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iPhone 4 original wallpaper is LAME!

Hi,

How do you get the iPhone desktop icon free?
Is it possible only in the Iphone 4?
Is it possible in iPhone 3GS?

Thank you!
 
Small White Car said:
The default wallpaper is designed to make the app icons really pop and stand out no matter which apps you've loaded.
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I'm sure there are better options out there, but no one has shared one here yet.

Until I see one I'll have to say that the droplets are the best option.
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Are you serious? There are thousands of wallpapers that don't distract from the home screen icons that look a thousand times better than a nasty teal/gray gradient.
 
Eso said:
Are you serious? There are thousands of wallpapers that don't distract from the home screen icons that look a thousand times better than a nasty teal/gray gradient.

Here:
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Isn't that exactly what I said? Why would you think I'm not serious if you agree with me?
 
Aucun Express said:
I think that if it had a better looking wallpaper, we would have been a little more excited about it.
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I doubt a silly wallpaper has that much of an effect. If a regular person sees the Apple logo, they're like "OMG U GAIS A NEW SHINY PRODUCT FROM :apple:, I SHUD GO BUY IT" The average consumer could care less about the wallpaper shown on teh box
 
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Definitely, the worst I've ever seen. And so hard to change too!
 
scaredpoet said:
It states something all right: you only want to use 20% of the screen to display actual information.

If anything the introduction of backgrounds to iOS4 has shown me that most visually stimulating images that people would want as backgrounds tend to distract and interfere with using the foreground.

I guess the answer to the OP's question is: the backgrounds that Apple chose are lame only if you don't care to use your iphone for anything except as a showpiece. Though that also seems to be why the majority of jailbreakers who aren't interested in tethering end up jailbreaking: the bling factor.

Those of us who actually use our devices for the purpose of being productive, tend to not care about the background a whole heck of a lot. To each his own, I guess.
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I would love to have a cool Apple Logo + Abstract wallpaper, but it is just too obtrusive and it looks ugly. So I stick with a nice, simple wallpaper that a friend of mine made. It isn’t distracting, it looks good, and it doesn’t interfere with other elements.


Shasta McNasty said:
And another thing, you shouldn't be too worried about the background if unboxing an apple product is like porn to you. I sense bigger issues here...
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When I unboxed my MacBook Pro (first Mac I have owned) my pants were a little sticky afterwards...
haha, it was a pretty good feeling, but maybe that was just the awesomeness of what was IN the box.
 
Thank you very much sdmcwilliams :)

But, can you do that in a 3GS?
If I can, there is something wrong on my iTunes or iPhone.

I have tried your recommendation before to no avail.
When I click "Apply", automatically the second page (with icons) steps up and the empty one goes to the bottom.
And that is what results in the iPhone too :(

5WK5


5WK7
 
the iPhone lets you leave the first page icon-free, but iTunes doesn’t.
Move all your icons a page over, but leave one on the front page and leave the second page with one free spot. Hit apply and then go onto your iPhone and move that one first page icon onto the second page.
 
That’s a pretty cool use of the dock connector, or just a home made dock connector. I wish I still had my Lego NXT set. I could make a cool robot dude that held an iPhone and shook it around every few minutes or something.
 
I actually don't mind the default wallpaper on iOS 4. It's not something I use frequently, but I'll use it from time to time.
 
my gfs mom actually went back to the att store because she thought her brand new iphone had water damage
 
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