[7/3/09 Added Semi-Transparent BG Post #3] Modded VGA HTC Home w/ Basic HHC Support

[banzaiwolfe]

Modded VGA HTC Home with Basic HTC Home Customizer Support

PLEASE HIT THANKS IF THIS IS HELPFUL TO YOU

Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone

Thanks: TreyBeno, Massi, emunutz, schen

Change log can now be found at the bottom of this post.

First of all, yes, I know there are a couple VGA compatible versions of HTC Home floating around the forums. The version of HTC Home offered here is a combination of the two files from HTC Home Plugin for VGA.zip from this post by TreyBeno into a single cab, along with a hex edit to change the image directory from \Windows to \HTCHome, and new clock images. I started a thread so that I could keep all of the stuff I worked on together, and to try and keep the info condensed.

What this version offers:

• Less cluttered Windows directory, since all images are in \HTCHome
• Single install file
• Custom cities for weather (I edited the default HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml to only include the listed US and Canadian cities, but you can add your own)
• Basic compatibility with HTC Home Customizer
• Custom images for HTC Home (currently only a couple clocks are available)
• Separate download for HHC that has the QVGA files removed/VGA clocks added
• HTC Home tabs that can be added or removed from either Settings -> Today, or HHC.
• Weather is defaulted to Fahrenheit instead of Celsius
  

Current issues (probably I can't fix):

• The preview for HHC is squished into the upper left
• Downloads and Previews tabs in HHC are useless since all of those files would be for QVGA
• Settings -> Today -> HTC Home, the tab setup screen is QVGA size instead of VGA size.
• Maybe more...? I have not tested the music tab, as I don't use it.

The version of HHC attached below includes the original digital clock, brushstrokes, and alien round in VGA. If more clocks and/or other images become available I can update the installer with them.

Installation Instructions:

• If you do not already have it installed, you may need to install sdkcerts.cab for this to work properly.
• Install Banzai HTC Home VGA.cab
• (Optional) Install HHC VGA.cab (Please note that this is simply the QVGA version with VGA files, so the program itself isn't supported. The program was originally created by emunutz).

Please let me know of any issues with this, I'll see if anything can be done about it.

Changelog:

  June 21, 2009
[+] Added transparent bg (post #3)

March 21, 2009
[+] Added icon set with colors on selected items.

March 10, 2009
[+] Added a manila-ish white clock, calling it WhiteFlip.

January 23rd, 2009
[=] Uploaded the zip files for the clocks again

January 5th, 2009
[=] Changelog started
[=] Edited original .zip files to be more compatible with HHC
[+] Added OldEnglish clock theme

January 4th, 2009
[=] Original release

[banzaiwolfe]

VGA Clocks
These can be installed through the use of HHC, or by copying directly to \HTCHome. These files are now attached at the bottom of this post.

[fixxxer2012]

Originally Posted by banzaiwolfe

VGA Clocks: These can be installed through the use of HHC, or by copying directly to \HTCHome

WhiteFlip Clock: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=19

Original (Digital Clock)

• VGA Original.zip

Brushstrokes:

• VGA BrushStrokes.zip

Alien Round:

• VGA Alien Round.zip

Old English:

• VGA OldEnglish.zip

can you post the original unmodded files for the old english clock, thanks!

[banzaiwolfe]

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

can you post the original unmodded files for the old english clock, thanks!

Un-modded in what way? I made that one myself.

[fixxxer2012]

Originally Posted by banzaiwolfe

Un-modded in what way? I made that one myself.

oh i thought maybe you modded these from the original to fit the vga. i was hoping i could get a qvga set for a friend who loves that clock.

[banzaiwolfe]

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

oh i thought maybe you modded these from the original to fit the vga. i was hoping i could get a qvga set for a friend who loves that clock.

It shouldn't be a big deal to reduce them to QVGA, I can look into that as well.

[Quie]

Originally Posted by banzaiwolfe

VGA Clocks

These can be installed through the use of HHC, or by copying directly to \HTCHome. These files are now attached at the bottom of this post.

For some reason this won't let me copy the white flip over to the htc home directory. I have tried 4 times, it says I don't have permission to do this. My device is unlocked and a new flashed SSK ROM version 2.3. This worked before. Any ideas?? Thanks so much. I also installed the sdkcerts first.

[banzaiwolfe]

Originally Posted by Quie

For some reason this won't let me copy the white flip over to the htc home directory. I have tried 4 times, it says I don't have permission to do this. My device is unlocked and a new flashed SSK ROM version 2.3. This worked before. Any ideas?? Thanks so much. I also installed the sdkcerts first.

Before I look for any more difficult solutions, do you have the HTC Home today plugin turned off before you attempt overwriting the files? If it is still active, you won't be able to overwrite.

Originally Posted by etski

banzai,

This program is working great for me but now I'm trying to figure out from this what program is called when the lock launcher button is pushed but all I find is a registry entry of type with a value of 3. Do you have any idea what this means? I want to set up a shortcut to this program when the power button is pressed to autolock my phone. Can you offer any assistance?

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to call that function independently right now.

[Quie]

I got it to transfer over finally. I had to do it on the device instead of on the computer through activesync. The last time I did it, I transferred them over through activesync. Not sure what the difference is, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Thanks for the reply.

[etski]

Originally Posted by banzaiwolfe

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to call that function independently right now.

Thanks for looking, if you figure anything out, please let me know. It could solve the autolock problem which I think is the achilles heel of this phone or maybe of winmo in general!