Hide Icon Names on 2.0?

[Parrothedd]

Has anyone had any luck manually hiding icon names? I have previously used tools like iFuntastic or Customize, but now those things are not available for Jailbroken 2.0. I was able to manually change all the graphic and sound files I wanted and edit various strings and plist files, but now I want my sleek, no words look back to finish it off.

Is there a plist file somewhere that I am missing that can be edited to remove the icon names? I know that in some of the individual application folders you can delete the names but not for all applications. How did Customize do it?

Thanks for your help!

JT

[DMC]

Yes . . . .

In order to HIDE the icon names on the home page . . . I did this successfuly myself by SSH into the iPhone and mounting on my MAC desktop using SHFS.

In your iPhone go to / System / Library / core services / Springboard and control + click the SPRINGBOARD ICON.

Inside there is an "Englishl.proj" directory and inside there is a file called "localized strings.plist" . . . or something like that.

The file consists of all the iPhone native applications and their display names in a long list and reads like this . . .

<key> The Application </key>
<string>!!!The icon name is HERE!!!</string>

--> You want to REMOVE what's between the <string></string> tags.

Make a duplicate of the original "localized strings" file first in case you want to revert to the original or you make a mistake.

Then remove all the APP NAMES between the <string></string> tags.
So that it looks like this . . . .

<key>Whatever</key>
<string></string>

When you reboot your iPhone,
the icon names will not show up!! -->> YAY!

OK there's just one problem . . . . once i did that , and ALL <string></string> were empty, I notices that the SLIDESHOW Camera + Photos icons STILL HAD NAMES.

I double checked and MADE SURE I removed what's between the <string></string> tags, but these icon names MUST exists elswhere on the iPhone. I have not found them yet.

Cheers

[Parrothedd]

Thanks, DMC! I did learn of this technique. And I also found that the icon names for Camera and Photos still displayed, along with the names of the other non-stock apps. Hopefully the developer of Customize will port it over to 2.0. I am very interested in how they accomplished it. If I figure out how to hide the difficult ones, I'll post here. If you figure it out, I would really appreciate your posting it as well.

Thanks again,
JT

[Parrothedd]

UPDATE:

I came across a thread discussing this and the procedure worked.

You use WinterBoard, installed from Cydia. But, there is a problem for some (myself included) that prevents WinterBoard from saving any changes you make until you create a .plist file and save it to a separate folder. Instructions are in this thread:

http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/skinning-themes-discussion/284911-winterboard-update.html

Caution... you should read the thread all the way through. There is some potentially important info on the 4th page. In the end, works great. No icon names any more!

JT

[kellygeorge]

you might be interested in knowing that winterboard has been updated. enabling the transparent app names is now very easy.