Add custom wallpaper to iPhone 3G with iOS4
Jul 02, '10 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: frankdelaet
While custom Wallpapers are not supported on an iPhone 3G, it is possible to add custom made Wallpaper to a jailbroken iPhone 3G running iOS 4. Here's how.
Following are the requirements (achieving some of the individual requirements is beyond the scope of this hint but can be easily be found on the Internet).
- An iPhone 3G running iOS 4 WITH jailbreak
- Wallpapers activated during the jailbreak process
- Some way of copying files to the iPhone (I used ssh access)
- A .png file with a resolution of 480 * 320 pixels (Preview can convert .jpg files to .png)
Once you have all this in place:
Name the .png file 127.png (or if you have multiple files name them 128.png, 129.png etc.). And make a copy of the file named 127.thumbnail.png, and then copy both files to the iPhone into this directory: /Library/Wallpaper/iPhone/. You can experiment with making the thumbnail images smaller if you prefer.
That's it, now when you enter the Wallpaper menu on your iPhone your image will appear.
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. I personally do not endorse jailbreaking your iPhone but I understand many people have done it.]
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