Custom Weather Database 9-21-2008- City Request Accepted (works with manilla)

[conflipper]

Okay I have been working on this for some time. and Now it is finally available. I have gone through and deleted every city that is not in the United States. I then went through and renamed every city, So that it will show the State instead of the country. and then I went and added 300 more cities to the database.

How to use it. Just take this file (HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml) drop it into your windows folder from activesync. Then soft reset your phone and if you go to your weather tab from HTC home, it should include all of the updated cities.

This will only work with HTC home. For any chefs you can also include this file in your custom ROM.

Please if you want your home town added, let me know and I will add it into it. Sorry I did not have a chance to test every single city that i added into it. but they should all work, With any changes or anything please let me know and I will make them.

I hope everyone enjoys this, Dont forget to press thanks.


okay for people that can not get this to work i have included 2 different cab files. the one called HTC kaiser Home, is a 5 tab it does not include profiles, it that is what i am using it it works for my custom weather, the other one called custom weather is a 6 tab htc home plugin, it to will work for custom weather, so if you can not seem to get this working, try to install one of the 2 cab files and then try again, because i have this working on mine, and it seem to work great.


Okay sorry for everyone that has not been able to get this to work, you can try to install either of those cabs below, of there is another file called HTChome.dll and if you use resco explorer or total commander you are able to drag that file into your /windows folder. this is the stock HTC vogue file that allows for custom weather, so if you can not get the other files to work, use this one if you are using an offical ROM and then it should work. please let me know, i will also be updateing the weather in a few minutes. Thanks for everyone.


for help this link should help you out a lot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187


9/21/2008, Cities have been added, Download the file Custom City Files, Inside you will find 3 files, One is if you are using Manilla and you have not yet added the patch file, the other is if you are using HTC Home and you have not added the attach file. The last one is the actual weather database. Replace weather database with file in your windows folder.

[SL.]

Toms River, NJ, please. 08753 zip code. :o

Also, I'd be happy to be a tester for you, in case you ever find the need for one.

[conflipper]

Toms River, NJ, please. 08753 zip code. :o

Also, I'd be happy to be a tester for you, in case you ever find the need for one.

upated cities list, you are now in there. let me kow, thanks.,

[Skyh123]

Yuma, Az 85364 please

[SL.]

Hmm, well I loaded up the updated .xml file, but no cigar, as Weather is unable to retrieve data for my selected city. I keep retrying but no success, even after soft reset. :confused:

[jbh00jh]

I followed your instructions and I still have the
data base as I had before, no new cities. Re-installed
and reset several times,still no difference.:confused:

[conflipper]

I followed your instructions and I still have the
data base as I had before, no new cities. Re-installed
and reset several times,still no difference.:confused:

i uploaded the 5 tab htc home that i am using for the custom weather, try to install that and see if that helps, i know that different versions of HTC home allow custom weather and some dont, so try that maybe and see if it wroks any better.

I also have toms river and everything working,

Yuma arizona is already included in the database.

[ehr3]

I live in a small city in NJ. Since my town was not in the default list, I would use New York City. Needless to say, I often had trouble getting my weather reports - my guess was NYC was so popular AccuWeather was just too busy.

I subsequently downloaded the weather cities file to my PC via ActiveSync Explorer, removed the Read-Only flag, and modified it via FrontPage to add my City to the list. I added it back to my Touch Cruise (riunning udk Diamond r8 ROM), did my soft reset, and my city appeared, and also no longer fails to load the weather report.

I found the Weather Cities xml file in my Windows directory, and the whole procedure took only 2-3 minutes.

Some people have said that they needed to perform two resets to get it to work, but everyone has found this to allow them to get the weather for their home town and as a side benefit provided fewer failed updates to the weather screen.

Once again, this is using the udk Diamond ROM R8 - which is WONDERFUL!

[jbh00jh]

i uploaded the 5 tab htc home that i am using for the custom weather, try to install that and see if that helps, i know that different versions of HTC home allow custom weather and some dont, so try that maybe and see if it wroks any better.

I also have toms river and everything working,

Yuma arizona is already included in the database.

Did all that , still doesn't show the
new cities.

[SL.]

i've been able to get the custom cities list working, but my city can't seem to get a lock. i gave in and just installed Pocket Weather. :o

[conflipper]

i've been able to get the custom cities list working, but my city can't seem to get a lock. i gave in and just installed Pocket Weather. :o

I guess i am not sure why your settings are not working, I have had great luck in getting mine to work, I started a thread on PPCgeeks, and they have had luck getting it to owrk, so i am not sure why your will not work.

[dabackwoodboy]

hey you think you can add chatham, va 24531

[shinma6980]

This would be great to use; however, I can't put the file in my windows directory. It tells me I don't have persmission. I've tried un ticking read-only and it doesn't take. I've tried admin mode - nothing. Any ideas?

EDIT: Update: After trying to use EnableRAPI to no avail - I was able to get it with Total Commander. I kept the old one and just added my city because I travel overseas. But I couldn't have done it without your info Thanks alot!!!

[SL.]

I was able to do it through Resco Explorer.

[tgrrb5]

easley, sc 2640

[FLAWLESSVW]

This is GREAT, but I have a problem.

I got the database installed with Resco Explorer and I'm using my closest city, Pensacola Florida, but it tells me "Unable to retrieve data for selected. Select here to retry." This is after several soft resets.

Note that I CAN get many OTHER cities to work properly, just not Pensacola.

What would make my day:
Add NAVARRE, FL 32566 (best solution for me), OR
get Pensacola, FL working which is about 40 miles from me.

Thanks a million in advance for your work on this!

[Skyh123]

I have tried to drop this into my Windows folder, but it is not working due to the original being read only. I have tried unchecking it in both total commander and in Resco explorer, but with bot it reverts back to locked. Any ideas?


Edit: I was able to get the file into my windows directory through Total Commander, but now I am getting an error when I try to get an update. Unable to get data for your selected city. Has anyone been able to get around this error? I have SPB weather, but I would like to get this working because it makes my today screen look cleaner and less cluttered

[conflipper]

okay i have updated the cities file to include other files, if you are using a stock rom, if you add the file HTCHOME.dll then it should allow for custom weather,

if you are using the 6 tab, then look inside your windows folder and see if you have a folder called HTCHOME, if you do then you need to add the weather cities to this folder. i also added a link to the first page to give more details about it all.

[Skyh123]

Thank you, I have loaded the Manilla 2d app, will this work with this app?

[conflipper]

Thank you, I have loaded the Manilla 2d app, will this work with this app?


if you have the patched manilla2d file found here.http://rapidshare.com/files/14553051..._N2A_patch.zip

then copy both the patch file and the weather cities file to your windows folder, then yeah it will work.

[FLAWLESSVW]

Still can't get Pensacola working, but all other cities work. Tried the new HTC Home dll and reloaded the newest cities database. This is on a stock Alltel Touch.

Can someone do me a HUGE favor and switch your city to Pensacola, FL just to see if it updates???

conflipper: Ideally I'd like to see Navarre, FL 32566 in there...then I won't cry about Pensacola not working! Hehe :)

[Skyh123]

Everytime i place the HTCHome.dll file in the /windows folder and do a reset my phone will not boot all the way, It starts windows, but freezes before all today screen plugins load. Anyone else have this? This also happened when I loaded the N2A patch

[prometheus9000]

Hey, could you ad joplin, mo 64801. Thanks

[prometheus9000]

Nevermind I made my own

[FLAWLESSVW]

Still can't get Pensacola working, but all other cities work. Tried the new HTC Home dll and reloaded the newest cities database. This is on a stock Alltel Touch.

Can someone do me a HUGE favor and switch your city to Pensacola, FL just to see if it updates???

conflipper: Ideally I'd like to see Navarre, FL 32566 in there...then I won't cry about Pensacola not working! Hehe :)

It would still really REALLY make me happy to get this working for my home city! :D:D:D

[vdubmatt]

can you add bloomfield nj 07003?

[Quadman]

How can i add crosby tx? 77532

[phoenixgck]

Auburn, AL 36830