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I installed the Black Shadow version on my 8525 and I love the weather option but my city(San Diego) is not on there and I want to add it. I've searched the forums and tried some things but either I can't figure it out or I'm stupid!
Can someone explain how to add that city to the list? Thanks
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I know this is a repost but seriously I need your help.
JaredYng said:
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I know this is a repost but seriously I need your help.
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read post #2 >>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310661
I tried that but I didn't get a url that he's talking about. Here is what I got:
http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/sa...recast.asp?partner=accuweather&u=1&traveler=1
Also I don't know what to do with that url now! i dont understand
read this post. it's more accurate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1307387&postcount=256
Ok I understand that url but i couldn't figure out where to put it
in your windows folder therse a file HH_weathercities
something like that
copy it to you PC, edit the file using notepad and add your entry in, than place it back into ppc windows folder
i did that and the city still doesn't show up even after soft reseting. So i copied the file back over and it indeed does have my edited city in there but my ppc doesnt recognize it in the software. Any ideas?
how come it's not recognizing it? Any ideas?
Got it..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1321950&posted=1#post1321950
htc weather plug in is completely useless, it's much easier and acurate to look from window or step outside, don't bother, use spb weather instead.
banesi said:
htc weather plug in is completely useless, it's much easier and acurate to look from window or step outside, don't bother, use spb weather instead.
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Not having much luck with the HTC plugin either, it reports temperatures and forecasts that are about 4 degrees lower than the actual. My experiences are described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312569
Any Canadian or US users have similar observations? Does the HTC weather plugin work correctly for anybody?
Here's what worked for me:
Use active sync and copy the HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml file out of your windows directory to your pc and take off the read only attribute so you can edit it. Open it in notpad and find a city in your country and copy that line to to where your city would be. Then go to http://www.accuweather.com/us-city-list.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0 and punch your city in and country in the international lookup box (ex. Grande Prairie, Canada), and you should get a link that ends similar to this:locCode=NAM|CA|AB|GRANDE%20PRAIRIE|&u=1
Now modify the line for your new city so its similar to this: <city name="Grande Prairie, CA" loca="NAM|CA|AB|GRANDE PRAIRIE" land="Canada"/> Then reapply the read only attribute and save back to your mobile device. This worked on my HTC Apache running WM6. Good luck!
Worked fine for me...
I'm using the 8925 (Tilt/Kaiser) and was able to add my city to the XML file, copy it back down, and have the weather display correctly. The instructions are a little confusing given the fact that the "NAM|US|VA|ALEXANDRIA" format you need to display your city will only display for cities outside the US. If you live with the United States, your best bet is to just use some trial and error knowing that NAM = North America and will not change, US = United States, VA = Virginia (for this example) and then you add your city to the end. The complete line entry should look like this in your XML file:
<city name="Alexandria, US" locationcode="NAM|US|VA|ALEXANDRIA" />
in my case, I had to add Charlotte, NC and the line I added looked like this:
<city name="Charlotte, NC" locationcode="NAM|US|NC|CHARLOTTE" />
Hope this helps...
One caveat about this weather thing I discovered. If your city code has spaces in them, you need to replace them with %20. Some of the cities already defined did not use the %20. In order to get salt lake city to work correctly, I had to escape the spaces with %20 and then the weather came up finally.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<locations>
<city name="Salt Lake City, UT" locationcode="NAM|US|UT|SALT%20LAKE%20CITY"/>
</locations>
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...
JaredYng said:
I installed the Black Shadow version on my 8525 and I love the weather option but my city(San Diego) is not on there and I want to add it. I've searched the forums and tried some things but either I can't figure it out or I'm stupid!
Can someone explain how to add that city to the list? Thanks
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I was able to cheat and find this code using "forecastfox", a firefox addon. A search for my home town in Canada turned up this:
Edmonton, AB = NAM|CA|AB|EDMONTON|
I did a search for your city (there are many San Diegos apparently) and all that came up was a code, give that a try. Use total commander to modify it right on your phone (http://ghisler.fileburst.com/ce/tcmdpocketarm.cab - save as txt, not unicode... or which ever keeps the file size close to the same as the original file *cough, make a backup of the xml file first*).
San Diego, CA = 92101
San Diego, TX = 78384
Good luck.
Hello
I install 6-tabs plug in but weather isnt work. Seems that the xml file cant be loaded by the application at all.
How can i fix it?
yes I need it thank you
I've already done searches for this, but I just haven't found a simple answer for a newbie like me.
What I want is to keep the weather in the tab like it is on the stock HTC home, but I want to be able to choose my city by zip code. I'd also like to be able to get radar images.
Is there an easy way to do this?
Also, it would be really cool if there was an option to have it show weather based on your GPS location.
Thanks!
theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
Doug2873 said:
theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
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In all fairness, the search function on this site sucks. I've resorted to using google to search "forum.xda-developers.com" under advanced search.
Doug2873 said:
theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
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Hey thanks for the link.
But, what I would REALLY like, that I haven't seen posted yet, is instead of having to input a city is if the weather would just update based on GPS location. Is anyone working on this? Or is there currently an available modification to the HTC home weather for this? I think that would be the cat's ass.
Thanks again!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308&highlight=htc+home+customizer
Why you think a cat's ass is a good thing is beyond me...
I live with four cats and I avoid their asses as much as possible!
Greetings all. Had my Touch Cruise about 3 days, and I love it. I've got iGuidance installed and working great, the music button added to the HTC home screen (I'm happy with 5 tabs for now), Installed PocketCM Keyboard which allowed me to "register" my Skyfire beta (having some trouble streaming audio from kjram.com though), etc.
So this device does EVERYTHING I was doing on my HTC 8525 before it died. EXCEPT being able to add additional cities to the HTC Home Weather Application. I'd messed with this on the old phone, and managed to edit the HH weather file under Windows, replace that file with my own version, and then I could add more local cities to the application, and then view their info whever I pleased.
BUT on the Touch Cruise, I can only copy the HH*blahblah*.xlm file... not replace it. Not even with Total Commander, or after hiding the HTC Home menu, soft booting, and then trying to un-writeprotect the file. Has anyone else had any luck with this? I found a thread from a guy who has some universal unlocker apps and such, but all they did was corrupt the HTC app and I was lucky uninstalling them fixed things without a hard reset.
Thanks!!!
Everything works fine here.
The post below describes how to add your city:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368282&highlight=city+weather
This can also be usefull for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187&highlight=city+weather
Greetz,
tex
Weather cites
I have been able to add any US city I want changing the buitilt in home plug in for the modified 6 tab package that is offered here.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/
Get this modified package and you have an up to date home plug in that you can add cities to
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/htchome-2.1-n2a.cab
Remember to uncheck the htc home in today settings before you try to copy the modified xml weather files back onto your phone. If you don't it will not copy back
Thanks for the replies. I'm still having trouble so I'm linking to a pic of the problem here.
http://merkman.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!4355EB455D027302!133/
As you can hopefully see, the HH weather file on my Touch Cruise is read-only. And no program I've tried will change that property. What you see here is AFTER unchecking HTC Home from the Today page, doing a soft reset and confirming the HTC Home plug-in is NOT loaded, then connecting with Activesync and trying to change the properties of that file.
I've also used applications on the device, such as File Explorer and Total Commander, but neither of those worked either. Wonder what I dorked up that I can edit the file like others can.
N2A's Weather Patched Files
Go to N2A's site
http://weather.not2advanced.com/files/
He tells you how to do it. If you still are having problems let me know what city you want in it and I will make one for you.
You might also need to disable the HTC Home plugin, if you have one running already, from Start -> Settings -> Today -> Items After doing this you should be able to copy the file to your pc modify it and the put it back and over write the file there.
mpf54 - I know exactly what your saying, disable the plugin BEFORE trying to uncheck read-only, or before overwriting it with a copy I edited on my PC. But I can't uncheck the read-only on the device, as the option is greyed out. And when I copied the file to my PC and edited it (as I did on my AT&T 8525), I couldn't paste my copy onto the Touch Cruise for the same reason (would NOT let me overright the file).
As for N2A's site, I tried following these instructions. But I've been unsuccessful put a copy of my DLL into the directory he specifies and "unlocking" my ROM. And when I tried his "Touch" rom, that didn't seem to work on my phone. I had to uninstall the software so the HTC Home screen would show up on my device again.
So I'm guessing I need to "unlock" my ROM somehow so I can edit the HH weather file that is a part of it. But I have no idea how to do that...
Weather
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab
It is a repacement htc home that also has the 6 tabs. It is also modified already to be able to get other cities not on the HTC list. After you install this cab file then go in and modify the Weather cities list. This has worked for me on a Touch, a sprint touch and my touch cruise.
mpf - Really appreciate the help, and finally understand how this works.
The version of the weather app on my device seems to be part of the ROM, so I can't edit the HH weather file.
However, when I installed the ROM you suggested, it installs ANOTHER copy of the Weather app, and that version stores a DIFFERENT copy of the HH weather file I CAN edit.
So I just need to copy a version of that file to my PC, edit it with Notepad, and copy it back. Should be golden after that.
Thanks again for your assistance. Just couldn't understand what was wrong previously.
Weather
Glad you got it working. Took me a while to find the solution but that new plugin made it easy.
merkman said:
Greetings all. Had my Touch Cruise about 3 days, and I love it. I've got iGuidance installed and working great, the music button added to the HTC home screen (I'm happy with 5 tabs for now), Installed PocketCM Keyboard which allowed me to "register" my Skyfire beta (having some trouble streaming audio from kjram.com though), etc.
So this device does EVERYTHING I was doing on my HTC 8525 before it died. EXCEPT being able to add additional cities to the HTC Home Weather Application. I'd messed with this on the old phone, and managed to edit the HH weather file under Windows, replace that file with my own version, and then I could add more local cities to the application, and then view their info whever I pleased.
BUT on the Touch Cruise, I can only copy the HH*blahblah*.xlm file... not replace it. Not even with Total Commander, or after hiding the HTC Home menu, soft booting, and then trying to un-writeprotect the file. Has anyone else had any luck with this? I found a thread from a guy who has some universal unlocker apps and such, but all they did was corrupt the HTC app and I was lucky uninstalling them fixed things without a hard reset.
Thanks!!!
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No, I don't think you are the only one. I am too having problems with my weather. I am living and working in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. i followed the instruction, but when I tried to get the weather for the city. It could not find it.
I'm having trouble with my weather also, but not in the same sense. My problem is the weather report, temps and such is usually wrong by as much as 10 degrees with what the local weather report says which is more or less correct. I usually update manually to save battery. I think I might trial some other weather app and see how that goes. Anyone else with with this problem?
German Tool for HTC-Weather
Hi I'm a german and sorry for my worse english.
I had made a little tool for the german Orbit2 / Polaris-users but i think it may also work for others (link to original post).
Translation:
1. deactivate HTC-Home plugin:
go to "start -> preferences -> today" under "elements" disable the HTC-Home2. Location-Code:
get your location-code under
http://www.accuweather.com/world-ind...her&traveler=0
in the addressbar it should looks like that:
www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=
accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|DE|GM012|TRIER&metric=13. Change the HTCWeather.dll:
install the CAB-File (N2A Patched Home Plugin DLL.cab)
4. Install my file (HTCWetterXML.cab)
start the program "HTC Wetter XML" and insert the above data (see picture original post).5. activate HTC-Home plugin
6. soft reset
7. test it
the data is entered directly in the registry not in the "HH_0407_WeatherCities.xml". So if you change the city over the plugin the data are lost. You have to restart my program and push the insert button again.
here you can get the files.
hope i could help
ppcfox
cbreze - Afraid not. After loading the "new" HTC Touch app, I needed to set the weather back to F for the temps to make sense to me. But I've been able to add several local cities to my phone now, and its working really great!
The one thing I'd kinda LIKE to change, but I'm not going to sweat it... is the new HTC app I installed uses WMP for the music app on the 5th HTC Tab. I kinda liked that the Touch Cruise ROM version used it's own media player, but that's a minor issue I'm happy to live without.
Add cities
If you want to add cites to the weather app keep in mind that the htc home plug in that is shipped with the phone goes to a site that HTC has set up to get the weather. It does not have every city for weather. If you read previous post here you will find a link to a new HTC Home plug in that has been modified. If you upgrade to this plug in you should then be able to change your city and then Get the weather for the city you want.
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab
So finally I got it working, one question remains, is it possible to have two different locations at a time?
FlaTEriC18041983 said:
So finally I got it working, one question remains, is it possible to have two different locations at a time?
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Unfortunately no. The app simply isn't made to show multiple cities at once. You'll just have to switch between them as you like, at least until someone makes an app like the iPhone has. Anyone know if such an app has already been written? Would be SWEET on our Touch Cruise phones.
mpf54 said:
If you want to add cites to the weather app keep in mind that the htc home plug in that is shipped with the phone goes to a site that HTC has set up to get the weather. It does not have every city for weather. If you read previous post here you will find a link to a new HTC Home plug in that has been modified. If you upgrade to this plug in you should then be able to change your city and then Get the weather for the city you want.
Get this file.
http://weather.not2advanced.com/file...me-2.1-n2a.cab
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Anyone have a link to this file that they could send me? The site seems to be down and my weather's not updating on my Polaris either.
I transfered some pictures from my mac to the captivate... After a while when i go in the gallery app my pictures are getting duplicated many times... Far as 5x each... And when i try to delete them it takes ages and i have to close the app or else it eats my battery... Anyone is having the same problem?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I896 using XDA App
Photo Dupes
Here is a post from cgm8 (10th December 2010). See if it resolves your problem.
Ok..here is the fix from other thread
With root explorer delete:
- /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media/externalXXX.db
- /sdcard/Android/data/com.cooliris.media
reboot
Good luck
photos keep duplicating themselves.
I too had the same issue. I would have 5 copies of each picture in my gallery. I was hesitant to delete the files recommended below with Root Explorer so I just used Root Explorer to rename the files (removed the db on one and the word media on the other) rebooted and many of the dupls disappeared on their own, the originals were fine. We'll see if it lasts.. also, anything I really did want to delete manually deleted very quickly.
I found the easiest way to deal with this is to go into manage applications>all>media storage>clear data...then reboot
problem solved..
I just downloaded sgs tools for captivate then apply the script "clear_thumb_db.txt"
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Any idea as to what causes this?
well i fixed it using the manage apps option above.. just a few hours after it happened to me.. talk about timing!
This always happens to me if I root/unroot the phone with my sdcard in. If I take it out before hand its fine.
I just mount my phone and open all the massstorages and delete the thumbnail files in the DCIM folders and that works fine. You have to understand all the copies you see are thumbnails and deleting via the phone thru gallery can delete the real image...
i have never un-rooted..
Copilot Live Premium (aka V9) has just been launched and is half price for a week. (£15 in UK). However they have removed the ability to add POI's. CSV files can be imported I think but not my existing files from V8. If I copy them across they seem to be there but there is no icon even if I copy it to the skins folder with the others. Also can't add individual poi's on the fly if for example you want remember a place.
If anybody knows a work around for the POI issue it would be appreciated as V9 looks good aside from that.
OK Can now import POI's fine however still can't add new ones from device.