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question about icon shadows
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nah, the shadows just look weird when my current theme is applied... I have tried using the Iblank no icon shadows in winterboard but it doesnt work on 4.2.1 so I will try the one you suggested
nope, just restored through pkgbackup and hasn't worked since.... also tried unchecking everything in winterboard but that didnt work either
Most springboard icons have renamed suffixes in 4.2.1, i.e. end with "@2x~iphone.png" instead of "@2x.png". Make sure you rename modified files with the "~iphone". Also...springboard moved to /library/coreservices/springboard.app instead of /library/PrivateFrameworks/SpringBoardUI.framework.
Correct, 4.2.1 does not come with IconDarkeningOverlay@2x.png
There is some discussion on it over at MacThemes, start reading from post #964 here:
http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=779812#p779812
Has anyone made a working winterboard theme for this in 4.2.1 to remove the icon shadows? I tried the using the instructions from the ^ website above but it did not work. I also tried renaming the file SBDockMask@2x~iphone.png but still had no luck. If anyone makes a working winterboard theme for this can you please post it? Thanks
The ones you have to rename are called WallpaperIconShadow@2x~iphone.png and wallpapericondock~iphone@2x or something along those lines
They are in the springboard.app folder
Thanks a lot. I will try this again later. I am happy to be on 4.2.1 now and just have to sort out a few more things. Thanks again
Great link, very clear instructions with pics to show exactly what's happening, thanks!
EDIT: just realized you have to pay to view other pages on that website, bummer.
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I finally got around to taking care of this. Thank you very much - that worked perfectly.
I managed to get rid of the icon shadows using the Glasklart HD theme. There is a separate hack in winterboard called 'Glasklart HD Icons Less Shadows' and as long as it's selected and placed ABOVE the Glasklart Icons theme in the list in Winterboard, it works just fine!
I don't know if that one theme file would work with other themes or not??? But you could try...
I don't know if that one theme file would work with other themes or not??? But you could try...
I renamed them WallpaperIconShadow@~iphonepng.bak and WallpaperIconShadow@2x~iphonepng.bak. Gavernty's advice worked perfectly and now I don't have annoying icon shadows anymore.
The files are in /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app
Major thanks to you for the trick re getting rid of icon shadows. I've spent hours changing/tweaking/experimenting and this did it in about 30 seconds. Much gratitude!!!