin but are on the others.

Hinavigator, the htc home killer thread .....

HTC Home is a great plugin, I loved it from the moment i layed hands on it, not to mention that the skins the community here have made just added to the magic.
But, there were allways a few things that bummed me out about it, firstly that it doesnt fully support my new I780, sure i can run it at 96DPI, but i hate having to change my whole resolution just to run one plugin. Secondly, and this one has bothered me for a while even when i was using my tytn. The plugin just isnt customisable enough, you are limited to how many icons you can add, how many contacts you can add, you can't shift the tabs around the way you want them, it has a pretty standard layout. the only thing you can pretty much change is the skin. But then came along a new plugin that totaly blows HTC Home out of the water ....
It's called Hinavigator.
At first glance i thought, o no, here comes another htc home clone like pointui... boy was i wrong. With Hinavigator plugin i can change the tabs around as i want, i can add as many as i want, i can delete them as i want. I can put the clock on the home screen, can add the weather on the home screen with it, or icons for apps or contacts ... or i can put the weather into a seperate tab etc ... the options are endless.
And best of all, it fully supports the I780 with 320x320 resolution. I am running this plugin at 128DPI and from the screenshots you can see it runs very smooth and looks great.
Anyway, here are some screenshots, i only really use 3 tabs, but you can add as many as you want.
My home screen, I added both clock and weather on my front screen.
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My Applications screen, iv'e added a bunch of usefull system apps as well as my most common program i use :
Lastly my contacts screen, i havent had chance to add photo's so iv'e just put some icons there for the time being, nice things about contacts is that you can add up to 5000 contacts :
Anyway, this plugin really rocks ... maybe with some skins it will be even better, but at the current level i don't think HTC Home can even touch it.
it's only $10 and worth every penny.
here is the Homepage : http://www.ppclink.com/?ppclink=product&do=view&id=64
you can download the trial version from there.
What do you guys think ?

Reserved...

all I know a few days ago somebody said Samsung Today is the best today plugin
anyway, nice write up. There will always be newer and better home plugin as we have abundance of talented WM developers around so you never know there'll be better once elsewhere to be unveiled. the new touchxperience seems like a great tool!

Really this application is very nice I used it for 3 weeks and It caused NO problems at all

I been using this since the original release and I really like it.
However, the automatic weather update does not work as advertised.
It is now Aug 3 at 7:10 EST. The last update was Aug 2 at 3:40 PM EST. My setting is to update every hour!
See more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408282

JNGold said:
I been using this since the original release and I really like it.
However, the automatic weather update does not work as advertised.
It is now Aug 3 at 7:10 EST. The last update was Aug 2 at 3:40 PM EST. My setting is to update every hour!
See more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408282
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From what i read the dev's are aware of the autoupdate bug and said a fix will be out soon. you can manually update it, i mean how lazy can you be, its just a click of a button. Hardly a reason not to use it.

I love your theme/background. Can you post it please?

two problem that makes me uninstall immediately, unfortunatly.
1. photo contacts are not cropped properly. my contacts photo only show top left corner and hardly their face.
2. renders my 'ok' button useless...

aydc said:
I love your theme/background. Can you post it please?
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I have posted the wallpaper here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2481593#post2481593

raymerjacque said:
From what i read the dev's are aware of the autoupdate bug and said a fix will be out soon. you can manually update it, i mean how lazy can you be, its just a click of a button. Hardly a reason not to use it.
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That's not the point. If you pay for an application that says it does something, it SHOULD do it.
Like I said, I like the application but wish the auto update (which does not work as of 1.6) would work as advertised.
EDIT: I did notice the auto update would work if the weather was put on the home tab along with the time/clock. However, when weather is on a separate tab, it does not work and update as the settings suggest.

Can I make it use WeatherPanel instead of it's own weather app?

MOBGangsta184 said:
Can I make it use WeatherPanel instead of it's own weather app?
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Yes. You can disable(delete) HiNavigators weather tab and use weather panel. However, you will need to use whatever space is left on your today screen since HiNavigator doesn't pull in other plugins.

Oh =/ , I meant can I integrate weatherpanel into HiNavigator but I guess I can't.

o it makes sense now. i have my weather panel as part of my home screen so i guess that is why i dont have the auto update bug.
but come on, be a bit realistic, this program is new and has very few bugs for such a young program. you cant expect it to be bug free. even htc home has bugs and its ancient.
for the time being you can manualy click the update button or put your weather onto home screen, its just pure laziness if you use that as an excuse not to use the software at all. auto update for weather is a very minor bug in my opinion.

thanks a lot. That´s what im looking for. Much beter than htc home and better ans easy than battery status.
If i could remove new e-mails and mms shortcuts, and use backlight control...it would be perfect!

great software, after tried for three days and email ppclink, i have purchased it. Worth every penny. wish they will support finger design for Task Manager as iPhone style.

what we actualy need is a few people with some creative talent to make some nice skins for Hinavigator
the default skin is pretty cool, but would be nice to have a variety...

the only Interface i will be needing : TouchXperience i am so pumped up about it..

When it has Weather support for my city, maybe i'll think about buying it. Until then it's a no go!!

That TouchXperiance looks super tight.

weird calendar issue

I have weekly reminders for when my check is supposed to be deposited and for bills and when I go to view the item it's fine but if I try to edit the reminder it always says it's on the next day and I can't change it to the correct way on my phone I can't really find anyone else with this issue and I don't really know how long it's been going on also sometimes on the edit page the from: part will be wrong but then the to: part will be right ex: from:Friday 4-23 to:Thursday 4-22 I couldn't get a screen shot of this tho, here are some screen shots to show .
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Lessthantito said:
I have weekly reminders for when my check is supposed to be deposited and for bills and when I go to view the item it's fine but if I try to edit the reminder it always says it's on the next day and I can't change it to the correct way on my phone I can't really find anyone else with this issue and I don't really know how long it's been going on also sometimes on the edit page the from: part will be wrong but then the to: part will be right ex: from:Friday 4-23 to:Thursday 4-22 I couldn't get a screen shot of this tho, here are some screen shots to show .
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yikes. id say get a new calender. no! lol. assuming your events are backedup? i bet a fresh wipe and flash would fix the issue.

I had the same problem awhile back. Seems like it went away when I rooted and loaded custom ROMs.

This is an issue with your time zone and all-day (24 hour) events. Your phone is starting an hour or so before midnight so your preview shows the event as a day early.
The solution is to update your Gmail time zone (or whatever calendar is at fault) to match your phone. I've had the same issue with Google's US Holidays calendar, and Arizona's lack of daylight savings means Sprint always screws up the network provided time zone.

offtopic
where.tf did you find that black taskbar with 3G?! since my ban was lifted, ive been looking for that. what ROM are you running?

It's the Android calendar that's messed up my normal online google calendar is fine, I think I might have found what it is, my phone is set to -4GMT which is wrong it's supposed to be -5GMT that's what everything else is set to (except my phone) on the phone -5 is bogota Columbia and I can only select it if I deselect automatic time (use network-provided values) and then it changes the time to an hour off(behind) any ideas to change this so that it's correct or is it the HTC/Android calendar that is screwed up?
I'm running damageless v1 if you want the 3G black taskbar

mountaindont said:
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where.tf did you find that black taskbar with 3G?! since my ban was lifted, ive been looking for that. what ROM are you running?
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You already have them in your phone.it's a simple matter of copying and renaming 5 png's. You can do it in less than 10 min with 7zip
Aside, I wonder if calendar reminders are incompatible with flan lock like the world clock? hmmm

nebenezer said:
You already have them in your phone.it's a simple matter of copying and renaming 5 png's. You can do it in less than 10 min with 7zip
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im using some custom window transitions, which changed the taskbar icons a little. can i still as easily change these icons (im vaugly familiar with the 7zip method) without breaking w.t.?

mountaindont said:
im using some custom window transitions, which changed the taskbar icons a little. can i still as easily change these icons (im vaugly familiar with the 7zip method) without breaking w.t.?
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hmm, I dont know much about transitions but I don't know why not. As long as the files are the same size you should be able to name the ones you want the same name as the ones that are currently being used. It should be pretty simple.

[Q] HTC Clock & Weather widget stopped working?

I had the plain ol' HTC Clock & Weather widget (you know the one in the pic below) working fine on my myTouch 4G in Chicago up until yesterday. Now, the weather has stopped updating and it says that the weather data cannot be updated. I can use WeatherBug just fine, my GPS is working, and if I use Beautiful Widgets and choose Google to update the weather as opposed to Accuweather, everything is fine. I can go to the accuweather website, I can do anything! But the widget is dead. There are no Hi/Lo numbers on the right and no animated icon.
Now, Beautiful Widgets is great, but I like that HTC widget. I called HTC and they said it might be hardware related? REALLY? I find that very hard to believe....
Anyone have any ideas what's up? I've seen some threads that reference issues like this in the past, but I don't see how they were resolved.
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Search this forum and you'll find this same thing happened a little bit ago. It was a legit outage, at least then.
See of anyone else posts the same issue, you might just be the first seeing it.
I love the HTC weather widget too, so I feel your pain.
[[[Ice Glacier beats Rock ~ via XDA App]]]

shlongwoodian said:
Search this forum and you'll find this same thing happened a little bit ago. It was a legit outage, at least then.
See of anyone else posts the same issue, you might just be the first seeing it.
I love the HTC weather widget too, so I feel your pain.
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I dug around the myTouch 4G thread, but I'm not finding it. Someone else posted the same issue in Chicago also, but no one else seems to be responding yet....
Is it a carrier issue or and HTC issue? Do you know how it was resolved last time?
Thanks!

Hmmm, I clicked the Search box and typed 'weather widget'. Two pages of results came back. On page two...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=61158939&pp=25&page=2
...you will find the thread (I forgot, I was the one that actually started the thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874770&highlight=weather+widget
I (and a few others) contacted HTC directly. This incident was a Google server issue...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9860849&postcount=17

shlongwoodian said:
Hmmm, I clicked the Search box and typed 'weather widget'. Two pages of results came back. On page two...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=61158939&pp=25&page=2
...you will find the thread (I forgot, I was the one that actually started the thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874770&highlight=weather+widget
I (and a few others) contacted HTC directly. This incident was a Google server issue...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9860849&postcount=17
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Sorry. I guess I'm a lousy searcher. I think I was using the wrong terms maybe? And the first link actually didn't return anything for me, but the rest was good to see. In any event, I really appreciate your help/input. I'm guessing this was another outage, especially since it's suddenly back to working - at least intermittently or right at this moment - in Chicago for the first time since Friday!
I'm just bummed that the HTC rep I spoke with suggested a factory reset (luckily I hadn't gotten around to it) or that it was a hardware issue! Particularly if this has happened before, I feel like they should have been able to provide the same guidance you did.
Who's responsible for the servers for that widget - just curious, I guess...
Thanks again.

Sorry, maybe the search ID (/search.php?searchid=61158939) is session-based and has since expired.
As far as who runs the servers...
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This might be a lil off topic but it's still pertaining to the weather widget. I went intuit settings and I realize I can't select the option to "update automatically" and set the frequency for how often I want it to update. My only option, which is already selected, is "update when opened"
Is this happening to anyone else??
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Live Watches (SE LiveView)

EDIT, 05/15/11:
Note: You will only care about this app. if you own a Sony Ericsson LiveWatch device!
v1.2
* Now with several more, aesthetically pleasing watch faces and hands
* Upload your own png file as /sdcard/livewatch.png (girlfriend picture, pet, etc.) -- Beware! The LiveView device is very picky with encoding, color set, etc.
* Flashligt! (Why not?) Click the select button, then touch the top border.
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EDIT, 04/27/11:
Make sure you download it from the market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.voilaweb.mobile.liveview.livewatches
***
I am going to talk about a plug-in I wrote for the Sony Ericsson LiveView.
However, if you guys wish to discuss development for that device or how to make it work better, this is also welcome because it is both intriguing and under-represented (and a bit maddening at times)
Anyway, I was flabbergasted when I realized that there isn't any straightforward "watch" plug-in for the LiveView so in a couple hours I figured out how to use the SDK and created one.
I am not releasing it yet and I will only make it available it there is interest for it and I get the appropriate permissions from the people whose art I have used for this proof of concept app.
By the way, more face and hands art would be welcome!
A few (terrible) screenshots:

My LiveView was sent from the website i ordered it from, today=) I would really such an addon=)
And i can make you some artwork if i get something to work with=)

Oh, that's good.
I hope it works well for you. The device losing its pairing can be quite aggravating.
On the other hand it is a breeze to develop for; actually simpler than writing a home screen widget.

A friend of mine got it last week and said that he had lost his pairing once since he got it set up.
To me no development is a breeze i know squat about programing
But as said i would love to make you some graphics you could use so that you can release this=)

^^
I just received a sms from my post office that my LiveView had arrived
and here are a little graphic preview of some artwork you might use(?) It shows the whole thing, background, minute hand and hour hand=)
I really think you should release this addon

Ha! I like it a lot, in fact.
Can you post it as three files as described at http://www.voilaweb.com/lv_faq#createtheme?
Oh, and I updated the OP with a link to the beta apk

Will do, Just have to make some minor changes as the big and short hand are the same. and also added some indicators on the clock face.
Edit: Also, will you support this addon? i mean like bugs and stuff?

I guess, I will have to, yes

So, anyone go any feedback for me?

hey man.
i just installed your app from market and it's looking great.
i guess you can make a clock with digits or maybe a digital one.
it still disconnects but at least i have a watch
one other thing maybe you can ad an always on screen option

MrJay, first off, thanks for your feedback
The "always on" option would be nice but I invite you to think about this some more...say until your device dies on you because its damn battery is already too weak for the plug-in's current version
EDIT: OK I really don't want to sound negative. The device is really nice. I just wish it had better connectivity and battery life.
In fact, the tricks I read on how to force it to reconnect using AutomateIt, etc., end up sucking battery life like crazy.

The only thing i have to say about this addon, is that its a bit slow to update when i wake the screen. might take a sec before the clock shows the correct time.
Other than that, i love it

Thanks Marius.
Yes, I know about the 1 sec. delay it's due to sending as few updates to the device as possible, to improve battery life.
But maybe I could slightly alter this behavior for a "wake up" event.
BTW, I hope you guys are using the version from the market! It's free, but more likely to get updates than the one on my blog.

cyansmoker said:
EDIT: OK I really don't want to sound negative. The device is really nice. I just wish it had better connectivity and battery life.
In fact, the tricks I read on how to force it to reconnect using AutomateIt, etc., end up sucking battery life like crazy.
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i stopped using automateit. it didn't do that much and yes you're right about the crappy battery life .
anyway keep up the good job. it's a nice to have application.

I ordered one of these devices today after seeing this post, fantastic plugin! this is perfect for when I'm at work, seeing as I work outside and don't have time to check my phone for any updates, much less the time. Thanks and keep up the great work!

Where can I order this I'm interested I live in California if that makes a difference

Well, Spitfire, so do I. I ordered from these guys: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004E2V4NM and it was shipped from Florida.

Have you updated this with any new themes?
Ive been away over the easter and haven checked in here for about 2 weeks. also i've been flashing a lot of ROMs lately so havent gotten to hook up my liveview yet. Will look in to it today th0=)

Can someone make a theme like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9GTkImEwQ&feature=player_embedded#at=20
(watch the video it has a bunch of different themes as well)

Droidish said:
Can someone make a theme like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9GTkImEwQ&feature=player_embedded#at=20
(watch the video it has a bunch of different themes as well)
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Awesome design. I fear that the LiveView's limited resolution will not be able to display something this complex, though. Not even something as good-looking as a TikTok