Themes are a great way to
personalize your mobile phone, add color to it, showcase your personality and
perceptions, your taste and everything. This holds better still in the case of
the iPhone, because the device itself claims majesty. The themes that people
bring to you in this roundup will magically help your iPhone or iPod Touch
beyond the average interface, and offer new looks with newer icon
sets.
Just a little note before we unveil our selection, though. As these are winterboard themes, they obviously require your iDevice to become jailbroken. Mostly these themes can be found from Cydia. Where some special instructions are linked to the theme, they’re mentioned. Please be forewarned that using a theme enabled on your iPhone or ipod itouch will drain your battery faster.
With no further ado, here are out favorites.
HTC Hero Theme
HTC’s Android-based Hero brought by using it the superb implementation of Sense UI, receiving much praise from users everywhere. As the iPhone implementation does not provide the same functionality as the original Sense UI, it's still worth the praise in the way it transforms your ‘homescreen’.
Installing this theme could be a little tricky. Luckily, RedmondPie has a detailed step-by-step guide on installing this theme, which you'll check out here. Download links will also be given within the guide.
Suave
Suave is really a neat little iPhone/iPod Touch theme that you could enable through Winterboard. Default theme package are available in Cydia under ModMyi repository. This theme includes icons for stock applications plus some popular applications, as well as alternate icons. Further contents include wallpaper, status bar, page indicator dots, badges along with a dock.
Please note that five-column springboard and dock aren't part of this theme, but installed through separate hacks. Also, the SBSettings theme here doesn't come with Suave either.
Generally, Suave’s icons are smaller in dimensions than the stock ones.
Glasklart
A genuine beauty, this theme will come in Cydia via ModMyi repo. The name ‘Glasklart’ originates from Swedish, meaning ‘clear like glass’ which is exactly what this theme does; showcasing your wallpaper. The theme elements are usually transparent, and work best along with a user-defined wallpaper, preferably one with dark themes to choose the theme’s general outlook.
Glasklart package includes 5100+ icons, custom badges, lock screen skin, popup dialogs, SMS bubbles, calculator skin, dialer skin, call skin, and lots of separate options for additional customization. Best benefit is that Glasklart is free!
Matte Nano
Matte Nano is, to put it simply, beautify simplified. The overhaul this theme brings is giving a matte-finish turn to your iPhone/iPod Touch UI. Again available with the ModMyi repo for free, this beautiful theme includes 2,295+ icons (including duplicate icons), wallpaper, dock, badges and standing bar, with more additions constantly happening.
This theme also includes an icon template file in addition to mask function which can resize icons for all those apps whose alternates are not present inside the theme. For the ultimate effect, use Matte UI Graphite together with Matte Nano to complement an ideal matte look for your iDevice. There's also a matte theme available for SBSettings (both obtainable in Cydia for free, look them up).
Illumine
I must admit, this theme is the most popular. With ModMyi repo taking the cake again, Illumine is really a gorgeous theme featuring a gorgeous matted icon art, smaller and much more rounded icons, and a slightly softer palette when compared to default iPhone. What Illumine basically does is it adds icons for a large numbers of applications with a glowing neon underneath, giving probably the most beautiful effects you can imagine in the iPhone/iPod Touch’s glorious display. It also adds a glowing green orb for unlock screen.
Illumine is under constant support, meaning new icons keep on contributing to the theme. There is an Illumine effect readily available for SMS conversations, as well as for SBSettings. On top of that, despite its whopping download size (over 20 MB) and wide selection of customizations, Illumine is free.
One great tip regarding illumine is always to use it with the reflective dock tweak. The glowing neons look chilly when they get reflected.
Ultimate Chrome
Ultimate Chrome is yet another all-metal look for the iPhone or ipod itouch. The theme outlook is really a cool, brushed silver chrome having a great set of customizing features, including custom loader screens, a pleasant lockscreen that works great with AndroidLock, LiveClock, WeatheriCon, iPod Skin, SMS theme, Keyboard, some Cydia icons and apps store icons framed in Chrome.
Just a little note before we unveil our selection, though. As these are winterboard themes, they obviously require your iDevice to become jailbroken. Mostly these themes can be found from Cydia. Where some special instructions are linked to the theme, they’re mentioned. Please be forewarned that using a theme enabled on your iPhone or ipod itouch will drain your battery faster.
With no further ado, here are out favorites.
HTC Hero Theme
HTC’s Android-based Hero brought by using it the superb implementation of Sense UI, receiving much praise from users everywhere. As the iPhone implementation does not provide the same functionality as the original Sense UI, it's still worth the praise in the way it transforms your ‘homescreen’.
Installing this theme could be a little tricky. Luckily, RedmondPie has a detailed step-by-step guide on installing this theme, which you'll check out here. Download links will also be given within the guide.
Suave
Suave is really a neat little iPhone/iPod Touch theme that you could enable through Winterboard. Default theme package are available in Cydia under ModMyi repository. This theme includes icons for stock applications plus some popular applications, as well as alternate icons. Further contents include wallpaper, status bar, page indicator dots, badges along with a dock.
Please note that five-column springboard and dock aren't part of this theme, but installed through separate hacks. Also, the SBSettings theme here doesn't come with Suave either.
Generally, Suave’s icons are smaller in dimensions than the stock ones.
Glasklart
A genuine beauty, this theme will come in Cydia via ModMyi repo. The name ‘Glasklart’ originates from Swedish, meaning ‘clear like glass’ which is exactly what this theme does; showcasing your wallpaper. The theme elements are usually transparent, and work best along with a user-defined wallpaper, preferably one with dark themes to choose the theme’s general outlook.
Glasklart package includes 5100+ icons, custom badges, lock screen skin, popup dialogs, SMS bubbles, calculator skin, dialer skin, call skin, and lots of separate options for additional customization. Best benefit is that Glasklart is free!
Matte Nano
Matte Nano is, to put it simply, beautify simplified. The overhaul this theme brings is giving a matte-finish turn to your iPhone/iPod Touch UI. Again available with the ModMyi repo for free, this beautiful theme includes 2,295+ icons (including duplicate icons), wallpaper, dock, badges and standing bar, with more additions constantly happening.
This theme also includes an icon template file in addition to mask function which can resize icons for all those apps whose alternates are not present inside the theme. For the ultimate effect, use Matte UI Graphite together with Matte Nano to complement an ideal matte look for your iDevice. There's also a matte theme available for SBSettings (both obtainable in Cydia for free, look them up).
Illumine
I must admit, this theme is the most popular. With ModMyi repo taking the cake again, Illumine is really a gorgeous theme featuring a gorgeous matted icon art, smaller and much more rounded icons, and a slightly softer palette when compared to default iPhone. What Illumine basically does is it adds icons for a large numbers of applications with a glowing neon underneath, giving probably the most beautiful effects you can imagine in the iPhone/iPod Touch’s glorious display. It also adds a glowing green orb for unlock screen.
Illumine is under constant support, meaning new icons keep on contributing to the theme. There is an Illumine effect readily available for SMS conversations, as well as for SBSettings. On top of that, despite its whopping download size (over 20 MB) and wide selection of customizations, Illumine is free.
One great tip regarding illumine is always to use it with the reflective dock tweak. The glowing neons look chilly when they get reflected.
Ultimate Chrome
Ultimate Chrome is yet another all-metal look for the iPhone or ipod itouch. The theme outlook is really a cool, brushed silver chrome having a great set of customizing features, including custom loader screens, a pleasant lockscreen that works great with AndroidLock, LiveClock, WeatheriCon, iPod Skin, SMS theme, Keyboard, some Cydia icons and apps store icons framed in Chrome.
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