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Changing Fonts on iPhone 4

Discussion in 'iPhone Jailbreak' started by iphonewarrior, Aug 16, 2010.

  1. TheDude1120 Member

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    sorry i saw your name in the other thread and just asked in there but ill ask here too..

    i went to iphoneruler.com and found a font that I want but its only one file..not like the 2 you email me before.. im just curious as to how i install it
  2. iphonewarrior Moderator

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    Have you guys used FontSwap, it's an app for changing fonts on the iPhone. Check and see if the fonts you've downloaded via iphoneruler aren't already available on Cydia.

    I'm mobile at preset and will be for a while, so I'm sorry for late replies.
  3. TheDude1120 Member

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    oh I didnt know i could just place that one into fontswap since most of the other ones never worked let me try
  4. {StatuSChecKa} Contributor

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    I did not use fontswap, I pasted into the Fonts\Cache, backing up my originals of course. New fonts seem to make Cydia look very classy ;)
    The 5 fonts i copied changee quite a few things, just not the text in my settings menu; no biggie.
  5. TheDude1120 Member

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    did you use the font from iphoneruler.net? because they ones they say are ios4 compatable only have one file inside the rar and its suppposed to be like 2 or 3 i think
  6. TarHeelsRule Member

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    Okay.....what frustrated! I found a font I won't to use at http://www.iphoneruler.net/ but when I go to download the zipped folder it keeps telling me the folders are empty. I have tried several and I keep getting the same message. I have tried to open as well as save and still the same thing. What am I missing and/or doing wrong?

    Nevermind! I figured it out. I didn't have WinRar downloaded. Now to figure out how to get it on my phone.
  7. iphonewarrior Moderator

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    You are going to need SSH, if you need a hand, shoot me a PM. If you know how to SSH, then instructions are in the first post of this thread.
  8. TarHeelsRule Member

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    I screwed it up roarly and ended up having to do a restore which, of course, caused me to upgrade to 4.0.2. But I was able to downgrade back to 4.0.1 and jailbreak again. I found that I could not do without LockInfo on my phone. I will have to do more investigating before I try to change the font again. Whew!! I was worried that I would be stuck with a boring, stock iPhone!
  9. iphonewarrior Moderator

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    I think you are best off sticking with FontSwap ;)
  10. {StatuSChecKa} Contributor

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    I did, and my zip had 5 files in it.
  11. TheDude1120 Member

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    I tried to get the hand of sean font from iphoneruler.net and it only had one file inside... would you mind uploading the hand of sean font because i dunno why it only gives me one files when it extracts
  12. {StatuSChecKa} Contributor

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  13. TheDude1120 Member

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    damn dude... ur a life saver!!! I dont know why it keeps giving me one file everytime i d/l... did u use a diff link.. just asking incase i want to try another font
  14. {StatuSChecKa} Contributor

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    Nope, all I hit was the orange Download (iOS 4)
    Do you an another internet browser you can try?
  15. medenblik Contributor

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    i tried Font Swap and it doesn't work on my Jailbroken IP4 running ios4.01
  16. iphonewarrior Moderator

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    What font are you trying to change? As I'm using FontSwap on my iPhone 4 jailbroken running iOS 4.0.1

    Example, lock screen clock font:

    [IMG]
  17. Europa Moderator

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    FontSwap will allow you to change the lockclock font and the notes font. System fonts can't be changed through FontSwap on 4.x at this time.
  18. iphonewarrior Moderator

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    I should have explained that FontSwap couldn't change system fonts. My bad.
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    Man, this font sure looks very nice on the retina display. Thank you again! :)
  20. Emberwild New Member

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    Hey there,

    So I tried to move the files into the folders like you said then resprung, but now it's constantly stuck on respringing. I've tried a hardreset (off + home button) but it just keeps on the apple and loading circle. I can't seem to get it to progress from this.

    I connected it to iTunes and tried to Restore from backup but it says that it cannot due to an error.

    Thoughts? Eeep!

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