This tutorial will allow you to install any theme directly on your phone without having to use Winterboard to activate it. Winterboard is an application that consumes a lot of resources, I do not recommend using it and you can find an article about these things here. Do not do this tutorial if you do not have an average knowledge of working with the PC and working with the programs that allow you to access the system files of the computer.
This tutorial was tested by me, it works, but you do it at your own risk. This tutorial can only be done on a jailbroken iPhone. The tutorial works on iOS 4.1, but I haven't tested it on other versions of iOS 4.x, but it should work.
Step 1
Download the latest version of ifunbox from here.
Step 2
Download a theme from the Internet (soon there will be a theme category on the website). In general, you can find the themes in .deb or archived format. If you find them in .deb format, then download 7-zip from here, install it and use it to unzip the .deb file. If you find them in .zip/.rar format, you can use Winrar for unzipping.
The .deb files will have a folder named "data" inside the archive. That folder must be extracted because it contains the theme files.
Regardless of how you find the theme, extract the archive/deb file and navigate through the folders until you find the folder containing the LockBackground.png and Dock.png files. That's where all the theme files are.
Step 3
Connect to your phone using ifunbox and we will start modifying the files. Application icons must be 60×60 px in size and in .png format. If they do not meet these 2 criteria then they will not be displayed in Springboard.
Wallpaper
To change the wallpaper navigate to var/stash/wallpaper/iphone and you will find all the wallpapers of your phone. In the folder unzipped in step 2 you will find a file called wallpaper.png, that file is the theme wallpaper and must be copied to the iPhone. You will copy it to the location given by me, but before that you must change its name. You will notice that in the iPhone Wallpapers folder each wallpaper has a number and next to it is the same wallpaper but with a different name. Rename the wallpaper in your theme folder to a number higher than that of the last iPhone wallpaper and it will look something like this: number.png. Besides that, you will have to copy your wallpaper to another folder and rename it to numar.thumbnail.png. Copy the 2 files to the phone folder then they will be available to be changed from Settings>Wallpaper.
Icons in Springboard
To change the icons in Springboard navigate to var/stash/applications where you have all the natively installed applications in iOS. In the folder unzipped in step 2, you have another folder called icons where you can find all the icons of the theme. Those icons must be copied to the phone in the locations specified below and must be renamed according to the names below:
Calculator Icon
/Applications/Calculator.app/icon.png
Map icon
/Applications/Maps.app/icon.png
Calendar Icon
/Applications/MobileCal.app/icon.png
mail icon
/Applications/MobileMail.app/icon.png
iPod Icon
/Applications/MobileMusicPlayer.app/icon-MediaPlayer.png
Notes Icon
/Applications/MobileNotes.app/icon.png
Phone Icon
/Applications/MobilePhone.app/icon.png
SMS Icon
/Applications/MobileSMS.app/icon.png
Safari Icon
/Applications/MobileSafari.app/icon.png
Camera Icon
/Applications/MobileSlideShow.app/icon-Camera.png
Photos Icon
/Applications/MobileSlideShow.app/icon-Photos.png
clock icon
/Applications/MobileTimer.app/icon.png
Settings Icon
/Applications/Preferences.app/icon.png
Stock Icon
/Applications/Stocks.app/icon.png
Weather Icon
/Applications/Weather.app/icon.png
YouTube Icon
/Applications/YouTube.app/icon.png
App Store Icon
/Applications/AppStore.app/icon.png
Contacts Icon
/Applications/MobileAddressBook.app/icon.png
iTunes Icon
/Applications/MobileStore.app/icon.png
If you do not change the names of the icons according to those in this list, then they will not appear on the screen. Once modified, the icons should appear, if they do not appear, reset the phone.
Dock
In the folder unzipped in step 2, you have an icon called Dock. png. That icon represents the theme's dock and must be copied into /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/SBDockBG2.png . In order for the new dock to appear, you must reset the phone.
LockScreen site
The lockscreen wallpaper can be set from Settings>Wallpaper. If you don't have a wallpaper there, then copy it to your phone using the wallpaper copying method.
The phone unlock/lock slider can be changed from /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/TelephonyUI.framework and has the following icons:
bottombarknobgray- the unlock icon
topbarbkgnd – the unlock icon dial
bottombarknobred – icon for power off
In the theme you will find the icons that need to be modified in the Bundles\com.apple.TelephonyUI folder.
Signal bars
They are found in the following 2 locations:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_0_Bars.png-FSO_5_Bars.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_0_Bars.png-Default_5_Bars.png
Not all themes have icons for them, so you can find them on the Internet.
Step 4
After you have made these changes, you can reset the phone to view them.
Tutorial made in collaboration with ADY.
