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Want a sexy shiny new iPhone facelift? Since so many people have enjoyed using SummerBoard on their iPhone to theme and style the Springboard, now our good friend Jay Freeman has created WinterBoard. The idea is the same as SummerBoard but as always done better and with more features. The basic functionality is to allow you to theme Springboard by changing the icons of applications at will, using a custom wallpaper, and even modify the status bar and dock, all for the new 2.0 iPhone software.

While SummerBoard has always been closed and is now owned by RipDev and might not be free in the future with Installer 2.0, WinterBoard is both open source and free.

WinterBoard allows mixing themes together and loading multiple themes at once. So people can write themes focusing on just one area of the theme if desired. WinterBoard supports legacy SummerBoard themes. Another cool feature is video wallpapers, letting you set any .mp4 file as your background, as well as other things like web clips and sounds. And also wallpapers in WinterBoard can be played as a slide show screensaver as they change in the background. Pretty much any file listed in this list can be themed on the iPhone with WinterBoard.

WinterBoard even allows you to create themes using web development languages like HTML and CSS which will bring in a whole new dimension to creating themes. Text fields can also be themed which means things like the Calendar icon date, or icon labels are customizable.

There are alreay hundreds of themes available in Cydia for WinterBoard. You can see them categorized by Apps, Battery, Complete themes, Keyboard, Sounds, SpringBoard, System, Video and more. Most of them come with screenshots so you can see a glimpse before installing. After installing a new theme, open up WinterBoard and you will see it listed.

From there tap the line for your theme and a checkbox will appear next to the item. Remember that Themes are layered on top of one another. So the higher a theme is the more precedence it has. You can drag your themes by pressing on the 3 lines on the right and dragging the item up or down. Generally you want full themes to be on top and minor themes on the bottom to get the correct behavior. Then close WinterBoard and wait for SpringBoard to restart.

Use iPhone mods and hacks at your own risk! Installing 3rd Party iPhone apps requires you to jailbreak the iPhone before installing the native software and apps. You can use Cydia to install this app. Browse the full list of all iPhone and iPod touch native 3rd party apps filed under the software category.

More details about WinterBoard here

AppSafari review of WinterBoard was written by Joe Seifi on September 4th, 2008 and categorized under Cydia Apps, Utilities. Page viewed 82273 times, 6 so far today. Need help on using these apps? Please read the Help Page.

80 Comments to “WinterBoard”

1. i want video wallpaper in my iphone

   Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 10:23 pm by osmar

2. Yes iwant

   Posted on September 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm by kasri

3. I want this software….where will i get this??

   Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 4:43 pm by Sharath

4. sounds cool but does it work??

   Posted on October 7th, 2008 at 10:49 pm by Ez

5. yes it works like a charm

   Posted on October 8th, 2008 at 11:53 am by Appmin

6. where to get this?

   is winterboard works w/o jailbreaking the phone?

   Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 7:11 am by charmaine

7. Install Cydia then you can install WinterBoard from Cydia

   Posted on October 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am by Appmin

8. Hi

   I can’t see the winterboard install icon whenever i select winterboard under the featured tab, i can’t find winterboard when using the search function for cydia, i’ve even looked under section > System and winterboard is nowhere to be found. Is it bugged up or something ? Please e-mail me if you know the answer. Thanks alot !! I really want to get my themes up =(

   Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 12:34 am by Bryan

9. Bryan, Make sure to instal Cydia community sources . This adds a bunch of new apps including WinterBoard

   Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 7:58 am by joe

10. WinterBoard requires 1)Jailbreaking 2)Cydia 3)Community Sources from Cydia

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 8:28 am by Appmin

11. Yea i did, those under repositories right ? I’ve installed all that they’ve included in that repository file and i still can’t see it =/

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 10:32 am by Bryan

12. Yea those from the repositories right ? I’ve installed all there is, now there’s no repositories folder in my itouch.

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 10:52 am by Bryan

13. Search for “Cydia Community Sources” in Cydia and make sure it’s installed

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 11:23 am by Appmin

14. Yes it is installed, checked it already. =/ i really don’t know what’s wrong it’s a 2.1 jb’ed itouch 1st gen

    Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am by Bryan

15. Great app and I’ve been customising all morning. But I am having problems with keyboard themes. I’ve installed some through cydia and they appear in Winterboard but none of them seem to work. Or am I doing this wrong. It’s still using the default keyboard when I type messages. Can anybody help?

    Posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 am by DJ

16. I have successfully jail-broken my iPod Touch (its running on 2.1 firmware). i have also installed Cydia, community sources from Cydia and Winterboard. then i have installed some themes (battery themes, complete themes and so on). THE PROBLEM IS WHENEVER I TAP THE CYDIA ICON, IT OPENS ALRIGHT, BUT THERE ARE NO THEMES OR NOTHING THERE. it doesnt show anything!!!!

    wat to do??? i jailbroked my iPod Touch to install themes! help me. can u also forward me the reply on antiasif@hotmail.com
    thanX.

    – Asif

    Posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm by Asif Anwar

17. so i recently bought a 3g iphone and i want a summer board app or something so i can customize it its running on the newest firmware 2.1 so how do i jail brake it so im not gonna be stuck with a bricked phone? and how do i get summerboard on my iphone does it like open with itunes or what? someone please help

    Posted on October 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm by Josh

18. how can i download winterboard and summerboard on my iphone3g???someboady help me how to download winterboard and summerboard on my iphone? ive been wanting to have a background! pls help me!!

    Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 2:55 am by kristine fajardo

19. i want video wallpaper in my iphone

    Posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 am by Smark

20. i want to change different wallpaper in my iphone everyday

    Posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 am by Smark

21. trouble is: i jailbroke the 2.2 and now my Cydia doesn’t wor. it starts but right after i choose which kind of user i am, it crashes.

    Posted on November 26th, 2008 at 7:31 am by harry

22. Hey dude I’m havin the same problem as you…
    Did you ever find a solution?

    Posted on December 9th, 2008 at 10:11 pm by Jack

23. hey guys I got a 2.1.0 iPod touch I just got it so I don’t know much can you please tell me how to get winterboard, cydia please. Thanks

    Posted on December 11th, 2008 at 7:11 pm by ish

24. does jailbreaking the 2nd gen ipod touch, that is in the newest version, work?

    Posted on December 16th, 2008 at 9:02 pm by Reba

25. i cant seem to find community sources on cydia.. someone help plz..!

    Posted on January 25th, 2009 at 11:32 am by pillow

26. yes i want

    Posted on February 1st, 2009 at 12:00 am by seksang

27. Um yea… i jail broke my 1G Ipod Touch with Quick Pwn… i got cydia and installer app… in cydia i have community package….

    when i go to installl winterboard i bget the msg….

    CANNOT LOCATE PACKAGE

    the package winterboard cannot be found in current sources i might recommend installing more sources…. what do i do? PLZ HELP

    Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 5:53 pm by Amidaus

28. but how do u download cydia can u tell me plz

    Posted on February 9th, 2009 at 5:22 am by gaurav

29. got winterboard working .my question is how can you delete something you installed if you decide that you don’t like it after all.

    Posted on February 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pm by al

30. Hi, I added your site in my rss reader. Thanks 🙂

    Posted on March 10th, 2009 at 8:41 am by CSS Envy | asker

31. what is community sources??? please tell me…

    if u have an answer just email me at mpturtles@gmail.com

    Posted on March 28th, 2009 at 5:29 pm by piac

32. Hello, need some advice….
    while updating Cydia, i got some updates… 2 actually, some app and a “mobile substrate” and I update them at the same time… and then all the iPhone was “substrated”… and have to take it to a technician friend of mine to fix it…. and he told me “don’t update anything from cydia, but if you do, BE CAREFULL”….
    Now, the thing is my iPhone is back!, and im tempted to install Winterboard, because I want to have a “different look” on it!. When I press “install”, takes me to the “confirm” page… in “Modifications” appears “Mobile Substrate Winterboard”. As you can see the nightmare is there….!
    Can I install the Winterboard app? or my phone will crash again, and go again to an “I.C.U.”????….

    PLEASE HELP!

    Juancho

    Posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm by Juancho

33. Hie, want to know why iPhone won’t send files via blue tooth and why u cant customize yr ringtones wth yr iPod musik! It’s so pathetic bcoz any 20Century generation smartfone dose this and more not to mention a flash on th camera and th 2nd camera 4 video calling! Come on now apple, u guys can do way better than this…!!

    Posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm by Tafadxua

34. Hi i just jail broke my Ipod 2nd Gen Using This Tutorial Which I Thought Was Good : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEk_nt4ZtM&feature=related

    But Then When I Download Winter Board It Turns Off My Ipod And Then I Cant Turn It Back On I Have To Re-Jailbreak It

    I Have Dont It About 8 Times Now And Every Time The Same thing Happens Please Help Me

    Posted on May 20th, 2009 at 11:49 am by Lukey123

35. Basically, you have to jailbreak your Ipod using QuickPwn or PwnageTool (my preference is QuickPwn * Note: Look up around youtube on how to jailbreak your gen. and firmware ). After jailbreaking, you then acquire 2 Apps : Installer & Cydia. Go into Cydia and it will update itself automatically. Once updated, you can then search for winterboard.
    Cheers Mate!
    -Jason

    Posted on May 30th, 2009 at 1:12 am by Jason

36. wow does nobody have a good source for cydia its not hard to jail break an ipod or an iphone

    Somebody find a source that gives you a bundle of themes

    WOW

    Posted on May 30th, 2009 at 2:07 pm by AM

37. When I download winterboard it comes up with all these different pop-up errors the main one being;

    NetDB: Open nodename nor servname provided, or not known

    But in the end it always says download complete restart springboard. It restarts, and it’s not there. When I go to download it again it says install still and not modify. Can anyone help me.

    Posted on June 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pm by link

38. you have to jail break ur ipod touch/iphone using quickpwn and then when u run quickpwn it will ask u if u want to add cydia

    Posted on June 16th, 2009 at 9:06 pm by Jordan

39. mhh i jailbreaked my iphone 3gs yesterday. installed cydia and winterboard, and then my iphone crashed, and could just be started in the safety mode for springboard.

    since i removed winterboard again, it works. but i wanna use it, is there something else?

    Posted on July 4th, 2009 at 2:44 am by alexander

40. i have done the same thing.. i think i’ve installed it about 20x already and i just bought my iphone 3gs yesterday. i think im gonna have a hard time in the future because of this lol. but then.. i stopped after reading this out of nowhere.. http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/winterboard-working-iphone-3gs-waiting-fix-install

    so i think it’s not working at all in 3gs.. so we just have to wait!
    or if it does now!! could somebody help us!?? 🙂

    Posted on July 5th, 2009 at 12:08 pm by ayako

41. When I try to install SB Settings, I get a message;

    Depends network-cmds

    Depends sbsettingstoggles >= 3.0.2

    When I try to install SB Stettings, it says

    Depends on network-cmds

    How do I get network-cmds. Where is it for me to run?

    Thanks.

    Posted on July 26th, 2009 at 6:36 pm by Ron

42. can somebody make a winterboard theme for me if you can just email me and title it winter board i want a framing hanley with the whole setup with the lollipop sound with it and kenneth nixon the lead singer if you could do that i would greatly appreciate it thank hou my e mail is tinkerbell_wings88@hotmail.com

    Posted on August 1st, 2009 at 7:11 pm by becky

43. i need winterboard application. .how can i get it??

    Posted on August 16th, 2009 at 6:54 am by bhargav

44. bhargav says:
    i need winterboard application. .how can i get it??

    Ok Im assuming that your phone has been jail break and this is how you get the Winterboard,

    1) Click on Cydia
    2) Click on search and type “Winterboard” it will display. Click to install and confirm…your done 🙂

    Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 11:30 pm by Andy

45. Yo
    I saw the msg
    Very absorbing
    In fact I have been looking for this for ages
    http://www.appsafari.com is definitely on my bookmarksnow.
    Great effort keep up the good work !
    John

    Posted on October 13th, 2009 at 8:19 am by JoJo John Jnr

46. My favorite is Winterboard on the iPhone. Its work beautiful on my iPhone!

    Posted on November 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am by Stefan

47. i like because i can change the ikon,,?

    Posted on November 19th, 2009 at 11:09 pm by audy

48. help!! i try to install winterboard onto my iphone and when my fone reboots it goes into recovery mode and i have to restore it and jailbreak it again.. done it 5 times already and cant understand why its not working..

    Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 5:29 pm by Shin

49. heyyyy heyyyy everyoneeeee im sooooo happyyyyy i jailbrokeeeeee my ipodddd. my fave themesss on cydia aree imamess, abeo, picnic and sexy realize.??

    Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 7:39 pm by ?increase the peace?

50. Hey umm I downloaded winterboard and it doesn’t work because it always tells me that spring board has crashed plz help me I tried everything and it won’t even leg me charge my iPhone unless I take off winterbord so plz help email me the soluthion at scorpon07@gmail.com

    Posted on December 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm by Safi

51. this thing always crashes my ipod and i had to do a restore.

    Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 7:32 pm by dammit

52. I’m getting the similar issue of Winterboard sending my iPhone 3GS into recovery mode. Done multiple times, had to run blackra1n to get it to boot (this is a workaround to having to restore!).

    Posted on December 28th, 2009 at 7:50 pm by WhyWouldIGiveYouMyName?

53. The best way to get around having to restore it is to merely jailbreak the thing again. It reboots and everything is good to go. Works like a charm

    Posted on December 29th, 2009 at 10:09 pm by Him

54. Nice Cydia app. It’s been working fine for me – I’m on 3.1.2 firmware on iPod touch 2G.

    Posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 1:50 pm by Zeke Marffy

55. this look cool

    Posted on January 10th, 2010 at 10:22 am by jorge Tapia

56. I hop it works

    Posted on January 10th, 2010 at 7:27 pm by Lol homie loc

57. When i installed winterboard on My iPhone 3GS all of my downloaded applications stopped working. I removed winterboard but i could still not Open them. Any suggestions?

    Posted on January 29th, 2010 at 6:22 am by Helpplz

58. i downloaded winter board but my themes wont work, on my itouch 3rd gen do you know how to fix this.

    Posted on February 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm by dalton

59. i want to winterboard app,but si difficult to download ,,please help me

    Posted on March 11th, 2010 at 7:45 am by alim

60. when i try to down load winter baord it says host unreachable and then it tells me that I am missing killall to make it run
    how do i get winter board on my phone

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 4:58 pm by tonya

61. I love it

    Posted on May 30th, 2010 at 9:18 am by Anh

62. Would like to purchace this app please advise

    Posted on July 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm by Gail Davis

63. go to google and type in “spirit jailbreak” and then download spirit and then plug in your itouch, iphone, or ipad and the open up spirit on your computer and click “jailbreak” it literally takes like 5 seconds and you have it!

    Posted on July 26th, 2010 at 3:14 pm by Connor

64. this will be the first time jailbreaking mine, i know everything except where you get winterboard from. any help?

    Posted on August 10th, 2010 at 7:56 am by Kevin

65. Where can i get winterboard from cydia download link

    Posted on August 18th, 2010 at 11:55 pm by gadgets

66. I got winterboard install (only see it on cydia) but is not showing on home screen 🙁 plz help!!!!

    Posted on September 20th, 2010 at 10:00 pm by Leda

67. how do i download it i cant find the link

    Posted on September 21st, 2010 at 5:14 am by SOULJA BOY

68. How can I get it

    Posted on October 8th, 2010 at 11:49 pm by Cesar

69. I like this

    Posted on October 12th, 2010 at 4:18 pm by Nalleli

70. I have a brother

    Posted on December 21st, 2010 at 1:09 pm by Kyler

71. I love this program but how do I down load ott?????

    Posted on January 10th, 2011 at 5:37 am by junior valadez

72. It’s good

    Posted on June 18th, 2011 at 1:03 pm by Saad

73. I really want winter board I love the backgrounds you get when you have it

    Posted on July 19th, 2011 at 5:48 am by Olivia

74. When I click a theme and press the home button my iPod restarts and the theme doesn’t work idk why

    Posted on August 25th, 2011 at 7:45 pm by Rinaldo

75. Some genuinely rattling work on behalf of the owner of this internet site , utterly fantastic content material .

    Posted on October 28th, 2011 at 6:14 pm by t mobile phone deals

76. i need help to get my iphone up and running

    Posted on February 14th, 2012 at 6:01 pm by kevin

77. good

    Posted on March 29th, 2012 at 10:42 am by Amok

78. Cydia

    Posted on May 28th, 2012 at 3:51 pm by Anab

79. I’ll see a thing is very nice i”ll love

    Posted on April 20th, 2013 at 10:35 am by Fernando

80. My phone is new!

    Posted on March 15th, 2017 at 2:29 am by Genesis

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