Official Favorite cabs Thread

[dschomerus]

Originally Posted by raz1337

Was there a cab for a weather program that shows more details than default? Like, wind, precip %, etc...

I use Weather4me and GPS Weather Radar. Between the two of them I have all the info I want. Weather4me also links to Accuweather.

[raz1337]

i'll try those 2. i tried weather4me and it gave socket errors before.

i'm also having problems with a program i used to use called changescreen. it apparently rotates my screen based on the g-sensor but it didn't work correctly then gave errors locating changescreen_conf on startup. i tried reinstalling then uninstalling and i still get the error. i wonder if it could be the reason my phone gets stuck in landscape mode on the homescreen.

also, has anyone tried an app called smartphonetracker? it is great since i left for a week on vacation and my father can text me for my latitude and longitude. however, it caused pocketmusic to crash when he texted me while i was listening to music. anyone experienced that and/or fixed it?

[dschomerus]

Originally Posted by raz1337

i'll try those 2. i tried weather4me and it gave socket errors before.

i'm also having problems with a program i used to use called changescreen. it apparently rotates my screen based on the g-sensor but it didn't work correctly then gave errors locating changescreen_conf on startup. i tried reinstalling then uninstalling and i still get the error. i wonder if it could be the reason my phone gets stuck in landscape mode on the homescreen.

also, has anyone tried an app called smartphonetracker? it is great since i left for a week on vacation and my father can text me for my latitude and longitude. however, it caused pocketmusic to crash when he texted me while i was listening to music. anyone experienced that and/or fixed it?

Maybe that's a Sprint vs T-Mobile issue. They've both worked flawlessly for me.

[toviaheli]

For Weather, I'm doing this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707229)

1. Download the four files from the bottom of this post.

2. Unzip the 'PhatPhinger VI Altered'

3. Download and unzip the 'HTC VGA Icons' folder from here - http://www.mediafire.com/?nygd0nu0olv

IMPORTANT - When unzipping files you may find that you end up with a folder within a folder (PhatPhinger VI Altered>PhatPhinger Vi Altered, same with icons folder) - Make sure you take the 'inner' folder out and use it to copy as if you forget to do this the theme and icons will not appear in Weatherpanel

4. Install the WeatherPanel cab on your storage card (you can put it in main memory if you like but the icon files will need to go there too and it is a big folder - it runs perfectly well from the SD card)

5. When the WP cab finishes intalling it runs through an extract process and will probably leave you with a WP window asking you to select language (default is English). Select your language then press your hardware back key. Then you can click OK as normal after a cab install.

6. Install the Second Today cab - this will install automatically on the device.

7. SOFT RESET

8. Using your file explorer you now need to copy the unzipped PhatPhinger IV Altered folder into the Weatherpanel Themes folder (Storage Card>Program Files>Marsware>Weatherpanel>Themes. Then copy the HTC VGA Icons folder into the Weatherpanel Icons folder. Copy the whole folder in each instance, not just the files or it won’t work. Once you’ve done this you can exit task manager.

9. Open your start menu and then open the Second Today folder. Click on Second Today (NOT Settings). This first run will open the Second Today Settings. On the Plugins tab ONLY check the box beside WeatherPanel. You can then select any background image as normal at the bottom of this window (Use custom background). Then select the Settings tab and delete the word Start in the Window-Title box. Leave everything else as it is and click the right softkey to confirm. This will then open the Second Home window.

10. Weather Panel will then configure. You then need to add your cities (NOTE - WP does not utilise My Location so you have to manually enter locations you want weather info for) which is just a case of clicking Add New, then entering your city name in the Search For box. Once you’ve added each new city you then need to add weather images for each city (if you want weather maps to show up). If all your cities are in the same part of the world (i.e. Europe) then you just need to add the same image(s) for each city. I’m in the UK so all my cities use the same Europe maps. Once you’ve added all your cities and images click on the Display tab. In the Theme dropdown select PhatPhinger IV Altered. In the Layout dropdown select either Phat+265.wpl or Phat+265Kangmas.wpl (see further down post for screenshots of the two layouts) – this is really important as this is the layout file for 480x800. In the Icon Set dropdown select HTC VGA Icons. Once you’ve done this then click your hardware back key and you should then see the main WP display for the first city in your list. The up/down arrows at the bottom of the screen let you scroll through your cities. To exit the WP screen back to wherever you were simply click the right softkey (green tick on my screenshots).

11. Finally for me was to open CHT Editor>Applications and select Second Today as the weather app. Now when I click on the weather pane in CHT it takes me straight to the main WP screen – Job done

NOTE: if you don't like Second Today, you can do what I'm doing. Install MTP (Manilla Today Page) for WVGA and assign it to replace the Weather Tab. Doing this you don't have to edit do the CHT Editor.

File 1: Link to WP 2010http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=347050&d=1277125820
File 2: Link to Second Today: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...1&d=1277125820
File 3: Link to NEW RADARS.TXT (updated for some international locations): http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...7&d=1277126175
File 4: Link to WVGA-Friendly Phat Finger: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1277545172

Additional fun:
Radars.txt with more Europe/UK specific URLs - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...7&postcount=31
Coloured text version of Phat+265 main screen here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=104
Coloured text version of Phat+265Kangmas main screen here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=105
If you wanted the page to look as close to Sense weather as possible download the HTC VGA icons set here - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...17&postcount=4
Manila Today Page WVGA (you only need to install the actual MTP .cab from the package and possibly WeatherPanel 2010 if you don't already have it): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563150

[Hypnotic2010]

Wallpaper Changer - WaPaC 1.4
Created by Rapid

Here is a simple app that helps you to randomize wallpapers on your windows phone. WaPaC is a windows phone app by Rapid81 from xda-developers. The app can scheduled wallpaper changing on WM’s Today and on Sense. The developer has also tested on Samsung Omnia 2 with Sense 2.5 and everything is working fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684557

[Catman51]

Toviaheli
This link comes up error code, link not found:
If you wanted the page to look as close to Sense weather as possible download the HTC VGA icons set here - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...17&postcount=4

[gladiator]

hi, any idea how to get Pandora to continue playing even when the phone is asleep? I don't want to keep the LCD on as it drains battery like crazy

Thx

[Hypnotic2010]

Originally Posted by gladiator

hi, any idea how to get Pandora to continue playing even when the phone is asleep? I don't want to keep the LCD on as it drains battery like crazy

Thx

This application simply turns off the screen on the device, without putting it to sleep.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=126431

[onelord]

I know i saw this around, but is there a cab to lock your text. Meaning keeping others from seeing your text. I would like to let my kids play with the phone but i also would like to keep them from seeing my text. So i dont let them mess with my phone for that reason. Thanks guys and hope someone can direct me to that cab.=D>

[Hypnotic2010]

Originally Posted by onelord

I know i saw this around, but is there a cab to lock your text. Meaning keeping others from seeing your text. I would like to let my kids play with the phone but i also would like to keep them from seeing my text. So i dont let them mess with my phone for that reason. Thanks guys and hope someone can direct me to that cab.=D>

SMS Security

Hide and encrypt your secret/important SMS; Block unwanted SMS. EasyHelper SMS Security can hide the secret/important SMS messages (including incoming SMS messages and existed SMS messages in Inbox). The hidden SMS messages are encrypted and stored separately. Only you can see it with a correct password.

At the same time, it can aslo effectively block spam SMS messages without producing any sound or light indication.


http://www.easyhelper.net/smssecurity.html