WinterBoard
Want a sexy shiny new iPhone facelift? Since so many people have enjoyed using SummerBoard on their iPhone to theme and style the Springboard, now our good friend Jay Freeman has created WinterBoard. The idea is the same as SummerBoard but as always done better and with more features. The basic functionality is to allow you to theme Springboard by changing the icons of applications at will, using a custom wallpaper, and even modify the status bar and dock, all for the new 2.0 iPhone software.
While SummerBoard has always been closed and is now owned by RipDev and might not be free in the future with Installer 2.0, WinterBoard is both open source and free.
WinterBoard allows mixing themes together and loading multiple themes at once. So people can write themes focusing on just one area of the theme if desired. WinterBoard supports legacy SummerBoard themes. Another cool feature is video wallpapers, letting you set any .mp4 file as your background, as well as other things like web clips and sounds. And also wallpapers in WinterBoard can be played as a slide show screensaver as they change in the background. Pretty much any file listed in this list can be themed on the iPhone with WinterBoard.
WinterBoard even allows you to create themes using web development languages like HTML and CSS which will bring in a whole new dimension to creating themes. Text fields can also be themed which means things like the Calendar icon date, or icon labels are customizable.
There are alreay hundreds of themes available in Cydia for WinterBoard. You can see them categorized by Apps, Battery, Complete themes, Keyboard, Sounds, SpringBoard, System, Video and more. Most of them come with screenshots so you can see a glimpse before installing. After installing a new theme, open up WinterBoard and you will see it listed.
From there tap the line for your theme and a checkbox will appear next to the item. Remember that Themes are layered on top of one another. So the higher a theme is the more precedence it has. You can drag your themes by pressing on the 3 lines on the right and dragging the item up or down. Generally you want full themes to be on top and minor themes on the bottom to get the correct behavior. Then close WinterBoard and wait for SpringBoard to restart.
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i want video wallpaper in my iphone
Yes iwant
I want this software….where will i get this??
sounds cool but does it work??
yes it works like a charm
where to get this?
is winterboard works w/o jailbreaking the phone?
Install Cydia then you can install WinterBoard from Cydia
Hi
I can’t see the winterboard install icon whenever i select winterboard under the featured tab, i can’t find winterboard when using the search function for cydia, i’ve even looked under section > System and winterboard is nowhere to be found. Is it bugged up or something ? Please e-mail me if you know the answer. Thanks alot !! I really want to get my themes up =(
Bryan, Make sure to instal Cydia community sources . This adds a bunch of new apps including WinterBoard
WinterBoard requires 1)Jailbreaking 2)Cydia 3)Community Sources from Cydia
Yea i did, those under repositories right ? I’ve installed all that they’ve included in that repository file and i still can’t see it =/
Yea those from the repositories right ? I’ve installed all there is, now there’s no repositories folder in my itouch.
Search for “Cydia Community Sources” in Cydia and make sure it’s installed
Yes it is installed, checked it already. =/ i really don’t know what’s wrong it’s a 2.1 jb’ed itouch 1st gen
Great app and I’ve been customising all morning. But I am having problems with keyboard themes. I’ve installed some through cydia and they appear in Winterboard but none of them seem to work. Or am I doing this wrong. It’s still using the default keyboard when I type messages. Can anybody help?
I have successfully jail-broken my iPod Touch (its running on 2.1 firmware). i have also installed Cydia, community sources from Cydia and Winterboard. then i have installed some themes (battery themes, complete themes and so on). THE PROBLEM IS WHENEVER I TAP THE CYDIA ICON, IT OPENS ALRIGHT, BUT THERE ARE NO THEMES OR NOTHING THERE. it doesnt show anything!!!!
wat to do??? i jailbroked my iPod Touch to install themes! help me. can u also forward me the reply on antiasif@hotmail.com
thanX.
- Asif
so i recently bought a 3g iphone and i want a summer board app or something so i can customize it its running on the newest firmware 2.1 so how do i jail brake it so im not gonna be stuck with a bricked phone? and how do i get summerboard on my iphone does it like open with itunes or what? someone please help
how can i download winterboard and summerboard on my iphone3g???someboady help me how to download winterboard and summerboard on my iphone? ive been wanting to have a background! pls help me!!
i want video wallpaper in my iphone
i want to change different wallpaper in my iphone everyday
trouble is: i jailbroke the 2.2 and now my Cydia doesn’t wor. it starts but right after i choose which kind of user i am, it crashes.
Hey dude I’m havin the same problem as you…
Did you ever find a solution?
hey guys I got a 2.1.0 iPod touch I just got it so I don’t know much can you please tell me how to get winterboard, cydia please. Thanks
does jailbreaking the 2nd gen ipod touch, that is in the newest version, work?
i cant seem to find community sources on cydia.. someone help plz..!
yes i want
Um yea… i jail broke my 1G Ipod Touch with Quick Pwn… i got cydia and installer app… in cydia i have community package….
when i go to installl winterboard i bget the msg….
CANNOT LOCATE PACKAGE
the package winterboard cannot be found in current sources i might recommend installing more sources…. what do i do? PLZ HELP
but how do u download cydia can u tell me plz
got winterboard working .my question is how can you delete something you installed if you decide that you don’t like it after all.
Hi, I added your site in my rss reader. Thanks
what is community sources??? please tell me…
if u have an answer just email me at mpturtles@gmail.com
Hello, need some advice….
while updating Cydia, i got some updates… 2 actually, some app and a “mobile substrate” and I update them at the same time… and then all the iPhone was “substrated”… and have to take it to a technician friend of mine to fix it…. and he told me “don’t update anything from cydia, but if you do, BE CAREFULL”….
Now, the thing is my iPhone is back!, and im tempted to install Winterboard, because I want to have a “different look” on it!. When I press “install”, takes me to the “confirm” page… in “Modifications” appears “Mobile Substrate Winterboard”. As you can see the nightmare is there….!
Can I install the Winterboard app? or my phone will crash again, and go again to an “I.C.U.”????….
PLEASE HELP!
Juancho
Hie, want to know why iPhone won’t send files via blue tooth and why u cant customize yr ringtones wth yr iPod musik! It’s so pathetic bcoz any 20Century generation smartfone dose this and more not to mention a flash on th camera and th 2nd camera 4 video calling! Come on now apple, u guys can do way better than this…!!
Hi i just jail broke my Ipod 2nd Gen Using This Tutorial Which I Thought Was Good : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEk_nt4ZtM&feature=related
But Then When I Download Winter Board It Turns Off My Ipod And Then I Cant Turn It Back On I Have To Re-Jailbreak It
I Have Dont It About 8 Times Now And Every Time The Same thing Happens Please Help Me
Basically, you have to jailbreak your Ipod using QuickPwn or PwnageTool (my preference is QuickPwn * Note: Look up around youtube on how to jailbreak your gen. and firmware ). After jailbreaking, you then acquire 2 Apps : Installer & Cydia. Go into Cydia and it will update itself automatically. Once updated, you can then search for winterboard.
Cheers Mate!
-Jason
wow does nobody have a good source for cydia its not hard to jail break an ipod or an iphone
Somebody find a source that gives you a bundle of themes
WOW
When I download winterboard it comes up with all these different pop-up errors the main one being;
NetDB: Open nodename nor servname provided, or not known
But in the end it always says download complete restart springboard. It restarts, and it’s not there. When I go to download it again it says install still and not modify. Can anyone help me.
you have to jail break ur ipod touch/iphone using quickpwn and then when u run quickpwn it will ask u if u want to add cydia
mhh i jailbreaked my iphone 3gs yesterday. installed cydia and winterboard, and then my iphone crashed, and could just be started in the safety mode for springboard.
since i removed winterboard again, it works. but i wanna use it, is there something else?
i have done the same thing.. i think i’ve installed it about 20x already and i just bought my iphone 3gs yesterday. i think im gonna have a hard time in the future because of this lol. but then.. i stopped after reading this out of nowhere.. http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/winterboard-working-iphone-3gs-waiting-fix-install
so i think it’s not working at all in 3gs.. so we just have to wait!
or if it does now!! could somebody help us!??
When I try to install SB Settings, I get a message;
Depends network-cmds
Depends sbsettingstoggles >= 3.0.2
When I try to install SB Stettings, it says
Depends on network-cmds
How do I get network-cmds. Where is it for me to run?
Thanks.
can somebody make a winterboard theme for me if you can just email me and title it winter board i want a framing hanley with the whole setup with the lollipop sound with it and kenneth nixon the lead singer if you could do that i would greatly appreciate it thank hou my e mail is tinkerbell_wings88@hotmail.com
i need winterboard application. .how can i get it??
bhargav says:
i need winterboard application. .how can i get it??
Ok Im assuming that your phone has been jail break and this is how you get the Winterboard,
1) Click on Cydia
2) Click on search and type “Winterboard” it will display. Click to install and confirm…your done
Yo
I saw the msg
Very absorbing
In fact I have been looking for this for ages
www.appsafari.com is definitely on my bookmarksnow.
Great effort keep up the good work !
John
hi hey hey
My favorite is Winterboard on the iPhone. Its work beautiful on my iPhone!
i like because i can change the ikon,,?
hello…