I use the Sense UI "Weather" on my HTC HD2 (Leo; T-Mob USA) all the time for riding. I recently started using the Windows default Today screen, but the weather is incorrect. I've updated it, tried downloading on Quick GPS, etc. The weather is always wrong. If I switch back to the Sense Today Screen, the weather is correct. If I update the Sense weather, it is still correct. If I switch back to the Windows Default Today Screen, the weather is incorrect. I update Windows weather and it is still incorrect. In other words, if I use Sense, the weather works, and if I change back to WM UI the weather shows some place else... don't know where. I think it's a location issue?
1. Is there a way to set or change location for the Windows Default weather application? If I tap it, it just updates.
2. Does Sense use a different weather application?
3. Has anybody else had this issue?
Any help would be appreciated. I use the weather app all the time throughout the year, and would like to try using the Windows default screen for a change.
OK, for other people that are in the dark ages and still using WM 6.5.x like me, I figured this out. I was using "Home Screen Customizer" to change a few things around on my Today screen. When you tap the weather on the Today screen it just updates. I had to open "Home Screen Customizer", go to "weather", choose "Edit", and type in my location. Don't forget to hit "Search" after you type in your location, and go through the selection procedure for "Home Screen Customizer" before you save and exit. In other words, don't just exit without checking the softkeys at the bottom of the screen to make sure you've selected the city.
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I have 6.5 and am using the traditional today screen. I have Spb Pocket Plus for my home screen as my launcher.
Is there any way to add the Lock option that is normally found after you press start in the lower left hand side? I can add any file or program to the launcher, so I just need to know what the name of the lock file is. I'd also like a shortcut to Settings so if you know that name, that'd be great too. I have found running the traditional today screen gives me about 50 free mb's as opposed to barely 10 with TF3d.
heres a cab i made that will use the 6.5 lock and set the LSK for Lock...turn titanium off, install, turn back on...good to go...cant figure out the settings part...im not able to get it to work...hope this helps!!
I went to Settings/Manage Applications/Remove Programs and removed several listed items, which I thought just related to unused colour schemes, in order to free up some storage memory. However, I now find that two unintended changes have resulted.
1. The main one is that I seem to have lost the enlarged scroll button that previously appeared when I tapped the right-hand side of long windows. All I have now is the default grey slider bar.
2. The other, less important, is that after the screen display times out and I press a button to restore the display with the 'slide padlock', the background has changed from the original Sense colours to a plain 'gradient blue' background. This is not inconveniencing me at all, but it would be nice to restore the original background.
TIA.
i think both problems, especially the FIRST one, can be fixed by simply going to Windows Mobile Settings->Home and choosing a different theme...click OK...and then repeat the same steps and NOW choose the stock HTC theme (don't know what its called! sorry!).
after all of the above, set a wallpaper from Windows Mobile Settings->Home, check the box at the bottom that says "Use this picture as the background" and select a file. after this step, set a home screen and lock screen wallpaper from Sense. if you use CHT (cookie's home tab), you will get even more options and control over your wallpaper.
ASCIIker said:
i think both problems, especially the FIRST one, can be fixed by simply going to Windows Mobile Settings->Home and choosing a different theme...click OK...and then repeat the same steps and NOW choose the stock HTC theme (don't know what its called! sorry!).
after all of the above, set a wallpaper from Windows Mobile Settings->Home, check the box at the bottom that says "Use this picture as the background" and select a file. after this step, set a home screen and lock screen wallpaper from Sense. if you use CHT (cookie's home tab), you will get even more options and control over your wallpaper.
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Many thanks for your reply. Your advice got me on the right track to resolve both problems.
I went to Settings->Menu->All Settings->Today and changed the theme, then repeated the sequence and changed it back to 'HTC Black'. I then chose the 'Items' tab and changed the checkbox from 'HTC Sense' to 'Windows Default' (ignoring a warning not to move away from Sense). Then I repeated the sequence and changed the 'Items' checkbox back to 'HTC Sense'. This seems to have restored both the Sense wallpaper and the enlarged scroll button.
Thanks again.
So here I am, 5 yrs a RIM BB client, now holding in my hand a beautiful device called the dell streak. When I was with BB, I always had the most up to date firmware, months before Telus would drop them. I modded my system first to look like an iphone and then to look 'androidy' and 'linuxy'...
well, now I begin my search to perfect this device. I have a few questions and I hope I don't offend the 'experts' as a noob but I have an unlocked Streak running Froyo. While playing with it I have noticed that the page that is set as my home page when I click my home button is a series of apps recently opened. I would much rather have this be set to programs that do not refresh, call it my top 10 list.
I would also like to view, add and test themes, skins etc... that add more functionality to this phablet, tabone, or whatever the word is for this giant AND AWESOME device.
I want to create backgrounds with my daughter, my bike, my logo all my things...
I have tried to go through the 'settings' but honestly, it seems really limited.
I have read around the forums here, but most of this stuff seems advanced (which I will get to) but is there a noob guide somewhere?
The apps list you describe sounds like a Stage widget. Long press on it and it will change shape and a trash can will appear, without letting up on it drag it to the trash can. That's how you remove the stuff you don't want to make room for what you do. Some not Streak specific info.
You can add shortcuts and widgets to an empty area of a screen by holding your finger on that area until a menu pops up.
You can also put a shortcut to an app on the screen by opening the app tray and long pressing on the app icon you want on the screen. The app tray will disappear and you can drop the icon where you want.
When in doubt tap the menu key again. There may be another layer of options.
The Home key takes you back to the home screen from an app, but in some apps what happens in the background is different than what happens if you leave the app by pressing the back key. Leaving with the home key usually means that when you go back to the app you'll be at the same place.
Long pressing the Home key brings up a list of recently used apps. You can use this to quickly switch between apps or to get back to an app after a phone call or other activity.
A home replacement app changes the way your phone looks and the way you interact with it. The two favorites for the Streak are LauncherPro and ADW launcher.
How to change defaults apps/keyboards.
Other suggested sites:
Streak Smart (make sure you check out the forum)
Streak area on MyDellMini
Live wallpapers you may be interested in:
Multipicture Live Wallpaper
WallStreak
to set wallpapers all you need to do is transfer or take a picture of your daughter or bike etc and go into your menu, gallery, open the image then click on menu and Set As wallpaper
i prefer to call my streak perfection because it does everythign i ever wanted and more
if you have the ADW launcher you can download some themes from the android market you might be able to find more on the web using google not 100% sure if the dell UI does themes yet
the launcher pro for ssome of its features you have to pay so i dont really use that one myself
I suggest launcherpro
I have mine set so when I hit home, it opens apparently drawer and in apparently drawer I hit home it goes back to default home screen.
Also like it because you can have 5 shortcuts and make them also a swipe gesture to do something else.. making them 10 items....
Example....
Normal click- direct dial wife cell phone
Swipe- direct dial wife work phone
You can have multiple docks as well by swiping.
Other recommendation is to download and install dialer one..
That has a t9 dial keys which guesses your contact list.. kinda like the bb
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
Hi,
where can i download the Tapatalk? is it free or paid
and the xda messenger?
Thnx in advance
Symptom: I have stock Sense 4.0 Weather Lock Screen setup and it works fine, for a while. Eventually it stops displaying any weather info and just shows the weather wallpaper on the lock screen.
Trouble shooting done: I tried setting using other Sense "active" lock screens and they continue to update info on them fine. This problems seems to be limited to the weather one.
Equipment & config: Stock EVO 4G lte ROM, rooted, stock recovery. Using Apex Launcher as the default launcher.
Thanks for any input!
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Symptom: I have stock Sense 4.0 Weather Lock Screen setup and it works fine, for a while. Eventually it stops displaying any weather info and just shows the weather wallpaper on the lock screen.
Trouble shooting done: I tried setting using other Sense "active" lock screens and they continue to update info on them fine. This problems seems to be limited to the weather one.
Equipment & config: Stock EVO 4G lte ROM, rooted, stock recovery. Using Apex Launcher as the default launcher.
Thanks for any input!
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Im guessing its because you are using nova launcher. The weather lockscreen might be more deeply woven into sense than the rest. I would use sense launcher and see if the problem remains.
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Im guessing its because you are using nova launcher. The weather lockscreen might be more deeply woven into sense than the rest. I would use sense launcher and see if the problem remains.
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I'll give it a try. (But using Apex Launcher wins over not have weather lock screen...)
Just setting the launcher default back to the Sense Launcher did not "wake up" the lock screen on it's own. So I switched the lock screen to "wallpaper" and then back to "weather". I'll see if it manages to keep working.
OK, switching back to the stock Sense Launcher did not clear up the problem.
Another possibility. I use the car dock and while I think HTC made a very pretty Car Dock Launcher, it really isn't as flexible as I need. Really, you can't even put your own shortcuts on it!
So, I installed the Google 'CarHomeGoogle.apk' (v. 2.2.1) and the 'CarHomeLauncher.apk' (v. 2.2) to make it visible.
It looks like the weather lock screen works fine, until I use the Google Car Home launcher. I will do some more testing to confirm.
If this turns out to be what is happening does anyone have recommendations for a car launcher that doesn't break the weather lock screen? One that works with ICS so that it doesn't stick the "three-dot" menu on the screen!
I'm experiencing this also. Stock rom using sense.
I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
Hope this helps!
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I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
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Sounds logical, was the case on the 3d, though i'm not experiencing it since auto sync is on. Fresh 5.1.1
OK, after more testing it is definitely the Google Car Home app that is killing the Sense 4.0 Lock Screen Weather.
I can reproduce it and it does not occur if I don't run that App. I'm not sure what about that App breaks it, but it is not the "Auto Sync" toggle. All I have to do to fix it is to set the lock to something else and back to Weather and it works fine until I run Google Car Home again.
I'm going to try out "Car Dock Home v3" from "IG88 Apps" to see if that works any better with Sense.
OK, using "Car Dock Home v3" as the Car Dock launcher exhibits the same behavior.
I thought it might be a problem with some of the Apps that I normally run while in Car Mode. So I tried just using the dock and going into and out of Car Dock Mode and it still did the same thing.
Next thing to try is to go back to the Sense 4.0 "Automotive Home" as the default Car Mode launcher and see if THAT causes the same problem.
I can't believe that you can't put your own shortcuts on the stock Car Mode Launcher. The most common thing I do is listen to podcasts, and there is no way to start my App to listen to them! How does something like that get through the design phase?
One thing I haven't mentioned before: This only happens when I actually put the phone physically in the car dock. If I just load the Car Home app everything works fine.
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I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
Hope this helps!
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mine is updating, but it is showing the wrong city..... I was in Orlando last week, and am now a thousand miles away or so and it still shows orlando, I thought I changed the city to my current one, but it still shows orlando on the lockscreen any idea what to do?
Mine is doing the same thing the weather will update but not the location. I only way I have been able to update it is to restart the phone. I would like to know if there is a fix for it too.
OK, I tested using the stock Sense 4.0 "Automotive Home" Car Dock App. Using this App does not break the Weather Lock Screen. (Well, that is good news at least...)
While testing it out I found ANOTHER annoyance with this App. If I hit the "Phone" button on my Bluetooth remote it brings up the App's dialer screen, not the voice dialer App! If I am working hands free, I want to voice dial! Of course there is no setting to change this...
For as much work as HTC put into this Car Dock App it is REALLY hard to tell that they had anyone actually USE it. Maybe they will update this app for better functionality... (lolz)
On Widgetlocker, (or in any other launchers) I can make a shortcut button to make a post on Friendcaster. This lets me jump right into making a Facebook status without having to go into a program, and then hitting the update button. I had these shortcut links both on my home screen and on my lockscreen (so I wouldn't even have to unlock the phone... just just get an immediate pop up to type an update)
I like the ripple effect of the touchwiz lock screen, and I have some shortcuts set up there... but it seems that you can only give links to full apps, and not the 'shortcuts' that the launchers or other lockscreens allow. There is normally one called 'Post' ...but on the touchwiz one if just gives full app names. Anyone know a way around this? Thanks.
The lock screen is only coded to allow applications, rather than specific functions of applications.
So no.