How do I get themes onto my iPhone (firmware 1.1.4 and below)?

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1. frack on December 9th, 2007 12:08 pm:
   

   Thanks a lot for this tread (and your answer in the other post).
   I changed the dock, but can’t find where are the dock icons… could you help me ?

   Thanks

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2. Brooke on December 10th, 2007 3:32 pm:
   

   All icons will be in the Icons folder when you download a theme (if it is a SummerBoard ready theme for version 1.1.1). The stock icons in the dock are Phone, Mail, Safari and iPod. However, you can use Customize to change those icons by rearranging them in the Icon Display Order in Customize.

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   xulfi on August 21st, 2008 12:23 pm:

   hi..i m frm india..i was wondering can u tell the procedures for uploading themes onto iphones..when the phone is not connected to a wifi network?
3. Tjeu on December 13th, 2007 5:29 am:
   

   What program do I need to use for transfers with a mac?

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   mesho on March 4th, 2009 10:08 am:

   What do you want to tarnsfer ? from where ? PC i pod or i phone ?
4. ChrisS on December 22nd, 2007 3:18 pm:
   

   hey, the pictures i chose for the icons aren’t showing up when i put them into the folder, what am i doing wrong? i converted them to .png and made 64×64 and named them the right way and it still didn’t work.

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   LTS on March 18th, 2008 1:37 pm:

   all my icons appear except Weather. None of the theme I downloaded work
   for Weather.
5. pau on December 28th, 2007 10:20 pm:
   

   can i put themes or applications from my computer?thanks

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6. Douglas on December 28th, 2007 10:50 pm:
   

   @pau – I’m not sure what you mean… like Windows or OSX themes? They won’t work, only themes made for the iPhone.

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7. pau on December 28th, 2007 11:24 pm:
   

   how can i use my computer to put my iphone themes..i followed the new folder etc written above..i have summerboard on my iphone how can i copy it??thanksss…..

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8. Brooke on December 28th, 2007 11:34 pm:
   

   @Pau…Did you try the process above…what part exactly are you having problems with?

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9. Tommy on December 29th, 2007 12:28 am:
   

   my winscp aint workin is there any other program that u could just connect the iphone and download stuff from there

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10. Cher on January 4th, 2008 10:07 am:
    

    what program can i use to transfer the themes from a mac. the winscp abive is an exe file. thank you very much

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11. Brooke on January 4th, 2008 10:17 am:
    

    You can use iDemocracy for Macs.

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12. Cher on January 4th, 2008 9:59 pm:
    

    Thank you!

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13. Sean on January 10th, 2008 9:23 am:
    

    How to I put the Tinkerbell them onto my iphone? When I unzip there is only a .pkg file there.

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14. Douglas on January 10th, 2008 9:33 am:
    

    .pkg files do not work with summerboard. You must download the theme files for the program you use to change themes. Like Summberboard or iSwitcher. I’m not sure what .pkg is used for.

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15. sunny on January 14th, 2008 9:23 pm:
    

    do u need a router to connect

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16. Brooke on January 14th, 2008 11:15 pm:
    

    Yes, to connect via OpenSSH…you need a router.

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17. Rishi on January 17th, 2008 7:07 am:
    

    hi can any1 tell me where 2 locate the .pkg file on iphone, i downloaded a theme called duracell.pkg through iphone hack tool kit, & would like to remove this file from the phone itself, would be thankful if any1 could guide me in removing it

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18. Brooke on January 17th, 2008 8:27 am:
    

    Themes are put in the root/Applications/SummerBoard/Themes folder. Just delete it from there!

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19. ali on January 23rd, 2008 12:58 am:
    

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20. beloved on January 28th, 2008 2:45 pm:
    

    is there a way that I can download themes and games from this site without unlocking my iphone? (my service is with att) thanks for your help.

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21. masuser on February 2nd, 2008 5:17 am:
    

    @Ali solo jackealo y le puedes poner lo que desees.

    - I CAN’T ACCESS TO SUMMERBOARD IN ROOT/LIBRARY/
    DOESN’T APPEAR. I HAVE AN 1.1.3 JAILBROKEN!!
    ANYONE KNOWS WHY?? I ALREADY INSTALLED IT FROM INSTALLER!!

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    keith on February 24th, 2008 6:39 pm:

    hey Masuser,
    Same thing is happening to me, have you solved this problem? please let me know and could you please hlep me?…thank you

    

    yamman on February 26th, 2008 7:50 am:

    im getting the same thing. i do not see Summerboard in Library. I also have 1.1.3 Jailbroken

    

    edse on February 26th, 2008 7:03 pm:

    I had the same problem, but i went and install a couple of SB Themes.
    Choose anyone, close WinSCP, connect again, and you’ll the SB
    folder on WinSCP
22. alyns on February 7th, 2008 6:09 am:
    

    when I entered the password on winscp it says access denied… please help

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23. Jacob on February 7th, 2008 4:03 pm:
    

    @beloved – negative big dog, themes and games only work on jailbroken iPhones.

    @alyns – 1.1.3 loggin is ‘mobile’ password ‘alpine’ (if i remember correctly)
    – but 1.1.2 and earlier is ‘root’ password ‘alpine’

    try those and let us know if that helped.

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24. jon on February 8th, 2008 10:12 am:
    

    im very noob to the whole hacking thing i just got my iphone for christmas..i am an at&t customer alrdy…how can i jailbreak my iphone

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25. jon on February 8th, 2008 10:32 am:
    

    is purchasing iphonegeek worth it?

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26. BigRed on February 16th, 2008 4:04 pm:
    

    Ok, after you download your files to change themes where do you go on your phone to change them? I go to SMB and there not there.

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    Alex on March 7th, 2008 10:45 pm:

    Same question.
    I did everything till the copying all the theme folders I want to Summerboard
    But after that what do I do?
    On my iPhone I can’t find Summerboard to change the theme.
    Please help!
27. linda on February 21st, 2008 8:51 am:
    

    hi i have downloaded some themes from “themes (customise) and themes (apps)” but after downloading how do i go about to view or change it on my iphone?

    pls help

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30. kurupt on February 22nd, 2008 7:47 am:
    

    HELP ME PLEASE

    bonjours j ai t

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31. andrea on February 25th, 2008 11:46 am:
    

    se non ho una connessione wifi che programma devo usare per collegare l’iphone al pc e vedere le cartelle interne dove mettere i temi?

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32. itsquy on February 26th, 2008 10:28 pm:
    

    I have a jailbroken 1.1.3 iphone and I can’t seem to connect to it using WinSCP. I get a window saying “network error: connection timed out” Are there any specific settings or anything I need to change?

    Please Help!
    Thank You!

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33. jaypee on March 8th, 2008 10:42 am:
    

    itsquy, same thing happen to me, i got an error message also saying the same thing. i’ve got a 1.1.3 jailbroken iphone. thanks and somebody help us…

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34. Saiwb6 on March 12th, 2008 6:37 pm:
    

    How do I import .pkg theme files into an iPhone that is jailbroken already? iPhoneHackToolKitv1.0 asks you to jailbreak the phone again and sends a “restore” file to the phone. Will this ‘undo” any changes that I’ve already done to my unlocked phone???

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35. queenie on March 18th, 2008 2:34 am:
    

    my winscp is not working pls help me ……im using vista i did everything but i doesnt work at all

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36. jake on March 19th, 2008 2:25 am:
    

    I followed your instructions for adding a theme from a zipped file but I do not see the theme on my summerboard or in installer.

    could you help me please?!

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    jake on March 19th, 2008 2:51 am:

    nvm. i got it to work
37. Heather on March 20th, 2008 10:58 am:
    

    OK….don’t know if I am just abnormally stupid or what. I downloaded 2 summerboard themes to my macbook, put them on the desktop, connected to my iphone using Fugu, and dragged the files over…..can’t find the da*n things anywhere! Did I drag to the wrong spot? I know they are there, just can’t find ‘em! Same thing with some themes I got through installer from Apogee….said they installed and then nothing! Any and all help will be appreciated!

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38. Chix on March 23rd, 2008 5:16 am:
    

    Hi. The theme I copied showed up on my SMB theme list but when I tried using it my theme didn’t change, instead the default icons appeared. Would appreciate your help very much.

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39. Vy on March 25th, 2008 12:45 am:
    

    I don’t know why but all the themes that work on my phone wouldn’t show up on the list on WinSCP. Only those that i installed from the installer showed up. Themes that i am trying to add to them would be in the ” non-working folder” and i couldn’t find them in the theme list in summerboard. Does any one know how to fix this problem? Many thanks.

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40. Manuel on March 25th, 2008 12:17 pm:
    

    umm ok. so i tried doing this but when i went to WinSCP it didnt have the summerboard folder.
    what do i do now?
    oh and also im running of firmware 1.1.4 on my Itouch if that helps anything?

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41. Gabe on March 27th, 2008 6:07 pm:
    

    There seems to be a lot of confusion and half instructions on how to get themes to work. I have a 1.1.4 phone and a 1.1.3 phone currently (one is my fiance’s). First thing is to start from scratch with the whole SMB. Uninstall any themes you may have installed and uninstall SMB and the fix for it as well if it’s installed. Then follow these instructions EXACTLY.

    1. Restart your phone (hold power until the slider bar on top shows up and “Slide to Power Off”).
    2. Turn the iPhone back on and open the Installer app.
    3. Click on the Install option at bottom of screen.
    4. Install Summerboard
    Now, this is VERY IMPORTANT…
    5. Without restarting, install the SMB Themes Fix in the “Tweaks (1.1.3)” folder.
    6. Now restart your iPhone (again, Slide it off then back on)

    You should now be able to download your themes and then go to SMBPrefs and select the ones you want to use.

    It took em a lot of work finding these instructions and I even did the WinSCP (which also worked) but I find that this way is much faster and works for 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 also.

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    Bart on April 17th, 2008 2:31 pm:

    Please add to this brilliant explanation;

    Change the protection on the summerboard folder and all folders recursively to 0757. Only then you find the themes you’ve installed in the menu!!

    hope this helps.
    ScuBart
42. alan on March 29th, 2008 7:47 pm:
    

    i have a problem when i transfer my theme from scp to summerboard it shows up but when i apply the theme it doesnt give me the theme i downloaded it gives my the orginal theme of the iphone

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43. Bookworm on March 30th, 2008 8:39 am:
    

    I’ve started to make a few themes of my own – it’s easy and remarkably relaxing! I can easily install these to my own iPhone using WinSCP, but how do I package them together in order to send them to one of the sources shown in Installer, so that other users can download them? As an example, lets call one of my themes “Outside” – the file structure on my PC is:

    In the Outside folder:
    [Icons]
    Wallpaper.png
    Dock.png

    So that Wallpaper.png is the – duh!- Wallpaper and Dock.png is the – again, duh! – Dock background. The [Icons] sub-folder contains the various icons for the theme, such as Mail.png for the mail icon, etc. If any icon isn’t in this folder, the iPhone OS merely uses the default icon “hard coded” in the OS. Thus the minimum icons for a theme must be named after all of the applications on your springboard home page (YouTube.png, Mail.png, Contacts.png, Calendar.png, etc).

    Anyway, back to my question – in what format are these packaged for the sources and how do I get them there . . .?

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44. alan on March 30th, 2008 8:37 pm:
    

    SOMEONE HELP nothin i transfer my wsc to my iphone works i can see them on my phone but when i apply anything it doesnt work!!!?!?!?

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45. Jeevan on April 2nd, 2008 11:28 am:
    

    How do i get icons into my iPHONE?

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    Douglas on April 2nd, 2008 9:24 pm:

    SSH
46. Karla on April 16th, 2008 1:38 pm:
    

    I did step by step of the tutorial, but still the 2 themes that I placed in the summerboard do not show up in the Theme option of Summerboard. Through winscrp, I can not see the other themes I have installed and working. Any idea where they are stored ???

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47. Lucas on April 21st, 2008 1:25 pm:
    

    I can get the theme on my ipod touch but the icons don’t change Anyone can help?

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48. paola on April 24th, 2008 1:56 pm:
    

    hi I have the iphone and I just want to change my original theme to my own creation but I need a easy way to do it, also i want to know how to remove if I have to go to the repair center one day…

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49. paola on April 24th, 2008 5:44 pm:
    

    I need help

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50. Ravi on April 26th, 2008 12:41 am:
    

    I hav bought a second hand i-phone where there are already themes installed inside. but when i try to install them, it says “host cannot be found.” can you help me?? thanks

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51. andrew on May 1st, 2008 2:06 pm:
    

    is any of this possible without a WiFi Connection? I have a jailbroken phone, but no connection to wifi.

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52. Chris on May 20th, 2008 3:51 pm:
    

    My WinSCP will not work. I used my ip address, and all it says is “host has not answered for 15 seconds. Still waiting… ”
    Help please!

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53. FuBU on May 27th, 2008 11:17 am:
    

    var/mobile/Library/SummerBoard/Themes

    the above folder is where i found all my SMB themes. Copied the newly created theme to this folder, and it worked like a charm….

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54. Ryan on May 28th, 2008 12:03 am:
    

    is there a way to change the slider icon?

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55. Ryan on May 28th, 2008 7:54 am:
    

    Is there any program to organize photos as you take them? i have pictures of my son and pictures of girls doing bad things next to each other. I was hoping to be able to add folders and organize it alittle bit. Thanks

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56. peggy on June 25th, 2008 2:43 pm:
    

    hey someone knows how can i get vista 3.0 theme

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57. MHarms on July 5th, 2008 9:47 am:
    

    I’m trying to figure out the whole adding themes to my iphone and I installed WinSCP, but when I put in the user name and password, it won’t authenticate the password. Any ideas?

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    redfoot on July 27th, 2008 3:50 pm:

    @MHarms

    You’re using a WiFi connection right? Go into ‘Settings’, go to ‘WiFi’, click the little arrow to the right of whatever your wifi is called, then click “Static”. Change the IP address one digit higher (so if it’s currently 192.168.1.17, change it to 192.168.1.18), and try to connect again using WinSCP.

    Host: 192.168.1.18 (or whatever you put in)
    Username: root
    Password: alpine
58. amar on July 13th, 2008 11:32 pm:
    

    this is great info..thanx a lot. was able to transfer themes to iphone with a fly..

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59. hamad on July 14th, 2008 11:04 pm:
    

    hello i cant see the thems when i puted on mu iphone why !? i rest the summer bord by default what i can do to see the thems ???

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60. kate on July 28th, 2008 7:37 pm:
    

    if i do something wrong.. can i damage my iphone or lock it?

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61. mary on July 28th, 2008 7:45 pm:
    

    can’t we use a lot of memory to install applications? instead of using all of it in music and videos??

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62. noushad on July 31st, 2008 11:49 pm:
    

    how i can uploard my iphone applications to my iphone into my computer

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63. peggy on August 6th, 2008 1:43 am:
    

    HELP is there a sourse or something that i can use on youtube because it doesnt work it says “cannot connect to youtube” so if someone knows something please tell meeeeee ok.

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64. TIm on August 8th, 2008 11:45 pm:
    

    Trying to connect with FUGU and have 1.1.4 on iphone jailbroken. Can not get it to connect. Entered IP address and user of root and also tried user of mobile but it just times out and goes back to connect screen. Never get password screen. Any ideass???

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66. valeria on August 13th, 2008 4:25 pm:
    

    network error: connection refused
    ?
    and do i need to put something in port number?

    i just want to get customize on my iphone 3g but i find it impossible i cant download installer or cydia because a blue question mark appears on jailbreakme!

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67. Hart on September 4th, 2008 12:33 pm:
    

    Do i have to have a wi-fi connection? And i tried to install the installer.app on my phone but it didn’t have the right version? because my phone says it has version 2.0.1 or modem firmware 01.48.02 and the install.app says 1.0.0, 1.0.1, & 1.0.2??

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68. Michelle on September 9th, 2008 2:29 am:
    

    Hey, this has nothing to do with themes but,

    When I tried to install something using installer on ipod touch it always says host cannot be found. Please help!!!! I really want to get games onto it, and it doesn’t work. Is there a way to add in the apps manually? Please help!!! Thxx!

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69. Live on October 4th, 2008 1:38 pm:
    

    I open the WinSCP and entered my IP Adress and the user name and pass but when i click login it says error connection refused. Any ideas. Help me out here? Thanks

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70. rajiv on November 4th, 2008 12:31 am:
    

    i have a summerboard theme and i dont know how to remove it and put my photo as a wallpaper i tried it as set as wallpaper but its not going the summerboard

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71. Ricky on November 27th, 2008 2:19 am:
    

    hey i cant find my var/root/library/SummerBoard/Themes folder on my WinSCP do i need to download or wht?

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73. ReiYamato on December 2nd, 2008 7:01 pm:
    

    i downloaded the quickpwn and launched it, i did the steps but its not progressing, is there any other way i can get themes on my iphone?

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74. ReiYamato on December 4th, 2008 8:00 pm:
    

    i cant jailbreak my iphone on my laptop, im using vista, i tried it many times bbut still dont work, what should i do to jailbreak it?

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75. Blue on April 2nd, 2009 11:40 am:
    

    what is the ip adress, how do i find it?

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76. ash on September 3rd, 2009 11:29 pm:
    

    HEy there, Can u help me to Download themes to an A530 iphone that I have bought.. i guess its a replica of the original and am just wondring if I will be able to change the theme…. if so then lets do it..

    ash

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    Chris on September 3rd, 2009 11:57 pm:

    lol… it might sorta look like an iPhone, but there isn’t anything on here that is going to help you with that phone
77. ash on September 6th, 2009 2:59 pm:
    

    Oh , shiiiiity.

    what a rubbish I have bought then………

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78. Problem Solver on September 8th, 2009 12:10 pm:
    

    EVERYONE’S PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
    THOSE WHO CANT FIND THE THEMES FOLDER IN var/mobile/library/SummerBoard/Themes…GO TO var/stash/Themes.xxx AND PASTE YOUR THEMES THERE!!!

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79. Diablo on November 14th, 2009 5:14 am:
    

    weiß irgendjemand wo man die themen übersicht herbekommt was für themen es alle bei cydia gibt und wenn das nicht geht wie man gedownloadete themen aufs i phone zieht mit I tunes?? oder wie

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