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Question regarding icons and ssh
- Thread starter doyle369
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Firstly you'll need to install Winterboard from Cydia. Once that is done, log in via SSH to your iPhone.
Then go to /private/var/stash/themes########. The # signs represent various numbers and characters. Once in there create a folder called whatever you want. Inside that create a folder called Icons. Then put various App icons in there. Make sure they are named by their actual name i.e. App Store.png; Mail.png, Netflix.png...etc
so for me it is
/private/var/stash/themes######/Seth's Theme/Icons
Then go to /private/var/stash/themes########. The # signs represent various numbers and characters. Once in there create a folder called whatever you want. Inside that create a folder called Icons. Then put various App icons in there. Make sure they are named by their actual name i.e. App Store.png; Mail.png, Netflix.png...etc
so for me it is
/private/var/stash/themes######/Seth's Theme/Icons
how do I find out what the apps are called?
for instance, whats the facebook app called?
But where are the apps in WinSCP?
so far I have saved the icons I want to my computer
and made the 2 folders in WinSCP
Wills icons / icons
YOu don't actually touch the apps installed on your phone. You are simply changing the app icon. Which you do by the instructions I've mentioned below.
So, give me an example of what app icon you have and I'll show you what to do.
Cheers mate
urrmm.. I want to change my facebook icon to this one
![facebook.png]()
okay so make sure that icon is named Facebook.png. Make sure Winterboard is installed.
SSH into your phone and go to
/private/var/stash/themes######/
create a folder called whtever you want. I name mine 'Seth's Theme'
Then create a folder inside of that called 'Icons'.
Put the Facebook.png inside there... So it would be
/private/var/stash/themes######/Seth's Theme/Icons/Facebook.png
Go to Winterboard and select 'Seth's Theme'. It will restart Springboard and when loaded back, your Facebook app will have that new icon.
You can do the above mentioned by Wiid or you can also change the actual FaceBook icon permanently by replacing the original icon with the one you want. You'd need to name to it icon@2x.png and/or icon.png and you'd get the same effect. With Wiid's route you can always revert to the default icon by disabling the theme. Choice is yours really depending on what you're looking to accomplish.
hmm.. it hasnt seem to of worked
here are a few printsreens to see if you can see if I am doing anything wrong
hmm.. it hasnt seem to of worked
here are a few printsreens to see if you can see if I am doing anything wrong
![ssh-1.jpg]()
![IMG_0884.png]()
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I see what the problem is.
It needs to be this path
/private/var/stash/ThemesPJMrry/Wills Icons/Icons/Facebook.png
I called it themes
/private/var/stash/Themes.PJMrry/Wills Themes/Wills icons
Ive changed it to wills icons now
but still same problem
for the facebook icon do this
name a folder called this:
com.facebook.Facebook
and in the folder name the facebook icon:
Icon@2x.png
name a folder called this:
com.facebook.Facebook
and in the folder name the facebook icon:
Icon@2x.png
