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Weather for CHome... a complete solution.

Old info now, please checkout the new thead here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=391147

looks pretty friggin good to me man. Is there a .cab file you can put together for this?

Putting the final touches on it as we speak

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I was able to get the TestUIPlugin to work and update in realtime. I used mortscript to get values from "weather watcher mobile", which is free. Currently, you run the script, it loads weather watcher, copies over the forecast data, updates the registry entries for testuiplugin, updates the plugin, and closes weather watcher in the background. It's not very elegant right now, because it uses mortscript. Maybe someone can write a standalone exe based on my work.
Here's what it looks like right now. Any ideas to improve the layout ?
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I was wondering the same thing as Pudge. It may not look exactly like you've mapped it out in your head...but it looks pretty darn good to me. A .cab would be great, Organic.

OrganicM said:
Putting the final touches on it as we speak
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One question... This won't somehow change our home layout to the CHome Slim, will it? I like my festively plump slider panels the way they are! lol I just want the weather .cab.

Rip Syntaxx said:
One question... This won't somehow change our home layout to the CHome Slim, will it? I like my festively plump slider panels the way they are! lol I just want the weather .cab.
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Haha! fesitvely flump? I thought i was the only one who used that term!

Hahaha Actually it WILL, because I wrote this for myself. Buuuuuut, I will make an original version as well

Hey OrganicM, It looks sick but if i could suggest something, then it would be the title, instead of making the "temperature" the title, why not make it My Weather or something along those lines and underneath it - you could make a line for the temperature, upto u - otherwise it looks amazing - Keep up the good work and post a .cab when ur done
Good Luck !

I know, that's what I wanted to do initially, but this damn TestUIPlugin, will NOT let me do two lines of text!! Only thing I could do, is append the current temperature at the end of the forecast blurb... But it wouldn't really make it stand out.

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Hahaha Actually it WILL, because I wrote this for myself. Buuuuuut, I will make an original version as well
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That would be awesome. Many thanks.

check the first post

About implementing it to any panels, slim or not...
Hi OrganicM!
Nice job you done with this app.
I took a look at your cab _setup.xml and I was wondering what needs to be changed to the Chome_320x240.cpr for the app to work, since I prefer my chubby panels and its icons and overall layout (just a matter of taste, you know).
Perhaps you could post a little step by step guide for the ones like me who want to implement it by hand, with the needed files in a single compressed file (zip, rar, your choice really, I've already got them from the cab ).
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.

cassiano said:
Hi OrganicM!
Nice job you done with this app.
It took a look at your cab _setup.xml and I was wondering what needs to be changed to the Chome_320x240.cpr for the app to work, since I prefer my chubby panels and its icons and overall layout (just a matter of taste, you know).
Perhaps you could even post a little step by step guide for the ones like me who want to implement it by hand with the needed files in a compressed file (zip, rar, your choice really, I've already got them from the cab ).
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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If I'm not mistaken, I thought he intended to post the .cab for the "chubby panels" soon anyway. I am on the same page with you, Cassiano. I like my plump panels, but I'd like to install Organic's .cab too. I don't necessarily wanna change anything in my homescreen layout--aside from including the new weather panel.

Guys... read the first post.... There might be something there for ya.

OrganicM said:
Guys... read the first post.... There might be something there for ya.
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Disregard my previous posts! I see you've laid everything out in the 1st post. Thanks man.

Is anyone else have trouble updating the city? I'm trying to get Seattle on here, but it won't find it by name, and if using the zip is keeps showing sunny Las Vagas... That sucks, mainly 'cause it nice there and not here... Thanks.

This thing is awesome. Just what I needed. However, is there a way to remove the photo and media pannel? I tried to edit the XML file but it doesn't change. Any ideas?
Thanks..

Just set the plugins as "disabled" right in the registry.
Updated first post again, this time I added a "last updated" time in the top right corner. This gets updated everytime the weather script runs, so you have an idea how recent the info is.

Alright...for some reason it won't allow my city to be displayed when setting up Weather Watcher. It'll take me to a blank IE screen. I made the change to my city in 'Options', like instructed. Then tried to open 'Update Weather'. It would take me back to the blank IE screen. On the homescreen--the weather sliding panel is blank and just has a sun in it. Is there something I'm not doing?

goboi said:
Is anyone else have trouble updating the city? I'm trying to get Seattle on here, but it won't find it by name, and if using the zip is keeps showing sunny Las Vagas... That sucks, mainly 'cause it nice there and not here... Thanks.
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Are you sure you're spelling it correctly ? Mine finds it right away.

Skinning of Android

Hi folks
I am thinking about skinning the Android, and I am starting to understand how to do it as we speak
I have discovered the correct files, and the only problem I am having at the moment, is lack of creativity >.<
Does anyone have bright ideas on how it should be?
Best regards,
Zappza

Quite like the original skin with Android. The 3 screens allows me to add anycuts to the apps grouped by personal stuff, daily apps and then browser/net stuff.

Skin ideas
Look for the thread that talks about the G2... some interesting pictures there.
--M

Basically the only things I can to currently to get it to look a like the mockups, is to change the icons to be more shiny.
That could work out
Will try to get some work done next week, I have lots of homework at the moment >.<

Zappza said:
Basically the only things I can to currently to get it to look a like the mockups, is to change the icons to be more shiny.
That could work out
Will try to get some work done next week, I have lots of homework at the moment >.<
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Looking forward to your results g/l on the homework... I have lots of work-work .
--M

make it look like a wii or xbox 360

mcfly015 said:
make it look like a wii or xbox 360
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Think I'll pass on this one.
I don't like the design on the X360 dash.
Perhaps the Wii though, I'll have to check it out when I get my Wii

I think it would be cool to have three tabs at the bottom for file shortcuts.
That way instead of having to put custom folders on the desktop one could just swipe up one of the three tabs.
Granted you can store many shortcuts on the side desktop screens. But, I like the swipe motion from the bottom better.
Also, I would love to see some different color themes. Maybe reverse the black/white of the window shade and made the app slider a darker grey.

What about making the icons transparent; like the blackberry storm.

please dont copy the iphone or xbox or whatever..i mean the color schemes are alright
but just make something pure eyecandy please..show us your creativity!!!

shaneaus said:
I think it would be cool to have three tabs at the bottom for file shortcuts.
That way instead of having to put custom folders on the desktop one could just swipe up one of the three tabs.
Granted you can store many shortcuts on the side desktop screens. But, I like the swipe motion from the bottom better.
Also, I would love to see some different color themes. Maybe reverse the black/white of the window shade and made the app slider a darker grey.
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I'll have to pass on this one for the moment.
I haven't read so much in the Android Documentation yet, but my logic senses that this is some pretty heavy modding of both the graphics and the .xml files that control how things are setup.
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What about making the icons transparent; like the blackberry storm.
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This could be possible without any big fuss.
Transparent icons when inactive, and if pressed they become opaque.
twistkill said:
please dont copy the iphone or xbox or whatever..i mean the color schemes are alright
but just make something pure eyecandy please..show us your creativity!!!
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That's my problem.
Creativity >.<
I will try to sketch something while at school, and we'll see how it goes
Perhaps I will start something simple, such as just changing the icons and some of the buttons with some other icons. Just to get a grip of it

Zappza said:
That's my problem.
Creativity >.<
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you know, something black and shiny like the diamond interface always looks cool
black, dark grey will always be slick..look at HTC Manilla interface for good examples..
let me kow if you need any photoshop help...i am good with the pixels (or so i think ) not with scripting though

twistkill said:
please dont copy the iphone or xbox or whatever..i mean the color schemes are alright
but just make something pure eyecandy please..show us your creativity!!!
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Something with a wireframe / Tron / Neon look to it, with icons that look like japanese writing, but really have english text.

twistkill said:
you know, something black and shiny like the diamond interface always looks cool
black, dark grey will always be slick..look at HTC Manilla interface for good examples..
let me kow if you need any photoshop help...i am good with the pixels (or so i think ) not with scripting though
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Yeah, I like black but I prefer dull black, especially since I have the Black G1 ^^
Some Photoshop help would've been great
A starter could've been just to make the standard android a lot darker, just to familiarise with how we can edit the settings
Will start on Tuesday probably, my girlfriend is visiting me from Norway, so I'll probably have other stuff to do this weekend

What's the news on this?
And would this require root? =/

Currently nothing yet, but I will hopefully get started tomorrow
This will require root yes, as the only way I know of is to replace the files in question in the modified RC8 or RC30 image from JesusFreke.

could someone get me the source graphics... pdspatrick AT gmail DOT com.....I am rather good with fireworks, and I wanna make a skin for all of ya, but I don't have the capability to sign the update.zip's
Cheers!

pdspatrick said:
could someone get me the source graphics... [email protected].....I am rather good with fireworks, and I wanna make a skin for all of ya, but I don't have the capability to sign the update.zip's
Cheers!
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the source is online you can get them from the git repo

unfortunately my mac os x is using non case sensitive file system so i cant git with android (adobe cs4 wants noncase sensitive for some reason...hmmm)...and my other computer is a windows box
can somebody help me out here? It'd be appreciated

pdspatrick said:
unfortunately my mac os x is using non case sensitive file system so i cant git with android (adobe cs4 wants noncase sensitive for some reason...hmmm)...and my other computer is a windows box
can somebody help me out here? It'd be appreciated
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if I can I will run git tomorrow and upload the zip for you.

[THEME] Android for WAD2 by Mallman RELEASED!!!!

Now available at www.swampthing.net
*** Notes ***
1. Android doesnt really do that much which I was surprised at.
2. There are 5 screens on this theme and I only use 3 of them so 2 are there for you to get creative with or just delete if you dont want them
3. Android uses a hard "menu" button to bring up its menu so I put a little purple android on the screen to mimic its function
4. The background on this is super widescreen meaning the background spans across 5 screens. really cool feather of android and I am glad I was able to mimic it. If you change the background you will loose this effect
5. Navigation of this theme is as follows:
A. Tap the box with time and such to unlock
B. Swiping your finer up and down on the main screen bring up the apps menu and hides it. Pressing the button also does this
C. Switing your finger left and right navigates between the pages
D. Pressing the purple android toggles the manu on the phone and messaging pages
AS ALWAYS, READ THE FAQ IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FIRST

cool android! aha a fake android to show to my friends that my HD works on android!

possible to side the homepage left and right like the real android?? and i assume WAD2= wisbar advance desktop2??

frostywrath said:
possible to side the homepage left and right like the real android?? and i assume WAD2= wisbar advance desktop2??
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possible i guess.. but wont be as smooth as the real thing!

Yea baby finally a cool theme! I cant wait for this one !

umexed said:
possible i guess.. but wont be as smooth as the real thing!
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that is correct

kuyichi said:
Yea baby finally a cool theme! I cant wait for this one !
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haha hey are you saying my other themes aren't cool!?!?!?!?!?! LOL JK, it will be available relatively son. real like slowing me down

Well i like your themes very much!! But I want to impress the people with my blackstone with a cool theme and stuff. Not a blackstone which looks like a wannabe iphone. So i can't wait for this andriod which will beat the Iphone theme, I hope !
I will be waiting for your theme!

i have done a lot of research on Android's UI by watching all the videos and screenshots I can find and I have to say that it really doesnt have much lol. I have pretty much completely recreated it. Of course it isnt possible to recreate its browser or contacts lists etc etc etc. One thing I was able to mimic is its "spanning desktop wallpaper". My version has one wallpaper that spans across 5 screens (not the same wallpaper over and over but a 2500x800 across 5 screens)
I am putting in some menus that mimic the small white one on each page that appears when you press the hard menu button on the G1. I am saying all of this so that those of you who have not used an Android phone think I am missing a lot because there isnt much to miss

now available on www.swampthing.net

so u have to buy WisBar Advance Desktop 2.1.2.1 to use this right?

frostywrath said:
so u have to buy WisBar Advance Desktop 2.1.2.1 to use this right?
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only if you want to use it longer than the 2 week trial

MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?

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MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?
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Unzip before you save it across to the storage card.

Will this work on VGA? or are the images only rendered for wvga? I want this on my fuze

redrazr7791 said:
MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?
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i let an export sit for a couple of hours and it never completed. I have no clue bro. I asked the same think on lakeridge forums so I will have to go check back and see if it was ever answered.

Cool theme, love it! well done

ratcom said:
Cool theme, love it! well done
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thanks a ton!!! was fun to make

Hi,
Thanx a tone...cool theme...looks very similar...
I have downloaded it and have customised it quite a bit...nice trick with the 5 wallpapers looking like a widescreen wally...
Just one small question...dont know why but swiping right for screens on the left brings the screen much quicker as compared to screens on the right...is thr any reason to that or is it just me???

Looks interesting

IDEA: background all tabs application???

I finally figured out how to change all the backgrounds of all the tabs, but i'm very gentle and understating that the whole process is rather complicated.... Is there no genius/dev that can make an application to change the background picture of all the tabs? Someting like the app of HTC on the setting tab, that you select a picture and it applies to all the tabs.
Just my 2 cents....after a long struggle with the backgrounds......sigh....
i'm even willing to donate if the app turns out good and user friendly!!!

I would like it too.
For example an extra option in Diamond TF3D Configurator or even a new HD TF3D Configurator with a background for alll tabs would be great.
Because i have not figured it out yet.
This is what i got with my try

Hi guys, the search button does not bite.
But I do not want to be. -> [SOLVED] background for all tabs etc.

reading is also an art.......
i believed i already told this, but here we go again:
i already managed the background for all tabs, but there are a lot of things you need to do to make it work, what i was suggesting is that someone smart makes an application that relieves the user of all the manual labor and automates the process.

i guess not a lot of people think this idea is good or even possible.......

The idea is great ! But, i've seen some tutorials to do it... i don't think it's possible to make a PPC app.
We need a Desktop PC app to open manila files, resize background image, resize canvas, save image as manila image, open with another program, do some stuff with hexa decimal data...

Bumping this thread.
I've seen the other one about configuring your own Background Tab, but it seems like too much Ball Ache.
Would be ideal if it were automated through an App.
Any genius developers out there ?

Would be superb if someone could make a app for this!

It could be done, but thats not the one you do in an afternoon. Too many people using too many dirty mods, and taking all that into account, its a bonebreaking job cause you have to take care of that or people will complain. I gave that a thought, but came to the conclusion i'll postpone that.

twanj said:
Would be superb if someone could make a app for this!
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IMHO that should've been included in TF3D on the first place. HTC included the option for the main page, can't figure out why they didn't make it change all the tabs in the first place.

Seems like this IDEA is already being implemented.
mun_rus said:
The real background4all tabs mod will be released today
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mun_rus said:
i mean that u wont need to edit manila files.
just use your settings to set wallpaper and it will b applied for all tabs
Like you do for home screen
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477491&page=5

sounds great! i will go take a look!

and it also works great!
so no need for this thread anymore

It must be really frustrating for the devs that create these apps/CABs that people dont spend a little time reading/searching.
If you did, you would see that it is as simple as setting your background wallpaper.

I need links to red icon sets. Can anoyne help?

I went ahead and rooted my phone pretty much for the purpose of custom theming and graphics. This is what I've got so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKPXbrtr4E
Now, what I need to wrap this up is some nice, red icons, but, I haven't been able to find ICONS anywhere.
Any help would be appreciated, and if it matters, I'm running the rooted version of the latest OTA (1.47.65.1.1 or whatever).

Have you checked the theme forum? I am sure there are some in those packages.

Yep, I did, and I didn't see any that were red in the themes posted, and, it seems liek no one just posts icon sets in there.

what kind of icons? for the battery and menu stuff?
What about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720941&highlight=red

haha, that's the theme that I'm using! I meant replacement icons for the actual apps themselves.

Try http://www.deviantart.com/
here are some
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+icons#/d1gb10m
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+icons#/d13eq3k
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+icons#/d1gw6fe
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http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+facebook+icon#/d2jszzt
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http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+android+icons#/d2objtf
http://shteuf.deviantart.com/art/High-Tech-USSR-130974577
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=red+windows+mobile+icons#/d1f86tz

Hey thank you for the deviantart link. Now, I've already found icons I'd liek to use and have saved them, but can someone point me in the right direction on learning how to apply these to my phone?

I think you will have to explore /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk
not positive though, but worth a look

TJDuckett said:
Hey thank you for the deviantart link. Now, I've already found icons I'd liek to use and have saved them, but can someone point me in the right direction on learning how to apply these to my phone?
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You can use Folder Organizer to apply them very easily...
stay tuned i'll grab a link for a how to...
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Originally Posted by Sprockethead
1. Search for Folder Organizer in the Market.
2. Buy it or download the free version.
3. Open Folder Organizer.
4. Click the Apps tab.
5. Find the app whose icon you want to change. Click on it. A menu pops up.
6. Scroll to the right of the menu that pops up. One of the buttons is "icon."
7. Click the "icon" button.
8. Choose "gallery" or "icon pack" or whatever choice is appropriate.
9. Select the new icon.
10. Exit Folder Organizer.
1. Go to the home screen. Long press a blank spot to bring up the widget menu.
2. Choose "Widget."
3. Don't actually choose a widget. Instead, choose "Folder Organizer ITEM."
4. Click "Apps" when prompted.
5. Check the box for whether or not you want a caption below the icon.
6. Click the app that you changed the icon for earlier.
7. The app is added to the desktop.
I had that in a chat log.....
or you can go the hard way and edit .apk's, and push them to your phone.
Use gimp or irfanview or whatever photoediting software to resize them for your phone... 72x72 is what they are.

Wow man, thanks a ton. I'm actually about to get started on this now.

And jsut a quick question... the icon packs... I just move them to my sd card right?

TJDuckett said:
Wow man, thanks a ton. I'm actually about to get started on this now.
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ok no problem.
just put all your icons in a folder on your sd card and its pretty simple.
good luck... let me know if you need some more help.
Remember alot of the icons you download are larger than 72x72... you need to resize them!
There are icon packs on the market but they are crappy! Google, DeviantArt... you'll find what you need.

Actually no man, it's turning out GREAT so far. Your instructions were simple and dead-on perfect.

Here's a screeny. Thanks so much guys!

looks good! Good job!

thanks a lot man. I really appreciate your help.
I'm a complete noob to all of this, and within a day you guys have gotten me pretty competent on these things.
This is a great community.

TJDuckett said:
thanks a lot man. I really appreciate your help.
I'm a complete noob to all of this, and within a day you guys have gotten me pretty competent on these things.
This is a great community.
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quick question..
how were you able to change the sprint name on your lockscreen and notification?? that looks slick!
oh and awesome setup!

I think one method is through the CDMA workshop. There are a few tutorials on it (in dev section I think?)
But he may know an easier way

Hey he's right. I used the cdma workshop tool... sorry for the late response but I work days and am actually posting this from my evo.
Also, the trick works on both the slider and the header even though its just listed for the slider

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quick question..
how were you able to change the sprint name on your lockscreen and notification?? that looks slick!
oh and awesome setup!
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