yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Yeah, the new ROM is really cool - I LOVE IT :D

hmm..something to think about. that would be pretty neat. what about an internet radio on the panel? it'd be good at times especially if your pretty bored listening to your tunes (stored on your storage card and you don't have other options) if we could somehow integrate resco pocket radio i.e the interface, that'd be really cool.

Also I was thinking, we have three different LED colored lights, one being yellow, orange and finally the bluetooth being blue - i wish there was a way to set it in such a way that it goes off according to your ring tone. I had done that hack on my Moto Razr and let me tell you, it did look pretty sick to me.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Shadow or Lukybandit? lol :S

It was me that asked you if you read my post. :)
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I've had internet radio panels for at least a month now.. YOu can see it in the screenshots. It's not really hard to do really... NOthing special about it.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
I'm installing it as we speak. Meanwhile, Read my last post too and the post before.

1) News

2) Stocks

3) Resco Internet Radio (Something like XM or Sirius) for the phone lol

Any idea if we could make panels for these and if so, can you guide me and jd on the right path so me and him maybe can do some homework and try and work on it together?

Finally, Can NRG WOW us all with something COOL as that, the LED Lights/Vibrations and maybe even the display according to the ring tone? - Any Help I can offer. Let me know :)
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Ahh your on top of everything eh lol.

Whenever you get a chance, (no hurries) - could you maybe link it to me if you don't mind? Thanks bud. Appreciate it.

I wanna learn more about this and maybe one day be like you hopefully :P

EDIT: On a side note, would you know how to work Opera Mobile, not Mini - I have two task bars on the bottom one that says action, another menu and underneath that sync and menu and i just can't get to type a web address - i really wanna try and work it :S
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I'm not sure I understand the last part of your post....

The lights can be controlled, but it's very unstable and I only know of two apps that can do that. A commercial one and something somebody made in the dev forum of this site. I woudlnt them on my phone after the horror stories I've heard (mainly... your lights stop working all together!!).

Vibrations are easy. You can edit the notification script in the registry to make it vibrate any way you want. I was actually thinking of making an application to do that. It would take me like 10 minutes to whip one up...
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
Thanks for the LCD version of the .cab, Org! So far, so good!
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Ahhh Yeah right, that sucks. I had it on my Motorola RAZR and it looked pretty darn cool. Oh Yeah, well whenever you want to get to it, no hurries. You've been pretty busy in the last few days tryna get this going so yeah, take your time - get some rest too Organic :)

Finally, sorry - last time, were you able to read my post, the one with the desktop shot a few posts ago?
[HTC Excalibur] djquick:
Once you flash your phone, you like a crack head testing crack rocks...lol
[HTC Excalibur] axv91:
sry to sound like a noob, but its actually possible to make vibrate a different way?... anyways sry to annoy u again but i just want to kno how come the last update worked perfectly for 240x320 but the new one doesnt? :o tnx
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I think that's more of Windows Mobile in general. It's just SO flexible and customizable compared to any phone OS out there... :)
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
That's it! You got me going - tell me what you learnt in order to do all this? I'm gonna see if i can find some e-books/courses to study as well. I'm working on my A + right now and then MCSE by the end of this year hopefully.
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
Maybe i missed it but im asking anyways :D

Is there a reg edit to turn off the vibe?
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Well I'll have to look into the error that it gives ya when you're not connected. I will get it sorted out by the next release.

As far as all the customizations, trust me on this, I would LOVE to be able to do those things, but CTestUIPlugin won't !!

What I have to work with is ONE png image, and ONE line of text that wraps down to make two lines. That's it!! I can't place different size text, or bold it, or anything like that on the panel. I'm sorry, but it's all I can do. But I will think about the idea of removing the forecast from it and just making a separate panel below with that information. As as I said before, many many times, ... we can NOT have more than one page right now. This is all we get! Not because I don't want to, or can't... it's because I don't know how. Microsoft doesn't provide any documentation on Chome so I'm just experimenting and guessing how this plugin is supposed to work.
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
would you know how to get the select key to work on the actual panel?

As in, if you center click on the panel it opens up PIE to weather.yahoo.com, to the 7-day forecast? (for example)
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Nope... and believe me.. I tried.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Thanks for looking into the error.

Oh Alright, I apologize. I didn't know that. It sucks that we can not have more than one page, but wait if you were to use the welcomecenter plugin, you CAN have more than one page if i'm correct? Correct me if i'm wrong, please. The only downside to that is the freak out hmm...

I just checked your latest version with the LCD Plugin - very cool. Even though prefer without, I just wanted to check it out. Also, I don't like the hi's & lo's - I prefer how it was before that is

Mississauga, CA

Partly Cloudy, 12 C

Mon, May 12 2008 (and here you could add the last updated time on the phone) but instead of using brackets, i'd just go with

Mississauga, CA

Partly Cloudy 12C

Mon, May 12 2008 11:45PM

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The reason why I have the day is because what if someone forgets to update for a day just incase, or whatver - say if you do come out with a new version with a 7 day forecast etc. It'd only help to know what day you last updated on rather than just a time. Hope you know where I'm coming from.

Unfortunately, I prefer your older version so I'm going to revert to that for now as it's more appealing to me as it as lesser clutter. But hey, that's personal preference. Everyone's different :)

Keep up the good work, though !
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
was an idea.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
That's actually a pretty sick idea rather than have more clutter on the screen. Personally, I do prefer the "select" button to update the weather but that was possible on the welcome screen.

It sucks that you can't have the strawberry and the cheesecake together :(

EDIT: I really wish I knew what to do, if i did - I would have tried my best to help or customize it to my own personal preferences.
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Do-able, Totally

You can edit the mscr file to remove or shorten the number of vibes. Just look at that.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
lukybandit... The "not connected" error is fixed. Make sure to have the option to connect to the internet set to No in the options panel, in order not to see the error anymore. I will upload the new version soon.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I'll make it an option to turn off/on :)
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
remove these completely? correct?

Vibrate (50)

Sleep (200)

Vibrate (50)
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
That's affirmative!
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Organic,

Does the new (connecton error) fixed version still show Hi's & Lo's? I don't like that :$, sorry

I prefer to have lesser clutter and prefer it the way it was before except with the "updated time on the phone" without the brackets.

Check your PM.
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Organic,

I still cannot get my update to work correctly. It is supposed to update every 60 minutes, but it 11:52 and it hasn't updated on it's own since 8:24 and then that was a manual update.

What do you think the problem is?

Edit: Check this out, when I reboot my phone, it updates on its own and this is the screen it shows, but if I manual update, it shows the modded screen.

I don't get it, if my .mscr works, then why won't autoupdate keep using it from the beginning, oh I'm so confused and tired.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
ahhh, that happened with me too and for a second - I got so happy looking at your screen shot cause I thought Organic got rid of lo's and high's but i guess not :(

I don't know, I'm not too fond of that hi's and low's - Check the first screen shot, Isn't that visually appealing? lol I don't know, I'm picky i guess :P
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Well your dreams came true. Look in the first post. A new version where you can switch between layouts. Layout 1... is the hi lo version.. Layout 2 is the one you like :D
[HTC Excalibur] outerdepth:
Still Having Update Problem

I just downloaded v1.04 and it still is giving me trouble with updating. I am either getting the connect to internet question in which I redo my options. I set it to Y eventhough it says Y. I even tried y instead of Y.

I reboot, I update weather, in different combinations. I haven't altered this. I have tried both layouts, but I still get the incorrect update if it does update. I don't know, man. This is SO CLOSE. I just can't see what the problem is. Help!!!

Edit: Stuck on Done! 100%

Something new
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Alright... so walk me trough it step by and step and please tell me what your options are set to in the options (i dont care about the location).
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Give me 2 Mins Organic. I'll let you know how the new version works.

Meanwhile, I need help. What's the BESTEST way to backup this phone? Now reason I ask is because since yesterday, well it happ. yest for the first time - my phone froze and everytime i restarted, it froze as soon as it booted at the CHOME screen, I wasn't trying to install anything at all - I was out working.

After restarting it so many times, taking out the battery etc, it worked fine - Wierd :S

It just happened now :( and I got scared. I can't afford for it to go BAM! on me, i have done so much already. I just wanna back everything up just incase. Have you ever experienced this where the light would dim on the Windows screen then freeze on the CHOME screen?

This sucks..but it's working now, I took out my battery, sim card and my memory card and hit buttons like crazy when it got to the CHome screen and it worked fine.

Sorry I know this is off topic but would appreciate your help. Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Thank you so much, Organic!!!

You Da Man - I love this, WICKED :D

Not that it bothers me, but i just thought i'd let you know, layout 1 does not have the "updated time on the phone but the time on the servers" maybe you could change that in your final version.

By the way, i suggest you get all the errors/suggestions/fixes and package it into one final version, take off - cause dude you def. need rest :| you've been working at this non stop and obviously, because I've been staying up to date with you, I don't have any difficulties in installing/reinstalling your versions and testing them for you. It's your call, though.

Keep up the good work :)

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EDIT: It's just the way I LOVE IT - if anything, the only change I personally would make is the "updated time on the phone" That's it :) Great work Organic !

EDIT 2:Sorry but um, I still keep getting the Connect to the internet screen in when i reboot my phone. I didn't want that all because it doesn't make sense until I manually use wifi to update it, that's the only source of internet on this phone.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Alright can you tell me what that "connect to the internet screen" is ??? Maybe a screenshot ? A very detailed description maybe ?
[HTC Excalibur] phrozen:
It's still not installing on the Vox. Even with the unlock...
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
You might wanna ask, whoever you romcooker is, to loosen up the policies on the device to allow replacement of files in the windows directory by cab files.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
I think we had a misunderstanding, maybe?

I'm talking about that screen that comes in the beginning which says, You need to connect to the internet in order to update your weather then the 10 second timer starts. The reason why I didn't prefer that was because it somewhat screws up my loading sequence and bogs my phone down and because i don't have a data plan, I don't have a need for it. let me know if you know what i'm talking about? I'll try and get a screen shot.

p.s: did you read my post earlier? What do you recommend to backup everything that I have?
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Alright I'll eliminate that error message altogether. It's not really needed anyway. I'll write right on the panel, for 10 seconds, that you don't have an internet connection. heh

I dont usually back anything up. Everything important is on exchange (contacts, emails etc). All my files are usually on the laptop backup in one folder. But if you want a plug and play solution... Sprite backup ?

New version uploading in a few minutes.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Ahh great, I'm getting stuck at the boot up screen at CHOME again, i don't know if this has anything to do with your weather :( cause the only thing other than your weather i installed was palringo o w/e that is and core player.

EDIT: k nvm im in, i uninstalled your weather app and palringo and i'll look into sprite back up right now
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Hmm, dont know. I've never had that happen and I reboot quite a few times a day.

First post updated.. Check it, yo! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
oh alright, Thanks once again :P

installing right now...

btw, there's no brackets around the updated time, right? :P

oh btw, could you provide me a link to your radio so i can test it out if thats ok with you?

EDIT: Ahhh, Organic - sorry but is there a way to get rid of that DAMN screen which says Please connect to the internet to update your weather or something, I'm thinking that could be the only issue for it to get stuck up cause i uninstalled w/e i didnt need that would load in the strartup anyway :S so please help with this issue whenever you get a chance, it must be late there, we can do this tommorow no big deal, but thanks for everything so far :)
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Dude the screen is gone!!!! What are you talking about ?!
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Specicy Attempt Connection first, you put in N there right for it to not show that "Screen" cause that's what i had and i still got that white screen in the beginning of booting up or Y? please let me know, thanks.

Apart from that, it looks good to go but quick question: the time on the panel, that's "NOT" the time you updated right, more like when yahoo updates on their servers?
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
hmm...wait, let me reboot again and ill tell you if i get it or not...

sorry to bother you :(

it's the first "white" screen which comes up just before chome shows up basically saying connect to the internet to update blah blah

EDIT: I still get it, it says In order to update your weather, Please connect to the internet o w/e...something along those lines with a 10 second timer :S
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
ok i just read it.

i rebooted again and still got it -

Please connect to the internet in order to update your weather information. (white screen)

EDIT: I just checked my start up - it's called weathertimer.mscr This is what shows up and it bogs down my startup cause it just gets stuck for like 15-20 seconds n then freezes other things then its all ok - it does get annoying. I'm just going to uncheck it and see if it makes a difference in my startup
[HTC Excalibur] illi:
Weather for CHome - Portrait mode

@Organics

Here I am trying to have your fantastic product in portrait mode.

Before I proceed with the fontsize and data placement, I need some info from you. I need to know text line positions of each data, ie on which text line is "Mostly Cloudy", "Tomorrow", and the data for tomorrow?

I added the following to the registry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CHome|CTestUIPlugin\Pages\Tomorrow and

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CHome|CTestUIPlugin\SK2TEXT\Update Weather

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CHome|CTestUIPlugin\SK2URL\\Program Files\NRG\CHomeWeather\Weather.exe

Seems not to work.

SUGGESTIONS:

1- when in collapse mode, place today's weather condition on the first line. so it shows: "Kuala Lumpur 33 C 24 /32 Mostly Cloudy"

So without having to slide to the Weather panel I can see today's condition. Otherwise I will have to unlock then slide to this panel. (please omit the coma and the fontsize may have to be smaller to fit in all text)

2- In full mode show like this:

"Tomorrow

Thunderstorm 24 /32 14:50"

The time, if possible, get from display settings; in this case I am using 24 hour clock (just to be consistent)

Thanks.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Wow that looks hawt! I want a portrait device now! Can you upload the background you're using please ? :)

On to the matters at hand...

I took your advice on the condensed state and added more details.

The plugin updates ONE line on the plugin. And they SK2URL and SK2ACTION keys don't work, so don't bother.

What I'm going to be updating is Image1 (the condition icon), "Text 1" where ALL the information is gonna go. So please set the Wrap=True argument and make it about 200 pixels tall. In the next version I will update the "Icon" to show a very faded blown up background picture of the currrent conditions.

Here's a preview of what I'm talking about....
[HTC Excalibur] illi:
Thanks for the compliments.I's no big deal - I got it from GSmart homescreen elsewhere from this forum. Attached please find the file.

The changes you going to implement looks great and much easier to see.

I will post my changes once its done. Someone else may want to have it too.

Sharing the goody goods!:D:D
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
hey ORG! i also have the issue with version 1.5 where the screen is stuck at "100% Done!" when updating.

here's a SS:
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
Org, somethin' like this? Let me know if it is too strong or weak I can dial the transparency of the foreground stripes and background stripes. Or adjust the fuzziness, tint, what have ya.
[HTC Excalibur] Empel1960:
Hi,

I'm not using the auto update feature so I just remove it from the weathertimer.mscr file from the start up folder and I assigned weather.exe to the lower button on the jogger, hope this help you....
[HTC Excalibur] bechevin@mail.ru:
WM 6.1 Mteor Installed cab, setup

reboot

make setup file

on screen i am seeing Panel:

TestUiPlugin and after loockup buble in the center of the panel and TestUi Plugin text weather not working

Please help
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
Same here Daddy
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Profezza.... all I see is white on white.... !
[HTC Excalibur] AbsoluteDesignz:
yea this happens to me too when i use GPRS/EDGE but not when i use wifi to update....weird.
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
Good, because it is white on white! :) There are 1 pixel tall stripes of two different opacities, with a little blur in the center. To see it put it on a dark bkgd. Did you want dark instead?
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
Every now and again, I get the internet connection prompt like others have mentioned before. My main concern is why my panel won't automatically update. I'm running the T-Mo unlimited data plan. I have to go to Weather Update for it to take effect. Also, disregard my earlier post regarding the time difference. My time updates just fine now (when I manually do it).

EDIT: Also, I've set my weather .cab to connect to GPRS upon startup in the beginning.
[HTC Excalibur] mrnagrom:
does the same "testui" thing for me as well.

i'm on the kasava rom
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
I'm sorry guys. I'm going to look into this asap.
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
It won't auto update for me, either. I assumed it was b/c it was failing to connect through the proxy, however, it requires a manual even when usb sync'ed or attached to the home wlan.

Btw, I love the amount of data you've managed to jam in the latest build, with a clean enough look!
[HTC Excalibur] illi:
CHome - Portrait 240x360

@Org

Attached is the cpr for portrait mode. Unzip and copy to \Windows.

BE SAFE!

Copy your original cpr file and save it somewhere safe

just in case you dont like this format.

Also attached is the jpeg. (There are some test lines in the cpr which you may want to delete)

BTW, my device is also installed with MiniWeather. The short comings are:

- no icons

- temp in Fahrenheit only

The good points (which I am certain you will include later) are I have more data and multiple days info. And user can define data to be displayed.

This is the link that is used by MiniWeather:

http://www.google.com/ig/api?hl=en&weather=Kuala+Lumpur

Take a look and you will understand what I mean.

Enjoy!
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Alright guys. Fixed that not updating bug and getting stuck on the %100 Done screen. An oversight on my part... the script wasnt calling the correct subroutine to update the plugin. Please redownload from post #1 :)
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Thanks for your work Illi. I will include the .cpr file in my next update. Hopefully it will install on a Vox without any permissions problem. If not, I'll post it in the first post as a separate download. I will also look into Google's weather RSS feed. That does seem to have a lot more info than Yahoo.
[HTC Excalibur] mystix:
I'm getting an error while trying to update the weather.

Error

'If' without 'EndIf'

Line 20 (\Program

Files\NRG\CHomeWeather\Weather.mscr):

If (connect eq "Y")

This is on the newest 1.5a btw
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
same problem here.

I manually edited the weather .mcsr file to have an endif, but now my update hangs at 50%\

update: after rebooting my phone, it did successfuly do the update, but when i went to manually update it again, it hung again at "Updating. Please wait... 50%"\

update2: also i dont see any difference between layout option 1 and 2 either. both options on my phone have city,state in the header and current conditions with todays date and the updated time . for either layout 1 or 2
[HTC Excalibur] daleksic:
No disturb the flow here but, when I install the weather.cab (BTW, I love it) I loose all my icons on top. I'm talking about the Icon Bar. Am I doing something wrong? I'm on the Kavana ROM.
[HTC Excalibur] Rip Syntaxx:
Oh brother...lol It seems like we Kavana guys can't win for losing! I don't know why, but based on the posts--rickwyatt's versions seem to run this app a lot smoother than our Kavana ROMs. Org has been working pretty diligently on getting us up to speed though.
[HTC Excalibur] ryanh11:
can somebody give me the forum to rickywyatt's rom plz!!
[HTC Excalibur] daleksic:
I already downloaded the Ricky Rom but I'm afraid to install it. Kavana is fast and I finally fixed my keyboard layout and everything connects well. I'm afraid I have to mess with Rickys ROM for a while until everything works. And the speed is a major concern.
[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
could it be that there are remnants left behind from each version ( file folders & reg entries) and that could be the reason for the issues?
[HTC Excalibur] iamanalog:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=387355

It's literately the post under this one.
[HTC Excalibur] Technology:
Auto Update

Is their a weather app here that auto updates like the MSNDirect weather......?:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] nuttsp:
I am using a BlackJack I and loose the icons bar on top as well. All I did was copy the icon plugin from an older xml and modified the new one with it. This was a very minor change that needed to be made for my ROM.
[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
First post updated with bug fixes.
[HTC Excalibur] lukybandit:
Wierd, I'm running Ver 1.5 & I seem to have no problems whatsoever.

Oh by the way, Organic - did you read my post in regards to the start up screen? I went into Windows Startup using SKTools and deleted the entry which i think said weathertimer.mscr and now my phone doesn't hang anymore nor takes a long time to load. :D

So, you might want to just get rid of it all together.