================WinterBoard Themes================

iPhone Theming on WinterBoard - Jay Freeman (Saurik)

Post your springboard themes and if you do know any tips n tricks/mods, do share with us.

*Please do not post any weblinks to crack sites or share screenshots with cracks icons as your post will be reported hence deleted by moderators.
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Example Mod Themes:

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Taking Screenshot
Taking screenshot of Springboard and Lockscreen: Press Home and Power button simultaneously. A shot bust of flash, screenshot pictures are save in Photos.

1. What is the meaning Springboard?
- Springboard (aka homescreen) is where all your applications are displayed. The SpringBoard typically refers to the homescreen of your iPod Touch or iPhone. More accurately, the SpringBoard is the program that allows you to launch applications from the homescreen.

2. What is Lockscreen?
- Where you swipe to unlock your phone.

3. Program to create Themes

Totone Theme: A simple program to create themes iPhone (Windows)

Totone Theme is an application for Windows that allows you to create complete themes for iPhone and iPod Touch. Operation is very simple and intuitive, and in this way we can customize any component as graphics: wallpaper, icons, the lockscreen, the slider, battery, and all other images.

Link: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/763530/+700#entry24812084
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SummerBoard Themes with WinterBoard:

"WinterBoard can apply SummerBoard theme. Just upload your SummerBoard Theme to /private/var/mobile/Library/SummerBoard/Themes (by default the folder /SummerBoard/Themes does not exist. We need to create it) and WbApp app, nicely compliment Winterboard as you can preview the theme first before applying it". (by master frozzbyte)

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Beginners Guide:

1. What is WinterBoard?
- A powerful app for theming the device in one simple tool and only applicable for Jailbreak iPhones.

2. What do i need to use Winterboard?
- A jailbreak iPhone with Cydia application installed.

3. What do i do after i have installed a theme from Cydia or manually uploaded to my iPhone?
Launch Winterboard and select (tick) the theme you have downloaded. Let it respring and you'll will see the new theme.


4. Where to download themes?
a) There are numerous themes made available via Cydia application. Download the selected themes and select the downloaded theme via Winterboard.
b) iPhone themes sites which requires you to manually upload it to the iPhone.

5. Theme Websites
a) http://www.modmyi.com/
b) http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/
c) http://macthemes2.net/forum/

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Intermediate Guide:

1. How to upload the themes downloaded from theme site?
- Use iPhone Mac/Windows File Manager to upload your themes.
1) Windows - DiskAid, WinSCP, iFunBox, iPhone Tunnel Suite
2) Mac - Cyberduck, DiskAid, Fugu

For iPhone users who has firmware 3.1.x above, download afc2add from Cydia which will allow you to use the iPhone Manager above. If not, you will not be able to access the root directory of the iPhone.

2. Where to place the theme downloaded from theme site?
- There's two iPhone partition. One is media partition and the second is root partition.
- All Themes are location in root partition @/Library/Themes.

*The /Library/Themes folder is simply a shortcut to /private/var/stash/Themes.XXXX Where XXXX is some random letters Winterboard creates.

3. View battery percentage and change clock with custom name?
Use Extended/Supreme Preferences. Download via Cydia. Select Extended preferences in Winterboard and quit Winterboard. Let it respring. Proceed to Settings and scroll down till you see SpringBoard. Select Springbaord and select Numeric Battery.

4. 5 Dock icons
Download Five Icon Dock via Cydia.

5. Manage application into Categories
Download Categories via Cydia which allows you to move your SpringBoard icons into folders.

6. Changing carrier name
Download "MakeItMine" via Cydia.

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Advance Guide:

*Please manually create the folders for all the path examples given below as per the folders name if the folders are not available in your current theme.

*(Your Theme) is the theme you're currently using with Winterboard.

1. Customize Icons
Icon path: (Your Theme)/Icons/
*make sure the icons in the icon folder must be named exactly like it shows at springboard i.e SMS is text.png, Mail is mail.png, installer.png and so on.
http://iphonetoolbox.com/category/icons/

2. Change Wallpaper and LockScreen Background
- Wallpaper (Homescreen) and LockBackground.png (Lockscreen)
Choose any picture and resize it to 320 X 480 and name it Wallpaper.png. Place them in your theme.

3. Changing System Font/Clock
* Connect USB cable to your iPhone. Use file manage and select root folder. Navigate to the folder below to change your font.
Clock Fonts: /System/Library/Fonts/Cache/LockClock.ttf
System Fonts: /System/Library/Fonts/Cache/Helvetica.ttf
System/Library/Fonts/Cache/HelveticaBold.ttf
*Replace the fonts with the custom fonts and restart iPhone to see changes.

Backup the original fonts before proceeding. (Helvetica.ttf, HelveticaBold.ttf and LockClock.ttf).
Navigate to the following folder on your iPhone using iPhonebrowser or any iPhone File Manager.

Link: http://blog.gauravgiri.com/
Link: Macthemes2.net
Link: Changing Font Colors and Size

FontSwap via Cydia is an app that allows you to change your Lock Clock font, your Notes font and your System font.

4. LogoMe: Custom BootScreen Application
Download LogoMe via Cydia.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/779930/+360#entry20858308

5. Weather Widget
Guide: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/779930/+680#entry21309841

6. Change Slider
(Your Theme)/Folders/TelephonyUI.framework/
- bottombarknobgray.png for your main slider icon.
- bottombarknobgreen.png for your call answer icon.
- bottombarknobred.png for shutdown icon.
Link: http://www.modmyi.com

7. Change UISounds and SMS Tones
Change User Interface and SMS tones to any sound you like and name as stated below:
(Your Theme)/UISounds/
1) Lock sound - lock.caf
2) Unlock sound - unlock.caf
3) Charging sound - beep-beep.caf
4) SMS sounds - sms-received1.caf to sms-received6.caf

8. Change Slide To Unlock Color
(Your Theme)/Folders/TelephonyUI.framework/
- bottombarlocktextmask.png to change the color of slide to unlock background.

9. Change Slide To Unlock with custom text or to no text
Saurik's new string to add text to AWAY_LOCK_LABEL
Under Saurik's theme, go to Bundles/com.apple.springBoard/en.Iproj. Copy SpringBoard.strings to the desktop. Edit SpringBoard.strings with texteditor and you will want to map just that one string to a different value. Change the "AWAY_LOCK_LABEL" = "slide to unlock" to:


Download: SpringBoard.string
Place SpringBoard.strings to your custom themes in Bundles/com.apple.springBoard/en.Iproj

10. Change Telco Carriers Logo
Guide: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/989411

11. Transparent background on Clock and Slide to Unlock
Have these files transparent.
1) topbarbkgnd.png
2) bottombarbkgndlock.png

Download
Place these files in : Your theme/Folders/TelephonyUI.framework. You'll have a full lockscreen/charging screen.

Transparent Clock background, place this folder in your theme.  _UIImages.zip ( 3.02k ) Number of downloads: 274


12. I can't seems to get the widget and my theme working. What's the solution?
- Move/Swap the themes by selecting the the 3 lines on your right screen in winterboard and place your theme as first priority.
Before
Widget
Your Theme
After
Your Theme
Widget

* Convert Apple Property list from binary to text XML
- https://brokolice.drsny.net/iphone/plutil/


13. Keyboard Themes
Keyboard theme thru winterboard are not supported in fw 3.X.X

Saurik: I just spent way too many hours pulling apart the 3.x keyboard code. There isn't enough legacy support to theme keyboards anymore. Sorry


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Current Mods Contributed by Forumers

To jump to any post below, example post 212..add =+211 » (http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/779930/+211)

0) Kids icon - post 16.
1) System Font (change font text and sms) - post 47.
2) Weather Widget - post 50 and download - post 813..
3) Carrier Logo - post 79.
4) Lock Clock Font - post 84.
5) Add text to AWAY_LOCK_LABEL - post 101.
6) Barcode LockClock Font - post 212.
7) Bubble LockClock Font - post 249.
8) Using Blank Apps (download from Cydia) - post 236.
9) Weather and Time post 302 and icon downloads post 546.
10) Background animated wallpaper - post 341.
11) LockScreen Time and Calender - post 342.
12) Custom boot screen(LogoMe via Cydia) - post 346.
13) iPhone Wallpaper links - post 367 n 397.
14) Text-Voice Converter message tone - post 383.
15) SMS Background mod - post 434.
16) Alienware Theme Cydia repo- post 490.
17) Alienware icons download - post 523.
18) Studio Theme download - post 546.
19) Various Fonts download- post 548.
20) Weather clock time date month widget download- post 559.
21) Various Font 2 - post 579.
22) Notes app theming - post 613.
23) Blank apps download - post 650 and 614.
24) Various Fonts 3 download - post 624
25) LockScreen (One Week Weather Widget and Calender) download and installation instructions- post 649.
26) 39 Lock Clock Fonts download- post 675.
27) Black Neon Agua Theme download - post 692.
28) Paul Frank Julius Theme download - post 700.
29) DEXTER Theme download - post 708.
30) Various Fonts 4 and Clock Fonts - post 716.
31) Picnic Theme download - post 774.
32) Transparent Lockscreen Bar - post 943.
33) WINDOWS VISTA for iPhone by syarawi a.k.a blockflop - post 973.
34) App Store Application Pack - post 1041.
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Cheers

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jun 28 2010, 08:25 PM

thanks bro..master WinterBoard gengstapo ask me to set up a WinterBoard thread and i have move most of the little tricks over. So everyone can browse and download easily and don't have to hunt it down.

If you have some funky ideas, do share too mate.

Glow Text does not use any batt at all. Just text-shadow on your icon text and download the GlowText file. Check the folder and you will see the plist file.

For Mp4 movie wallpaper, the movie will be moving. Pretty cool rite. I've updated the mp4 wallpaper with a link for you to checkout some clips.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Aug 31 2008, 08:14 PM

@Masamune

The plist is in the GlowText folder. Use a text editor to open the plist.

mp4 wallpaper only can be used via Winterboard. I have not tried the Summerboard path way.

Try deleting the Summerboard Gun Metal and only use the one you put in Library/Themes. That should work.

Hey bro, will look into the gunmetal file but for the tap tap revenge mod, better not do that way. Tap Tap Revenge will not be able to open after a day or two. I have tried the way you mentioned and i have gotta install tap tap app couple of times. So by selecting via Winterboard, Tap Tap has not crash or not able to open since. Safer via Winterboard.

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Added on September 1, 2008, 10:04 pmUpdated GunMetal.theme

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 1 2008, 10:04 PM

Studio Theme made with:

Glow Text
Transparent StatusBar, Dock, BarLock, BG Clock
White and Red Apple Silder
Mixture of Icons
Text Mask Blue
No Page Dots
Speedometer Battery





This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 19 2008, 02:16 AM

No Prob bro. Hope that the gunmetal theme works now.

Just incase if the tap tap does give you problem and not able to open, try via winterboard.

Most of the time it does crash using the override way. So i use via winterboard and after 3 days, still ok. Btw, here's a Guitar Hero icon(attached below) if you wanna change the tap tap revenge default icon.

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Added on September 1, 2008, 11:41 pmHahaha..thanks mate.

Cheers

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 2 2008, 01:27 AM


Attached File(s)
 Tap_Tap.png.zip ( 29.69k ) Number of downloads: 32

A big thank you to gpsp for allowing to use the real 3G icon which he has granted permission to upload.

Here's a preview of the 3G icon. Use via WinterBoard. You can downloaded it on the first post.

Check the file you downloaded. There's 2 png pictures in it. It may due to file corruption too and have been seeing files get downloaded from LY forum and not work like for example gunmetal theme.

I have updated the 3G Edge icon to 3G Edge.theme. It should work well.

If you can'tget it to work, try this:

/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app

FSO_UMTS_ON.png
Default_UMTS_on.png

make a backup of the 2 files, then overwrite wtih

FSO_EDGE_ON.png
Default_EDGE_ON.png

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 4 2008, 12:49 PM

Weather widget for your phone. (credit to MacThemes)



To change to your state and update interval time, go to Private folder and use text editor to view configureMe.js

Update interval:

Weather update interval every 35 minutes. (You can set any amount of time)



State:



Change to your state. e.g: Penang, Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia etc..

Save.

View Wallpaper.html with your browser and see if the weather widget works before you SSH to your phone.

*You have to be online to for the widget to work.

Cheers

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Nov 30 2008, 11:25 AM

Thanks zc_squash. Nice tutorial site. Tried a couple of days ago using this tutorial site + others to get our local carrier logo (maxis, digi, celcom) to use with Winterboard and can't get it to work yet. Any ideas mate?

@gengstapo

How is the progress on the carrier logo?

@frozzbyte

Any ideas how to get the carrier logo working with Winterboard?

@zc_squash

No idea man...I tried too and follow the instructions on site and also the way you did it and still could not get it to work. I wonder where's the problem.

That icon is thru SSH and placing the 50212 folder to Carrier Bundles which works well but since Winterboard can do it, this is much easier to change the carrier logo but somehow, it does not work via Winterboard yet and still finding solutions.

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 7 2008, 12:13 PM

Sure bro..Thanks.


This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 9 2008, 04:14 PM

Hi Terence,

Sure you can mate. Actually, most of the mods does not requires you to enter root command. Everything is done via the dot plist which is in the theme. You can do the changes on windows and SSH the theme to your phone.

The "slide to unlock" is a dot string which you need convert via a website, use a text edit software to edit the lines, save it and SSH back to the phone.

Btw, i'm totally not good at root command line stuff. Frozzbyte taught me some fundamental commands yesterday. Learn alot from him. Thanks frozzbyte

*Here's the thread with some iPhone applications links you can check out.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/776238

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 8 2008, 11:25 AM

NeoTech Font Key Theme is available via Winterboard- change your current keyboard font to NeoTech.



This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 8 2008, 12:05 PM

Snapshot Lockscreen (credit MacThemes)

Finally..we can take snapshot of the lockscreen.

1) install UIKIT Tools from Cydia
2) Open Terminal

In terminal:
ssh root@your ip address

and SSH in as

user: root or mobile
password: alpine

3) Lock the phone and hit the home button again to bring up the lockscreen (keep the lockscreen shown)
4) run the command "uishoot" (without quotes) in terminal

Terminal will show you where the picture is being captured too.

var/root/Media/DCIM/999APPLE/IMGxxxxxx.PNG

Now we can share our lockscreen..

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 23 2008, 04:15 PM