This is a question that pop’s up frequently.
How do you change the slide to unlock txt and power off txt on your iPhone/ Ipod touch.
If you still have firmware lower than 1.1.3, you can use the Customize app in the installer.
However as customize2.0 is still in beta, we have to do this another way 
But have no fear i’m here to help you.
1) First of all open make a connection to your iPhone or iPod Touch with FUGU or WinSCP app (for a howto of this go here .
For completeness the username and password are
username :root
p: alpine
2) Navigate to the folder /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/English.lproj on your iPhone/iPod Touch. (if you’re iphone is set to another language, change the English.lproj to your language)
3) Copy the file SpringBoard.strings over to your desktop.
4) As the file is in Binary mode, we need to convert it before editing to XML format.
You can do this on thissite.
After the conversion, the file will be downloaded again to your desktop.
5) Open the file with Notepad or any TXT editor.
5) Search for
6) Change the Slide to unlock to anything you want eg. Slide me Master.
So you have
7) Repeat the above procedure to change the slide to power off.
to
Upload the file back to your iPhone/iPod Touch.
9) Reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch
10) After the reboot the changes will be visible.
Enjoy
Ps: The file SpringBoard.strings has a ton of other settings you can change, just check it, but be sure to make a backup first on your iPhone of the original file, so you can always go back !!
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hey,
i did exactly the same thing that u said. but when i transfer the file back to my iphone and reboot. it just didnt work. and the unlock thing now appears like AWAY_UNLOCK_…, i even forgot to save the original one. what can i do now? and btw, do i need to convert the springboard.strings file to binary again before i send it to iphone?
Thanks
Victor,
Sorry to hear that it didn’t work for you.
Normally you shouldn’t need to convert it back to binary. The iPhone/iPod touch takes it as xml file also.
What firmware version are you running?
Can you send me your file?
I’ll have a look and see if i can fix it for you.
greetz
Multinova ‘at’ domain above
Can I do this on 1.1.4??
Gurvir,
Yes you can, i did it with fm 1.1.4 but i suggest you try the app customize. It can do this also and lot’s more
Thanks Multinova
I am a new iphone user and having hard time with installing applications. Almost everything i install doesnt work properly. Do u have any suggestions??
Hi Gurvir,
Can you be a little more specific please, like what doesn’t work? How
(what app) did you unlock(ziphone or pwnage or iliberty). Do you have any other issues with wifi or such?
Did you install the freebsd subsystem?
I bought it unlocked…So i am not sure what was used to unlock it. I did install the BSD subsystem. There are no issues with wifi. The issues i am having are, for instance, i downloaded this program whose description said that my iphone will vibrate every 15 seconds when i have an unread sms, that didnt work. and then there was a program which was called calld i believe to delete single call enteries that didnt work. And above all the ringtones program is giving me a very hard time.
Is there any way to add symbols to the unlock bar? I really want it to have something like this: こんにちは.
I can get the txt file to read the symbols and show them, even as a .strings file but when it goes onto the iPhone it won’t read. Any Ideas ???
Yes it’s possible, but you will need to convert the plist file back to binary to show these characters.
you will need to install Erica’s Utilities.
After you done that connect to your iPhone through SSH
go to the directory /var/root/bin
there is a file called plutil
after you have uploaded your modified Springboard file you will need to convert it back to binary with this command
root# ./plutil –c binary1 /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/English.lproj/SpringBoard.strings
gr,
Multinova
Wow great! I spent all afternoon trying to achieve this. But you lost me a little at the end. using a mac, how to I convert the file back to binary using that command?
Hi Max,
On the mac the app is already implemented. you can just use your terminal and use the command plutil
I’m a little new to this: So I have replaced my modified springboard file back onto my iphone via cyberduck. Now I have opened on my computer the app, Terminal and tried to input the command plutil however i think I’m missing something. Sorry to be annoying but could you walk me through how to convert the file to binary.
Thanks!
Max
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hi !
the site that converts binary apple property list doesn’t work
I’ve seen some guys phone had his cancel button changed to say something else on the slide to power off screen. Does this process do that because or would this be an icon issue.
Also i cant get the site to work that transfers the strings file to xml
NM wouldn’t you know it the second i post this i figure out what i was doing wrong. All i had to do was grow the ballz to restart my phone.
Hi,
i want to re-position my slide to unlock to some where to middle of the screen.
reason being, i dropped my phone accidently and t lower bottom area is not working
could you please let me know the steps to do it.
thaks
Laaks
the link in the point 4 doesnt work for me,never,damn what can i do!
hey well when i do it it comes up with AWAY_LOCK… and when i goto power off it comes up with something simmilar, what do i do? i’m running 2.1 firmware if possible could you email me as soon as you get a chance please.
my e mail is: mattyb220992@gmail.com
thanks
the site for converting from binary form isnt working please help!!!!!