Some of you might remember the app vWallpaper, an application that enables video wallpapers. I honestly haven’t written about the app is quite some time however, people are wondering if it has been updated for the 3.0 firmware yet. A few days ago, the developer released a beta version of both SkrewCommon (a code app that is needed in order to run vWallpaper) and vWallpaper. It is a manually install and there are a few bugs still such as; the device will not go into sleep mode and sometimes the video wallpaper will not restart after closing an application. If you would like to give it a try, check out THIS post for the links and instructions.

Well, it seems that while I was traveling, we finally got one of the apps that many of you have been waiting for…vWallpaper/vRingtones. I gave the app a try and it seems to work great! One new feature in the vWallpaper section is that you can now add a picture mask to your wallpaper. The video wallpaper will then show behind the picture mask. Another feature that I really like is the ability to preview the wallpapers and picture masks before setting them. The only thing it needs now is the ablity to view a vWallpaper before you download it. That would be nice!

The vRingtones part of the application works well too. For some reason these apps seem to run a lot smoother now. When I had them on version 1.1.4 and below they were always a little sketchy but, they seem to work great on firmware 2.0 and above.


Note: Remember that in order to use vWallpaper, you first need to install SkrewCommon.

Another very nice new feature is when you select a video to assign it to a contact or as the global video, you will get to see a preview of the video. An excellent feature! The update also allows you to use videos from MxTube as a video ringtone. The only feature I would love to see now is the ability to view the videos before I download them. That way I do not have to download them and then delete them…it would save a ton of time. You can get both vWallpaper and SkrewCommon through the Skrew source.

VideosTone
1. Ability to set a video ringtone for all incoming calls or you can choose video ringtones for specific contacts
2. You can preview the videos before selecting them
3. Ability to set both the audio ringtone and video ringtone
4. You have to manually SSH in more videos to be used as ringtones (comes with one default video ringtone)
5. Shows up as an option in your stock Settings app on you iPhone
6. Free
7. Available through iFoneTec Source


vWallpaper
1. If you set a video ringtone…that is the ringtone for all incoming calls
2. You can only see the file names of the videos
3. Can select only a video…whatever audio is with that video is what is used as the ringtone
4. You can download more videos to be used as ringtones from within the application
5. Shows up as an application on iPhone’s SpringBoard
6. Free
7. Available through Skrew source

Let me know in the comments which application you prefer…I really think it comes down to personal preference.

There is one default video ringtone already in the Select Videos option, you can add more videos by downloading them from the Download Videos section. As of now, there are eight videos available to download from the Download Videos section. After you have selected a video from the Select Video section, you will want to enable videoringtones and then restart your SpringBoard. The video ringtone that you select will be automatically added as the ringtone for all incoming calls. The only thing that drives me crazy about this application is that there is no back button. The Home button brings you all the way out to the main menu when I only want to go back one menu!! Other than that, the application worked good. I did have to turn off my VideosTone ringtones in order to get the vWallpaper Video Ringtone to work. You can get both SkrewCommon and vWallpaper through the Skrew source.

Full Change Log for version 1.46 of SkrewCommon:
SkrewCommon for vWallpaper:
    • Autolock implantation.
SkrewCommon for iToday:
    • Don’t display “@” if there are not location defined.
SkrewCommon for iFastSwitch :
    • Problem for halt / reboot : please test if it’s ok for you now.
    • SSH : Implementation of 4 ssh server version. As i can’t test all
versions, please report if it’s ok for you. If not, post on forum with
maximum details about your configuration.

- Video loop glitch fixed (i hope for all videos :p).
- It don’t mess with ringtone call anymore (i have tested 30 times!)
- new method to detect video playing. need feedback!
- You can change video without need to restart springboard.
- Next version will have ability to download wallpapers

I’ve tested this version and still have trouble with the black “glitch” on some wallpapers. It seems the higher resolution and longer the video is, the more likely you’ll see the “glitch”. It is very nice to select a file and not have to restart. Thanks to the developer for updating this app and listening to the users requests!

Don’t forget you can browse and download video wallpapers for your iPhone at vWallpapers.com.

UPDATE: This app is available through installer from this source under multimedia: http://i.danstaface.net