WinterBoard Themes for iPhone

All the people out there who are bored of the monotonous appearance of your Apple iPhone can now resort to some interesting WinterBoard themes and brighten up device.... as well as iPhone experience.
WinterBoard is undoubtedly one of the best Cydia apps that you can lay your hands on. It helps you customize your Apple devices by adding a wide variety of themes and sounds, other than the background and status bar, to it. Among all these products, the WinterBoard themes offered by Cydia deserve a special mention as they add to the style quotient of your phone. Basically, Cydia applications are compatible to any Apple product which has iPhone OS (iOS) as its default operating system.

iPhone WinterBoard Themes

WinterBoard themes, also known as Cydia themes, are theming programs which help you give your iPhone a unique look that you desire. While these themes are more popular as Cydia themes, they are often referred to as WinterBoard themes as you require the WinterBoard app to activate them. When you download this app, which is an open source app, it comes with some pre-installed themes. You can go through these themes, and activate the one you like. You also get to download these themes from some of the top sources for such themes such as the ModMyiFone, iSpazio, BigBoss etc.

The 'Themes' section where the Cydia themes are located can be accessed by going to 'Menu' > 'Sections' > 'Themes'. Here you will find a list of themes arranged in different categories, such as themes (complete), themes (keyboard), themes (lock screen) etc. You can either opt for complete customization by going to complete themes or customize a part such as the keyboard by going for the keyboard or lockscreen themes. As you tap on any of these categories, you will be redirected to a list of themes. In order to download them, you will have to tap on the 'Install' tab located next to its name. While some of these themes come for free, you might have to spend some money on downloading others.

Top WinterBoard Themes for Your iPhone

Once you have downloaded these themes, they will be stored on your iPhone and you will require the WinterBoard app to activate them. The process activating these themes is as simple as the process of downloading them. You will have to launch the WinterBoard app, and go to the downloaded themes, wherein you will come across a list of all the themes that you have downloaded. You have to tap on the 'Activate' tab near the name of a particular theme you want to activate, and it will get activated. You will see a check mark in front of its name when the theme is activated. In order to help you choose a theme, we have compiled a list of some of the top themes and given it below.
  • Aladar Theme
  • BlackMac iPhone Theme
  • Blue Thunder Theme
  • Civilization Theme
  • Covette Theme
  • Crump Theme
  • Delnoch Theme
  • Ferrari Theme
  • GinoAwesome Theme
  • Glasklart iPhone Theme
  • iGlass Sol Theme
  • iWood Realize Theme
  • Macish Silver Theme
  • Niffob-Kirik Theme
  • Reveal Transparent Theme
  • Shelf Theme
  • Southpark Theme
  • Straight-P Theme
  • Tenius Theme
  • The Metal Thing Blue Theme
  • Ultimate Chrome Theme
If you are using the Apple iPhone 4.0, you might encounter some compatibility issues. In that case you can either try reinstalling them or opt for some WinterBoard theme developed for iPhone 4.0 - such as the Classica iPhone 4 Winterboard Theme or the Suave HD Theme. While the options are limited, developers are trying their best to make more themes compatible to iPhone 4.0, and therefore it wouldn't be surprising to come across a lengthy list of the same sometime in near future.
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Published: 9/21/2010
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