A while back I made a SummerBoard theme for your hacked iPhone. I sent it over to be added to the Installer app, but they sure are taking their sweet time in getting to it.

That is why I have decided to make the theme available here, so you can put it on your phone anyway.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Download Zing

   Download the theme here, and unzip it.

2. Jailbreak

   If your iPhone is not already jailbroken, you will need to go ahead and do that. The exact route changes every time Apple comes out with a new version of the iPhone firmware, but here is a link to the method that I have used several times. It works.

3. Install OpenSSH

   If OpenSSH is not automatically installed during the time of jailbreak (some methods install it, some don’t), you will need to install it. It can be found in the Installer app. This application is what makes it possible to connect to your phone and transfer files to and from it.

4. Install SummerBoard

   In the Installer app, search for an application called SummerBoard, and install it. This application is essentially a theme organizer, allowing you to switch between several different themes.

5. Install Term-vt100

   You will need a terminal application for your phone so that you can determine what your IP address is. I use Term-vt100.

   Once it’s installed (via Installer app), you will need to open the application. If it prompts you for a username and password, use the following information.

   Username: root
   Password: alpine

   (These are the default settings, if you are familiar with the command line you can go ahead and change it if you want.)

   Next, you’ll want to type the following into the terminal (and then hit return):

   ifconfig

   An IP address should appear, you’ll want to remember that one. For the time being, this is how you can connect to your phone.

   If you don’t want to remember an unfriendly IP address, you can alternately just type the following into the terminal (and then hit return)

   hostname

   Your hostname, Your-Phone-Name.local, will appear. In the next step, you can choose to connect to this instead of your IP. Same thing, yo!

   I should note, none of this will work if you’re not connected to a WiFi network.

6. Transfer Zing

   The easiest way to transfer the theme (or anything, for that matter) is to connect via SFTP. I use Cyberduck because it’s free.

   You’ll want to connect to that same IP address (or local name) that you got out of the ifconfig (or hostname), using the root/alpine password combination (unless you changed it).

   Once you’re connected to the phone, browse to the following directory, and transfer the entire Zing folder.

   /Mobile’s Home Directory/Library/SummerBoard/Themes/

7. Choose Zing

   Once Zing has been transfered into the Themes folder, open up the SummerBoard application and choose Zing from the list of themes shown.

I’ll post any updates to the theme here