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Winterboard Theme that's an alternative to Intelliscreen!

jcde7ago

jcde7ago

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Aldwin of www.macthemes2.net has created an AMAZING theme to work with Winterboard which works in conjunction with Zolee's "StatusNotifier" (version 0.2.10 can be downloaded off Cydia) to put alerts on your lock screen. I'll post some pics here, but i urge you to go to the actual thread over at macthemes2: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16789820&p=1

Pics, all credit goes to aldwin of macthemes2:

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The best part about this is, unlike IntelliScreen, this will not drain your battery (all it does is relay StatusNotifier's notifications to your lock screen if there are any missed calls, sms's, etc., and only does it when you unlock...there is nothing running in the background, this is simply a theme) and while it does fetch Weather data, it can be set with your own intervals (for example, you can set it to update the weather only once a day). No messy installs, no causing conflicts with other apps an no battery drain...all things which i experienced when i tried IntelliScreen for a week about a month ago. Enjoy and be sure to give thanks to the creator!
 
Then do i ssh it to my phone? Im new to the ssh thing. Thanks alot
 
I have a question that nobody ever answered in the other forum:

Will this work as a separate theme if one already has weather and time html embedded in the phone theme. In other words, I have weather and time as part of my Leopard theme (all in one).
 
Bear Hunter said:
I have a question that nobody ever answered in the other forum:

Will this work as a separate theme if one already has weather and time html embedded in the phone theme. In other words, I have weather and time as part of my Leopard theme (all in one).
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Yes, i have the weather/date/time widget integrated into my Bluebird.theme folder, and keep the lock screen theme as a separate .theme folder and they work fine. It will, however, create a substantial amount of lag with opening apps...normally, Winterboard with a standard custom theme without the use of widgets creates negligible lag, but with widgets i've noticed it slows down considerably. I love the idea behind this locksreen showing you missed calls, sms, etc., but it's basically mirroring StatusNotifier's notifications in the task bar already and having to show the weather as well...even without the weather, i find it considerably laggy still. For now, as long as i have the weather/date/time widget as part of my homescreen background i'll keep this disabled...at least until Winterboard gets further optimizations that improves performance/memory handling...
 
What do i download. All i see is a forum talking when i go to the link. I got the weather but thats it. Any help would be appreciated.
 
I would imagine that would work. I don't have a mac so I'm not exactly sure. I just use notepad++ on windows. As long as it can preserve the file type which is a jscript file then it should be fine.
 
jcde7ago said:
Yes, i have the weather/date/time widget integrated into my Bluebird.theme folder, and keep the lock screen theme as a separate .theme folder and they work fine. It will, however, create a substantial amount of lag with opening apps...normally, Winterboard with a standard custom theme without the use of widgets creates negligible lag, but with widgets i've noticed it slows down considerably. I love the idea behind this locksreen showing you missed calls, sms, etc., but it's basically mirroring StatusNotifier's notifications in the task bar already and having to show the weather as well...even without the weather, i find it considerably laggy still. For now, as long as i have the weather/date/time widget as part of my homescreen background i'll keep this disabled...at least until Winterboard gets further optimizations that improves performance/memory handling...
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Thanks for the reply..exactly the information I was looking for. I appreciate it.
 
To me, the most attractive features of IntelliScreen are the viewing of upcoming events without unlocking the phone and opening calendar, and more importantly, the customizable repeating alerts for missed calls, etc. I wish someone else would explore providing that functionality.
 
anyone know how to make it display "new mail, sms...etc" always enabled? if i have new mail or sms it would display a number next to it? like "sms (1)"?
 
didnt apple just patent a feature like this? if im remembering correctly we should see this in a future f.w. update.
 
big kudos for finding this. i've been using it and it's been great (although has added some lag on loading apps).

also off-topic thanks for writing up that step-by-step of JB'ing your 3g. worked like a charm ^^
 
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trunksu said:
big kudos for finding this. i've been using it and it's been great (although has added some lag on loading apps).

also off-topic thanks for writing up that step-by-step of JB'ing your 3g. worked like a charm ^^
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Awesome, glad it helped.
 
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