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arthursdomain · #1 09-08-2007, 06:48 PM

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/other-methods/4402-guide-starting-scratch-modding-using-ibrickr-1-0-1-1-0-2-a.html)

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.