Winterboard: Changing Themes On iPhone 4

Apple has become the No. 1 Smartphone seller recently, overtaking Nokia. But it’s product like iPhone and iPod completely lack customization options. You just might get bored with the usual user interface as well as theme preset on it.

With WinterBoard and DreamBoard Tweaks on Cydia, available after jailbreak you can get the maximum customization options for your iPhone 4 and iPod, and with DreamBoard now available for free on Cydia along with a free demo theme makes things much more advanced and you can make your iPhone look like its working on any other OS like HTC Android or Windows 7 and much more.

WinterBoard

WinterBoard gives your iPhone, iPod a graphical makeover from changing your device’s background, springboard icons or lockscreen looks, using ringtones packs downloaded from Cydia to changing its complete look. Multiple themes can also be installed at once using the configuration interface: simply by dragging themes into priority order. Most of themes are available for free on Cydia and are easy to download. Here are the guidelines from installing WinterBoard to  setting up themes on to your device.

Installing WinterBoard on your Jailbroken device.

Open Cydia, go to Search and type WinterBoard in the search box.

Tap on WinterBoard tweak that appears. After the page loads tap on Install on the top right corner of your screen.

After the second page opens up click on confirm to begin the process of downloading and then the tweak will automatically install.

After the installation is complete, you will have to reboot your device.

When your device switches on, there will be a Winterboard icon on your homescreen.

Open winterboard, select the theme you want to use. you can also set priority order of themes if you are using multiple themes.

Downloading and setting up themes on Winterboard.

You can download all that you require to customize from Cydia.

Follow these simple steps to set up a theme in Winterboard:

From Cydia download and install any theme you want to use.

Open Winterboard and select the theme you want to use. In case you are using multiple themes, you can also set the priority.

Press the Home button or Tap ‘respring’ when you have selected the theme.

After the device resprings, the theme will be active.

tip: As a matter a fact the winterboard is old fashioned now days. The interface is altered and has more beautiful graphics in DreamBoard which changes the overall look of the iOS and does not even require respringing your device. Click here to  know more about DreamBoard.

From : iphone5jailbreaktips.com

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The 5 things you need for the perfect smartphone

What makes a "perfect" smartphone? Some of my fellow journalist buddies and I wrestled with the question, and here's what we came up with:

What goes into the "perfect" smartphone? (Image: ZDNet)

First, some part of "perfection" depends on the person. For example, I love QWERTY keyboards, so my personal favorite phone is a Motorola Droid 4. Most people could care less about QWERTY keyboards.

You can also spend a lot of time arguing over which is the best smartphone operating system — Android, as far as I'm concerned — but as Adrian Kingsley-Hughes recently pointed out in his piece on Android vs. Apple's iOS, for most people, most of the time, there's no significant usability difference between the two major mobile operating systems. I know, I know; we can argue about the virtues of one OS over another until the sun goes out and the oxygen freezes out of the air, but practically speaking, most users can't tell the difference.

The real key operating system-related question is: "Are the applications you need available on your platform?" If they are, you're good. If they're not, who cares how great the underlying operating system is?

On the big two, that's not really an issue. Even if a specific app isn't available on a platform — say Adobe Flash on iOS — there's usually a way to get to its functionality. But if you're looking at a less mainstream OS, such as Windows Phone 8 or Blackberry OS, or the still developing mobile operating systems, such as Tizen, Firefox OS, or Ubuntu Phone, that is a real concern.

We can also argue until the cows come home if the Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5, or HTC One is the best phone.

But you know what? This time next year, we'd be having the same discussion about whatever that year's new, hot phones are. Hardware is always evolving. We can take it as a given that the best smartphone of 2014 will have a better display, a faster processor, and more memory than 2013's finest model. So we can skip including hardware specifications in our perfect phone.

There are also some things we can never have. Jason Perlow, for example, wishes for a phone that "his relatives can use without calling [him] at 7am in the morning to teach them how to use the Google Maps function to find the nearest Starbucks, because they've never used their expensive, complicated Droid to do anything but make calls and peer at Gmail". As I told him at the time, we're looking for the perfect phone, not a miraculous one!

Finally, a smartphone itself is only part of the package. The perfect smartphone must also have the perfect service behind it or it's just an expensive piece of plastic, glass, and silicon.

All that said, here's what we came up with for the "perfect" smartphone.

1. Universal access

We don't care if we're in the United States, the United Kingdom, or the Ukraine, we want one phone that will work with any country's cellular infrastructure. If we have to do that by having two SIM card slots in our phones, we can deal with that. But what we'd rather have are phones with integrated Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Global System for Mobiles (GSM) built in.

So long as we're at it, we'd also like our 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) phones to use the same frequency bands. And please, we don't even want to hear about 4G technologies other than LTE. WiMAX never really took off, and T-Mobile? We really don't want to hear anything more about Evolved High-Speed Packet Access, ie, HSPA+.

2. Unlocked phones

OK, we can tolerate being locked to a service if you've sold it to us at a great price with a contract. But if we pay full price, then we should be able to unlock it, or better still, have it unlocked in the box. Are you listening, AT&T?

3. All we can eat bandwidth

Stop playing games with our bandwidth. We want unlimited bandwidth. If you have to charge us an arm and a leg for it, we're willing to pay. Sure, give us options for 2GBs a month, 5GBs a month, whatever, but some of us really do need all the bandwidth we can use, and the carriers should at least give us the option.

And so long as we're talking bandwidth, do us a favor and stop charging us for wi-fi tethering. Listen, we're already paying for bandwidth, so why should carriers be tacking on an extra fee just because we choose to share it with our other devices?

4. Dump the shovelware

As freelance writer, Tom Geller commented: "My newish Android phone has literally dozens of apps that exist only to take up space and sell me crap. There's no obvious way to delete them." Amen, brother!

OK, we get it. You want to squeeze a little more profit out of your phones, so you put extra programs on it for a fee. Fine, but if you do that, could you at least make it easy for us to dump the stuff we don't want? Please?

5. Give us high-security phones

As we move our online lives from PCs to smartphones, we need security — real security. Our companies, especially those who have bought into Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), also need us to have high levels of security. As Perlow recently reported, the security technologies to make this happen are out there, we just need to get them deployed — the sooner, the better.

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Hands on with the new iPhone 5

New iPhone 5 is evolutionary for Apple

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Most striking feature of the new iPhone 5 is how light and thin it is
• The iPhone 5 has a 4-inch screen, making room for extra row of apps
• Upgrades aren't mind-blowing, but final product is still incredible

(CNN) -- One of the more striking things about holding a new iPhone model is how your old iPhone, which seemed perfectly sleek and adequate just an hour earlier, can suddenly feel slow, clunky and heavy. It's a neat trick, one that Apple is betting on to help it ship new units to existing iPhone owners in the coming year.

After Wednesday's Apple media event, we were given some hands-on time with the upgraded iPhone 5, as well as the iPod touch and iPod nano. Here are our first impressions of the taller, lighter iPhone 5, which we tested next to a crusty, practically fossilized iPhone 4.

The iPhones and iPods were laid out on tables in the dim, windowless hall at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Protective Apple employees made sure the devices weren't pilfered, wiped off journalists' fingerprints and visibly flinched every time someone dropped a phone (which happened quite a few times while we were there).

From the front, the iPhone 5 looks just like the iPhone 4 and 4S. It actually takes a moment to register that it's taller (holding it next to a previous iPhone model helps bring it home). The display is the same retina display found in the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S and now, the new iPod Touch but is now 4 inches instead of 3.5 inches.

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Then you pick it up. The phone is incredibly light, and that weight is its most striking and memorable feature. It feels almost delicate in the hand, naked without some sort of protective case to prevent it from snapping in half. Of course, the iPhone is not nearly that fragile. The body is made out of the same aluminum found in MacBooks, as well as glass. It feels expensive, not like a plastic device that could break easily. (We look forward to the inevitable drop tests.)

On their own, thinner and lighter are interesting selling points. Yes, it feels incredible in the hand, but the iPhone 4 wasn't exactly weighing anyone down, and consumers weren't clamoring for a thinner smartphone. On the other hand, Apple prides itself on delivering features people will want before they know they want them. There has been demand for more screen real estate, and on that front the iPhone 5 delivers, but it might still not be enough for those hoping for a 4.5-inch screen, which is found on many Android devices.

The new iPhone has a faster A6 processor. It did feel zippy as we flipped through the new Passbook feature, watched movies and scrolled through websites; however, these tasks weren't exactly lagging on the iPhone 4. Games were a great place to see the processor in action, where detailed graphics are rendered incredibly fast.

Also noticeably speedy was the new panorama feature in the camera app, which processed a 360-degree image of the room almost instantly. For many similar third-party apps, there's a short wait time while the images are stitched together.

The demo devices were all running the new version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 6, which has Apple's first Google-free maps app. The Flyover feature turns cities into interactive, 3-D images. You can drag a finger to spin around a skyscraper and zoom in and out of the city from any angle, not just the straight-down satellite view. There is a bit of lag on the loading time when you move to a new area, but somehow the features still feel shockingly fast. Flyover is more fun than functional, but perhaps the stunning graphics and turn-by-turn directions will distract consumers from what's newly missing from the Maps app, like the very useful public transit directions feature.

The room was too loud to test out the Siri voice assistant, which has turned to third-party services to improve results. Restaurant results are now powered by Open Table, movie times and reviews by Rotten Tomatoes. It has also added Facebook integration. And the devices were all connected to WiFi, so tests of the new LTE cellular connections will have to wait until we have devices in hand.

We also spent a bit of time with the iPod touch. The iPod touch is like the iPhone's kid brother, always inheriting old clothes and toys. It has Siri and the 5-megapixel camera from the last version of the iPhone, as well as the A5 processor. The last generation iPod touch got the retina display and front-facing camera already available on the iPhone. But this time, the iPod touch got two of the iPhone's most stunning new features at the same time: the taller screen and crazy thin and light body (the iPod touch is actually .06 inches thinner and weighs 0.85 ounces less than the iPhone 5).

During the hands-on time, Apple executives milled about the room, including smiling CEO Tim Cook, who was shaking hands and giving a lot of hugs. He had good reason to be happy; the phone appears to be top-notch, its new body an impressive feat of engineering. It may not be the most mind-blowing upgrade, but that doesn't diminish its level of quality.

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Sharp: We're shipping iPhone 5 displays this month

Sharp is producing the screen for Apple's next iPhone and will have it ready to ship this month, the Japanese company said in a press briefing in Tokyo today.

According to Reuters, which was in attendance at the event, Sharp president Takashi Okuda told reporters that "shipments will start in August" of the screen for the upcoming Apple phone, widely presumed to be the iPhone 5. When pressed for more details on the device's screen, including when how large it might be, he declined to comment, according to Reuters.

However, Reuters is reporting today, citing a source, that the screen measures 4 inches, making it notably larger than the current iPhone's 3.5-inch display. Numerous reports have suggested that the iPhone 5 will come with a 4-inch display, though it's believed that the device itself won't be any wider. Instead, Apple has reportedly made the display taller, extending its available screen space.

Still, the news of Sharp shipping displays this month indicates that the iPhone 5 is marching toward a 2012 launch. Exactly when the device will launch remains to be seen, but the latest rumor suggests that Apple will unveil the handset on September 12 and then launch it nine days later, on September 21. Apple, of course, has stayed mum on that possibility.Although the iPhone 5's screen specs haven't been divulged, it's possible that the display is based on Sharp's IGZO technology, which delivers lower energy consumption and increased pixel transparency. Sharp announced in April that it was bringing its IGZO technology to mobile devices, igniting rumors that Apple might be one of the first beneficiaries of that. Neither company has said whether IGZO will be offered in the next iPhone.

CNET has contacted Apple for comment on Okuda's statement. We will update this story when we have more information.

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iPhone 5 to debut Oct. 4

Apple will debut its iPhone 5 on October 4, with new Chief Executive Tim Cook leading the show, All Things Digital reported today.

The report, citing unnamed sources close to the situation, said the new iPhone itself would go on sale "within a few weeks" of the announcement.

Rumors have swirled for months about when exactly the new iPhone would arrive, with October looking increasingly likely.

The iPhone 5 carries tremendous significance for Apple. The company faces mounting pressure from the Android realm, with a confusing array of budget-minded and high-end models, but Apple chooses to put many its eggs in many fewer baskets. That's worked out well for the iPhone 4, though, which has attained mainstream success.

The iPhone 4 has held up well under the competitive pressure. But with the breakneck pace of the smartphone market bringing higher-speed LTE networks, larger displays, NFC payments, and other features, Apple's flagship phone is starting to look a bit long in the tooth.

The iPhone is important for many other companies besides Apple. Manufacturer Foxconn is said to be making 150,000 iPhone 5 models a day. Accessory makers, too, are champing at the bit, as exhibited by Case-Mate's premature publication of apparent iPhone 5 cases. 

Purported cases for the iPhone show a possible tapered back compared to the blockier iPhone 4 design.

(Credit: Case-Mate/BGR)

Updated at 4:36 a.m. PT to add further background and to correct the launch date in the headline..

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Is This The iPhone 5?

iPhone fans, start drooling. Skeptics, have your grains of salt at the ready. An iPhone 5 — or at least something closely fitting the rumored description of the iPhone 5 — has just been spotted… on a train, of all places.

The shot up above (and the ever-so-slightly-different one below) comes from 9to5Mac, who received them from a tipster who claims to have spotted the device on his way home from work.

Alas, these two just-too-far-away glimpses are as good as it gets for now. While most news reporter-types out there would run through a pack of angry charging bulls and scale a building covered in butter for a shot of the iPhone 5, the tipster seems to have practiced at least a bit of caution in their undercover photography session. The person holding the device was supposedly being quite cautious to keep it at least partially covered, masking the Apple logo behind their fingers throughout.

Fortunately, their eyes worked a bit better than their camera. Here’s what they had to share about the purported prototype:

• This was not an iPhone 4 or 3GS, they say. The tipster previously owned both, and was positive it was nothing they’d ever seen before.
• It supposedly has an “almost EVO-like screen”, which fits with the long-living rumor that the next iPhone has an edge-to-edge display. Now, the EVO has a 4.3″ display — and unless Apple is planning on making the next iPhone considerably bigger, I’m doubting the iPhone 5′s display will get nearly that huge. My sources long ago told me to expect something in the 3.7″ – 3.75″ range. With next to no bezel, though, a 3.7″ display could look much bigger from a distance than it actually is.
• Rounded metal (as opposed to square) edges, with what appeared to be a tapered, black glass back — just as the rumor mill has been saying for months

Could this be the real deal? It’s plausible. The iPhone 5 is said to be coming in just over a month (sometime in September), which means there absolutely are iPhone 5s out there, right this second, being field tested. Apple can install as many cell towers on their campus as they want, but it’s nearly impossible to release a phone without testing its signal attenuation and performance in the real world. After Antennagate, you can bet that Apple is going to make damned sure that the iPhone 5 has rock solid signal performance.

With that said, think back to the lost iPhone 4 prototype. At first glance, it looked just like an iPhone 3GS — because Apple had disguised it as one. A special case was made just to mask the new hardware as something not worth a second glance. Would Apple really let an iPhone 5 prototype lurk about in public in the nude? Maybe in the back of a blacked out van — but on what looks to be something like CalTrain? Doubtful.

Also doubtful: where the heck is the camera flash? While my geek side would love for this to be an iPhone 5, my skeptic side is saying it’s a 3GS shot from a strange angle.

What say you? Real? Photoshop? Just a really fancy fake from China? Weigh in down in the comments.

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