After reading this entire thread and jailbreaking for the first time, I was inspired to mash up some themes and functionality to make my own. I couldn't have done it without the helpful explanations of everyone else, so here's a description of my setup:
Lock Screen:
Clock: Just the default Apple clock
"LockInfo" (Mail, Calendar, SMS, Push Notifications, Calls all turned on but only when there's something to show)
Unlock: My Custom Tap to Unlock (a mashup of others I've seen online)
Home Screen:
Winterboard Theme: Mostly "Classica 3" icons with some icon replacements sprinkled throughout. The translucent settings and badge icons come from "Glasklart HD". The dock was a port of "Future Dock", and can be found at http://www.macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=695922
Cell Carrier Change: Used "Make It Mine" in Cydia. If you want to add icons, you can use the default emoji icons or hidden keyboard characters by downloading "Glyphboard" through Safari.
Other Winterboard Settings: "No Undocked Icon Labels" and downloaded from Cydia, "No Docked Icon Labels 4.0"
Icon Size: Using "Shrink" to shrink down undocked icons at 80%, docked icons at 90%
Tap to Unlock...
I know a lot of people have been looking for that simple "Tap to Unlock" button in this thread that is so elusive. So I reconstructed it, and am releasing it into the wild. The button is not as small as it may seem. You can tap above the button quite a ways away and still be able to unlock (for those of you who have big fingers).
It isn't perfect though. If someone (anyone!) could please tell me how to get rid of the "Slide to Stop Timer" and "Slide to Stop Alarm" text that appears when a timer or alarm goes off while in lockscreen mode, I would really appreciate it. I've tried to clear that text from the SpringBoard.Strings file, but it still appears.
how can i download this through my iphone? pardon my ignorance.