[monica_69]

simple question:

Can the background (not wallpaper) be changed on iPhone running 2.2 without using Winterboard ?

So far, Google tells me NO

thank you in advance,

[cricketlang]

just install winterboard. then find a wallpaper you want and name it Wallpaper.png

then create a folder and name it Wallpaperonly.theme and put that file in there.

ssh into the phone and put this folder in "library\themes"

it wont slow your phone down. if you start adding more stuff youll get a MINOR slow down but me personally i just have a wallpaper theme right now and my phone runs awesome. you can use this program called springroll instead of winterboard but i dont recomend it. feel free to ask any other questions

[monica_69]

my whole point is if it can be done without winterboard ? I'm currently doing exactly what you suggested, seems to be fine. I've read that winterboard slows everything down though. thanks.

[fungrified]

i think cricketlang is right.
it wont slow down noticeably if you just put one theme on
because then it is using less memory. problems begin when you get many themes (even not active ones)

[cricketlang]

if you dont want to use winterboard at all use springroll. i really think its buggy as hell but if you want to try it go for it. actually i dont even know if springroll was ever updated to have the background feature. if you just have the single theme installed as a wallpaper only your fine. im running winterboard with very minor performance issues. i love it and its stable and safe

[monica_69]

ok, thanks, i guess the answer is no to changing the background without using winterboard.

[Chefanim]

Google was right, The answer is a big NO

[monica_69]

what I would like to know is how the heck does Winterboard do it ? I'd like to copy how winterboard does it but do it manually myself without winterboard. i don't change my background that often, i wouldn't mind ssh'ing in once in a while to change the background manually.

[Chefanim]

There is no manual way, even with SSH. There is no original background image that winterboard replaces.

[monica_69]

isn't the original background image black ? i read somewhere on google that winterboard tricks it somehow with a shortcut and points it to another location ???? make sense ?

[Chefanim]

there is no original background image, therefore nothing to replace. Winterboard provides a script that solves that problem.

[roger505]

Actually I find that using a wallpaper in winterboard is the first addition that slows your phone down, I have a winterboard theme with no wallpaper just icons and it runs great!! but once I slap a wallpaper back there its starts to lag.

[Chefanim]

Originally Posted by roger505

Actually I find that using a wallpaper in winterboard is the first addition that slows your phone down, I have a winterboard theme with no wallpaper just icons and it runs great!! but once I slap a wallpaper back there its starts to lag.

Probably because of what I wrote in my previous post

[monica_69]

hey Chefanim, would you know how to apply that script without using Winterboard ?

[cricketlang]

do some searching around. i dont think its possible and if it is its gonna be hard to do. just use winterboard. im telling you. if you mess something up with the default springboard settings you will only get the SWOD. deal with the SUPER minor lag. i have my theme and performance is AWESOME.