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As you can probably tell, since there is nothing else really going on, today is Theme Day here on MyTriniPhone. And in this post I am focusing on Widgets for your Lockscreen. These widgets will allow you to get info/updates about missed SMS messages, weather, Ringer status, a cool Digital clock, missed emails, RSS feeds and IM messages. It takes a bit of setting up and but as you can tell it’s well worth it if you are looking for a unique look that serves a purpose.

To do install these widgets you will need a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with Cydia Installed, OpenSSh and the FTP client of your choice. Once you have Cydia installed you must download and install Status Notifier and WinterBoard.

All credit goes to the following people for creating the software for you iPhone that makes this possible.

- Aldwin over on MacThemes for putting this all together in a nice thread
- Zetetic Apparatchik - for the weather widget
- productred - for the one week forecast version of the weather widget
- nuclear potato - made a background image similar to the one in his slock theme.
- Jay Freeman for Cydia and WinterBoard

Some Features:

• LCD clock for lockscreen (with seconds and am/pm indicator)

• Supports Status Notifiers 0.2.10, adds support to the following events:
  * Unread Email
  * Missed call/voicemail
  * Calendar alerts - it’s there but I still have no idea on how to invoke this
  * SMS: MobileSMS / iRealSMS / biteSMS
  * MMS: SwirlyMMS
  * IM: BeejiveIM / Fring / Palringo
  * RSS: NetNewsWire
  * Silent mode (ringer off)

Make the Jump

Page One - Introduction - LockScreen Widget
Page Two - Download & Screenshots
Page Three - How to Install via OpenSSH
Page Four - How to Configure the Widgets

Download the Widget you would like to use

Please note that the link to download each widget is below the screenshot.

HomeScreen - Status Messages Only

http://www.mediafire.com/?4myzu2wyf0y

HomeScreen - One Day Weather Version

http://www.mediafire.com/?4zmjrkjj41m

HomeScreen - One Week Weather Version

http://www.mediafire.com/?xw2q3lwnz25

OLDER VERSION: (With normal clock)
HomeScreen - Status Messages Only

http://www.mediafire.com/?j3mtztmgmnk

HomeScreen - One Day Weather Version

http://www.mediafire.com/?o2wdnj2mwjj
http://depositfiles.com/files/8831896

HomeScreen - One Week Weather Version

http://www.mediafire.com/?ym5rqiw5ywm
http://depositfiles.com/files/8831946

Page One - Introduction - LockScreen Widget
Page Two - Download & Screenshots
Page Three - How to Install via OpenSSH
Page Four - How to Configure the Widgets

How to Install

Before you begin please backup your iPhone with iTunes, I am not responsible if you mess up yourr iPhone doing this, but you can always restore your iPhone if anything goes seriously wrong. If you have problems please let me know and I’ll try to help.

This install is rated 3.5/5 as far as difficulty (5 being hardest)

NOTE: (status notifier) make sure you update status notifier to get these feature, you can find more info about this at http://code.google.com/p/statusnotifier/

NOTE: (lcd clock/dgital) to make the LCD time work, you need to install a blank font for the lockscreen, download the LCD/Digital Clock font file here and put it in /System/Library/Fonts/Cache/. ** don’t forget to backup the old LockClock.ttf

Ok here is how we Install this

You’ll need to install OpenSSH on your iPhone or iPod Touch via Cydia. Once OpenSSH is installed (you will not see an icon, it’s a background service that allows file transfer from computer to iphone and vice-versa via wifi) make sure you have a Wifi connection to a local network with your iPhone and you have a computer that is on the same network. You’ll need a FTP cleint for Mac or PC, I use WinSCP on PC and Fugu on the Mac.

On your iPhone go to Settings -> Wifi -> Then tap the blue arrow and write down your IP number (e.g. 123.456.7.890) then open the FTP program on your mac/pc and enter the ip in the address space and use the Username: root and Password: alpine

If it’s your first time it may take 5 mins for it to login (and ask for password) just wait. Once in you’ll see your files form your PC/Mac on the left and your iPhone/Touch files on the right of the screen. Use the nav arrows or drop menu to go to the /var folder, from there navigate to /private/var/stash/themes/

Now you’ll need to download the widget combo you’ll like to use to your computer if you have not already done so. Once you have downloaded the widget bundle and unzipped/extracted (on your desktop in my example) it you need to copy it to your iPhone themes directory you navigated to in the FTP app on your computer. (above)

To do this, simply drag the file  homescreen- 1weekweather.theme  from your PC/Mac desktop to the /private/var/stash/themes/ on your iPhone.

To activate the widget, open WinterBoard on your iPhone and select the new Lockscreen Widget. Exit winterboard by pressing the homebutton and your iPhone will do a soft reboot.

Next we’ll configure the weather app to display your local weather.

Page One - Introduction - LockScreen Widget
Page Two - Download & Screenshots
Page Three - How to Install via OpenSSH
Page Four - How to Configure the Widgets

How to Configure the Widget

To configure the weather widget to display your local (or other) weather you’ll need to configure one Java Script file. Download the configureme.js file from the /private/var/stash/themes/homescreen- 1weekweather.theme/ folder. Open the configureme.js file with a text editor. The part where it says var locale = “ASI|PH|RP077|MAKATI” change to your local by looking for it here http://www.accuweather.com/world-city-l … ubmit1=GO!

Using the drop-down list chose your region, country and then city then look at the url bar (copy and paste the URL into a text editor) and edit the following:

var locale = “ASI|PH|RP077|MAKATI”

In my example it Trinidad and Tobago

var locale = “CAC|TT|TD005|PORT-OF-SPAIN“

The link from the site above once I configured my weather options was: www .accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&loccode=CAC|TT|TD005|PORT-OF-SPAIN, thats where I got the CAC|TT|TD005|PORT-OF-SPAIN from.

Once you have configured the configureme.js file, upload and replace it in /private/var/stash/themes/homescreen- 1weekweather.theme/ on your iPhone/Touch via OpenSSH (draga nd drop the file)

Page One - Introduction - LockScreen Widget
Page Two - Download & Screenshots
Page Three - How to Install via OpenSSH
Page Four - How to Configure the Widgets

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