iPhone Awesome looking HTC Clock /Weather Animated Lockscreen

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

I was using the excellent LockInfo HTC Clock plugin with HD Theme and then came across this superb lockscreen Winterboard theme..

It can be downloaded from Cydia:

"HTC Animated Lockbackground" by "AWesoME NiCk" from ModMyi

or

"HTC Weather Widget 1.75" by "Jose Sampo" from ModMyi

This version is for the actual lockscreen and not the typical springboard widget.

I personally think it looks awesome and just thought that I would share. It works with the latest version of Lockinfo but you don't get much room if you enable the forecast.

You can easily set your location, disable the animation, forecast, change °F to °C, display your own wallpaper by editing configureMe.js in the root of the theme (E.g. /Var/Stash/Themes/HTC Animated Background/configureMe.js)

To make modifications you will something like iFile, iPhone Explorer or SSH.

WhatAmI · Mar 24, 2011

Good find but this weighs in at 21.5 MB

have you noticed any system slow down?

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

I only installed it late last night so its too early to say. I have 312MB available memory and have lots of tweaks installed but with Lockinfo's HTC plugin I had 348MB available. It still looks great without the animations and you can disable them if required although it only gives you an extra 10MB or so.

sprehodec · Mar 24, 2011

Is it possible to remove weather forecast for next few days, just to leave HTC clock with todays weather?

thanks

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

Yes it is. Just edit configureMe.js and set var showForecast = false

puffdc · Mar 24, 2011

Will it play nicely with Lockinfo?

Vinnie Madrox · Mar 24, 2011

puffdc said:
Will it play nicely with Lockinfo?

Yes, just have to play with the position of where lockinfo starts

Thedeathbear · Mar 24, 2011

How does the location work? Mine just says my location as battle ground with light rain.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

You need to edit configureMe.js:

// Use weather.com to find your weathercode
// For example searching for London, UK will get you this URL
// http://www.weather.com/weather/today/London+United+Kingdom+UKXX0085
// The last part UKXX0085 is the weathercode to use
var locale = "FIXX0002" //Zipcode, Postalcode, or Weathercode

loyalist · Mar 24, 2011

I've been using HTC Weather Widget 1.75 by Jose Sampo. It's animated and looks very similar.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

loyalist said:
I've been using HTC Weather Widget 1.75 by Jose Sampo. It's animated and looks very similar.

Does it work on the lockscreen?

loyalist · Mar 24, 2011

LMD75 said:
Does it work on the lockscreen?

Yeah. It also allows you a couple widget options on your springboard pages but I disabled it.

I think they're almost the same but I prefer the aesthetics on the one I listed above. The stock background images are better too. Looks cleaner.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

Thanks. I will install it and check it out.

loyalist · Mar 24, 2011

LMD75 said:
Thanks. I will install it and check it out.

Let me know if it's the same. I just played with the one you mentioned in this thread for a couple of minutes only and uninstalled it.

Thedeathbear · Mar 24, 2011

LMD75 said:
You need to edit configureMe.js:

// Use weather.com to find your weathercode
// For example searching for London, UK will get you this URL
// http://www.weather.com/weather/today/London+United+Kingdom+UKXX0085
// The last part UKXX0085 is the weathercode to use
var locale = "FIXX0002" //Zipcode, Postalcode, or Weathercode

Tell me as if I were an idiot....because I'm not the brightest with this sort of thing. Is this some kind of SHH or file thing?

Jett0516 · Mar 24, 2011

meh. I think its too much animation.

hackthatphone · Mar 24, 2011

Thedeathbear said:
Tell me as if I were an idiot....because I'm not the brightest with this sort of thing. Is this some kind of SHH or file thing?

SSH (secure shell). Yes. You need to manipulate files on the iphone.

I've had an SSH tutorial on my site for years now. It's really very simple:

http://www.hackthatphone.com/4x/open_ssh_wifi.html

Thedeathbear · Mar 24, 2011

hackthatphone said:
SSH (secure shell). Yes. You need to manipulate files on the iphone.

I've had an SSH tutorial on my site for years now. It's really very simple:

http://www.hackthatphone.com/4x/open_ssh_wifi.html

Could it be done in ifile? ifile is very user friendly.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

loyalist said:
Let me know if it's the same. I just played with the one you mentioned in this thread for a couple of minutes only and uninstalled it.

They appear identical, same folder structure and files. The only difference I see is that they have a different LockBackground.png

On both versions, the stock background images (that change depending upon the weather) all have a cutout image for the slider. The slider is not included with the packages so I got it from 'Weather Elements'.

EDIT: Looks very nice but stock background images are 320x480 and not Retina versions.

Thedeathbear said:
Could it be done in ifile? ifile is very user friendly.

This can be done in within iFile. I just use 'iPhone Explorer' as it allows one to drag and drop files from PC to iPhone and vice versa.

thekarbunkler · Mar 24, 2011

Thedeathbear said:
Could it be done in ifile? ifile is very user friendly.

yes. goto Library/Themes/ HTC... configure.js

Thedeathbear · Mar 24, 2011

thekarbunkler said:
yes. goto Library/Themes/ HTC... configure.js

Well under /var/mobile/library there is no folder for themes. I'll just give up. I'm just a pain in your dicks.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

Go to /Var/Stash/Themes/HTC Animated Background/

Thedeathbear · Mar 24, 2011

Works fine now. Thanks.

LMD75 · Mar 24, 2011

Thedeathbear said:
Works fine now. Thanks.

Good. If you need to change the time 24hr then just edit LockBackground.html and and change: var TwentyFourHourClock = true

Everything else is done in configureMe.js

loyalist · Mar 24, 2011

LMD75 said:
They appear identical, same folder structure and files. The only difference I see is that they have a different LockBackground.png

On both versions, the stock background images (that change depending upon the weather) all have a cutout image for the slider. The slider is not included with the packages so I got it from 'Weather Elements'.

EDIT: Looks very nice but stock background images are 320x480 and not Retina versions.

Thanks for the confirmation. Does the version you listed include Retina versions?

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