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Tired of Neo? Download HTC Home
If you get tired of the Neo Home screen, you’re in luck – there are a plethora of other Home screens you can load onto your Shadow, and heck, we even have a Themes Forum that puts them all under one place.
I recently found a Home screen that I thought to be particularly good-looking: the HTC tabbed Home screen. If you’ve seen HTC devices like the TyTN II or Touch, you know that they come with HTC Home out of the box. Good thing we have a version that works on the Shadow – download the CAB here.
To get it going, transfer the CAB to your device and run it. Then, go into Settings, Home Screen, and choose “HTC” … be sure to set Color scheme and Background image to “default.” Also, in order to get weather updates, you’ll need to be on a data plan or on a WiFi network.
Thanks to ShadowMike for posting this in the forums.
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about 2 years ago
WHERE IS THE CAB FILE FOR THIS APPLICATION I CLICKED ON THE LINK AND NOTHING HAPPENED
about 2 years ago
^http://www.allshadow.com/forum/download/file.php?id=571l
you typed in all caps so im guessing you really want this haha
about 2 years ago
this theme is awesome but I can’t seem to change the calling screen background and the start menu background. its still brown
any way I can change it to like black? thanks in advance!
about 2 years ago
Strange…that linked work yesterday. Oh well, it’s working now. Thank you Chris.
about 2 years ago
dee – go into Settings>Home Screen> and make sure Color Scheme and Background Image is set to “default.” That will use the black colors.
about 2 years ago
Mane i had this background like 3 months ago!!! its pretty cool but i dont like the way it starts too load the weather slowly after a while!!! also the people feature got me into a little gurl trouble!!! lol
good day homies!!!
about 2 years ago
With this HTC Theme you can still put a picture in the background although there are fields that will overlap your pic. Ihave the mac Leopard bacground mixed with this HTC theme layout. Looks nice and is a little different than WM themes.
about 2 years ago
Very Nice Theme. Is there a MyFaves interface with this theme?
about 2 years ago
man this shits hot! but im wit D Brooks on this 1.. i might have sum female trouble haha but its whateva..whoever made this shit props hommie!
about 2 years ago
I love this theme thank you very much. The only thing is i have the same prob as Dee the menu background is still brown and i made sure its all set to default. what do i do? Help i hate brown!
about 2 years ago
As for the calling screen background, I just installed Freddy Reyes’s black neo theme, it changed the calling screen and the start menu to black, then just use the HTC home screen. Works perfectly for me.
about 2 years ago
Way cool! More like this…
about 2 years ago
thanks brandon ! Its on default but its still brown
any other way to change it? thanks in advance!
about 2 years ago
Weather feature seems not to work, keeps saying (unable to retrieve data for selected city)
about 2 years ago
Everytime i try to install this i get “Instalation of Gregory HTCHome.cab was unsuccessful” I have tried it being on the device and on the storage card. I get the same thing in both places. Anyone know what i am doing? I currently haev the Neo Blue
about 2 years ago
Should have been a WRONG in the question of anyone know what am i doing.
about 2 years ago
ok i figured it out
about 2 years ago
Cool very nice! Thanks!
about 2 years ago
I like the theme, but it seems like the band at the bottom (w/ the HTC logo) is wasted screen real estate. Is there something that goes there?
about 2 years ago
David,
What did you do? I am also getting the same message Instalation of Gregory HTCHome.cab was unsuccessful”
i am still in WM 6.0 and not 6.1 yet
about 2 years ago
Get tied of Neo?!? I Don’t understand
about 2 years ago
Very cool theme, but I agree with Kevin, too much wasted space. Until there is a way to fill it up, it’s back to Neo for me.
about 2 years ago
Love it, but I can not get it to switch off Celsius. Thoughts?
about 2 years ago
There is a way to fill it up. If you go the forum that the cab is found in, someone edited an xml file i believe to include most recent apps used, schedule, profile, and media player
about 2 years ago
OMG ! looks soooooooooooooo GOOD! gonna keep this on 4 a while !! but i do miss the easy access to the media payer, pics, and taks manager right on the home screen ! over all diggin it!
about 2 years ago
too much space not enough functionality but ok for the occasional different look.
about 2 years ago
OK, I tired the link to get the add on for the media player etc to appear on the home screen…no luck. Anyone have another way. I really want more on my homescreen than this one has to offer.
about 2 years ago
Does ANYONE have the problem with the call screen being totally white when recieving calls from people you dont have a picture for? It was fine until I installed this theme, someone please reply
about 2 years ago
where cani get more themes like neo ? and all the ones ou r all talking about?
about 2 years ago
to those of you getting the unsuccessful install message: did you make sure the file downloaded completely? i let mine sit while downloading and when i went back to my phone the file was there, only it was incomplete. menu->properties on the file and make sure it is 1.87 megabytes.
about 2 years ago
Really great home screen. I LOVE IT ! Only thing I would like to change is to have the weather update more often. It seems to only update about once every 2 hours. I”m in Houston and the weather here changes quickly and this screen doesn’t keep up. Anyone got any ideas ?
about 2 years ago
Also, I checked out the HTC website. They got some other cool home screens. Anyone want to try and get them for our Shadow too? I’m not experienced enough to know how.
about 2 years ago
To bad the weather reports are only for certain major citys. I wish the “favorite persons” was changed to Live Messenger Status. But overall a nice theme
about 2 years ago
Where do I put the downloaded files on my phone?
about 2 years ago
my caller screen is now all white like the user above. is there a fix for this?
about 2 years ago
the weather screen for me is blank, when I enter a location that is part of accu weather it’s still blank
about 2 years ago
Where do I put the downloaded files on my phone?
about 2 years ago
ok CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ITS LIKE EVERY THING ON THIS SIGHT ONLY TELLS YOU HALF HOW TO DO THIS I DOWNLOAD THE FILE AND NOW WHAT IM GOOD WIT PC AND HACKING INTO THINGS I MEAN I WISH I WAS BUT IM JUS NOT SO AFTER U DOWNLOAD THIS FILE AND ITS ON THE PC THEN WHAT
about 2 years ago
Hi! I am also getting the same message Instalation of Gregory HTCHome.cab was unsuccessful” , i also choose the htc home in setting ,but it didn’t appear on the today sceen, is it possible if it not support with my htc touch? pls help me…
about 2 years ago
i dont know how to do any of this?!?! im completly clueless, can anyone guide me through it or send me a link tha i can use to do it myself
thanks
about 1 year ago
i can’t add people to my favorite people… i hold it down, shows the list then it goes back the main screen.
about 1 year ago
I have downloaded the install file for win mobile 6.1 but it wont install on phone what steps need to be taken.
about 1 year ago
can you use this cab file with the dark night home screen??
about 1 year ago
OK does anyone know how to switch the temperature over from Celsius to Fahrenheit
about 1 year ago
i cant get it to load it just says you cant open the file run the application what application?
about 8 months ago
nothing is there when i load it