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Note: if you have a 2.0 iPhone and have Cydia installed, try WinterBoard which is now the new version of SummerBoard for newer iPhone/iPod touch users.

Have tons of native 3rd party apps on your iPhone? If so you are probably running out of space on your iPhone springboard (your iPhone homescreen). The Summerboard native iPhone app that enables scrolling on the springboard for your iPhone, so now you have unlimited space for native apps. Download and install SummerBoard via either Installer.app or iBrickr depending on your OS.

Below is a video demo of SummerBoard:

Summerboard now supports themes and they are now available for via installer.app. Some of them include: Oren, Phiberglass, JrWallace, and two variations of Tiger. You can also develop your own themes. Here is another example theme called colorGrid iPhone. SummerBoard themes are designed to be easy to make and reside on your iPhone. When making a SummerBoard theme, you name the PNG by what the app name looks like on the home screen, so for example: even though Photos and Camera are theoretically in the same app, you name the files Photos.png and Camera.png. Here is what the folder paths look like in /var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes/. You have a folder per theme with the following structure:

ThemeName/StatusBar.png - Status bar image (optional, 320×20 PNG, no alpha)
ThemeName/Wallpaper.png - The wallpaper (320×480 PNG, no alpha)
ThemeName/Dock.png - The dock image for the large dock (320×91 PNG, alpha)
ThemeName/MiniDock.png - The dock image for the mini dock (320×37 PNG, alpha)
And your icons (optional, 59×60 PNG, alpha) go in: ThemeName/Icons/

Use iPhone mods and hacks at your own risk! Installing 3rd Party iPhone apps requires you to jailbreak the iPhone before installing the native software and apps. You can use Installer.app for Mac OSX and iBrickr for Windows PC to do this. Browse the full list of all iPhone and iPod touch native 3rd party apps filed under the software category.

Here is how to manually Upload New SummerBoard Themes that you find online:

1. Install OpenSSH then install BSD Subsystem from Installer.app
2. Find your iPhone’s IP address: Go to the Home Screen > Settings > Wi-Fi > [Your Wi-Fi]. Look for the DHCP IP address. (Something like 192.168.1.10 etc.) This depends on the Wi-Fi network you are connected to at the time.
3. Disable Auto locking on your iPhone to make sure the device doesn’t fall sleep while you try to FTP to it. Settings > General > Auto-Lock > Never
4. Open up any FTP program (FileZilla for Windows, or CyberDuck for Mac) and create a new connection to your iPhone.
   Host: [THE IP ADDRESS]
   User: root
   Password: (The default for versions 1.0.2 and earlier is dottie. Default for version 1.1.1 is alpine
5. Browse to the folder /private/var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes/ and upload the entire folder for the theme you have downloaded to the Themes folder on your iPhone.
6. Go to SummberBoard via the SMBPrefs button on the Home Screen. Go to Themes and you will see the Theme you just uploaded. Select it.
7. For best results make sure settings for Theme Wallpaper, Theme Status Bar, Theme Icons and Theme Dock are all set to ON.
8. Go back to your Home Screen. Voila! you will see the new Theme applied to your iPhone.

Get it via Installer.app or iBrickr

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   March 3rd, 2008 at 12:15 am zaf says:

   i know how u guys feel not having summerboard in your iphones kinda frustrating so i’ll try to help anyways since i have the summerboard for my 1.0.2 in my computer i can try sending it to u guys if u want.since u cant download from ibrick..(just tell me how to send to u guys the only thing i know is through msn)

2. 39
   March 1st, 2008 at 1:26 am Sean says:

   hey, im currently using 1.0.2. i tried downloading summerboard from the site suggested by zaf. . . but it never seems to work . . .and so does the summerboard (old) on installer . . it there any other way i could possibly get this to work??
   please help
   cheers!

3. 38
   February 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm Nam says:

   i kept reading about installing install.pxl thru iBrick PXL install function, but it doesnt seem to work. is it because my Installer 3.0 is still therE? how can i uninstall Installer 3.0? it was installed orig by iBrick but it wasnt 3.0 at the time. i think thats why iBrick cannot uninstall it now.

4. 37
   February 28th, 2008 at 8:08 pm Nam says:

   I can’t install summerboard 2.11 thru iBrick because Installer 3.0 blocks the PXL. But at the same time i can’t uninstall installer 3.0? help!

5. 36
   February 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm alek says:

   hey can u get this to work with 1.1.4

6. 35
   February 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pm nremtp550 says:

   Instead of downgrading your firmware guys just upgrade to 1.1.3 and use ziphone to jailbreak it. It work great and it allows you to keep the cool features from the update as well.

7. 34
   February 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm othmane says:

   plz, got some trouble downloading summerboard,they say everytime i try “package download failed”
   it s the only app i got problems downloading it .
   tks for replyin

8. 33
   February 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pm 3v.mike says:

   Ok soooo I’ve got a Touch update to 1.1.4 and Jailbroken. I want to install summerboard but it tells me that I must have 1.1.3. Anyone have any ideas how to get around it?

9. 32
   February 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 am peter says:

   hahaha, use plain english and ’sop abbreviaing’… that made me laugh!… idiot…

10. 31
    February 17th, 2008 at 3:27 am chris says:

    could you all use plain english and sop abbreviaing.

11. 30
    February 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm steve says:

    i hav the same problem as zaf but i couldnt get ibrickr to sent summerboard to my phone. it says that its doing it but it never shows up. does anyone have more info on how to get summerboard on 1.0.2.

12. 29
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:23 am zaf says:

    nooo i stick to my old 1.0.2 =D okie just go to this website http://pxl.ibrickr.com/ thn u download the summerboard v2.11 if they say like scrip failed just try download again and again after u get tht send to your iphone wit ibrickr in files….hope u get summerboard =D enjoyyy iphone buddies.lol

13. 28
    February 11th, 2008 at 3:05 am ashish says:

    i cant download summerboard on my 1.0.2 they would always say i need to hav 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 to download summerboard..pls i really need help

14. 27
    February 10th, 2008 at 5:30 pm lachlanb says:

    i need it, tell me how you did it. hopefully you didnt have to update to 1.1.3

15. 26
    February 10th, 2008 at 3:44 pm ed says:

    man tell us how u did it!!! update to 1.1.3? or?

16. 25
    February 10th, 2008 at 6:56 am zaf says:

    woohhooo i just got my summerboard :p now my iphone is perfect.

17. 24
    February 10th, 2008 at 3:04 am lachlanb says:

    i would do that if my iphone wasnt unlocked but as it is (im in australia) i dont want to upgrade the firmware

18. 23
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am harrytheipodtouchmaster says:

    also mac or pc

19. 22
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am harrytheipodtouchmaster says:

    do you have an iPod or iPhone?

20. 21
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am zaf says:

    but is like 1.1.3 unlocked?cause like i live in malaysia so like kinda frighten to download new software and all…is there any other way?like is there a source i could add in my installer that has the old summerboard in it so i could download from there??and thks for trying to help.

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