iPhone 3G - Tips and Tricks #5

With a JB iPhone, you get alot of other stuff out of it !! Themes, applications and games, etc. Once you JB you phone, you will get 2 new icons. Cydia and Installer. These 2 applications are like source of all the repositories of 3rd party stuff for iPhone. So to have more stuff to browse and download, you need more sources.

A google will let you find numerous cydia and installer sources. I like Cydia better because installer has been buggy. You do get lots of themes from Cydia and Installer but if you have some themes from other place, below is how you get them in your iPhone.

Below is a place where you can download more themes. http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/downloadable-themes/

But then since the theme is downloaded to your PC, you have to find a way to transfer it to your iPhone. One thing you must have is a wireless broadband connection at home,

1) Search for SSH in Cydia or Installer. Install it
2) Search for BossPref in Cydia. It is a application that allows you to turn on/off for certain settings. Install it
3) Go to BossPref. Turn on SSH
4) Download WinSCP to your PC.
5) Turn on Wi-Fi
6) Go to BossPref. Check what is the IP address given to your iPhone
7) Start WinSCP
8) Login to the IP in 6). User id is "root". Password is "alpine"
9) You might get some message box. Just click "Yes"
10) Navigate to /private/var/mobile/Library/SummerBoard/
11) Copy your downloaded theme to 10)