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One of the cool things you could do with your jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone is to customize its theme via Winterboard. Here’s a guide on how to do just that.

First, here are the things that you need:

• Jailbroken iPod Touch / iPhone (for Cydia)
• WinterBoard app (need WiFi for this)
• Theme
• DiskAid to transfer your theme to your iPod (a free alternative would be iPhoneBrowser or much better, iPhone Folders for Windows users)

Get WinterBoard

WinterBoard is the app you need to manage your theme files. You can easily switch between different themes or customize various elements of your device.

Go ahead and launch Cydia then search for the WinterBoard App and install it (make sure you have WiFi internet available).

Prepare your theme

There are plenty of sites where you can download free themes for your iPod Touch (also works with iPhone). A couple of my favorites are iPod Touch Themes and iSkySoft.

I’m gonna download Theme #59.

You will usually get a .zip file with .png files and an icon folder inside the root folder.

Extract the folder and rename or append .theme on the folder name.

I’ll rename my folder into Fresh.theme.

Here’s a screenshot of the contents of my theme’s folder.

Upload using DiskAid

It seems that DiskAid is no longer free so you might want to use  iPhoneBrowser instead. It works almost the same.

DiskAid is a software that allows you to access the contents of your iPod using Windows Explorer. Download and install it.

1. Connect your iPod to your PC and run DiskAid.

2. Go to the Root Folder (select from drop-down list). Click OK if it asks if you know what you’re doing. Hehehe.

3.  Navigate to Library > Themes

4. Finally, drag and drop your theme’s folder into that location.

That’s it. To activate your theme, launch WinterBoard on your iPod Touch and select the theme that you uploaded. Press the Home button and wait for your theme to load.

Enjoy the new look of your iPod Touch!

If you find this guide too complicated, here’s a simpler one.

You might also be interested in:

• How to add themes to your iPod Touch the easy way
• How to upload downloaded games/apps to your iPod Touch
• How to browse contents of your iPod Touch using Windows Explorer
• How to play NES games on your iPod Touch

Filed under: iPod Touch Tips