Guest howeshouse Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Does anyone know if it is possible to tweak something to add in new locations for the "Weather" bit of the Touch Today screen? There aren't so many places listed for the UK and none of them are close enough to me to make it worth the real estate on the home page as it stands! Thanks in advance, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 I tried to add Copenhagen - Denmark is not even represented - but it wouldent work on my TOUCH..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Have a look over at XDA developers in the Hermes WM6 forum. There have been various discussions over there and some fixes to enable people to add cities not listed in the original list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howeshouse Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) Have a look over at XDA developers in the Hermes WM6 forum. There have been various discussions over there and some fixes to enable people to add cities not listed in the original list. Thanks for that - everything there that I needed to know about editing the HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml file in the Windows directory! Only trouble is that it seems to be in the ROM, so I am not going to be able to make any changes without doing some cooking... Edited July 17, 2007 by howeshouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsamuels Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Thanks for that - everything there that I needed to know about editing the HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml file in the Windows directory! Only trouble is that it seems to be in the ROM, so I am not going to be able to make any changes without doing some cooking... The file isn't in the ROM. I used Total Commander to change the attributes of the .xml file to I could copy the modified file into the Windows directory. I think the .xml file is read only so I had to modify that attribute. Worked like a champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howeshouse Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) The file isn't in the ROM. I used Total Commander to change the attributes of the .xml file to I could copy the modified file into the Windows directory. I think the .xml file is read only so I had to modify that attribute. Worked like a champ. Shows how little I know about Resco Explorer, I guess, so thanks for this! It definitely hides the file when you uncheck the "show files in ROM" option... anyway Total Commander has done the trick as you advise, and I now have an updated xml file. Unfortunately, I get a "Unable to retrieve data for selected city" error whenever I select one of the "new" locations. There is a thread about this over on the xda-developer forum too, but if anyone has actually made a change and successfully downloaded weather for that location it would be good to hear that? Edited July 21, 2007 by howeshouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trider Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 I tried to add Copenhagen - Denmark is not even represented - but it wouldent work on my TOUCH..... Hi - I just added Århus to my Touch - works great. In MobileRegistryEditor, locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> HTC -> HTCHome -> Weather -> Settings Add values: Location : Århus, DK LocationCode : EUR|DK|DA001|%C5rhus (yes - the %C5 works - tried wirh Arhus, won't work...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bryanr Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Shows how little I know about Resco Explorer, I guess, so thanks for this! It definitely hides the file when you uncheck the "show files in ROM" option... anyway Total Commander has done the trick as you advise, and I now have an updated xml file. Unfortunately, I get a "Unable to retrieve data for selected city" error whenever I select one of the "new" locations. There is a thread about this over on the xda-developer forum too, but if anyone has actually made a change and successfully downloaded weather for that location it would be good to hear that? I posted a couple of days ago on my (rarely updated!) blog about this: http://www.bryanrobson.net/DasBlogCe/2007/...uch+And+Go.aspx Basically, since the Touch gets it weather info from AccuWeather, you need to pick cities which match the list that AccuWeather supply. The list is retrievable by country from a webservice on the AccuWeather website, for the UK the list is this: http://www.accuweather.com/includes/ajax-f...&country=UK The format of the XML returned by this webservice isn't the same as used in the Touch, but it's close enough that a search-and-replace can sort it out. For example, I ended up with a fairly useful list of UK cities: http://www.bryanrobson.net/DasBlogCe/conte...9_UK_Cities.xml Hope this helps! Bryan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeneo13 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I posted a couple of days ago on my (rarely updated!) blog about this: http://www.bryanrobson.net/DasBlogCe/2007/...uch+And+Go.aspx Basically, since the Touch gets it weather info from AccuWeather, you need to pick cities which match the list that AccuWeather supply. The list is retrievable by country from a webservice on the AccuWeather website, for the UK the list is this: http://www.accuweather.com/includes/ajax-f...&country=UK The format of the XML returned by this webservice isn't the same as used in the Touch, but it's close enough that a search-and-replace can sort it out. For example, I ended up with a fairly useful list of UK cities: http://www.bryanrobson.net/DasBlogCe/conte...9_UK_Cities.xml Hope this helps! Bryan. Hi, is there somebody who can try my country if it works, i did it with serveral entries but with no results. My Country is Luxembourg in Europe and the city is Luxembourg too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clarkster Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 For AU people, here is the Accuweather link - http://www.accuweather.com/includes/ajax-f...&country=AU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clarkster Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Hi, is there somebody who can try my country if it works, i did it with serveral entries but with no results. My Country is Luxembourg in Europe and the city is Luxembourg too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeneo13 Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 I put the code in my HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml file but Luxembourg isn't listed in the selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maxwell_hung Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I added my home city but it didn't work. However when I connected via wifi the other day it updated the cities list and mine is now there and working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ralph96gt Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 (edited) it let me choose my city and location but when on gprs it doesnt load it. it says unable to retrive data, but as soon as i hook up to my wifi it finds it no problem. Edited December 16, 2007 by Ralph96gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ms Frost Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 it let me choose my city and location but when on gprs it doesnt load it. it says unable to retrive data, but as soon as i hook up to my wifi it finds it no problem. I'm having a similar problem but it only happens with my O2 PAYG sim. Works fine on Vodafone and T-Mobile but I really want it working with my O2 sim as it's the only network with decent signal strength where I live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tobishinobi Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 I'm having a similar problem but it only happens with my O2 PAYG sim. Works fine on Vodafone and T-Mobile but I really want it working with my O2 sim as it's the only network with decent signal strength where I live i know its long winded but point ui's home application is farly detailed in terms of the areas u can get the weather for, i was able to get epping which is smaller than a city. i's guess it is a town or some such... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jean Rothen Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I do have a HTC 3452 (3450 with doubled RAM & ROM), and while trying to change the "read only" attribute, TotalCommander simply can't. It doesn't give me any error msg. This way I can't replace the .xml file. I tried with the regular and the beta version of TC. Another tip??? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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