Themes

From IPodWizard.net Wiki

Introduction

What is a theme?

A theme is a set of pictures, fonts, and/or string changes that give your iPod a certain look (usually denoted by the theme name). It could be a theme based on a particular color, a particular band, or a particular style.
They are usually the best way to jump right in to the world of modding your iPod, as they are quick and easy to find and install.

• Note: Most themes will need modified firmware.
  You can find the respective firmware for your iPod and the theme of your choice here

Is my iPod supported?

• Please check here to verify if your iPod is supported or not.
  • To save you some time, let us just tell you that every iPod Nano after the 1st one, iPod Classic, and iPod Touch are not supported, and should not be modded by iPodWizard.

Getting A Theme

Where can I find themes?

• All the themes that have been created by the iPodWizard.net community can be found in threads
  by searching through the pages of this forum. Then you must click your iPod model to view the available themes for your iPod type. Each individual theme has it's own thread, and each theme title has a prefix (i.e. [5G/5.5G Evolution]) notifying you of the iPod model(s) it is for, and the firmware type the theme is made for.
  

• Haven't found the theme you wanted yet? Make a request! Someone will probably be willing to make one for you! Better yet, make your own! You could use a picture editing program (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, GIMP, etc.) to make your own theme. Also, if you are a member of ipodwizard.net, you can upload your theme and share it with other users!

• A respected iPodWizard member, fm, has created a very convenient theme database at [Link temporarily removed].

How do I use what I downloaded?

Chances are, you have just downloaded a .zip or a .rar file.

A popular program to create and extract these files is WinRar, but it is shareware.

We recommend Extractnow, as it is a completely free and light extractor.

Where do I get firmware?

You should try to find it in iPodWizard.net's own forums -- here, but if you can't, try:

drivendesign.us

• Note: drivendesign.us or anything on that site is not in any way affiliated with iPodWizard.net

Installation

Method 1 (basic modifying of images -- not typically used)

Loading a set pictures to create a theme

• Open iPodWizard v1.3
  
• In the top left corner, click 'iPod' in the drop-box.
  
• Right beside that, click 'Load Firmware' and wait for the firmware to load
  
• Go to the 'Pictures' tab under firmware editor.
  
• To the right side of iPodWizard, click 'Load all'. This should bring up a browse window.
  
• Go to the place where you unzipped the folder with the theme pics. Click on the folder and click open.
  
• After all the pics have been loaded, click Write - be patient while progress bar increases.
• Once loaded you will prompted to eject your iPod
  

Method 2 (Changes virtually all aspects of your iPod's GUI -- Pictures, fonts, layout, etc -- Most common)

Loading a set of pictures to create a theme that requires a firmware (a.k.a 'hack') (Hybrid, Classic, Evolution, iPod Touch, etc)

Connect your iPod to your PC and open iPodWizard

In the top left corner, where it says 'iPod' choose 'Firmware File' in the drop-box. Now click 'Open Firmware'

Choose the .bin File that contains the Hack and click "Open"

Now click 'Load iPod Firmware'.

Click 'Load All' on the right side of the program

Navigate to the theme folder that contains the images and click 'Open'.

Now click 'write' and then 'write to iPod'.

Your iPod will boot into the Theme.

If all went well, congratulations!!! You have just modded your iPod! If something bad happened (it happens to the best of us), please see our troubleshooting section.

Other

• Loading a(n) .ipw file (theme file -- This format is rarely used)
  • Download the iPodWizard Program file from site (Can be found here)
    
  • Save and extract the file to desired place on harddrive of computer
    
  • Open iPodWizard and load your iPod. You can do this by opening iPW with your iPod connected
    
  • Click on theme tab next to the firmware tab.
    
  • Note: if your version of iPW dosen't have a theme tab reinstall the latest iPW version (1.3)
    
  • Click on the "load theme" and select the iPW file on your computer and load it.
    
  • Click "Write" and you're finished.
    

• Loading a font bitmap
  
  • Download font bitmap and extract to computer
    
  • Load up iPW and load your iPod and firmare
    
  • Click on the "Fonts" sub-tab under the "Firmware editor" tab and select the font that you wish to change on your iPod.
    
  • Find the bitmap and load it
    
  • Click "Write", and you're finished.