skinning from scratch
a tutorial for summerboard windows users
This tutorial will teach you how to do the following:
-Install Summerboard.app
-Install rSBT.app
-Adding/changing icons using Winscp or iBrickr
-Add a background using summerboard
System:
Windows XP SP2
iTunes 7.4
iPhone 1.0.2
Programs:
iBrickr v0.8 (http://cre.ations.net/creation/ibrickr)
Winscp (http://winscp.net/eng/download.php)
Summerboard.app (use installer app)
rSBT.app (use installer app)
AIS907 *icon set* (http://www.modmyi.com/forums/downloa...do=file&id=637)
Resources:
starting from scratch by myself: (http://modmyi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4402)
Authors Notes:
before you start this, make sure your iphone is jailbreaked and you can winscp into your phone. if you do not know what that means, you may want to read the notes in the resource area of this post before starting.
Step 1
Installing summerboard.app
Run installer on your iphone
Step 2
Press on SummerBoard
Step 3
Press on the install button
Step 4
It will ask you: Install package "SummerBoard"?
Press Yes
Step 5
Installing rSBT
Press on rSBT
Step 6
Press on the install button
Step 7
It will ask you: Install package "rSBT"?
Press Yes
Step 8
Press the home key on your iphone
(at this point your iphone may soft reboot)
Step 9
To activate summerboard, do a full restart
Hold power button button until the red slider appears and slide
Press the power button to turn the iphone back on.
summerboard should now be activated
Step 10
Adding new prorgam icons
Download AIS907 and unzip
Step 11
Start Winscp and ssh into your iphone
Step 12
Open the folder with the AIS907 icons
Step 13
For this example we will do 1 icon, and it will be the mail icon
Open the mail folder within the AIS907 folder
-- WINSCP or iBRICKR START--
Step 14a
In Winscp
Open the application/mail folder
-click on the navigation drop down
-click on /<root>
-double click on applications
-double click on mobilemail.app
Step 15a
Click on the icon.png in the mail folder(in windows) and drag it to the mobilemail.app folder(in winscp)
OR
Step 14b
In iBrickr
Dock your iPhone
Step 15b
Open iBrickr
-click on files
-click on applications/ (in the fake iphone)
-click on mobilemail.app/ (in the fake iphone)
-click on upload file(s)
-navigate to the AIS907 folder
-double click on the mail folder
-click on the icon.png
-click open
-- WINSCP or iBRICKR END--
Once you've changed all the icons on your homescreen, its time to add in a background.
Step 16
Adding a background
Press on Photos (on your iphone)
Step 17
Press on Photo Library or Camera Roll
Step 18
Press on the photo you want for your background
Step 19
Press on the picture action button (bottom left corner of the screen)
Step 20
Press on Use As Wallpaper
Step 21
if you wish to resize it, you may otherwise,
Press the Set Wallpaper button
Step 22
Press the home button to see your progress so far
Step 23
Using rSBT
Run rSBT on your phone
Step 24
Press on settings at the bottom
Step 25
Change the settings to what you please.
Dock icons = icons on the bottom row of the iphone homescreen which do NOT change when you scroll up and down the homescreen
SpringBoard icons = amount of icons on your springboard, doesnt really do much at the moment, just set it to 16
Version = shows you the version of your rSBT
Restore to backup = will revert the rSBT to its original state
Step 26
Press on icon list at the bottom
Step 27
From here you can move the icons where ever you please, but pressing on the icon then pressing and draging the three lines on the far right side, up or down
Step 28
Once everything is setup the way you want it
Press the save button at the top right corner
Step 29
Press Close
Step 30
Press the home key to see your changes
Your phone will soft reboot and show you , your lock screen when it is completed, when you unlock your phone will be modified
There you have it, everything you need to know to add/change/modify your homescreen. From here your imagination is the limit. In this tutorial i did not show you how to add a seemless dock or a dock period. Search MMi for more information on how that is done, for the time being you can use the default dock or find one and copy it using winscp technique to the system/library/coreservices/springboard.app folder in winscp and copy over the file for the dock to change it. The dock is NOT transparent and is a separate image from the background. Currently there is no way to make one seemless background with summerboard.