HTC Home Weather XML Files

[mousey_]

I Thought It Would Be Good To Have A Thread Where People Can Post The XML Files For Their City For Others To Download. It Would Cut Down On The Number Of People Who Query If Their Town/City Is Supported.

So Please Reply With Your City And Country (Theres More Than Just One Birmingham In The World ;) ) And The XML Files You Used.

Cheers

[test7875]

Id love for someone to create one for

Perth, Western Australia

[HardRoc]

Id love for someone to create one for

Perth, Western Australia

Done...should work as Perth is big enough to be on accuweather's international site.

[Ronnymes]

Can someone also ad The Netherlands Utrecht and Gouda ( or Zoetermeer ) :)

[the.drone]

This is an xml of most large cities in uk (limited for wales and scotland).

Not my own work I pulled it form another thread, think it may have been in the wizard forums.

[k2snowboards88]

If anyone can make one for albany new york, i would really apreciate it.

We have a population of almost 200,000 and the capital of NY so i hope we'll be on that site

[test7875]

Done...should work as Perth is big enough to be on accuweather's international site.

Awesome .. thankyou!

[reitjam]

i can not get Champaign Illinois to work. Please help me.

[klikman]

can you create Pekanbaru, Indonesia for me?

[Binyo]

Id love for someone to create one for Perth, Western Australia

can you create Pekanbaru, Indonesia for me?


Australia
• Adelaide, South Australia
• Brisbane, Queensland
• Cairns, Queensland
• Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• Geelong, Victoria
• Gold Coast, Queensland
• Hobart, Tasmania
• Melbourne, Victoria
• Newcastle, New South Wales
• Perth, Western Australia
• Sydney, New South Wales
• Townsville, Queensland


Indonesia
• Ambon, Maluku
• Denpasar, Bali
• Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur
• Bandjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan
• Bandung, Central Java
• Bogor, West Java
• Cirebon, West Java
• Jakarta, Jakarta Raya
• Jambi, Jambi
• Kediri, Bali
• Kotabaru, Kalimantan Selatan
• Madiun, East Java
• Magelang, Central Java
• Malang, West Java
• Manado, Sulawesi Utara
• Medan, North Sumatra
• Padang, Kalimantan Barat
• Palembang, Sumatera Selatan
• Pekanbaru, Riau
• Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat
• Probolinggo, East Java
• Samarinda, Kalimantan Timur
• Semarang, Central Java
• Sukabumi, West Java
• Surabaya, West Java
• Surabaya, East Java
• Surakarta, Central Java
• Tegal, Central Java
• Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta

Attached Australia & Indonesia cities.
Enjoy :)




I found this tutorial over the 4winmobile (http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/124538-post1.html)


Visit AccuWeather.com - World Weather (http://www.accuweather.com/world-index.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0)
Find your city and bring up its weather forecast in your browser.
Look at the URL and copy the location code from the end of the URL (will look something like locCode=OCN|AU|TAS|HOBART)
It should consist of 4 sections eg: OCN|AU|TAS|HOBART (Region|Country|State|City)

Go to the windows directory on your PPC
Copy the HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml to your desktop
Open in Notepad and insert an XML tag in to the list.
For Hobart, it would look like this:
<city name="Hobart, AU" locationcode="OCN|AU|TAS|HOBART"/>

Make sure that the tag starts with a < and ends with a />

Replace the file in your windows directory


All done :)

[Father L]

Can anyone advise why this does not work...

<city name="Bracknell, England" locationcode="EUR|UK|UK001|BRACKNELL"/>

...when this does...

http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell

...the EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell section appears to be correct.

Many thanks.

[mikefrank321]

can you please make one for Phoenix, AZ

[TorbenKB]

Can anyone advise why this does not work...

<city name="Bracknell, England" locationcode="EUR|UK|UK001|BRACKNELL"/>

...when this does...

http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell

...the EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell section appears to be correct.

Many thanks.

Same problem here... I use EUR|DK|DA008|ESBJERG which is valid for my town... If I could only have that working and in a XML file, I'd be very pleased. HardRoc, please? :p

[Dammit2Hell]

Same problem here... I use EUR|DK|DA008|ESBJERG which is valid for my town... If I could only have that working and in a XML file, I'd be very pleased. HardRoc, please? :p

I tried NAM|US|SC|SPARTANBURG which I got from the accuweather website, and I get the error that says "unable to retrieve data for selected city"

[robflash33]

Could you give me one for Ada, Oklahoma (united States)

[jaystroup00]

I would like one for St. LOuis, Mo, USA Thanks

[HardRoc]

Can anyone advise why this does not work...

<city name="Bracknell, England" locationcode="EUR|UK|UK001|BRACKNELL"/>

...when this does...

http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell

...the EUR|UK|UK001|Bracknell section appears to be correct.

Many thanks.

Yours should actually be EUR|UK|UK112|Bracknell according to my search...try that.

[HardRoc]

Same problem here... I use EUR|DK|DA008|ESBJERG which is valid for my town... If I could only have that working and in a XML file, I'd be very pleased. HardRoc, please? :p

No prob...try this one:

[HardRoc]

I tried NAM|US|SC|SPARTANBURG which I got from the accuweather website, and I get the error that says "unable to retrieve data for selected city"

Using LeeCHeSSS's test page here: http://htc.spamasaurus.com/parseweather.php?locCode= and pasting your code in seems to work for me...

Dammit2Hell, robflash33 and jaystroup00 try this file (as always, in alphabetical order):

[jool0212]

Hello everyone,

Can U do this city for me ??

Namur, Belgium :)

[Broken]

So I have contacted both Accuweather and now HTC about why certain cities ( I am in US so I asked about US cities, but should apply elsewhere) were not available from the portal that the HTC Home Plugin accesses. Accuweather basicly stated that I would have to contact HTC to have them request the location be added to the data feed. Apparently Accuweather has been getting a ton of e-mails about this:

"This is for the HTC Weather Widget tickets that have been coming in for the last 2 weeks. AccuWeather is currently providing a select number of locations for this service, therefore all the tickets that have been coming in have been for locations currently not provided in this feed. Thank for contacting AccuWeather.com Wireless Support regarding the weather widget on your HTC device. AccuWeather.com provides a data feed to HTC with a select set of locations that HTC uses for the widget you are using. The list of locations that AccuWeather provides was done at HTC request. If you do not see your location in the city list, then it is not available at this time. AccuWeather does offer a free mobile website for all US and select international locations that can be accessed through your mobile web browser. To access this site, simply type in http://www.accuweather.com into the address bar of your browser. If you wish to submit a request to have your location available in the widget, please contact HTC directly. Should you have any weather related questions, feel free to contact us by either email at Support@AccuWeather.com or by telephone at 814-235-8650. Please reference the ticket number in the subject with any correspondence. Sincerely,Wireless SupportAccuWeather, Inc."

So I fired off to HTC, let's see if that works.
:(

[TorbenKB]

No prob...try this one:

Hi HardRoc

Thank you very much. I still can't see my city, but I guess that it's more related to the facts given in the post above. ;)

Oh..and thanks to Broken too. I keep my fingers crossed, that your request will be heard at HTC.

[Broken]

Ok, so I heard back from HTC Cingular Support:

"Thank you for your inquiry in regards to HTC Home plugin weather support.

I can definitely understand your concern for having your city location included in the Accuweather software on your device. We'll be happy to provide assistance.

To better assist with your inquiry, we would like to know which HTC device you are using? and what ROM version is your device is using?

Please feel free to contact HTC Europe for additional assistance with your inquiry. For your convenience, please contact:

HTC Europe:http://www.europe.htc.com/support/csbyphone.html.


I hope we have answered your question in detail. Feel free to contact us again if you have any further questions."

So it looks like they are willing to add cities to the list of supported one, but here is the problem. I really can't say I am using an 8525 with software ripped from an upcoming device. I wouldn't want to get anyone in trouble. So that leaves the HTC Touch as it also has the weather widget. Anyone here have a Touch and want to tell me what rom they are using? Or am I being to paranoid and should just tell them I have a 8525 with a HTCHome plugin from a Touch? I just don't want them saying, Oh, too bad, you do not have a supported device. Any thoughts on the matter?

[aameerp]

i cant replace the original xml file in the windows folder, it gives the permission message, both on ppc and activesync, ive tried, restarts et. but nothing

i was able to do this easily on my previous ROM; black majik, im currently using schap's 3.xxx

thanks very very much

[muskangul]

can somebody make a file for me
city=Ghotki
Country=Pakistan

[Jin187]

Hi, could anyone please tell the the directory to put the weather xml file into, thanks.

[TorbenKB]

Hi, could anyone please tell the the directory to put the weather xml file into, thanks.

You should put it in your Windows folder.

As far as I know, you have to disable the Today plugin before you copy the file into the folder.

[SkylineGuy01]

Can some make a file for me

Birmingham, Alabama
or
Hoover, Alabama

[muskangul]

can somebody make a file for me
city=Ghotki
Country=Pakistan

[Broken]

Well, figured this would happen. US users out of luck.

"Thank you for getting back to us with more information, unfortunately HTC Touch not yet released in the US. Therefore the information that we have about this device is very limited. Also, at this moment we do not support the Home plug-in on our devices. Currently, there is only device that have this feature which is the HTC Touch an European model."

SOL

[TorbenKB]

Well, figured this would happen. US users out of luck.

"Thank you for getting back to us with more information, unfortunately HTC Touch not yet released in the US. Therefore the information that we have about this device is very limited. Also, at this moment we do not support the Home plug-in on our devices. Currently, there is only device that have this feature which is the HTC Touch an European model."

SOL

Hmm... stange tho..'cause last time I checked, I was in Europe. And my hometown is supported at accuweather.com... Further more, the Touch was just released in Denmark this week.. Not good HTC.
Well I might just head over to http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com and buy Spb Weather.. :rolleyes:


:D

[AiNoBelieve]

Can you make one for ewa beach ,hawaii
thanks

[Dammit2Hell]

Using LeeCHeSSS's test page here: http://htc.spamasaurus.com/parseweather.php?locCode= and pasting your code in seems to work for me...

Dammit2Hell, robflash33 and jaystroup00 try this file (as always, in alphabetical order):

Thanks a lot. When I tried it, I had a blank box where the cities list was before. When I load the original back to my 8525, the list is back. Any Ideas?

[HardRoc]

Thanks a lot. When I tried it, I had a blank box where the cities list was before. When I load the original back to my 8525, the list is back. Any Ideas?

Make sure your HTC Home plug in is not running when you overwrite the XML file (unchecked under settings/today). Otherwise works for me...

[kree]

Can someone help me with getting cottonwood,az. to work? USA of course!

:) thank you.

[shogunmark]

JUVS HTC Home plug cab does support alot of the US cities... However its the 5 button plug in and i get really poor performance on my tytn with it, it really slow's down my device.. I installed the 3 button today plug in and it doesnt kill my device, however the xml from the 5 button doesnt work with the 3 button... i tried to use the xml file from the 5 button but no such luck... maybe someone here can provide some insight..

5 button xml has this line for st. louis, MO and works
<city name="Saint Louis, US" loca="NAM|US|MO|SAINT LOUIS" land="United States" />
3 button xml has this format and the string listed above does not work.

<city name="Abu Dhabi, AE" locationcode="MEA|AE|AE002|ABU DHABI" />


I tried replacing the XML's but when i do the 3 button doesnt recognize anything from the 5 button... so i have to assume these 2 different plug in's access different servers... and i might need to tear into them a little deeper, but figured someone out there may have already have a fix for these....

[Nghiem]

Self customized HTC color weather 5 button plug-ins is a real pain in the a$$.

To my experiences, my custom weather .xml doesn't neither work for any single city which I added, nor 3 button plug xml works on 5 button plug. Tried to use .xml post here for 3 buttons, none of any city showed up in the list.

The original Washington DC works.
<city name="Washington, US" loca="NAM|US|DC|WASHINGTON" land="United States"/>

but not my added city:(

<city name="Winchester, US" loca="NAM|US|VA|WINCHESTER" land="United States"/>

[Dammit2Hell]

Make sure your HTC Home plug in is not running when you overwrite the XML file (unchecked under settings/today). Otherwise works for me...

Yes, I did this.

however the xml from the 5 button doesnt work with the 3 button... i tried to use the xml file from the 5 button but no such luck... maybe someone here can provide some insight..

Does the same format for the 5 button version apply to the 6 button?

[shogunmark]

Self customized HTC color weather 5 button plug-ins is a real pain in the a$$.

To my experiences, my custom weather .xml doesn't neither work for any single city which I added, nor 3 button plug xml works on 5 button plug. Tried to use .xml post here for 3 buttons, none of any city showed up in the list.

The original Washington DC works.


but not my added city:(

as my post indicates above, the xml for the 5 button and 3 button are different...

[shogunmark]

Does the same format for the 5 button version apply to the 6 button?

good question, i havent seen the 6 button one

[lassa10]

I in Accuweather : http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS&metric=1


In my HTC Windows HH_409.XML :<city name="Barcelos, PT" loca="EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS" land="Portugal"/>

And i try :<city name="Barcelos, PT" locationcode="EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS" land="Portugal"/>


HTC display : Unableto retrieve data for selected city. Select here to retry


I need Hellp

[PAPPL]

.......



Does the same format for the 5 button version apply to the 6 button?

Yes 5 & 6 Button xml are the same

[moixalakix]

This is an xml of most large cities in uk (limited for wales and scotland).

Not my own work I pulled it form another thread, think it may have been in the wizard forums.

thannx for the zip folder with uk cities but how can i import them in my pda device

[N2A]

I in Accuweather : http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS&metric=1


In my HTC Windows HH_409.XML :<city name="Barcelos, PT" loca="EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS" land="Portugal"/>

And i try :<city name="Barcelos, PT" locationcode="EUR|PT|PO004|BARCELOS" land="Portugal"/>


HTC display : Unableto retrieve data for selected city. Select here to retry


I need Hellp

Use my fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187).

[pumanike]

Mmm i've messed up my xml file but it isn't called HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml but HH_0413_WeatherCities.xml maybe because i've got a T-Mobile MDA Touch ?

Could anyone make a working one with Helmond in the Netherlands? Thanks in advance.

I think this should do it but it doesn't seem to work :
<city name="Helmond NL" locationcode="EUR|NL|NL007|HELMOND"/>

[AlrightMister]

FYI. Mine just started working as I'm sitting here at my desk getting ready to play with the .xml file. I'm in Chicago IL, US. If you're in the process of doing this you might want to hold off as it looks like HTC is having their Accuweather feed updated with US cities. :D

[Broken]

Chicago was already on the list, at least in the HTCHome versions I have used. Pretty much all the capitols, large cites are supported.

[noire]

I created one with only the 50 most populated US cities, but now I can't move it to the windows directory :(

A warning: I just did these by hand based on the "<city name="Washington DC, US" locationcode="NAM|US|DC|WASHINGTON" />" format. They're untested at this point.

City List:
Albuquerque, NM
Arlington, TX
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Colorado Springs, CO
Columbus, OH
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
El Paso, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Fresno, CA
Honolulu, HI
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Memphis, TN
Mesa, AZ
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
Oklahoma City, NE
Omaha, NE
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Portland, OR
Sacramento, CA
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San José, CA
Seattle, WA
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Virginia Beach, VA
Washington DC, US

[fracalux]

tried to do so for luxembourg (Europe), but didn't work. maybe someone already added Luxembourg, if not could somebody help me out.

[singrysweets]

How about bronx, new york, USA

[bcooll]

Help for this please.....EUR|IT|IT008|SAN%20REMO&metric=1

[lighting]

please help to create for Hong Kong
many thx

[bcooll]

Help for this please.....EUR|IT|IT008|SAN%20REMO&metric=1
now work fine......

[layer1]

What is envolved to have Accuweather update thier database to include more cities/town? I like to get my city added to the list. I've already updated the XML file but when it tries to update it informs me the its not able to retrieve.

[kidd78]

cant seem to copy the xml file over because its write protected. Yes i have switched off Htc Home but dont seem to like letting you copy over it. Im now on the official Rom but never had problems copying over the Black Majik rom. Any ideas??

[Cerixus]

Same problem, "access denied". Very frustrating. I even disabled the HTCHome plugin and restarted, just to be sure the XML file is not in use. Still can't overwrite; from my desktop or copy/pasting on the PPC. Using windows Vista, fyi.

[fransb]

With Total Commander you can edit te file properties (uncheck Read-Only) of HH_0???_WeatherCities.xml. Attached the Dutch cities.

[dzidean]

Folks I now not eveyone has this program but it works great for me just use it to open the file and I copy then paste any file that is similar and edit the city and state info save and just move the file over thats it .
Program is Dreamweaver CS3

P.S. I believe will only work with supported cities but should help those that cant move over files.

[pomfiedel]

hi,

so i have copied the xmf-file with my data (EUR|DE|GM012|Bad%20Sobernheim|&u=1) Bad Sobernheim, Germany in the windows folder but i get an error message "unable to retrieve data for selected city" :mad:
can anyone help me?


cu

[blachney]

ive cant get menifee, ca to work can someone do it for that would be sweet!

[giggitygoo]

Hey could someone post the xml files for Houston? Thanks

[d190610]

Hey could someone post the xml files for Houston? Thanks

Try this :

<city name="Houston, US" loca="NAM|US|TX|HOUSTON " land="United States "/>

[axl79]

Here is our little contribution. This is XML for all spanish cities.

Some cities may not work because this file is generated with not the same database as the accuweather one. If your city don´t work, search for it in accuweather.com and edit XML.

If you share this file don´t forget to quote NiAx Team in credits.

Grettings. Nikitto & Axl79. NiAx Team.

[Tokoloshi]

i cant replace the original xml file in the windows folder, it gives the permission message, both on ppc and activesync, ive tried, restarts et. but nothing

i was able to do this easily on my previous ROM; black majik, im currently using schap's 3.xxx

thanks very very much

I have the same problem. After editing the file I am unable to replace the one on my device.. Anyone have a way around this?