hello!
i'm not looking for info on how to edit apk's. google will help me about that. what i would like to know is, how much hassle is to edit apk?
the thing is, i'm running sense 3 rom which is a bit faster than sense 3.5 on my device, thus more pleasant to use. but sense 3 clock uses 4x2 grid and covers much of the homescreen in opposite to sense 3.5 4x1 clock widget. i found sense clock 4x1 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595236, but it doesn't show weather. i believe it's due to google weather being shut down. so i would like to edit this particular apk just to use different weather provider, like accuweather or maybe some croatian local service, whatever. so, how much of a work is it? i mean, setting up tools and finding the right line in code, compiling back, etc... if it's to much work for a complete noob in this area just to edit this one thing, then it's perhaps better for me to not dwell into these waters. for decompiling, editing and compiling back i'll refer to other topics and allmighty google. for now i just need this info...thx...
p.s. or if there's another 4x1 sense clock widget with working weather provider, feel free to point me in right direction. i've tried searching but came empty handed...thanks, all!
ok, to answer my own question, i've found "apk multitool" which turned to be pretty easy to setup with just a little bit of reading. now, i'm trying to find where should i change google weather api to something else, but looking to .xml files and weather forecast smali files i couldn't find anything. oh, i did found this value: "http://mw.weather.com/setloc?q=", which, when entered into firefox, brings me to weather.com webpage. and setloc part from the url brings me to believe it's purpose is to aquire location.
at this point i'm stuck. does anyone know where to look to change weather api?
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I did a quick search and couldnt really find anything simple enough. I am looking for a weather program thats basicaly just weather, plain and simple. I have a WM6 T-Mobile Wing. Please help and Thank you.
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There are quite a few weather apps out there for PPC. One is called Marsware Weather Panel, which is a today screen weather app and a favorite for a lot of people around here. Another one is called weather watcher which is fairly decent as far as weather programs go, but it doesn't have a today plugin and if I remember right it only updates over activesync and not through GPRS although there is a newer version out since the one I tried and maybe they've added that ability. You can find Weather Panel easily by googleing for it or you can find Weather Watcher here - http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-weather-watcher-mobile-v1-0-7.html.
I've searched around but not been able to find anything relating to what i'm looking for. Basically I was wondering if it is possible to get custom wallpaper weather animations on sense 2.1 without changing the wallpaper for the rest of the manila tabs?
I've been using the BG4All cab which works well, but due to the hd wallpaper im using, it creates alot of lag in tabs such as the photo and contact tabs. So therefore it would be nice to be able to use the hd wallpaper with weather animations for the home screen, but to keep the plain black background for all the other tabs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Just to point out, ive tried one cab (the kimi-sae-ireba-sense2.1weatherwallpaper) and even though this allowed custom wallpaper weather animation on just the home tab, there were a few issues.
The time overlapped the text when sliding down on the home tab
Landscape did not work properly
The wallpaper was compressed and much more blurry
So basically just looking for a cab that allows high quality wallpaper on just the home tab while maintaining weather animations
Look what I found using search
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629682&highlight=Weather+Animation
Thanks for your reply.. even tho it was probably intended as an insult
I used the search function and found that too.. but it doesn't do what I asked for.
Id like to be able to use the high quality wallpaper of choice on just the home page with weather animation. But they only offer custom ready made wallpapers and weathermod also included in that post doesnt do what I asked either.
ICS is driving me a little nuts... First the normal weather and news app cannot seem to find my location. It won't even find me if I manually put it in, city or zip code. Is this because I'm in the US or is this broken?
Second, is there any way I can fix the widget spacing? I put the news, a calendar widget and weather widget on my main page. No matter if they are HTC or Android, the spacing between the widgets is huge and looks terrible. Even adjusting the widget size leaves a huge amount of unusable space.
Appreciate any help!
bleclair said:
ICS is driving me a little nuts... First the normal weather and news app cannot seem to find my location. It won't even find me if I manually put it in, city or zip code. Is this because I'm in the US or is this broken?
Second, is there any way I can fix the widget spacing? I put the news, a calendar widget and weather widget on my main page. No matter if they are HTC or Android, the spacing between the widgets is huge and looks terrible. Even adjusting the widget size leaves a huge amount of unusable space.
Appreciate any help!
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I noticed the huge gap also in the widgets. I kept trying to move the Google Search widget under the clock and weather but wouldn't go close.
I am guessing this is how it is in ICS?
Anyone find a solution, or are we just the minor few that care?
Unfortunately, between this and the battery life I'm considering returning mine and sticking with my Note.
EDIT: The weather widget is still funky, but I went under settings and even though it wouldn't accept a manual location I used automatic then forced a refresh and it sometimes works.
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I noticed the huge gap also in the widgets. I kept trying to move the Google Search widget under the clock and weather but wouldn't go close.
I am guessing this is how it is in ICS?
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Unfortunately, despite the large real estate the screen provides, the homescreens are still laid out in a 4x4 grid. So, no matter where you put it, it will still show a gap. Makes no sense, I know. They could've laid everything out in a 5x5 grid. Kinda wastin space. They coulda laid the Vivid out in. 5x4 grid, but they didn't. Sux to have wasted space like that.
You can use Nova or Apex launchers and go to as much as a 7 x 7 grid.
I've seen a few threads pertaining to htc sense widgets but none for the sIII
has anyone found a way to add locations of smaller towns that aren't listed in the main search when trying to add locations to the widget?
it was not so bad to do on my old winmo phone, slightly more difficult on my old evo4g but would like to add to the twiz widget
thanks
I hope this is an appropriate place to ask this. I'm trying to do a simple mod to the Google Quick Search widget pictured at the top in the screenshot. I'm just not sure where the widget is located in the file system. All I am looking to do is make the frame thinner. I thought the widget was in system/app/quicksearchbox.apk, but I'm not sure that's the one. I have Nova Launcher Prime installed (I'm on CM 10.1 nightly), and believe this widget is part of it. Where are Nova Launcher widgets located?
Can someone clarify where this widget is located in the file system, and what file exactly (in the res folder) I should be looking to modify to make the frame thinner.
I found this guide on the whole process of modifying a widget's graphics. Is there one specifically for Mac users, and for rooted phones. I'm assuming I can skip the Android SDK part. Pardon my ignorance when it comes to this stuff.
Thanks for your help!
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I hope this is an appropriate place to ask this. I'm trying to do a simple mod to the Google Quick Search widget pictured at the top in the screenshot. I'm just not sure where the widget is located in the file system. All I am looking to do is make the frame thinner. I thought the widget was in system/app/quicksearchbox.apk, but I'm not sure that's the one. I have Nova Launcher Prime installed (I'm on CM 10.1 nightly), and believe this widget is part of it. Where are Nova Launcher widgets located?
Can someone clarify where this widget is located in the file system, and what file exactly (in the res folder) I should be looking to modify to make the frame thinner.
I found this guide on the whole process of modifying a widget's graphics. Is there one specifically for Mac users, and for rooted phones. I'm assuming I can skip the Android SDK part. Pardon my ignorance when it comes to this stuff.
Thanks for your help!
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I don't use Nova myself but I believe the Quick Search bar has different layout. I know in ADW Ex I can change them so it could be something to look into before trying to mod the widget.