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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
As you said it is not on their site for WM. So I cannot get the cab file to try. I read some reviews and they sound quite good about SBSH. Do you have a cab that I can use to install with? Thanks. Eli

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Thank you. I tried this. It is very good. It just does not have the ability to use the gps to find current location. There's also a bug in the moonrise/moonset when in the 12 o'clock hour going from morning to afternoon or from night to morning it does not give the proper AM/PM.

I would also like to try SBSH because I read so many nice things about it.

Thank you. Right now I have this loaded on my phone and it's good.

Eli

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Oh yes, I also am not happy that Elecont take up close to 3 megabytes on main memory plus a lot on the storage card. I don't mind the space on the storage card because I got a big card and that does not seem to badly affect the phone's usage. But low main memory is bad.

I think you can turn off the animations in their options.

Thank you.

I was not getting the email alerts for this forum. I just came by to have a look and see a lot has happened. I apologize for the delay in my replies. I see there's a lot of information - good information - that I am sorting through now.

Eli

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Oh boy! I am devastated. (Sorry I just saw this now). First of all I thank you so much for such an excellent program. I echo all the nice things said by the other people. This is the most important program on my phone and without it I would hate my phone. I use it the entire day looking at the date and time, the battery level and most importantly the notifications information I set it up to do.

I was afraid this would happen. Can I still talk you out of it! Can you do some more great features? Can you make it control the telephone ringing vibrations?

Oh well. Thank you so so much! I also thank all the other people on this group that have been so very helpful with good ideas and programs. This has been one happy family. Sorry to repeat myself but I'm not even looking forward to Android. With Battclock I have my phone set up much better than I could have it on Android - though my plan doesn't let me go to Android anyway.

Every time I thought Battclock was complete you added something better and then I wondered how I go along without that new feature. I can't thank you enough. I hope you'll change your mind and keep working on it. Say it isn't so (that you're stopping development)! Also I want to mention not only was your support excellent but the way you worked and discussed with people was also excellent. I really appreciated your help.

Good luck.

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hello,

Elecont Weather is a great program, with lots of interesting information, may be the most complete program.

It indicates the icon of the Moon is not a failure of the program, it is a failure of the updates to the information from the server of the provvedor of data meteorological that are sometimes not updated frequently at night. This update affects sometimes only certain areas or countries. If you approach the problem to Elecont SAT solved you it in a few days (contact provider). to my happened (I'm from Spain), and solved me it. Elecont SAT works very well with customers... SBSH SAT is a disaster, as they do nothing with Windows Mobile clients.

Best regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Daktaklakpak:
HTC HD2 T8585, WM 6.5.

Is there a registry setting to determine the charging current in Windows Mobile 6.5? I.e., not the battery current, but the mA coming over the USB port into the phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Yes, I did direct the question to weather@elecont.com and this was his answer:

Hello Eli

Thank you for error report. Yes, this is Windows Mobile version error. Android

and iPhone versions do not have such error.

With best regards

Sergey

I finally got a copy of sbsh weather. But it says it will expire in 12 days. There's no way to get the license. I emailed to support@sbsh.net with no reply. So I think elecont it will be.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hi eli,

Elecont Weather (http://www.elecont.com/weather-for-pocket-pc.aspx) uses the provider Intellicast (http://www.intellicast.com/), which is pretty good. But Intellicast at night has areas of the world that does not update the data (only happens at night), can see it in your web page, although if you look at the weather forecast for hours, the details are correct.

Consider them this problem to Elecont SAT, and resolved it in a few days, because they contacted Intellicast in the area where I live (Spain). Since I don't have that problem. Elecont Weather also has a very good choice of viewing time by the hour (as if a circular clock). It is a very powerful program, with lots of information (data and graphs). I recommend try you carefully. It is very cheap to buy.

The version for iPhone and Android are database Intellicast and Foreca, for that reason have the problem of updating overnight in some areas of the world, as they alternate between two providers (Intellicast and Foreca). Microsoft killed Windons Mobile, and the developers who sell their applications on the Market of Microsoft may not continue to evolve the program... it is a pity.

The latest version (v1.8) of Elecont Weather for Windows Mobile is very stable and works very well, has many settings and customizations, and is cheap. Recommend it. I have tried many programs of the time, and finally that I use is Elecont Weather... very good.

SBSH killed all their Windows Mobile applications, even erased all of the operating system in your forum... a big mistake, and bad behavior with customers of Windows Mobile.

Best regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
When on battery, the current is actually minus, but is left out to save space on the display. When charging via USB the current is positive and so you can compute the mA coming over USB port using the mV and mWatt figure.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Daktaklakpak:
Ah, yes; I = P / V. Don't know why I didn't think of that. :)

Thanks for the insight and thank you for a great program. Good luck in your future endeavors. +1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoano:
You can find the latest cab for SBSH PocketWeather 2.3.1 RC2 (Build 4573) here: http://de.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=5273

It is their German forum which is still active. The post is in English.

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This is the SBSH PW developer's contact data on their forum: http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?/user/206-adrianol/

He can probably help you with the registration.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hello anoano,

I wrote you an email asking you for information on how to include the new collection icon sent me SBSH Weather program, but you have not answered me. not be if you came my e.mail I'd appreciate me tells how to do it when the icons are not in format "cab". Thank you.

Best regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobbbie:
Can you actually get this data from the battery driver or do you just assume this is the case? Following the data I see in the current drain for my ancient Tornado, I would not assume to see any charging current. For my data it more looks like the driver only shows the battery-outgoing drain and the incoming charge is via another path (bypassing the drain shunt).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
BattClock uses the following API to get the data from the battery driver: SYSTEM_POWER_STATUS_EX2

BatteryCurrent

Number of milliamps (mA) of instantaneous current drain. It can range from 0 to 32767 for charge and 0 to –32768 for discharge.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hello Reidler,

In Mobihand sell you program SBSH Weather without any problems. Although this is v2.3.0 version, the license code is valid for all subsequent "rc". I bought the program in this (totally reliable en) provider in its day, and I had no problems with the following versions:

http://www.mobihand.com/product.asp?id=301&n=SBSH-PocketWeather---Weather-Reports-In-Your-Pocket!

Best regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobbbie:
Thanks, for the details - so it is up the OEM what to deliver back with the API call. From my experience with the device I have, the result seems to be more like the "BatteryAverageCurrent" not the realtime value. Are you doing any post-processing on the data received from the API (like removing the "-" for negative drain)? Has that post-processing changed over time (I still use a very old version of BattClock)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Thank you. Sbsh finally did respond and sent me a link on how I can get it. I do like elecont pretty much so I'm not sure I will want to get that also or not. Elecont does not use gps for current location. Sbsh says it does but I'll have to test and see if that makes it worth it.

Also Zuinige - I wanted to thank you for those utilities you directed me to. The ClearTemp does do what I need it to do. It also allows me to add in some more folders and files to delete. I have added some. For example Elecont builds a log of every weather update it does. Those files grow pretty big. So I added those ElecontLog* files to the list to keep deleting. So I'll just run cleartemp every night.

I also found the FDC-TaskMgr and PIM backup. I would like to figure out how to clean up my calendar. My pim.vol file is 19.3 megabytes! Somehow I will want to remove and rebuild all the calendar events. There's not built in mechanism in WM to delete old events. I just restored that pim.vol file from my old Palm Treo to the HTC TP2. Then I always restored it after every hard reset. It needs to be cleaned up. I think I may be able to export the data and then edit it and remove stuff myself. Then maybe I can kill all the calendar events and re-load the edited data. I'll need to check if that chain of events can happen. I think PIM backup allows the user to kill a whole section like calendar events. I have to see how difficult it would be to delete old events by hand.

So thanks to Battclock and these other utilities, I believe I have my phone just how I like it. I've become addicted to this site so I'll miss your updates, Zuinige and all the kind help offerred by the users here. ;)

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Looks like Pocket dbExplorer 3.1 can edit pim.vol

Manages databases - allows copying, deleting, and renaming databases on your mobile device.

View/Edit databases - allows viewing and editing of any system or application database located in the Databases folder

But I do not have experience with it......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
There is an option in BattClock:

CLOCKINFO_BATTERY_CURRENT_FORCE, as Battery Current but non-cached values are asked the Battery Driver. Dependent on the Battery Driver the info can be more up-to-date but can also drain more battery.

On my phone, although asked once per second, the battery driver still gives the same results for about 10 seconds. For your phone it might be longer, all is dependent on the batery driver.

Which version of BattClock you are using? I do not think it has been changed in this area......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hello Reidler,

Elecont Weather is a good program, direct and complete information with good graphic interface, and frequently updated data provider climate "Intellicast.com" (http://www.intellicast.com/), which is very good. The database has over 61,000 cities around the world. So you do not occupy much space program, you can remove the skins (themes) that do not use (I use only the "Classic"). You have to leave the skins/themes you're going to use, but you should also keep the files beginning with "hb" (are 4 files) along with the skins/themes that you want, others you can delete them and save enough memory space.

It is not good to have a database of the pim.vol, mine is 1,9mb and I have lots of data. PIMbackup is the best program that there is to do a backup/restore of the pim.vol, I use it for many years, and is perfect in everything.

I also use CleanTemp. I can recommend the best tool available for windows mobile: SKTools (http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html). It has more than 60 tools of adjustment and cleaning for Windows Mobile, but some of them you have to handle with care, knowing well what you're doing. SKTools also have possibility to clean up data from the database of pim.vol, edit and delete data that does not want to have to be obsolete or unnecessary. You can come in very handy SKTools (not SKTools Lite, but SKTools).

If you need more information tell me.

Best regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
I downloaded it - the trial version to check it out. But it won't let me in without registering it. I thought I downloaded a trial version.

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I used FDC-PIM Backup. According to the documentation it allows to backup in non-binary mode so that we can edit the file and reload it. It said it would save it in csv mode. The file is named with extension .pib but can be renamed to .zip to unzip. The internal files are named with extensions .csa for appointments, .csc for contacts etc. The file should be renamed .csv to be loaded in to excel. But I found the file did not use a comma delimiter , it used a semicolon ; so it's not loading nicely in to exel.

Thanks.

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobbbie:
I use the 2.1 version as I only need the logging (and display) of basic battery data for my MortScript based battery logging (see signature, also on smartphone) - nothing else. Checking the documentation, I found "15 = CLOCKINFO_BATTERY_CURRENT_FORCE", as Battery Current but non-cached values are asked the Battery Driver. Dependent on the Battery Driver the info can be more up-to-date but can also drain more battery. "

I use that setting already, so nothing to expect here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Hi again. Can you tell me please which program you used to COMPARE the two files? Remember I mentioned that I had some problems with my phone. Sometimes it loses sound. Sometimes it loses the accelerometer. They both just happened. I save copies of the registry with the problem and then after resetting the phone without the problem. I now need to compare the two files and look for the differences to see if I can find something. Thanks. Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
I used Beyond Compare. There is a trial version, but there are also older versions which are free to use.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Hi everyone. I noticed recently that my phone WM 6.5 started acting similarly to Windows on my PC when it gets a virus or worm. It slows down to a crawl. I tapped a button and had to wait minutes for a reaction. So I wonder if there is a virus on my phone? I never heard of viruses on phones. Is there such a phenomena? If there is are there any virus protectors designed for Windows Mobile? Once I reset my phone it was ok again. Thanks for your help. Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Hi. Recently I started experiencing a problem where WM 6.5 just closes running apps. I don't know why this happens. I noticed that I was not getting emails and saw that the email program was not running. I started it again and soon it was gone again from the taskmanagaer list of running apps. I looked around and I think this has something to do with memory management in WM. I don't know why this problem just started. It kills the apps even though I have over 80M or even more of free memory.

Any ideas of what I can do? Are there any registry settings that need to be adjusted?

Thanks for your help.

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
There is a limit of 32 processes max in Windows Mobile.

Note that BattClock can monitor the number of processes and also show the started/stopped processes. Maybe that gives a clue or at least you can see something has been killed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Oh, that sounds interesting. How can I see that information? Is it in a log file? Do I need to turn something on and where should I look to see?

Meanwhile - I told Battclock to show me the number of processes. I'm around 26 running processes (up and down). I started a bunch more apps and when Battclock showed me 32 I saw it would not open any more. It gave me a warning screen with a message that it could not start the next process.

The problem had just started but took me about a week to figure out what happened. During the problem the memory stayed high - over 90mb free and only a few applications were running (1, 2 or 3). I found a patch called AUTOCLOSEPATCH.CAB. I installed that. It had made some changes in the registry under key HKLM\System\OOM. Then the phone went back to normal again. :) I could start 10-12 applications at once (I was just testing. I never run so many - my main problem was just that my email program would keep getting stopped). Later I see that the registry keys in HKLM\System\OOM went back to the original numbers but still worked ok. So I think that something went bad and that the patch changed something back. I'm really not sure. I hope it stays good. I see my free program memory level hovers around 40-70 free megabytes now.

Just one of the Windows Mobile quirks I guess. I still continue to have the other problems I mentioned that once in a while the sound turns off and sometimes the accelerometer stops. I called HTC but they were not able to help. So it's RESET - RESET - RESET. :mad:

Thank you. I MISS THE BATTCLOCK UPDATES AND ENHANCEMENTS and the dicsussions in this thread. ;)

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
In CONTENT settings screen you can configure:

- CLOCKINFO_PROCESS_INFO, Destroyed/Created processes names, prepended with resp. - and + sign, all the changes are displayed one per second, till the last change.

And of course you can also to configure to log this information.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] reidler:
Hi Zuinige.

I'm starting on a new project and will need to learn how to program for cell phone applications. I wonder if you can start me off. I have been programming on big machines, not even PCs. Where should I start? What do you recommend?

I don't know what language(s) cell phone applications are written in. What language did you write Battclock in? Of course it would be best to write in a language that can work on the Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile platforms. Is that possible? I understand that Battclock can not run on Android or iPhone so I wonder if that might not be possible or you would have done that. Unless it's because you had to interract with the OS and that interraction might be too different. I don't know.

The project I will be working on will be a standalone application. I don't *think* it needs to interact with the OS but since I haven't done it yet I don't know if that is accurate either.

I would appreciate if you could give me ideas on a place to start. I suppose if I need to limit it then they will want me to write for iPhone and Android. (I don't even have an Android phone).

Thanks a lot.

Eli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
iPhone/iPad = iOS = Objective-C language

Android = Java

Windows Mobile = C++ and/or C#

Windows Phone = Silverlight/C#

To overcome these problems to have to write your applications for every platform, there are tools/development environment which can target more mobile operating systems.

One good one is PhoneGap, see this link

It is based on HTML5 + Javascript.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phixion35:
I know there's no further developement here of BattClock, but is there any way to have the battery temperature display in fahrenheit rather than celcius?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Calculation of Celcius to Fahrenheit can be done using formula:

F = (Celcius * 9 / 5) + 32

In display formats settings screen you can specify Multiply = 9 and Divide = 5, unfortunately you cannot add 32. You can try to compensate the formula, because the celcius will be in a sort of range. Maybe others have a great idea?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phixion35:
The +32 add is what keeps it from being possible since it only had a multiply and divide field, but not one for adding... =/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Maybe I should add this option if there is still enough interest for this feature....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iusauser:
I Have Found the Battclock repacement, for ANDROID:

Cool Tool

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iu1nguoi:
first of all, i love your soft very much :D:D:D

i have a suggestion, is there any way to make the background transparent? i can create the Back Image transparent but there is still back color :(

thank u very much :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kleinc:
No you can't, because solid colour is needed to hide the original icon (which remains in place, it is just "over-painted"). So if you use transparent background icon, BattClock's configured background color will appear. What you need to do is to create a background image that fits seamlessly in the coloring and style of your title bar - then it will look like transparency.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iu1nguoi:
i know about it. but i think he can add an option to choose "real" transparent, in some case it more useful.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jokes On You:
I think I found something that maybe useful to some of you

http://forum.smartphonejunkie.com/f428/windows-mobile-6-1-clock-date-battery-taskbar-removal-149657/

If you set it to nothing there is an empty space left were you can put battclock
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kleinc:
And then you would see the original icon below the new text added by BattClock - as I said before.

But in combination with something that really removed the battery icon this would be helpful (maybe the one from the psting above).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iu1nguoi:
but if i put BattClock in an empty space, this is awesome :D

because some themes don't always have the same taskbar color, u use a background image, in one case maybe it's good, but in another case, it's bad

anyway, i still love this soft very much :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fieldop:
Sorry, nevermind, i some how got it mended, but my config too gets all messed up after a few seconds, bits and pieces are showing the home screen...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nimrodity:
first of all this app is great but i have a small problem.

I cant change the color of battery and memory,time works.But when i try to change the values of the color for battery nothing happens.it stays in this light blue-grey like color.What could be the problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kleinc:
If configuration is done in registry: Have you tried the settings HighColor, LowColor, MediumColor instead of just changing the setting ClockForeground?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nimrodity:
thnaks for the tip,low color worked for me,thats great,thx so much!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jokes On You:
This is what is achieved with the the post I mentioned before. The task bar never adjusts so you can put BattClock in a specific spot without having to worry about it covering something. Here's what I got(see attachments). I have had one issue where sometimes the images in my task bar disappear after wakeup:confused:. The items still work but I cant see the icons. They do come back though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZuinigeRijder:
Probably just a string with indication what to show is the most flexible as option. I will add this to the wish list.