[morrbido]

i'm a bit late i guess. but how do you remove the lockscreen text 'slide to unlock'
i'm trying to make a custom lockscreen but that text is always on top of it

[7heemr]

You have to edit the SpringBoard.strings file:

/System/Library/CoreServices/SprinBoard.app/English.lproj/SpringBoard.strings

But be careful because you can scramble the xml and corrupt the file. After a couple of attempts this is how I got it to work (I'm on a Mac, so this may not help if you're on Windows):

1. Backup the original file
2. Download SpringBoard.strings to your computer using whatever you use for an ftp client.
3. Change the suffix .strings to .plist
4. Open the newly named file with a plist editor (I used Plist Editor)
5. Scroll though the file until you find the string you want to change (there are lots)
6. Change the text to whatever you want, but do not exceed the original string's number of characters
7. Save the file.
8. Change the suffix .plist back to .strings and upload the file to your phone using your ftp client.
9. That should do it.

[morrbido]

thanks. but i have windows, and i've never heard of a plist editor. but i guess i could change it in wordpad.
the only thing is, i want to completely remove the text. so my lockscreen could look something like this:



and i don't understand how, for example, the perfect storm theme doesn't have the text, even without me changing any files.
oh i have a lot to learn

[7heemr]

You might try Best Clear Lock Screen in Cydia - it give you a clear lockscree when activated in Winterboard.