One of our most popular featured downloads was found in the Tired of Neo? Download HTC Home post made last month.
Well, we now have an updated version of HTC Home that grabs some visual elements from the newly released HTC Touch Diamond. It features a analogue-style clock, an application launcher strip, plus larger icons for Home, Weather and Favorite People. Click here to download. And, if you want to customize this plugin, there’s a thread in the forums that describes how to add RAM, Battery, and cellular service indicators to the screen, among others.
Update: Thanks to ShadowMike for pointing this out. In order for this Diamond visual update to work, you must first download the original HTC Home plugin found in this post.
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:53 am
well that is a cool screen cuz the shadow is cool but i think the screen should be like all the other smart phones
June 10th, 2008 at 8:47 am
@Elijah;
What do you mean, ‘like all other smart phones’?
June 10th, 2008 at 8:57 am
how do you get the recent applications icon bar to show?
June 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am
good question. I would love to see the recent applications as well as some link to close out applications.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:11 am
ok, i figured out you have to make sure you’ve selected the “HTC2″ theme.
another question. how can i change the weather settings to fahrenheit? it won’t let me change it from celsius.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am
i cant get the clock to show up ?
June 10th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Ditto on getting rid of Celsius. It shows Fahrenheit in the Weather Options menu but it won’t let me select it.
June 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I installed the cab. tried to select the theme and it froze my phone. when i try to restart, my phone freezes at the WM 6.1 startup window. How do i fix this???PLEASE HELP!!!???
June 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
To change from Celsius to Farenheit you need to flick your joypad right/left
June 10th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
omg, it was really that simple. lol. thanks, looby!
June 10th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
if this is the cab “I” made and released. you must install the HTC HOME cab that brandon linked to last month. and then install the diamond home.
go into the thead and read how to add program list and others.
also for the user who said this bricked his phone. I fully understand that seitching the homescreen will sometimes freeze the shadow. as this happends to my phone after a full factory reset. with no addins just the factory rom will freeze when switching homescreens.
HOW EVER… To get your phone working again. you will need to hard reset it. (factory reset)
1. take your battery out and press the power button to drain any power still inside diods and resisters.
2. put the battery back in and press and hold the 2 soft key buttons.
3. continue holding the softkey buttons and turn on the phone.
4. it should ask you if you want to hard reset your phone. If it goes to the wm61 splash screen take the battery out and try again.
this will erase everything on your phones memory including reg edits and installed programs, txt msgs, any contact thats on on your sim, etc.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I prefer these screens over any other. Diamond (nice) or HTC. Problem is that neither one will get data for weather unless you are on an unlimited data plan.
I found (via proxy) that the 5.99 plan does everything you need even with wifi disabled; saving me 15quid/month. Also the myfaves portion of the homescreen is totally worthless to me as well.
Great post
June 10th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
For weather anywhere, as HTC Home will not display many cities, http://m.wund.com does the trick for me and I can shortcut my exact zip as a favorite in IE.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Do you have to erase everything on your phone to set the backround.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Frankie .. Just go into Start > Settings > Home Screen and set the background there
To switch to fahrenheit press the scroll wheel to the right. up and down go through the menu left and right slect options. hence why you would press right or left instead of down
June 11th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Ok, strangest thing. did everything to the T…. Go the diamond theme up and running and the percentages for Battery, Ram, and signal strength to show, but the pictures for Battery, RAM, and signal strength are not there!!! what I mean is the tiny png pictures that should be directly to the left of each percentage. How do I get them to show up? Any ideas.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:49 am
I can’t get the Diamond theme to work!!! I have downloaded the original HTC theme with the the weather and all that good stuff, but when i try to switch the home screen to HTC2, the home screen turns white and it says that I have to go back and switch to another home screen theme. Help…Any suggestions???
June 11th, 2008 at 8:27 am
rich, i think you have to change your background image to ‘default’. i was having that issue, too. i’m sure theres a code where you can change the background image though.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:19 am
edit the xml. its a background image tag.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:20 am
thanks crayons!! I had to change the background image and color to default.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Now is there any way that we can get that Google search bar in this home screen. With that added, this screen would be amazing!! With that home screen and the SmartTool Kit, it would be perfect.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Do I need to upgrade to 6.1 for this to work?
June 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I did the “hard reset”, and then reloaded the cab.(s) on the phone. Work like a charm. Thanks
June 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
thanks it works great on my phone, even the media player is there- thanks
June 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
“FAVORITE PEOPLE” on my shadow, likes to work when it feels like it. Opens then closes right away… Seems like when you first boot the phone it works and you can choose favorites, but after a while something bugs and it no longer works. I’ve read on the forum a couple of people so far have had that same problem.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
where is the 6.1 update for my current shadow, and i dont like this theme
June 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
@:Organized Fellow
Well i mean like the pantech duo, dash, wing(which sucks), the blackjack, bacicly like their homescreens thats wat i think the shadows homescreen should have
June 12th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
how do i get rinku’s toolbar on the htc screen?
June 12th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
With regards to the issue of My Faves screen not holding it is important to switch your device off\on BEFORE selecting your Faves. If you have the theme installed already uninstall the original HTC home plugin via Activesync Tools\Add and Remove Programs then re-install it. When you have the theme chosen switch your device off\on BEFORE selecting Your Faves and the Weather.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Where do I put the downloaded files on my phone?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
hey. i cant get my shadow htc2 home screen to display exactly what is displayed above….someone pleeeeeeeeease help me. oh yea and thanks for the heads up about the defaulting photo for the screen to work
June 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Does anyone know if this HTC Diamond style will work on Tmobile Wing?
June 14th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
John Smith said:
June 10th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
For weather anywhere, as HTC Home will not display many cities, http://m.wund.com does the trick for me and I can shortcut my exact zip as a favorite in IE.
I was wondering if someone could elaborate on this. i have internet on my phone, and can put in my zip code. But as far as extracting, i’m a little confused. Sorry lol
June 17th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
hey my only show 3 thing y is it not working????
it only shows wmp and profile statues upcoming appointments y those it only show this thing???
June 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
hey does anyone know how to put colored iconbar plugin by rinku? thanks in advance!
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
check the forums. i updated this for rinkus dockstation.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
is there some way to keep the clock from the original htc theme?
June 24th, 2008 at 3:49 am
The only thing I can’t get to work on this theme is that when you turn the alarm on, instead of the illuminated alarm clock icon next to the time, a “house” icon will be displayed instead. Any way of getting the correct icon to show up?
June 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
When you use this homescreen does the weather cost extra if you use it, and by putting this theme on the phone does it automatically charge without notcie for the weather
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
I’ve been using it for 2 week now. As much as I want to like it, I noticed I had to charge my shadow more frequently. Maybe it’s because it’s trying to retrieve the weather but only works via wifi (the 5.99 hack plan doesn’t work). And it takes a few seconds more of a delay to do anything.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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July 13th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
this theme is awesome, i cant wait to get the actual htc touch diamond
July 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
great bg i had it for like a month then i updated my software in the shadow wit the voice post card ish, nd tried to put it back on my phone and it WONT work cuz the cab was made for the older software that came on the shadow. now i have to use the ugly ass neo screen or whateva u wanna call it :(.. ish sucks is there a way you cuold make a new diamond bg cab for the new software update?
July 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
nvm well not really, cuz the 2nd 1 was better but i got it back jus had to install the gregory version with the smaller icons. but i’m not gonna complain atleast i got it back
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
yeah umm i set my color and bachground to default but my home scree only shows the icon ber help please
July 26th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
you might have the updated ish for the shadow. nd u havin the same prob i had..u have to dl the very 1st htc bg they posted, its the only 1 that works with the updates..
July 26th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
My Faves question..I read the posts that said that they are trouble getting it to work. I am too. It is just as described before, It quickly turns off and I can’t use it. Do you have to subscribe to the service of “My Faves” or whatever it is called with T-Mobile? If not, then how can I get it to work? I don’t get the on/off, reinstall post from before.Anyone willing to to restate it for my big dumb brain?
July 26th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
hey Shadow Mike is this even safe to put on my phone?
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
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August 5th, 2008 at 6:04 am
For the new htcs will they have the simply everything plan as a requirment ?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I’ve treid it on my s710 i but i only see a black screen without clock
But only the recently choos’d programs
Greets