*Read This* iPhone Modding Info

[pb30]

Note, 8/6/08: This post was made in July of 2007. Some of the locations below have changed, and several links are no longer active. Therefore, until the original poster updates this thread, you should use other guides for modifying your iPhone.

If I missed anything or you find any errors below please PM me.

Forum Guidelines:
Please read forum guidelines before posting or attempting mods. Stepping outside the forum guidelines could result in being banned from the site. -Site admin

Software:
Mac:
iPhone Software Update (or follow windows directions below)
Jailbreak & iPhoneInterface

Windows:
iPhone Software Update (Part 1, Part 2)
iTunesMobileDevice.dll
Jailbreak
Manzana
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Tutorials
Note: Even though the tutorials might not be written for your OS, you can still follow the basics on any tutorial. Once you understand one tutorial, the rest are all the same. Just use the different paths below.

Getting Started
These will prep your iphone for modding and will teach you the basics
Mac HackTheiPhone
Mac ModMyiPhone
No windows specific tutorial, but it is covered in wjp09's ringtone tutorial below

Custom Ringtones
Windows EI by wjp09
Windows HackTheiPhone
Windows ModMyiPhone
Mac ModMyiPhone
Mac HackTheiPhone
Mac iPhoneAlley

Custom Icons
Mac ModMyiPhone
Mac HackTheiPhone

Custom Carrier Logo
Mac HackTheiPhone
Mac ModMyiPhone
Post your custom carrier logos
Request a custom carrier logo

Change homescreen layout (reorder/hide icons)
Hacktheiphone

Change homescreen text
Hackint0sh

Custom SMS Bubble Color
EI

Tethering
EI by wjp09
Mac EI by chrissurra
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Important Paths
Note: FSO images are shown on the homescreen against a black background, Default are shown inside apps against a gray background
Custom Icons
/Applications/*.app/icon.png (64x64)
Ringtones
/var/root/Library/Ringtones
SMS Bubbles (43x32)
/Applications/MobileSMS.app/Balloon_1.png and Balloon_2.png
Battery (264x129)
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/BatteryBG_1.png (numbered 1-17)
Carrier Logo
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_CARRIER_ATT.png (44x20)
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_CARRIER_ATT.png
System Sounds
/System/Library/Audio/UISounds
Signal (19x20)
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/FSO_0_Bars.png (numbered 0-5)
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/Default_0_Bars.png (numbered 0-5)

[Iwantmymtv35]

This is very, very useful. We needed a place where everything can be found without looking through a million threads. I vote for this to be pinned.

[iBrad]

Man thats a really awesome post. I'm sure this will help many users with their questions. I wish this was up when I was first learning how to mod my iPhone :P

[ColPhorbin]

This is in my opinion the holy grail of iPhone modding threads. These youngin's have it easy...back when I started moddin', we had to hunt in the Siberian tundra for our tutorials with only sharpened sticks and we didn't even have feet back then

[spideybry]

i would love to mod my iphone, but with my luck ill brick it =/

[ChArLiE713]

Originally Posted by spideybry

i would love to mod my iphone, but with my luck ill brick it =/

Same here. I wish I could mod it without the fear of bricking it.

[spideybry]

Originally Posted by ChArLiE713

Same here. I wish I could mod it without the fear of bricking it.

i wonder if there is a way to do all this within a gui without having to go into the terminal, cause my coding sucks =/

[spideybry]

ok for some reason i got segmentation fault and i cant mod it =/

[spideybry]

ok i think i bricked my phone
i cant restore it thru itunes =/, ne one help =/...
ok i didnt it decided to work for me, i havent modded it tho, i pissed my pants a little

[spideybry]

ok i keep getting segmentation fault, ne one know what to do?