HTC Diamond WAD2 Theme .v2 **16/July/08**

ITS FINALLY HERE!!!!

Installation

You need to download all the attached files
Open theme zip and READ THE DIRECTIONS PLEASE!!!!!!!
I'm working with someone who is going to help build an install cab
so it will be alot easier, that will come soon.
Also I have not had a chance to write set up procedures for the people page
but defiantly will. I did provide 9 generic pics of guys and girls siluets already set up, they are located in the HTC Touch Diamond Images folder under People templates.

Note to Titan,Mogal,xv6800 owners this theme works on the phone but because of lack of memory WAD2 does shut down sometimes, not sure if this the case with other phones we still need to remember WAD2 is in beta stages right now so we kinda have to deal with this. Its alot better than it was last build. Chris over at Lakeridge is working hard to try to get the memory issues solved for good so lets hope.

No landscape support as of yet

enjoy guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

million thanx to jdume for this masterpeice
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=28385





New Cab Install!!!!! By Bedoig


1) Install Wisbar Advance Desktop. The WAD2 Release Candidate 4 cab that jdume posted should last you until July 31, after that you'll have to upgrade to a new Release Candidate or buy the program (if it is released).

2) Install Wisbar Advance 3. At the final phase of the installation, you will be asked if you want to start Wisbar. Choose no (uncheck the box), and then hit "finish installation."

3) Install "Diamond Theme - by jdume." This cab contains all the necessary files, registry entries, etc. to get your theme ready to go. You're device will reset, and you should be ready to start customizing all of your people, programs, etc (sorry, you still have to do that part yourself ).




A couple of notes:

- The theme cab is large, and has to copy A LOT of files to various locations on your device. As such, it will take a long time to run. Like 10-12 minutes on my device. This is normal, and if you have set up the theme manually before, you will know that it takes quite some time to copy all the files to their respective directories.

- I've tested the cab on a fresh hard reset, with nothing except WAD2 and WA3 installed. It is entirely possible that you could encounter conflicts with your particular setup.

- The directory locations in this cab are hard coded for standard English setups. As a result, this will not work on non-English devices. For example, if you're storage card doesn't show up as "Storage Card" in your file explorer, this will not work.

- This only installs the files and settings necessary for jdume's core theme. Any additional programs still need to be installed separately.

- The cab *should* be fully uninstallable.




If anyone is interested, here is exactly what is included in this cab:

- All relevant theme/graphic folders created by jdume will be installed to their appropriate, default locations.

- All necessary config files and registry entries will be put in place to minimize setup after installation. Your device *should* look just like the screenshots. You will just need to set up your contacts, weather location, and other personal preferences. WAD2 and WA3 should also now be set to start on device reset.

- Changes your standard device theme to a Diamond theme. WA3 still reads some info from your Windows Mobile theme, so this is necessary. The cab doesn't use a tsk file to change your theme. It directly updates your registry with system color information, and copies tdywater.gif and stwater.gif to /windows. I did also place a copy of diamond.tsk on your storage card, so you can change back and forth if desired.


http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...9&d=1216472653

Some Q&A.

1. How do i get the txt msg shortcut to actually work, i click it and get an error msg, same for email ?

Tap and hold on the button,select properties,edit script,tap launch a program,edit tap the grey square box, and select the program you want from the list, same applies to all buttons missing shortcuts.

2. How do i edit the programs menu? Theres 3 empty slots and I wanted to know if I can actually fill in the blanks here?

Tap and hold on the empty slot a menu will pop up select new,then shortcut then tap the grey box, select what you want, the ok now there are some programs icons I've provided, but you will have to uncheck use default icon, now under normal image tap the grey box, then tap the black down arrow, select the programs icon folder, scroll through to see if there is some thing you want to use, if so select it and ok. Now the pressed image, find the blank icon and select it then ok. you now have a shortcut to that program with an icon if there is no icon for the program you want then check use default image, you will need to position it.

3. For the weather, how do i get icons ( sun, moon, clouds etc ) to show. It shows the temp its automatically updating..i just dont see any icons?

Tap and hold on the screen, select settings, then tap the icon tab, large icon directory tap browse, expand the storage card folder, then expand the HTC touch Diamond images folder, and select HTC large weather icons, then ok out.

[Jstar]

Originally Posted by mike20pr

just wait for the Guaya Guaya Fest!!!! Thats the BeeHive where all da ladies will be buzzin :brows:

hell yea.. yo ima be out there on the 28th
im stayin at the waterclub with my wife ..

OH and back to the topic at hand..

HOW THE **** DO U INSTALL WA3 and WAD2 im lookin at this shit like uhhhhhh

que lambon right.. :40:

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by Jstar

hell yea.. yo ima be out there on the 28th
im stayin at the waterclub with my wife ..

OH and back to the topic at hand..

HOW THE **** DO U INSTALL WA3 and WAD2 im lookin at this shit like uhhhhhh

que lambon right.. :40:

dont freak out on me bro LOL, all the instructions are in the .v2 zip, trust me just follow the steps and you are golden, take it from me that its my first time using wisbar software and i set it up no sweat

[Jstar]

EDIT:

i figured it out..

it was right there the whole time..

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by Jstar

ok so i dont get it..

i cant get past that first step..with wad2 and wa3 part in the beginning

i dunno where im jackin it up.. but until theres a "install this theme for dummies" released i cant mess with it

its simple man, just install WA3 and WAD, now replace the Lakeridge folder found in *root*/program files with the one provided, and extract the htc diamond folder to the storage card *root* (no subfolders, so that the theme can read the images) now press and hold on the blank today and change the desktop theme to the diamond one

all the rest are the settings that it tells you to change to get WA3 to match

[Jstar]

yea i just finished that part.. i edited my post while u were making ur post

thanks for the help tho.. its flowin now with out any problems im almost done with the install

[broSki]

Originally Posted by mike20pr

its simple man, just install WA3 and WAD, now replace the Lakeridge folder found in *root*/program files with the one provided, and extract the htc diamond folder to the storage card *root* (no subfolders, so that the theme can read the images) now press and hold on the blank today and change the desktop theme to the diamond one

all the rest are the settings that it tells you to change to get WA3 to match

cono mike, tu no te puedes quedar con un theme, simpre cambiando lol.....asi mismo tu cambia de mujeres lmaoo....anywho let me know how this theme works out bro, how smooth, battery hog?

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by broSki

cono mike, tu no te puedes quedar con un theme, simpre cambiando lol.....asi mismo tu cambia de mujeres lmaoo

haha q se joda, la vida es muy corta pa quedarse con una na ma

ps. im making myself a challenge.... im gonna make the closest possible all around iphone interface and setup for the touch, home, animations, contacts, apps, all around behavior.... just for kicks

Now!!! Thats What I Call Iphone by b()r!ku/\ m()dZ coming soon :brows:

[broSki]

Originally Posted by mike20pr

haha q se joda, la vida es muy corta pa quedarse con una na ma

ps. im making myself a challenge.... im gonna make the closest possible all around iphone interface and setup for the touch, home, animations, contacts, apps, all around behavior.... just for kicks

Now!!! Thats What I Call Iphone by b()r!ku/\ m()dZ coming soon :brows:

lmaooo este borikua esta pasao lol.....I hate iphones and apple products so i dont care to much about iphone like themes lol, but dont forget ur review on this skin

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by broSki

lmaooo este borikua esta pasao lol.....I hate iphones and apple products so i dont care to much about iphone like themes lol, but dont forget ur review on this skin

nah this setup that ima do isnt to keep, its to see how it turns out and then take it apart, like i said, for kicks

[Jstar]

ok everthings installed and its running smoothly.. u were right about the animations, even the sounds are pretty dope!

PERO when i go to open a txt msg or an email i get the error msg : "error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename."

how do remap to avoid getting this msg

i also just re-did my s2u2 to match the clock on the main page!

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by Jstar

ok everthings installed and its running smoothly.. u were right about the animations, even the sounds are pretty dope!

PERO when i go to open a txt msg or an email i get the error msg : "error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename."

how do remap to avoid getting this msg

im at the same stage as you, im checkin @ ppcgeeks to see if i can figure out how to do that also

[slick78]

are the wa3 and wad2 files the same as the wisbardesktop.rc4 cab and wisbaradv3.wm6.cab if not were do i find the wa3 and wad2 files to install?

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by slick78

are the wa3 and wad2 files the same as the wisbardesktop.rc4 cab and wisbaradv3.wm6.cab if not were do i find the wa3 and wad2 files to install?

those cabs are that apps themselves and the theme are in folders found in the diamond.v2.zip

[slick78]

ok but im trying to figure out which one is wad2 and wa3 because the instructions say thay have to be installed in a certain order so i was trying to figure out which one is which so i can install the right one first. thanks

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by slick78

ok but im trying to figure out which one is wad2 and wa3 because the instructions say thay have to be installed in a certain order so i was trying to figure out which one is which so i can install the right one first. thanks

wisbaradv3.wm6.cabb is WA3 which is installed first
wisbardesktop.rc4 cab is wisbar advance desktop which installs second

[Jstar]

Originally Posted by mike20pr

wisbaradv3.wm6.cabb is WA3 which is installed first
wisbardesktop.rc4 cab is wisbar advance desktop which installs second

see i aint the only one with that issue.. thats the same spot i was at where i kept getting stuck. They're not labeled individually so it gets a bit confusing.

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by Jstar

see i aint the only one with that issue.. thats the same spot i was at where i kept getting stuck. They're not labeled individually so it gets a bit confusing.

i figured it out quite quick just by seeing the word desktop, but this should avoid further confusion

[slick78]

i finally got everything set up and running but i am having a problem with the weather setup. when i go into weater and try and add my city is says (could not connect to search site) so notinng is showing up in the weather tab. any ideas whats going wrong?

[Jstar]

Originally Posted by slick78

i finally got everything set up and running but i am having a problem with the weather setup. when i go into weater and try and add my city is says (could not connect to search site) so notinng is showing up in the weather tab. any ideas whats going wrong?

do u have an active data connection? if i was in ur situaion..what i would do is :

1. confirm data connection, this seems to be a major issue with most "wp" users
2. settings > today > items > weatherpanel > options > about > run diagnostics.

After you do that it should read :

Cache Connection : False
Connection SUCCESS
Auth : UBETCHA

that obviously means you have an active connection other than that..cant help ya..lol

[rwcj63]

Originally Posted by broSki

damn this theme looks wicked.....i might be considering wad apps

what are wad apps? i've seen them around but i have no idea what they are or how they work.

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by rwcj63

what are wad apps? i've seen them around but i have no idea what they are or how they work.

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/

[rwcj63]

ok. i've got this stuff installed. i'm having the following problems.

1) weather images won't come up. the path is set to where the large and small icons are (on the card as instructed) but stll not working.

2) can't get texting or email to work. apparently i don't have the shortcuts set up properly.

3) switching between panels is extremly slow.

any assistance would be appreciated. this is the nicest setup i've ever had and i'd rally like to iron out the small problems i'm having with it and use it full time.

[kudvu002]

[quote=rwcj63;266742]ok. i've got this stuff installed. i'm having the following problems.

1) weather images won't come up. the path is set to where the large and small icons are (on the card as instructed) but stll not working.

2) can't get texting or email to work. apparently i don't have the shortcuts set up properly.

3) switching between panels is extremly slow.

any assistance would be appreciated. this is the nicest setup i've ever had and i'd rally like to iron out the small problems i'm having with it and use it full time.[/QUOT

here is a link to the and answers to your questions http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...ht=diamond+wad

[Jstar]

[quote=kudvu002;266936]

Originally Posted by rwcj63

ok. i've got this stuff installed. i'm having the following problems.

1) weather images won't come up. the path is set to where the large and small icons are (on the card as instructed) but stll not working.

2) can't get texting or email to work. apparently i don't have the shortcuts set up properly.

3) switching between panels is extremly slow.

any assistance would be appreciated. this is the nicest setup i've ever had and i'd rally like to iron out the small problems i'm having with it and use it full time.[/QUOT

here is a link to the and answers to your questions http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...ht=diamond+wad

OK.

1. for the weather what ur gonna do is :
Tap and hold on the screen, select settings, then tap the icon tab, large icon directory tap browse, expand the storage card folder, then expand the HTC touch Diamond images folder, and select HTC large weather icons, then ok out.

2. for ur shortcuts :
Tap and hold on the button,select properties,edit script,tap launch a program,edit tap the grey square box, and select the program you want from the list, same applies to all buttons missing shortcuts

3. thats an actual issue with WAD/WA, as of yet since its still in beta, theres no option for speed on the tab flipping

[kudvu002]

update your first post

Enjoy!!!!!

New Cab Install!!!!! By Bedoig


1) Install Wisbar Advance Desktop. The WAD2 Release Candidate 4 cab that jdume posted should last you until July 31, after that you'll have to upgrade to a new Release Candidate or buy the program (if it is released).

2) Install Wisbar Advance 3. At the final phase of the installation, you will be asked if you want to start Wisbar. Choose no (uncheck the box), and then hit "finish installation."

3) Install "Diamond Theme - by jdume." This cab contains all the necessary files, registry entries, etc. to get your theme ready to go. You're device will reset, and you should be ready to start customizing all of your people, programs, etc (sorry, you still have to do that part yourself ).




A couple of notes:

- The theme cab is large, and has to copy A LOT of files to various locations on your device. As such, it will take a long time to run. Like 10-12 minutes on my device. This is normal, and if you have set up the theme manually before, you will know that it takes quite some time to copy all the files to their respective directories.

- I've tested the cab on a fresh hard reset, with nothing except WAD2 and WA3 installed. It is entirely possible that you could encounter conflicts with your particular setup.

- The directory locations in this cab are hard coded for standard English setups. As a result, this will not work on non-English devices. For example, if you're storage card doesn't show up as "Storage Card" in your file explorer, this will not work.

- This only installs the files and settings necessary for jdume's core theme. Any additional programs still need to be installed separately.

- The cab *should* be fully uninstallable.




If anyone is interested, here is exactly what is included in this cab:

- All relevant theme/graphic folders created by jdume will be installed to their appropriate, default locations.

- All necessary config files and registry entries will be put in place to minimize setup after installation. Your device *should* look just like the screenshots. You will just need to set up your contacts, weather location, and other personal preferences. WAD2 and WA3 should also now be set to start on device reset.

- Changes your standard device theme to a Diamond theme. WA3 still reads some info from your Windows Mobile theme, so this is necessary. The cab doesn't use a tsk file to change your theme. It directly updates your registry with system color information, and copies tdywater.gif and stwater.gif to /windows. I did also place a copy of diamond.tsk on your storage card, so you can change back and forth if desired.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...9&d=1216472653

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by kudvu002

update your first post

Enjoy!!!!!

New Cab Install!!!!! By Bedoig


1) Install Wisbar Advance Desktop. The WAD2 Release Candidate 4 cab that jdume posted should last you until July 31, after that you'll have to upgrade to a new Release Candidate or buy the program (if it is released).

2) Install Wisbar Advance 3. At the final phase of the installation, you will be asked if you want to start Wisbar. Choose no (uncheck the box), and then hit "finish installation."

3) Install "Diamond Theme - by jdume." This cab contains all the necessary files, registry entries, etc. to get your theme ready to go. You're device will reset, and you should be ready to start customizing all of your people, programs, etc (sorry, you still have to do that part yourself ).




A couple of notes:

- The theme cab is large, and has to copy A LOT of files to various locations on your device. As such, it will take a long time to run. Like 10-12 minutes on my device. This is normal, and if you have set up the theme manually before, you will know that it takes quite some time to copy all the files to their respective directories.

- I've tested the cab on a fresh hard reset, with nothing except WAD2 and WA3 installed. It is entirely possible that you could encounter conflicts with your particular setup.

- The directory locations in this cab are hard coded for standard English setups. As a result, this will not work on non-English devices. For example, if you're storage card doesn't show up as "Storage Card" in your file explorer, this will not work.

- This only installs the files and settings necessary for jdume's core theme. Any additional programs still need to be installed separately.

- The cab *should* be fully uninstallable.




If anyone is interested, here is exactly what is included in this cab:

- All relevant theme/graphic folders created by jdume will be installed to their appropriate, default locations.

- All necessary config files and registry entries will be put in place to minimize setup after installation. Your device *should* look just like the screenshots. You will just need to set up your contacts, weather location, and other personal preferences. WAD2 and WA3 should also now be set to start on device reset.

- Changes your standard device theme to a Diamond theme. WA3 still reads some info from your Windows Mobile theme, so this is necessary. The cab doesn't use a tsk file to change your theme. It directly updates your registry with system color information, and copies tdywater.gif and stwater.gif to /windows. I did also place a copy of diamond.tsk on your storage card, so you can change back and forth if desired.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...9&d=1216472653

this is gold btotha!!!! ill update when i get to my pc

thanx

Posted via Mobile Device

[kudvu002]

Originally Posted by b()riku/\ m()dz

this is gold btotha!!!! ill update when i get to my pc

thanx

Posted via Mobile Device

word it's way easier! just like it says its taking the cab a while to install but oh well its a hassle out of the way! cab install is over and wow this is the best one...I'm on kaos stripped 3 and its not extremely fast like throttle but features are way better!! that was one of the easiest theme installs ive done especially being so intense.

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by kudvu002

word it's way easier! just like it says its taking the cab a while to install but oh well its a hassle out of the way! cab install is over and wow this is the best one...I'm on kaos stripped 3 and its not extremely fast like throttle but features are way better!! that was one of the easiest theme installs ive done especially being so intense.

aiite bro, ill be sure to do it, but im not home as of yet, but ill get to it when i do

unless one of the fellow staff can update for me

Posted via Mobile Device

[kudvu002]

so im having these issues! when i try to add a favorite contact it always pulls up icontant and there is no way of selecting a fav through that unless im missing something. Also i cant remeber where im supposed to go to get my code for the weather. and the third is when i pull up my music page i have a playlist tab at the bottom, i go into author mode and try and change that path to make it pull up s2p but it wont allow and always uses wmp. let me know if you have any ideas on these as i read 28 pages at ppc and didnt see any!

EDIT: i found my weather fix thread from an old manilla theme...this is what it stated:when u go to http://weather.yahoo.com put in your zip to get the weather then click on the orange RSS button @ the top, it will change the page to RSS format (all text) on the first line it will list the "location code" if youre in the US it saying something like mine USGA0013 (US - United States, GA

[amitvillehorror]

Please forgive me if I overlooked the answer to this question but I downloaded the theme and its showing up and everything BUT when I try to use the message icon or any of the icons for that matter at the bottom of the screen, I am getting a message saying "Error opening the shortcut or locating the target file name." I tried taking the theme off and re-downloading it but i am still getting the same message.


I don't know how to delete this reply off of here but please disreguard

[leffix]

It screwed my phone up too. I did exactly what the instructions told me, and i ended up with a sloow phone and a black screen with the Windows frame in the top. To bad, cuz this looked pretty wicked.

[609757aj]

Good lookn B- Mods, i was just using a diamond theme background with my Home Customizer buut....noow im bout to trick my Mogule with this 1 baby, keep doing what ya doing.

[kage220]

Hello Everybody :yahoo:

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by kage220

hello everybody :yahoo:

?????????? Hi?????????

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by d/\sh

?????????? Hi?????????

lol

[wlsmoku]

Originally Posted by b()riku/\ m()dz

1) Install Wisbar Advance Desktop. The WAD2 Release Candidate 4 cab that jdume posted should last you until July 31, after that you'll have to upgrade to a new Release Candidate or buy the program (if it is released).

any update on this since we are past the jul 31st date?

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by wlsmoku

any update on this since we are past the jul 31st date?

we have to wait till lakeridge releases the new version of the desktop beta.

[huuuhhh]

will this work with a at&T tilt?

[BiG JeW]

Originally Posted by huuuhhh

will this work with a at&T tilt?

You need to read the first page of every THREaD! It shows the requirements

[Nygel]

i must say has great animation and sounds but if you have a Mogul like I do the response is a little slow but in all great app. the only beef i have is that it has no touch flo on the main home page or I had to much of a memory draw that it shut that part off can't tell right now need more testing, but like Mike said it is 90% complete need little mapping

[wlsmoku]

thanks D/\SH and Nygel!

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by wlsmoku

thanks D/\SH and Nygel!

no problem... so i take it that you got it to work for you?

[wlsmoku]

Originally Posted by D/\SH

no problem... so i take it that you got it to work for you?

unfortunately not since the date is past on the software needed. but I am patiently waiting...and until then I will just run the hybrid and sick SPB mobile themes running around on this board :groupwave:

[oneph8]

this looks awesome! can't wait try it. it should hold me until the pro comes out. :)

[PROBEX]

I am tempted to try this one out... is everything needed for this active I have noticed that wad3 is the current version I have been trying to decide what mod to use I'm torn as they all seem to have complaints about being buggy as hell. S2P, this and touchflow .93 these are the 3 I am torn between... I really want to have something stable to play with I want to skin one of these things really bad but I don't wanna do something that turns out to be changed in a week... any advice or suggestions from any of the staff or members here would be apreciated tell me what you think is the best mod and easiest for me to configure so I can get to the fun stuff of skinning the shit out of it.

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by PROBEX

I am tempted to try this one out... is everything needed for this active I have noticed that wad3 is the current version I have been trying to decide what mod to use I'm torn as they all seem to have complaints about being buggy as hell. S2P, this and touchflow .93 these are the 3 I am torn between... I really want to have something stable to play with I want to skin one of these things really bad but I don't wanna do something that turns out to be changed in a week... any advice or suggestions from any of the staff or members here would be apreciated tell me what you think is the best mod and easiest for me to configure so I can get to the fun stuff of skinning the shit out of it.

well that last line told me that you wanted throttle launcher .93

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by PROBEX

I am tempted to try this one out... is everything needed for this active I have noticed that wad3 is the current version I have been trying to decide what mod to use I'm torn as they all seem to have complaints about being buggy as hell. S2P, this and touchflow .93 these are the 3 I am torn between... I really want to have something stable to play with I want to skin one of these things really bad but I don't wanna do something that turns out to be changed in a week... any advice or suggestions from any of the staff or members here would be apreciated tell me what you think is the best mod and easiest for me to configure so I can get to the fun stuff of skinning the shit out of it.

throttlelauncher 9.3 is way more useful than this theme, but why is s2p an issue you are torn with??? you can run this app with any interface, doesnt make a difference

BTW i would like to see more skins for throttle if you plan on doing so

[PROBEX]

I looked at skinning SPB mobile shell gotta say that thing is a nightmare to work with and after a week of attempts said it aint worth it... I will deff check out S2P and throttle the thing. I will be loading them up tommorow hopefully and testing them out. Thanks guys for the input.

[ShaneV]

can i run this on my HTC Touch Dual 850?

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by ShaneV

can i run this on my HTC Touch Dual 850?

yes it fits in the requirements of wisbar advance and wisbar advance desktop.