[APPLET MOD][FROZEN] Sonic MyStatus 2.5 All-In-One Applet, QVGA

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NorrinRadd
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SONIC MYSTATUS 2.5 APPLET-MOD

This is an All-In-One Applet that's clean, simple, and full of features geared towards productivity and at a glance info! I am not the original developer of the MyStatus Applet, nor do I take any credit for it. All credits for it go to ivanskj and his original MyStatus 0.6b Applet, which this Applet Mod is heavily based from with added features, while remaining true to the awesome original! I would not have even thought of modding this applet if it wasn't for icho1015's MyStatus Collapsable Mod! It was his mod that I drew most of my inspiration from and got me to thinking, "hey I really like weather in my Today applet too and... wait a minute, maybe other things too!" Of course a big thanks and one of the main reasons (along w/ Monte) for starting this new MyStatus thread are Brsev's amazing graphics efforts on making my Applet mods truly polished and in line with his gorgeous Sonic2.5 Theme! A big thanks and appreciation to zelendel as well for all his hours of testing and feedback, which has helped create some of the new features and thanks to anyone who left feedback in the original thread!!!!

I would also like to thank and give credit to the following developers (I apologize if I've missed anyone) as I've drawn so much inspiration from them and for which without their innovations the Sonic MyStatus Applet could not have been possible! Thank You and much respect!!!!

zenkinz - Calendar Applet 20090330

blueocean - Accuweather Weather 2.2 Applet

Orlando - System Internals

capt_harlock77 - Device Manager

giancaleone - G-Alarm Integration

s.l.i, creator of ThumbCal - ThumbCal

And of course the awesome PointUi team, Joel, Shane, Monte, and Nick for which making our WM devices truly ours would not have been possible or so much fun and way too addicting!!!! ;p

Install Instructions:

Recommendations:
Theme: Brsev's SonicUI 2.5
Home2 Setup: Align Home Screen buttons to bottom and run in Fullscreen mode.

1. Backup your current MyStatus folder.
2. Download and install MortScript 4.1 or higher from here. This is not necessary if you use G-Alarm, but needed for Windows Alarms. Skip to step 5 if you use G-Alarm...
3. Install MortScript and run executable at least once, then rename the autorun.exe in your MortScript dir to "Home2NextAlarm.exe".
4. Now copy Home2NextAlarm.mscr from MyStatus zip file to your MortScript dir.
5. Copy contents of zip file to \Program Files\Home2\AppletRibbon\MyStatus dir replacing all files.
6. Copy Theme.xml file from zip to \Program Files\Home2\Themes\Your Current Theme dir and replace existing file.
7. Lastly, to take full advantage of ThumbCal integration download the latest version of ThumbCal here.
8. That's it, now just re-add or add the MyStatus applet to Home2 and you're set! Any questions, comments, bugs, requests, etc. just post them here and thanks for your support!!!! ^_^
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1. Sonic_MyStatus_2.5RC_All_fixes.zip (513.5 KB, 3,824 downloads) 9 months old
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3. Brsev_am-pm_pngs.zip (0.8 KB, 437 downloads) 9 months old
4. ivanskj_original_MyStatus_background.jpg (40.6 KB, 234 downloads) 9 months old
5. betterbuttons.zip (18.6 KB, 703 downloads) 9 months old
Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
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Release Notes & Roadmap:

2.5 Release Features:

1. All Views have...
- Clock
- Battery & Signal Meter
- GPRS Data indicator icons (replaces Signal icons during an active data connection)
- Current Day's Weather
- View specific Status Bar
- Access to both CommManager & System Meters Sliders
- Full Terms translation
- Customizable settings/config via xml files (includes app paths, dates, and times)

2. Today View with at a glance features including...
- Appointments for current week
- Mini-Calendar, 1 week
- Full Calendar & Tasks (includes Task Notes too)
- Status Bar with...
- Next Alarm
- # of Appointments left for the day
- Task counter of "Due Today/Overdue/Active Tasks"

3. Weather View
- 5 days weather using Accuweather.com
- Displays last update time
- Status Bar with...
- Wind info
- Humidity info
- Visibility info

4. Collapse/Mini View
- Basic info of clock, current weather, and meters
- Includes Appointment View Status Bar
- Next Appointment info and timer

5. Sliders
- Comm Manager
- System Meters
- Volume Control

Next Release(s):

Ver. 2.5 Final
1. ~~Add News feed to Today View.~~ - DONE

2. ~~Add more data connected and provider driven icons when connected via GPRS, WiFi, USB, BT, etc. and display icon based on your carrier.~~ - DONE

3. ~~Appointments/Tasks Panel.~~ - DONE

4. Add Google News List screen to flick through headlines and access details via a browser.

5. Change Weather details to display 5 days forecast and associated details in a transparent floating Weather bubble slider that slides up from the bottom and back down.

6. Add additional info to appointments in Today View like location, notes, etc.

7. Add contact Birthday function to Today view to display list of Birthdays (max 3) if any exist for the current day instead of appointments. Click on one will call that person so you can wish them a Happy Birthday while a click n hold will take you to their details in Contact Card (Pro Version).

8. Add appointment time grouping bar graphics to Calendar as graphical hour by hour representation of your day.

9. Animate collapse function (maybe).

10. Fix weather (ongoing, till it's fixed) and other bugs.

11. Optimize code (ongoing).

Future Release(s):
1. 5-6 week Mini-Calendar vs. just 1 week currently.

2. Working VGA version with complete graphics.

3. Auto applet resize features and special/improved features for widescreen & square devices.

4. And other features from "Feature Requests", see Post #4 below...

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

Bug List & FAQ:

Known Bugs: Note, all weather bugs are at the top of my list to fix!

1. Weather update bug in collapse mode. Will not update weather for some reason if in collapse mode, only in weather and appt views.

2. Weather icons positioning issue. After the initial applet load, weather icons are at the bottom for some reason, but the current workaround is to just re-update weather or cycle to the next fave city.

3. 2nd weather icons overlay bug. For some reason sometimes there is an additional 2nd weather or the 2nd icon shows up when it really should not. Only workaround is to re-add the applet and update to clear them.

4. Calendar and Tasks screens do not reflect recent changes until applet is re-added.

FAQ / Tips:

All Views:

1. Tap n Hold clock to launch chosen Alarm program between G-Alarm and Windows Alarm. Choose by changing GAlarm flag in Settings.txt file to "Y" or "N".

2. Tap Battery & Signal meters to access CommManager & Meters Sliders.

3. Tap n hold Battery meter to launch WM Power control panel.

4. Tap n hold Signal meter to launch WM CommManager.

5. Modify Terms.xml, Settings.xml, and Settings.txt files to enable/change/localize Applet features & functions.

Today View:

1. Tap clock to display active alarms.

2. Tap collapse button below mini-calendar to switch between Collapse & Today views.

3. Colored dots next to appointments mean...
Red = appointment is within 5 minutes time.
Orange = currently in an appointment.
White = none of the above.

4. Status bar displays in this order (Next Alarm, Appoinments left for the day, and task counts of Due Today/Overdue/Active Tasks total).

5. Tap a mini-calendar day to display that days appointments.

6. Tap n hold a mini-calendar day brings up list of all appointments for that day.

7. Tap Weather icon in clock area to access Weather settings menu.

8. Tab Appt/Weather button to access Weather view and back.

9. Tap n hold Appt/Weather button to cycle through 5 fave weather cities.

10. Tap Day/Date label pulls up Calendar after which you can swipe to and from tasks & Calendar screens.

11. Tap n Hold Day/Date label creates new appointment via ThumbCal.

12. Tap Appointment pulls up details in ThumbCal.

13. In Calendar and Tasks screens the "New" softkeys create new appointments or tasks via ThumbCal.

14. In Tasks Detail screen the "Update" softkey will edit your task directly in ThumbCal.

Weather View:

1. Tap n Hold clock to launch chosen Alarm program between G-Alarm and Windows Alarm. Choose by changing GAlarm flag in Settings.txt file to "Y" or "N".

2. Has all functions of blueocean's 2.2 Weather applet including Search City, 5 faves, and Metric/Standard panels.

3. To Enter Weather Settings menu click anywhere on applet background image that's empty.

4. To change/cycle favorite city click City Title/Label.

5. To go back to Today View click Weather/Appt button.

6. Status bar displays in this order (Wind, Humidity, and Visibility).

7. Tap clock to display active alarms.

Collapse/Mini View:

1. When next appointment is within 5 minutes timer font color will change from white to red.

2. To enter and exit collapse mode click collapse button at bottom of applet in Today & Collapse Views only.

CommManager Slider:

1. Tap Lock icon to enter auto-lock settings menu.

2. Tap n hold Lock icon brings up WM KeyLock control panel.

3. Tap WiFi icon enables/disables WiFi.

4. Tap n hold WiFi icon brings up WM Wireless Settings Control Panel.

5. Tap/Cycle Speaker icon changes sound profile (Normal/Vibrate/Silent).

6. Tap n hold Speaker icon brings up WM Phone settings control panel.

7. Tap Airplane icon enables/disables flight mode.

8. Tap n hold Airplane icon brings up CommManager.

9. Tap/Cycle Bluetooth icon changes BT function (On/Discoverable/Off).

10. Tap n hold Bluetooth icon brings up WM BT control panel.

11. Tap Connection icon starts/stops and active GPRS data session.

12. Tap n hold Connection icon brings up WM Connections control panel.

System Meters Slider:

1. Tap any meter to display percent values.

2. Tap n hold Power meter brings up WM Power control panel.

3. Tap n hold Signal meter brings up WM CommManager.

4. Tap n hold Volume meter brings up WM Sounds control panel.

5. Tap n hold Wireless meter brings up WM WLANsettings control panel.

6. Tap n hold Memory meter brings up WM Memory control panel.

7. Tap n hold Storage meter brings up WM Storage control panel.

8. Tapping Volume meter will increase and decrease speaker volume (not ringer volume).

Miscellaneous:

1. Status bar will disappear when in landscape but only after the Applet is re-focused (swipe away and back).

2. In landscape mode System Meters slider will slide in and out from past the 4 main buttons.

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

Feature Requests & New Graphics/Skins:

1. Reverse Alarms and Appointments so Alarms is the default in Today View vs appt's... a348828651

2. Settings/Configuration screen... mindphaser

3. Increase separation between Today & Weather views and possibly automatically set clock based on chosen fave city... joshzzz2001

4. Profile based sounds manager... bcbomb47

5. 2-4 more sets of collapsible panels... joshzzz2001

Posted 9 months ago #
ganzee
Member

This new thread should make life a lot easier! 336 posts and counting... lol

Posted 9 months ago #
zelendel
Member

Time to bookmark this thread.

Posted 9 months ago #
bcbomb47
Member

@zelendel

Agreed!

Posted 9 months ago #
roufs
Member
Great applet NorrinRadd! A couple of things though:

1- Check out the screen shot. The second weather image does not overlay properly
2- Not sure if its only my phone, but it kinda slows down home2. Is that possible?

Thanks again mate!
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Posted 9 months ago #
roufs
Member
another weather bug, if u restart home2 or the applet and do not update the weather, the icons are not aligned and the second images are not over layed. screenshot attached.

How can I get the buttons that you have with your sonic theme? I love those!

hmm got another question, what are the NA, A and the T labels at the very end?
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Posted 9 months ago #
zelendel
Member

yeah roufs that is an issue that has bothered him for a while. He is still working on it.

Hey Norrin not sure if its you or bsrev but loving the comm manager graphics. Ok I was wondering if you guys had any plans for the system bars? We know there is going to be trouble shooting with those and a few of mine are working that were not from my last post but by just looking at them it is hard to tell what ones are what.

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

^^^ zelendel:

The awesome new CommMgr graphics are Brsev's doing! All really nice and polished looking graphics in this applet are never me... ;p Yup, he's working on the Meter slider graphics as well. Can't wait to see what he does with my badly rushed graphics...

Posted 9 months ago #
Montecristoff
Pointui

Very nice and coherent applet mod which form a harmonious whole.
Great work NorrinRadd!

Any news about a VGA version?

>>> Added in the Store

And thanks for adding Nick in Pointui Team
Discreet here but so efficient! ;)

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

^^^ Thanks Monte, it means a lot coming from you!!!!!

I've ensured as best I can w/ the exception of Brsev's Sonic style graphics that all other elements use Device.AutoScale so it works on VGA devices. Once I get through my next 2 releases I'll start testing through a VGA emulator. Brsev made VGA graphics for icho1015's mod, so I'll probably start there...

Posted 9 months ago #
zelendel
Member

You two make one hell of a team.(Not Taking anything away from the others) Oh and forgot to say thanks for putting me in the header. You guys do all the work I am just a lab rat lol. Thanks again.

Posted 9 months ago #
aussie_boi
Member

NorrinRadd and the original applet developers are TRUMPS :P

Thank you

Posted 9 months ago #
joshzzz2001
Member

very good job, norrin! i'm so happy with this applet.

so, are you really going to work on the sets of collapsible panels? i was not even sure if that is doable in reality. that would be the ultimate for me. don't worry, i'll be patient on it. as of now, i'm perfectly happy with your previous release.

Posted 9 months ago #
bcbomb47
Member

Not sure if anyone else is having this issue but with version 2.5, when I open both sliders, one after the other, I have a difficult time closing them again. In once instance I had to actually remove the applet and add it back to get them to go away.

Posted 9 months ago #
heimaheimaheima
Member
???
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Posted 9 months ago #
deviant24x
Member

For some reason thumbcal doesn't seem to be integrating properly. Just to be sure... what am I supposed to be clicking in order to access it?

Oh, and for the weather it works fine if I update it, but the first time it appears the weather icons are a bit off.

I love the concept and the way you have integrated everything. Great job!!!

Posted 9 months ago #
blueocean
Member

Opp!
That's great!
I'm making a similar applet, but there are some different things :)
Let's see! Ha Ha!

Posted 9 months ago #
zink941
Member

i like it but i need vga version........

Posted 9 months ago #
winson97
Member

Good work!thanks!

Posted 9 months ago #
dancer69
Member

The terms translation doesn't seems to work. I translate the file, but all strings remain in english. I tried to replace the terms.xml with the translated one, to replace the terms.english.xml with the translated too, but nothing works.
Am I doing something wrong?

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

Wow!!!! Thanks everyone for all your comments, I really appreciate it! I've updated the Installation Instructions in post #1 and FAQ/Tips section in post #3, so hopefully all features are better explained.

^^^ bcbomb47:
That's odd I specifically coded it so only one slider can be accessed at a time. You should not be able to access one without closing the other. Can you list the steps you're taking to achieve this, so I can debug further, thanks?

^^^ heimaheimaheima:
Try removing the degrees character in the Settings.txt file under the attriibute "TempType" or replace it with say, "C" since you probably view things in Celsius.

^^^ deviant24x:
I've updated the FAQ / Tips section (#'s 11-14) in post #3 to go over how I use ThumbCal with this applet. Be sure you have latest version of ThumbCal here to make full use of my mods.

^^^ zink94:
Thank You! I will work on a VGA version after I complete my next 2 releases, in the meantime might I suggest using icho1015's MyStatus here as he made an awesome MyStatus VGA version.

^^^ dancer69:
This is my fault, I have not made use of the terms file much, but in my next release I will be adding full terms support.

Posted 9 months ago #
shyherng
Member

Brilliant work, excellent indeed

Posted 9 months ago #
self2k7
Member

could you possibly make this for vga

Posted 9 months ago #
zelendel
Member

Norrin
That's odd I specifically coded it so only one slider can be accessed at a time. You should not be able to access one without closing the other. Can you list the steps you're taking to achieve this, so I can debug further, thanks?

Hey Norring I was messing around and touch there meters one after the other before the first meter loaded and it brought them both up. Needed to reload Home to make them leave.

Posted 9 months ago #
aussie_boi
Member

Same for me zelendel ...

I click the "signal strength" to bring up the comm slider, then double click the "battery level" to bring up the other slider - both show.

I close the 1st slder then the second.

No problems

Posted 9 months ago #
Vito Pastorini
Member

awesome, this is an extraordinary applet, NorrinRadd, but there is something that is not working so good, and it seems that many others have the same problem, the clock displays a little sun at night and displays a moon in the day, for example at 3:40 pm, it shows the moon. I changed the settings.xml in the line 12or24=24 but nothing happens, any hint??

Posted 9 months ago #
NorrinRadd
Member

Thanks for the clarifications on the sliders everyone! I was able to replicate and will push out fix ASAP, which also include some code to speed the applet a bit too. Also, I'd like to know who can help test the data connect feature I am adding that will display a specific data connection icon based on your provider like 3G, 1X, etc. Let me know so I can send you MyStatus.cs files with debug code to display you exact provider name, so I can include it a provider xml file to display certain provider based graphics in the applet.

Vito Pastorini, Thanks!!!
This is the correct behaviour, as from 12am to 11:59am in will have the sun icon and from 12pm to 11:59pm it will have the moon. I know it seems confusing, but I'll upload am/pm icons for those interested in have a P and A or am and pm show up instead.

Posted 9 months ago #