[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
How to add your City to both manila 2d and 3d.

Now this is my first attempt at a Guide, if you have any comments please PM me and i will edit as necessary

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If you are trying to add your custom city to either manila 2.1 or 2.5, then try this application first, if you do it properly you should not need to do it manually as my directions below, thanks to JVH3 :D : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=546141

I have seen many posts from people asking how to assign their own city for weather, in both touchflo 2d and 3d.​

Whilst there are many posts out there that adequately show this, experience and having read many posts, it would seem some people are have difficulty, so i thought i would try and write the definitive guide :)​

For Touchflo 3d - This method has been tested on Stock Roms & Cooked roms with manila versions 1-2.5. Many thanks to all those who created the necessary apps so we can achieve our goal (such as andreas.falke)

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You will need to download a few apps and programmes first, this is what you need.

1. Download and install sql lite from below (included in zip is the manila file 2330fc3c_manila you will need to alter). Unzip the file to where you want.

2. Download weather data base editor cab from below and install to main memory on your PPC

3. Download touch commander cab and install it to main memory on your PPC (not sdcard).​

Ok, you've downloaded everything you need, shall we make a start?​

1. On you PC, right click the included manila file included in the sql file and goto properties, remove read only or archive attributes.

2. Visit Accuweather.com and search for your city. Once you have found your city, you will see in the address bar at the top of your browser screen something like : http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=

EUR|JE|JE---|JERSEY

|&u=1. We are interested in the locCode, so for this example we will use mine which is EUR|JE|JE---|JERSEY

3. Run SQL lite, click "open an existing Data base" and choose the 2330fc3c_manila file in the sql lite folder.

4. Click the Browse Data tab. Now i would recommend for ease of use changing an existing city you wont use that matches the first letter of your own city. For this example you will see that i have altered Jersey, US for my needs. (you can scroll to the next page by clicking the arrow buttons to the

bottom left)​

5. Double click the CityName you will be changing, Add the city, here it is Jersey. When done click apply changes.

6. Add the region and state if required. You will know if you need to do this by viewing another city in the same country, for UK we don't need to do this,

but US you do.

7. Double Click Country and alter as per item 5.

8. Don't bother altering longitude and latitude, they are all mostly set at zero.

9. Change the accuweather code you have found as per example, always applying changes afterwards.

10.

IMPORTANT

- Change the timezone to the correct minutes as per a similar city in your country, mine is 0 for GMT, Spain is -60, Turkey is -120 and so on.

11. Finally change the msid code to one relevant to your country (this will ensure your city is easily found in its proper country and not anywhere else) so the UK is 85, Spain is 105, China is 210 and so on.

12. When you have finished all alterations click on the save data base at the top (next to the open button) and close sql lite programme.

13. Ok all alterations needed have been made to the manila file. You now need to right click the manila file you have just altered and re-apply the read

only attributes from properties.

14. Transfer the manila file to ur sd card or any other location (apart from windows folder) by what ever means, active sync, bluetooth etc.

15. Open Total Commander on your PPC. Navigate to the manila file you have just transfered.

16. Click copy/move and copy it to the windows folder.

17. Ensure the copy was successfully by navigating to the windows folder and checking the date on it, it should read todays date if it was successful.

18. Now at this point, i would soft reset the device to apply the changes to the manila file (i find this is the most reliable way, some people depending on

version don't have to do this)

19. Once rebooted, run the weatherdata base editor. Check you city is on there in the relevant country, you should find it easily, then close the programme.

20. On your home screen, click the clock, add your city and highlight it so it is set as local.

21. On your weather tab, find your city and update the weather.

If you have followed the guide, you will now be able to see your weather in the tab and the calender tab (depending on manila version)...... CONGRATS! :D

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For Touchflo 2d - Scotchua has already done a very good guide here so please give him your thanks :D

One thing that wasn't noted in his guide was to ensure to remove the read only properties from the xml file, then re-apply them after saving your changes. Then just copy the file using total commander as the guide states :D