This will disable the highlight color (which by default seems to be darker) on the iPhone and other webkit based browsers.

I recently re-jailbroke my iPhone to be able to use the awesome winterboard theme Typophone 4 and David Ashman’s incredibly useful Lockinfo.

I ended up creating 2 winterboard mods, one for Typophone, which includes weather, and one for Lockinfo, which just changes the status bar icon for silent mode.

Download the Typophone 4 modded theme on Cydia under Typophone Weather.
Source on github (I will be updating the source only from now on)
Downloads

Download the Lockinfo mod on Cydia under Lockinfo Native Status Icons
Source on github (I will be updating the source only from now on)
Downloads

Go here for more screenshots.

Please note that as of right now, you cannot use a custom background. I am working on finding a solution for this, but in order to hide the slider, I need to make the background black.

If you are not seeing the weather, make sure you’ve deselected the stock Typophone theme and selected Typophone Weahter.

**** UPDATE ****
I added icons for SMS, vMail, eMail, and Missed Calls.

PLEASE USE VERSION 1.6 OR ABOVE.
This will add application support. More info here.

I’ll see if I can figure out a way to post images.

“The version of iPhone OS on “Gustavo Tandeciarz’s iPhone” does not match any of the versions of iPhone OS supported for development with this copy of Xcode…”

I have the latest version (3.0.1) on my iPhone, which is apparently not supported, yet by Xcode so until then, I need a work around.

Searching Google, I found this little gem:

Open Terminal and run the following:

ln -s /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/3.0\ \(7A341\)
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/3.0.1

Restart Xcode and try again. This worked perfectly on both of my Macs.

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v
 fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

This will make Terminal Services on the remote computer allow for incoming connections. Then, for Windows 7, type in:

net start "Remote Desktop Services"

This will start the listener service on the computer. You should now be able to access the computer using the administrators account (granted, you must have admin access to the ssh or telnet terminal to do any of this).

1. Get Quicksilver if you dont already have it.  So many good things come from this app that it’s worth it if not for this, then for it’s pure awesomeness.
2. Enable fast user switching (System Preferences>Accounts>Login Options-last check box)
3. Go into Quicksilver Preferences (default is option+space>command+,) and make sure you have the Extra Scripts and User Accounts Module enabled under plugins.
4. Open the Quicksilver interface (option+space) and select “Fast Logout”, press ‘Tab’ then ‘right arrow’ to open up the command selections and select ‘Run: run a shell script’ and press enter.  This should bring you to the user login window.
5. If that worked, go back into Quicksilver Preferences (option+space>command+,) and select ‘Triggers’.
6. Add a new trigger by pressing the ‘+’ symbol at the bottom. Select ‘Add new hotkey’.  You should now see the default as the last command you picked (Fast Logout and ‘Run’).
7. Click Save
8. Now click on the ‘Trigger’ (it should say ‘none’) and select the hot key you wish to use.  I chose to use ‘command+option+L’ as command+L has other functions.

That’s it.  You can now lock your Mac to your heart’s content with a simple keystroke.

First, a warning: After hacking my phone, I get periodic application crashes. In example, the iPod app crashes every so often. Not while playing music, but just after initial startup when it displays all my playlists. It takes about a second or two and if I click on a play list, the crash doesn’t happen. This also isn’t a “hard crash” per say. The app just closes. Safari was doing the same thing when browsing certain community websites. As annoying as this was, I was more concerned about the permanence of the situation. It seems that a soft reset solved the problem. If it happens again, I’ll post something and let you know if the reset continues to be a work around.

[Edit: The cause of the crashes is summerboard.  Uninstalling summerboard solved this problem]

Ok, now for a couple of tips/instructions.

1. Back up the phone before doing this. I did, thankfully, because I had to perform a restore before the hack went through.
2. After backing up the phone, perform a restore bringing it back to it’s initial 1.1.1
3. Connect to wifi network. Don’t do this over EDGE. It’s too slow. I tried it and had to try a restore before doing so.
4. This one is probably the most important and most overlooked: turn off the auto lock feature on the phone.
5. Hack the phone by going to http://jailbreakme.com/ and following the instructions.
6. Some sites say that you may have to power cycle the phone after the jailbreak is done. I highly recommend this. Computers have to reboot after an upgrade
7. Now perform a sync and everything should be back to normal. I got all of my settings back including my GMAIL settings and texts. Oh, and I’m syncing to a PC.

After all this is done, I highly recommend installing SummerBoard with the Icarus theme. Then disable the transparent status bar and wallpaper. They’re hideous. I hope this helps some people. Also, if you’re worried about hacking the phone and then another firmware update breaking or ‘bricking’ your phone… I wouldn’t worry too much, unless you hacked the SIM. As much as I hate at&t and love the iPhone, I don’t recommend unlocking the SIM. This will most likely end up bricking your phone. If you break your shit, don’t blame me. This is what I did to get hack my phone and it works. Try at your own risk*

*Standard disclaimer. I don’t want to get sued.
**I’m using the ugly kid photo again cause I think it’s funny. And apparently there are 3 degrees of separation from me to this guy… weird.