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WinterBoard vs Apple Wallpapers on 3G, and MobileSubstrate

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singhy44

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I've got an iPhone 3G, and I use WinterBoard with the User Wallpaper 4.0, Analock HD and SlimSlide, and I've been considering removing WinterBoard to help performance. I can live without the themes, but not the wallpaper, so if I enable the Apple wallpapers, will this be less of a performance hit than WinterBoard?
Also, if I get rid of MobileSubstrate which I hear damages performance, will SBsettings work? And will anything else mess up?
Thanks
 
MobileSubstrate does not damage the performance. It's the stuff that uses it. If you do use the Apple Wallpaper make sure you remove the wallpaper gradients files in Springboard (google it).
 
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Any examples of mobile substrate processes?
Will the apple wallpapers (with or without the gradient business) result in better performance than WB?
 
singhy44 said:
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Any examples of mobile substrate processes?
Will the apple wallpapers (with or without the gradient business) result in better performance than WB?
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There will still be some lag when opening and closing apps if you use Apple's method.

SBSettings requires MobileSubstrate.
 
I thought the gradient was done by overlaying a PNG over the background, and to turn it off, you overlay a clear png, thereby not reducing CPU cycles?
 
lucifiel said:
I thought the gradient was done by overlaying a PNG over the background, and to turn it off, you overlay a clear png, thereby not reducing CPU cycles?
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The gradient/semitransparent is done by overlaying a PNG file. If you where to rename the PNG file iOS would not display the gradient/semitransparent over the wallpaper. Having to think what the half way point of two colours is for every pixel the PNG overlays takes up cycles. It's been proved to be a way to speed up iOS on 2nd Gen devices.
 
Intell said:
The gradient/semitransparent is done by overlaying a PNG file. If you where to rename the PNG file iOS would not display the gradient/semitransparent over the wallpaper. Having to think what the half way point of two colours is for every pixel the PNG overlays takes up cycles. It's been proved to be a way to speed up iOS on 2nd Gen devices.
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Well there's my learning for the day done.
 
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