HomeScreen2.0 – Lock Screen Mod

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1. Cato on February 6th, 2009 1:23 pm:
   

   That looks pretty sweet… if only my Cydia app would stay open for longer than 10 seconds that would be kinda awesome

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   Brooke on February 6th, 2009 1:28 pm:

   Cato!! Are you still having problems with Cydia? Did you talk to Doug…I think he talked to saurik about it on Twitter.

   

   Cato on February 6th, 2009 3:34 pm:

   I talked to him a lil bit at the beginning of the week and he said that alot of people were haveing trouble and that he was gong to look into it but i haven’t heard anything since then…

   

   Steven on February 7th, 2009 9:35 am:

   Can someone help me please, tried to download the Homescreen Zip, but the download doesn’t work!!!

   Can somebody sent the zip to my email???

   

   Tizocman on February 7th, 2009 9:17 pm:

   The Link is Missing an e in apple so go to macthemes page to DL
2. Mary on February 6th, 2009 1:33 pm:
   

   cool stuffs. :]

   would be cooler if we can just choose whichever notifications we want instead of selecting them all, yeah? cuz i don’t use them all and would like to see certain ones that i wanted to be added to be shown on lockscreen.

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   Brooke on February 6th, 2009 1:38 pm:

   Yeah, I’m not sure why it only works if you have them all selected. The notifications thing actually took me a while to figure out…I searched through pages and pages….and page of forum to figure out why the notification weren’t working on the lock screen. It was because I didn’t have them all turned on!

   So, I’m with you…there are some that I just don’t need turned on.

   

   Kevin on February 6th, 2009 6:08 pm:

   In the LockBackground.html file in the HomeScreen_2.0 folder you can remove items you do not want to have displayed on the lock screen. One the html file in a text editor and scroll to the bottom. You will see a series of DIVs with IDs like “SilentIcon” and “CalendarIcon”. Simply remove the entire DIV of the item you do not want to display and it never will!
3. Mary on February 6th, 2009 1:46 pm:
   

   yeah, brooke, you did a great job though. :] hopefully there’ll be a solution to this later as it would lets us choose whichever notifications we want.

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4. Jason on February 6th, 2009 2:40 pm:
   

   I had to remove it as it made the incoming call screen look terrible (the weather was showing over top of the “mobile” underneath the callers name) and when I tried to hang up a call, the button wasn’t there, there was just a blank spot where it should be. Not sure if its due to my theme or whatever but now i’m trying it with with just the notifier icons and i’ll see what happens.

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5. drumthrasher109 on February 6th, 2009 2:52 pm:
   

   There’s the same thing here that requires less editing:
   http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/iphone-modifications/lock-widgets-free-alternative-to-intelliscreen-now-available-in-cydia-37962.html

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   Paul D. Spradling on February 10th, 2009 9:05 am:

   Yeah, and it’s updated for frequently.

   Thanks a lot!
6. Adplaya on February 6th, 2009 3:00 pm:
   

   I would just recommend getting intelliscreen. Easy.

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7. borgqueenx on February 6th, 2009 3:13 pm:
   

   how can i get the normal slide to unlock bar back?

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   El Payo on February 7th, 2009 12:43 am:

   I’d like to know as well. Too easy for this to unlock in my pocket without the original slider.

   

   El Payo on February 7th, 2009 1:48 am:

   Found the answer: Delete the “Bundles” folder from the “HomeScreen_2.0″ folder and respring.

   

   Bharat on February 7th, 2009 2:04 am:

   ya evn i would like 2 get d original slide 2 unlock…ne1 knws how 2 do tht??

   

   Mary on February 7th, 2009 2:28 am:

   uhmm… just remove the “Bundles” folder in the HomeScreen2.0 folder like I just mentioned thru ssh.
8. n0m0n on February 6th, 2009 3:16 pm:
   

   I could not find the files at that website.

   But why cant you just download Homescreen2.0 (English), and HomescreenCalendarUS from Cydia?

   Thanks

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9. Bharat on February 6th, 2009 3:22 pm:
   

   hey brooke or ne1…i did not reli get d procedure…i dwnlded d home screen 2.0 n d en.plist…bt wen i wnt 2ystem/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/DateFormats folder i did not hav ne1 file called en.plist…..bt a file called es.plist…..however i tried using home screen 2.0…i hav dwnlded d status notifier bt it shows my original wallpaper…can sum1 plz help me??

   Thanks

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10. borgqueenx on February 6th, 2009 3:22 pm:
    

    please make this a cydia package.
    I screwed up, my lockscreen looks like crap now…
    would be greatly appriciated

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11. borgqueenx on February 6th, 2009 3:30 pm:
    

    maby i screwed up becouse i didnt changed launguage file. i dont know what file the dutch one is, and all the files look like nothing. not really much text.

    can someone make a dutch no date plist file for me?

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13. Bharat on February 6th, 2009 4:18 pm:
    

    ohk guys got the modding stuff n evrythings working fine…only thing is tht d calendar is not showing on my loackscreen….how do i get that

    Thanks

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    Collin on February 6th, 2009 6:51 pm:

    uncheck lock status in winterboard

    

    rush on February 7th, 2009 2:24 am:

    i have the same problem. i have unchecked lock status in winterboard, but calendar is still not showing

    

    Bharat on February 7th, 2009 3:02 am:

    hey just click on d date n day…n it wil b visible
14. Jeremy on February 6th, 2009 4:46 pm:
    

    Oh goodie! An ADVANCED hack!

    I CAN NOT wait to get home from work and get my fingernails dirty with this one!

    Thanks Brooke!

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15. Liviaro on February 6th, 2009 4:52 pm:
    

    Wont work for me in sweden

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16. Collin on February 6th, 2009 6:49 pm:
    

    Brooke…
    My first time sshing something…
    and messing with the code…
    WORKED PERFECTLY!!!!!
    GREAT DIRECTIONS

    THANKS A LOT

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17. Andy on February 6th, 2009 8:17 pm:
    

    Homescreen 2.0 is awesome. I had to get rid of it because I could not put the current call on hold to answer a second call. Am I doing something wrong?

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    Brooke on February 7th, 2009 8:24 am:

    No, I think it is a glitch…I seem to have the same problem but, mine is random. Sometimes I get the overlay over my calls sometimes I don’t. I think I’m going to have to sift through some more forum pages.

    

    Andy on February 7th, 2009 2:20 pm:

    Thanks. LMK, I like Homescreen 2.0 and want to use it.
18. chrissrockks on February 6th, 2009 8:25 pm:
    

    i love this lockscreen, but i have no idea how to ssh, /: is there any other way i can just get it through cydia and insstall it? and i cant seem to find that lockscreen either, is there supposed to be a source for it?

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    Brooke on February 7th, 2009 8:25 am:

    It is not available through Cydia…that I know of. But, maybe the developer will create a package for it! You could always email them and suggest it.

    

    n0m0n on February 7th, 2009 11:46 am:

    I found:
    Homescreen2.0 (English), and
    HomescreenCalendarUS

    in the SOSiPhone repository.

    Isn’t this the same thing?
19. isaac on February 6th, 2009 11:16 pm:
    

    hey brooke great tutorial but i have a question is there any way to make the lockscreen stay on longer? i mean the original time is not enough to enjoy tis mod so please help me!!!

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    Bharat on February 7th, 2009 2:03 am:

    download 20 second lockscreen from cydia

    

    Douglas on February 8th, 2009 2:19 pm:

    FYI, we just tried the 20 second lockscreen hack and it shut down this lockscreen hack….

    

    Douglas on February 8th, 2009 3:46 pm:

    Nevermind, it was step 16 that broke it. I removed it from this article. 20 second lockscreen works.
20. Bharat on February 6th, 2009 11:29 pm:
    

    hey can sum1 plz temme on my lockscreen d calender is nt visisble…hw do i make it visible??

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    El Payo on February 7th, 2009 12:42 am:

    To display the calendar, simply tap the date. To hide it, tap the date again. To see a five-day weather forecast, tap the weather bar. To hide, tap it again. Notifications will appear as necessary.
21. Bharat on February 6th, 2009 11:30 pm:
    

    i have uncheched lock status…yet it is nt showing

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22. El Payo on February 7th, 2009 12:16 am:
    

    I used SFTP in Transmit rather than SSH. Worked fine, except I’m not getting the calendar to display.

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    El Payo on February 7th, 2009 12:22 am:

    Aha -

    Once the widget is active, you will see what is displayed in the first screenshot. To display the calendar, simply tap the date. To hide it, tap the date again. To see a five-day weather forecast, tap the weather bar. To hide, tap it again. Notifications will appear as necessary.

    

    Bharat on February 7th, 2009 2:01 am:

    thnx el payo
23. El Payo on February 7th, 2009 1:11 am:
    

    I felt that the Date line was too small. You can edit LockBackground.html in the HomeScreen_2.0 folder to change this. Additionally, for some reason, Arial was used as the font face. I switched that to Helvetica and settled on 16px as a good size for me, but you may like it larger or smaller.

    Change the .AccordionTitle section of the LockBackground.html:

    .AccordionTitle
    {
    height:30px;
    overflow:hidden;
    cursor:pointer;
    font-family:Helvetica;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:16px;
    vertical-align:middle;
    display:table-cell;
    -moz-user-select:none;
    }

    ___________

    The default displays dates such as “Saturday | February 09, 2009″. To display single digit dates without a leading “0″ (Saturday | February 9, 2009″) simply edit the “date.js” file in the HomeScreen_2.0 folder from:

    var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? “0″ : “”)+ now.getDate();

    to:

    var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? “” : “”)+ now.getDate();

    If you want to get rid of the “|” character in the date, change:

    today = days[now.getDay()] + ” | ” +

    to

    today = days[now.getDay()] + ” ” +

    or, to add a comma in place of the “|”:

    today = days[now.getDay()] + “, ” +

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    El Payo on February 7th, 2009 1:13 am:

    Oh, and yes, the font can be changed as well. Marker Felt worked, but why would you do that?
24. El Payo on February 7th, 2009 2:17 am:
    

    Finished messing around to get this to my liking. Here are some screenshots: http://gallery.me.com/payote/100057

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    xedlos on August 23rd, 2009 7:24 pm:

    Hey can you share the Calender Display – Charging with me?
25. Chase on February 7th, 2009 2:23 am:
    

    Whenever I respring, I see a quick flash of an outline, then my regular background. I also didn’t have an en.plist file before. Anyone know what’s up??

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    Douglas on February 8th, 2009 3:06 pm:

    You won’t always have an en.plist file before the hack. We’re having a phone with the same problem… we’re working on it.

    

    Z on February 10th, 2009 1:48 am:

    I have this problem, as well as the call-interference problems others mentioned:
    1. On an incoming call, the lock screen shows.
    2. On an outgoing call, the words “calling…” get cut off.
    3. Sometimes the “End Call” button disappears.
    4. Accepting another call (call waiting) doesn’t work.
    5. Merging calls doesn’t work.

    I’ve had this problem with other lock screen scripts as well, and I would love to see a fix for this.
26. Mary on February 7th, 2009 2:50 am:
    

    brooke, which text editor did you use to edit the lockbackground.html file? mine seems can’t get to work and it’s acting up so oddly when i tried to make some changes in that file through dreamweaver.

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    Mary on February 7th, 2009 3:22 am:

    never mind. :O

    i finally got it. :]
27. Oranav on February 7th, 2009 8:02 am:
    

    Thanks!
    Can you share the wallpaper please?

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    Brooke on February 7th, 2009 10:03 am:

    

    

    acidcloud on February 7th, 2009 10:28 am:

    Thank you! That’s sweet.

    

    Oranav on February 7th, 2009 11:48 am:

    Thanks!

    

    Brooke on February 7th, 2009 12:33 pm:

    It’s one of my favorites!
28. borgqueenx on February 7th, 2009 8:34 am:
    

    i need the dutch file to place in “DateFormats” folder.

    Please someone make itso this cool mod will work

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29. Steven on February 7th, 2009 9:36 am:
    

    Can someone help me please, tried to download the Homescreen Zip, but the download doesn’t work!!!

    Can somebody sent the zip to my email???

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    Bharat on February 8th, 2009 3:08 am:

    what is ur email id??

    

    Steven on February 9th, 2009 5:15 am:

    Bharat, my email is duniy@aol.com
30. borgqueenx on February 7th, 2009 11:20 am:
    

    how i change the wallpaper? so i have a custom background image and a other custom springboard image? with this mod enabled?

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    Bharat on February 8th, 2009 3:07 am:

    just do it normally
31. chrissrockks on February 7th, 2009 5:41 pm:
    

    brooke, itd be great if u could make a video for this post indicating what we would have to do , im not really familiar with the whole ssh process. i tried draggin it to the theme section folder but when i saw it on winterboard on my phone, i had a list of all the things that theme carried which were atleast 50! im lost on what to do after u download the fie, how exactly do i transfer it over to themes without that entire list of file names.

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32. Emil on February 8th, 2009 1:43 am:
    

    Hi, can anyone tell me the sources to get free LOGMEIN for iphone. pls email it to me at emilpaje@yahoo.com. Thanks

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33. t0m3r on February 8th, 2009 11:50 am:
    

    nice app, my only problem is, that my iphone doesnt show me my missed calls/mails/SMS and so on. i have installed StatusNotifier and still nothing. plz help me.

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34. chrissrockks on February 8th, 2009 5:20 pm:
    

    nvmd! i got it up and running, took me about an hour but i finally got it!!! i love apple iphone schoool!!!!! <3

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35. Sagar on February 8th, 2009 6:32 pm:
    

    Does this lock screen still interfere with receiving calls or being in calls? I remember that it used to always pop up even when I was in a call.

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36. David on February 8th, 2009 11:55 pm:
    

    I have done everything your guide says however all that shows on my iphone’s lockscreen is the lock symbol to unlock it, the time, and the top statusbar (att bars, AT&T, 3g, status notifier icons, and battery life). I have statusnotifier installed and all the notifications are on but my entire lock screen is blank where the calender, weather, and notifier icons should be. The date from the default lockscreen is gone however.

    I am trying to figure out if something in winterboard is conflicting with it but HomeScreen2.0 has the highest priority and lock status is off.

    Help would be greatly appreciated.

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    JD on February 19th, 2009 12:00 am:

    I had the same problem as you… All you need to do is skip this part.

    var source = ‘appleAccuweatherStolen’ //’appleAccuweatherStolen’|’yahooWeather’

    You don’t need this part of the code.
37. Lucee on February 9th, 2009 11:32 am:
    

    I dwld HomeScreen from SOS repo on cydia, it is the US calendar, how do u get the lock at the bottom of your lockscreen, I did not have a en.plist either, but it does show the calendar, im just dwld 20 second thx for this tut

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38. jaf2 on February 9th, 2009 2:41 pm:
    

    Please, i tryed to paste this code :

    var source = ‘appleAccuweatherStolen’ //’appleAccuweatherStolen’|’yahooWeather’

    but i cant see no difference.. it still use the other database.

    How do i have to do to have yahoo previsions, like in the weather app??

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    fab_rick on February 10th, 2009 6:00 am:

    replace the first ‘appleAccuweatherStolen’ with ‘yahooWeather’

    it will look like this

    var source = ‘yahooWeather’ //’appleAccuweatherStolen’|’yahooWeather’

    you do not need to copy and paste the whole line as brooke’s walk through says – this just moves the line to another part of the script but does not change it’s function

    also for the locale you will have to change it to a code. To get the code go to this website http://weather.yahoo.com/ and put in your city.

    My city is London
    in the address bar at the top of the browser the address reads
    http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/UKXX0085.html

    UKXX0085 is my weather locale code

    paste that in the locale section save and you should be good to go
39. Will on February 9th, 2009 6:47 pm:
    

    hi Brooke, is there anyway of getting this to work for Canadian users?great work.

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    Klint on March 4th, 2009 6:16 pm:

    It works with Canadian users. I just have to rename the city to “Edmonton, Canada”
40. totushi on February 11th, 2009 12:45 pm:
    

    is anyone having trouble with the calling time? mine gets cut out by my background picture after installing this… i cant see how long is my call…

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41. Hong on February 12th, 2009 2:49 am:
    

    SEEKING FOR HELP

    i have installed successfully, however, when i uninstalled it, the date (Which is under the time) disappeared on the lock screen.

    pls can anyone help

    help would be greatly appreciated

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    Eric on September 22nd, 2009 10:03 pm:

    me too…no idea what happen…
42. chrissrockks on February 12th, 2009 5:35 pm:
    

    is there any way of backing this theme up? i need to restore my iphone and doing this long process is a big pain. how can i back it up?

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43. daryl on February 13th, 2009 4:57 am:
    

    Followed all the instructions faithfully (but I didn’t have an en.plist, only an es.plist – tried both copying en.plist over, then replacing es.plist with en.plist after renaming it). Nothing happens after I load it from winterboard, my old lockscreen appears. Rebooted a few times, etc. – no luck

    No calender, nothing. Any ideas?

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    anon on May 13th, 2009 6:44 pm:

    I too do not have an en.plist
    I live in the US – why would i not have the en.plist file???
    currently I am just using the weather/notifications version because I cannot get the original date off the lockscreen
44. WesleySnipes on February 18th, 2009 11:00 pm:
    

    Hey Guys,
    HomeScreen is very cool and will work with other themes. I did however find a few bugs, some which have been mentioned:

    -Cuts of Call status screen, when receiving and call time counter(this is most likely due to removing the default date by adding the en file, otherwise the date is shadowed with the new date)
    -when you change weather source to yahoo, you lose weekly forecast
    -It would be nice to be able to change the clock time, or include the clock with this app as I think it is using the system clock

    Otherwise great app, and I’m sure it will only get better…

    Wes

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    Hamsterbal on April 6th, 2009 1:45 pm:

    I found the same problem :s and i’m also looking for any fix
45. JD on February 18th, 2009 11:55 pm:
    

    I love this mod. Works perfectly. Does anyone know how I can get the slider back though. I prefer the slide to unlock rather than the tap.

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    klint on March 6th, 2009 11:48 am:

    Note: If you would like to change the Tap to Unlock to Slide to Unlock just remove the Bundles folder or rename it to Bundlers_OFF.

    I just read this from above hahaaha.
46. EB on February 23rd, 2009 4:10 pm:
    

    How would you modify the code to make the calendar automatically expanded?

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47. Klint on March 4th, 2009 6:15 pm:
    

    Same question as #45.
    I don’t like the tap unlock, how do I remove it?

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    klint on March 6th, 2009 11:48 am:

    Nevermind
48. saul on March 11th, 2009 5:52 pm:
    

    i CANT edit the configureMe.js file, it takes me to a webpage. how do i edit it!? please help!

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49. Pasquale on March 16th, 2009 6:36 am:
    

    Having trouble with notifications, getting both the default blue notification although i only want homescreen’s. Is there a way to stop the default blue pop up? Any help would be appreciated

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    Dooonnn D. on April 20th, 2009 1:41 am:

    sammmme prob
50. Shori on March 19th, 2009 1:17 am:
    

    Did everything as said and yet cant see a thing on my screen apart from a an envelope next to the battery symbol. thats all.

    What did I do wrong ?

    Can anyone help I dont mind starting again and undoing what I did. The only thing did on the actual iPhone firmwaare was step 5 I believe. Rest was all modification in the ‘Complete VERSION FOLDER’ anyways.

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Cheers

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51. Lance on March 22nd, 2009 1:52 am:
    

    I just want to say thank you for this awesome article. I have been looking all over for detailed instructions on how to do this. Bad ASS job with this one.

    Thank you so much

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52. niiiiick on April 17th, 2009 10:49 pm:
    

    brooke try “doubleBar”
    its VERY clean, and allows your wallpaper to be displayed w/o much in the way

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53. Dooonnn D. on April 20th, 2009 12:04 am:
    

    Hello Brooke,

    Just wanted to say great job on the step-by-step instructions. However, when i receive a SMS the default SMS notifier pops up along with the HomeScreen notifier. How could I stop the default SMS notification from happening?

    email me @ donald.davis@menloschool.org plz

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54. Aran on April 21st, 2009 8:03 pm:
    

    Hi,

    The link on the forum for “en.plist” no longer works. Any idea where I could download this?

    Thanks.

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    Brooke on April 21st, 2009 9:55 pm:

    I just tested it and it worked. It is a zip file.

    

    Aran on April 22nd, 2009 1:42 am:

    Hey just realized there’s a link for the file on this page. It’s the forum page link that isn’t working.

    Thanks for the quick response.
55. Dooonnn D. on April 25th, 2009 8:48 am:
    

    Hello Brooke,
    Just wanted to say great job on the step-by-step instructions. However, when i receive a SMS the default SMS notifier pops up along with the HomeScreen notifier. How could I stop the default SMS notification from happening?

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    Spawn on April 27th, 2009 1:14 pm:

    yah i have the same problem..im tryin to look for a fix too. i havnt come across anything though.

    But i have another problem. The drop down list for the weather doesn’t work. its just a blank screen.

    

    Spawn on April 27th, 2009 4:10 pm:

    I figured out the SMS pop up problem..u need to go to cydia..and download pysl. respring..

    in PYSL..go to settings and under “GLOBAL SMS & CALL BLOCKING” turn “SMS Popup” ON

    u can also put a password if u like

    then go back..and enable PYSL.

    hope that helps
56. Spawn on April 27th, 2009 2:37 pm:
    

    here is wut it looks like

    

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57. Ash on June 24th, 2009 1:47 pm:
    

    Hi,

    I tried all the steps as described above and it works beautifully. Only problem is that i tried everything but it never displays my wallpaper in background. it only shows black background. Is there any workaround for this.

    Thanks,

    Ash

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    Vardan on July 24th, 2009 12:19 am:

    I’m getting that same problem. Can’t figure out why…
58. shaun on August 21st, 2009 9:43 pm:
    

    Hey,

    I’m not seeing the en.plist file, only es.plist

    help?

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59. Eric on September 22nd, 2009 9:53 pm:
    

    all i get is a black screen with the clock and the lock after install….

    what am i doing wrong

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    Eric on September 22nd, 2009 9:58 pm:

    i dont even have the date on my lock screen

    

    Sam on October 6th, 2009 2:16 pm:

    Me too. I have the clock, and the slider. Everything else is black. How do i solve this?

    

    Jop on October 23rd, 2009 12:39 am:

    Yeah doesnt seem to work on iPod OS 3.0!

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