SummerBoard is an extension to the iPhone's SpringBoard user experience. SummerBoard adds a variety of useful and fun features to your iPhone, including scrolling icons, wallpaper and themes! In this tutorial we will go through the installation process and configure SummerBoards different settings.
INSTALLATION Step One Press to launch Installer from your springboard.
Step Two Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.
Step Three Press to select System from the list of categories.
Step Four Press to select SummerBoard from the list of packages.
Step Five Press to select the Install button at the top right hand corner.
Step Six Press the large Install button that appears to begin installation.
Step Seven You will receive a notice that you must restart your iPhone for the changes to take effect. Click the Ok button.
You will be taken back to the categories menu. Then press the Home button once.
Once at the springboard hold down the Sleep/Wake button for three seconds. Once the power slider appears move it to the right to turn off the iPhone. Once it shuts off then press the Sleep/Wake button again to restart the iPhone.
Step Eight You will now notice a new icon on your springboard called SMBPrefs. You install was successful.
CONFIGURE - Each of these configuration settings can be accessed by pressing SMBPrefs on your springboard.
Theme Here you can select themes for your summerboard. By selecting a theme you can change your springboard wallpaper, docs, icons and other images. There are a few themes included with SummerBoard. These are Default, Leopard, Louie Mantia, Panther, SummerBoard. You can add your own themes later. I will post a tutorial on how to do this in the near future.
Theme Wallpaper Theme Wallpaper is defaulted to ON. If you change this to OFF you will notice that your SpringBoard wallpaper will switch from your Theme's wallpaper to the wallpaper you have selected in your iPhone Settings. ie the one you use for your unlock screen.
Theme Status Bar Theme Status Bar is defaulted to ON. If you change this to OFF then the status bar along the top will be changed to the iPhone default from the one included in your theme. (note status bar at top)
Theme Icons Theme Icons is defaulted to ON. If you change this to OFF your icons will be replaced with the iPhone default icons. Otherwise, if you leave it on your iPhone will display the icons packaged with your selected Theme. (note different icons)
Theme Dock Theme Dock is defaulted to ON. If you change this to OFF then your dock will be displayed as the default iPhone dock. Otherwise, your Dock will display the Dock included with your selected Theme. (note different dock)
Wallpaper Wallpaper is defaulted to ON. If you change this to OFF then your SpringBoard will no longer display a background whatsoever.
Dim Wallpaper Dim Wallpaper is defaulted to OFF. If you change this to ON then the wallpaper displayed on your SpringBoard will be dimmed. (note dimmed wallpaper)
Skip Last Row Skip Last Row is defaulted to OFF. If you change this to ON then your SpringBoard will only display 3 rows of icons per page. (note only three rows)
Hide Icon Labels Hide Icon Labels is defaulted to OFF. If you change this to ON then your SpringBoard will not display the names of your icons. (note no icon labels)
Hide Dock Labels Hide Dock Labels is defaulted to OFF. If you change this to ON then your dock icon names will not be displayed. (note no dock icon labels)
Restart SpringBoard Press this button to restart your SpringBoard.
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i don't have the "summerboard" option under System categories. how can i get it. I have 2g with 2.1 firmware...plz help me regarding this.
Thanks,
-Kumar
Finally solved it guys! I had to hard reboot my iphone (AGAIN!) Then unlocked it with ZIBRI ....prevoiusly had done it with liberty. And this time it has worked!!!! It is fuctioning as well as it was on 1.1.3 firmware......
cheers!!
Hi, i have followed the instructions and all goes ok until i go to change the theme. When i go the theme page it is blank no default themes that are suposed to come with the summer board. I have tried loading others and still nothing. have tried uninstalling and reloading themes and summer board with no sucsess. any help would be aprichated.
Mark
Hey!
I just checked thru the iphone browser, all my themes r already stored in var/mobile/Library/Summerboard/Themes and not in root file!!!! But still I cannot access them have tried to fix dir permission in Bossprefs about 10 times!!!! NO LUCK..... I am so desperate because \i have used summer board for so long with cool themes that now looking at the spring board ......IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help please, can I go back to 1.1.3???? if so HOW?????
Hey the problem with some summerboard theme is that it installs the theme to var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes when it should be located in the var/mobile/Library/Summerboard/Themes
If you SSH in to your iphone and then move the folders you'll be sorted ;) Remember to do the fix dir permission on BossPrefs though!
Hey! Guys,
Same problem here....have a week 52 OTB 1.1.2......had updated to 1.1.3 and the summerboard worked 75% of the themes.....now tried to uninstall that piece of shit (sorry) PYSL as it did not work! and my phone jammed had to bring it to ZERO and now i have updated to 1.1.4 but NONE of the summer board themes work, NOTHING in summerboard is working, even tried to fix it with Boss pref, as they have a fix me for summer board but no avail....PLEASE HELP!!!!
Cheers,
Viren.
Hello. i've than iphone with firmware 1.1.4 unlocked and when i try to install the package SummerBoard it says error. I have other packages with the same problem. What can i do to solve it?