10 CommentsMost of the themes you have for WinterBoard often comes with a bunch of new cool icons, carrier images, logos, badges, etc… WinterBoard makes it very easy for you to customize your iPhone but sometimes I want to change one little icon and apply it to all my themes. So how do you do this? Well, you need to know the location of the icon or image inside your phone, SSH into the phone and “manually” change the file.
Below is a summary that will make it easier for you to locate these files:
SpringBoard
Calculator Icon – /Applications/Calculator.app/icon.png
Maps Icon – /Applications/Maps.app/icon.png
Calendar Icon – /Applications/MobileCal.app/icon.png
Mail Icon – /Applications/MobileMail.app/icon.png
iPod Icon – /Applications/MobileMusicPlayer.app/icon.png
Notes Icon – /Applications/MobileNotes.app/icon.png
Phone Icon – /Applications/MobilePhone.app/icon.png
SMS Icon – /Applications/MobileSMS.app/icon.png
Safari Icon – /Applications/MobileSafari.app/icon.png
Camera Icon – /Applications/MobileSlideShow.app/icon-Camera.png
Photos Icon – /Applications/MobileSlideShow.app/icon-Photos.png
Clock Icon – /Applications/MobileTimer.app/icon.png
Settings Icon – /Applications/Preferences.app/icon.png
Stocks Icon – /Applications/Stocks.app/icon.png
Weather Icon – /Applications/Weather.app/icon.png
YouTube Icon – /Applications/YouTube.app/icon.png
Dock – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/SBDockBG2.png
Locked Screen
Unlock Text – /System/Library/Frameworks/TelephonyUI.framework/bottombarlocktextmask.png
Slider Bar – System/Library/Frameworks/TelephonyUI.framework/bottombarknobgray.png
General
Ringer background when you use volume keys – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/hud.png
Badge (alert bubble for calls, sms, etc.) – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/SBBadgeBG.png
Top info bar – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FST_BG.png
Battery Charging Screen
Battery Background – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/BatteryBG_1.png-BatteryBG_17.png
Top Info Bar (signal strength, battery, etc.)
Carrier Logo
lighter one – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_CARRIER_ATT.png
darker one – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_CARRIER_ATT.pn
Signal Strength
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_0_Bars.png-FSO_5_Bars.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_0_Bars.png-Default_5_Bars.png
Bluetooth – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_Bluetooth.png
Background bar color HomeScreen – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_BG.png
Background bar color Lock mode – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FST_BG.png
Background bar color for all other screens (Text, Safari, Mail, etc.) – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/default_BG.png
WiFi Bars
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_0_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_1_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_2_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_3_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_0_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_1_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_2_AirPort.png
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_3_AirPort.png
Power on Screen
The logo – /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/applelogo.png
Power Off Screen
Power off slider – System/Library/Frameworks/TelephonyUI.framework/bottombarknobred.png
Calculator
Background – /Applications/Calculator.app/CalculatorBackground.png
Screen Background – /Applications/Calculator.app/LCDBackground.png
iPod
Rating Stars – /Applications/MobileMusicPlayer.app/star_filled.png
Phone
Keypad – /Applications/MobilePhone.app/BarDialer_Sel.png
SMS
Input Field (Bubble where you type you’re text message) – /Applications/MobileSMS.app/BalloonInputField.png
Balloon 1 (Bubble where sent text messages are) – /Applications/MobileSMS.app/Balloon_1.png
Balloon 2 (Bubble where received text messages are) – /Applications/MobileSMS.app/Balloon_2.png
Bottom Bar Background (Background behing the text input field) – /Applications/MobileSMS.app/MessageEntryBG.png
Safari
URL Bar (Idle) – /Applications/MobileSafari.app/Url.png
URL Bar (Inactive) – /Applications/MobileSafari.app/UrlInactive.png
URL Bar (Active) – /Applications/MobileSafari.app/UrlProgress.png
Trashcan – /System/Library/PreferenceBundles/MobileMailSettings/trashmbox.png
Please feel free to add more to the list.
This is a great article. I think it should definitely be added to our FAQ.
You’re right Alicia. I just added it to our FAQ page.
Anyone actually got these icons of the phone successfully?
Like MobileSMS’s icon.png for instance? They seem corrupted to me.
Thank you! I was looking for the icons’ location forever! Noone makes it this clear..Thank you again!
Thanks for this, was looking for this info on google trying all kinds of keywords, finally found your article! Now I can finally change that one ugly icon
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This is good info but… it appears that many programs are located somewhere else. They are not listed under applications. So far I’ve been unable to locate them so I can’t mod their icons. (Google Voice, WordWeb, Simplenote, Dictionary, Pandora and many others are unlocatable.)
This is good info but incomplete…..yes those locations are useful but you do not mention how to “manually” change the icons. Right now I am using the iGlassSol theme which i love but I really would like to have the stock YouTube and Pandora icons.
Also, in regards to dan bowens comment if you look in /private/var/mobile/Applications
you will find some rather cryptic folders such as this one
/36AD40D4-328C-4352-9CF8-625DB444B8A7/Pandora.app
Which i beleive to be where the icon for Pandora and many other apps store their info.
In order to change the icon you have to find the file name being used by the current theme you are running. In my case I am running iGlassSol and the theme stores its icons in this location
Library>Themes>iGlassSol
So after navigating to that directory it was simply a matter of uploading the icon.png from the pertaining Application directory I wanted to change to and renaming it to the same name that the theme would use. I hope that clarifies some. It will differ of course depending on what theme you use but I thought it was worth mentioning that you have find out where the theme stores its icons in addition to knowing where the other locations mentioned in the post are. I was a little vague on that after reading this post the first time. Just trying to help.
This has been a huge time saver. Many, many thanks.