Changing Sms Balloons, and background on 3g s jailbroken using purplera1n

[JudasFEKE]

.. So i am pretty new to this, i jailbroke my iphone using purplrain to install cydia, and winterboard.. And i can cahgne almost every background and such..but i cant find the correct information on changing the Balloons and Background..
When i change using Winterboard the changes dnt take??
Any suggestions?

[blkcadi]

Welcome to MMi.
Most of the info you seek if not all can be had by doing a search. Here check this link out and see if it has the info you need.
I do not mean to be rude, you are new and simply pointing you in the proper direction. Enjoy.

[JudasFEKE]

TO REPLACE MANUALLY ITS:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ChatKit.Framework/ and replace the ballon pngs

TO ACTIVATE WITH WITERBOARD:
/Library/Theme/"name of your theme"/Folders/
make a folder inside and name it "ChatKit.framework"
and place ballon png's there

i dnt have this thru ssh, cant find this directory...

[blkcadi]

Sure you do, it is in the root directory. Are you using WinScp or what?

[JudasFEKE]

yup yup so i pull up winscp, login ... there is library & media i go into library.. no private frameworks folder ... am i looking in the right place?

[blkcadi]

You have to go to the root directory, that's not it.
Ok, if you looking at WinScp, on the right is your phone file system (2 screens showing, left and right), you will see a folder (upper right side task bar) that has an "/" on it (click there), that will bring you to the root directory or you can double click on folder on the main screen.
Boy I think I made this harder than it is sorry for the directions. Hopefully you'll understand. Long day.

[JudasFEKE]

ok i got that, i only see a frameworks folder with nothing inside

totally.. i work att cust care so i understand..so anyway im following

[blkcadi]

Try system/library/privateframeworks/chatkit.framework

[JudasFEKE]

found it...now its ChatKit.framework? right

[blkcadi]

Yup, there are 2 files in there that you change. Now you are seasoned SSH'r and forum searcher. nice job. lmao
You learned that way grasshopper, rather than just pointing the way.

[JudasFEKE]

Now if i were to save these exact icons ( ballon_1.png & 2 etc) and replace them with my own.. can i go back and make relpace mine with the orignal?
And which one is the background.png?

[blkcadi]

What I do is, I leave the files there. I just rename them I add "bac" to it. like from icon.png to iconbac.png.
That way it's always there if I want to change back or I screw up. But you can save them in a folder if you choose. I just find this easier for me.

You can't change the sms background yet on 3.0 but most everything else you can.

[JudasFEKE]

cool cool thanks a lot i just tried it and it worked just fine...ive been trying to do this by myslef for days... apparently sms themes will not work thru winterboard

[blkcadi]

Nice job, glad it worked out for you. And you are correct because 3.0 changed some of the file system locations most SMS themes will not work.