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How to Install and Configure Customize App

Posted December 29, 2007 at 1:02am by iClarified
This tutorial will help you install the Customize application and use it to personalize the interface of your iPhone. The Customize app lets you change your iPhone's icons, images, strings, and sounds. You can also reorder the icon display order.

Step One
Press to select the Installer icon on your SpringBoard.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Two
Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.
How to Install and Configure Customize App


Step Three
Press to select System froom the list of Categories.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Four
Press to select Customize from the list of Packages.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right hand corner.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Six
Press the large Install button that appears.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Seven
Once the installation has completed you will be returned to the Categories list. Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard. You will notice a new Customize icon.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Eight
Press to select the Customize icon to launch the application. You will see a picture of a chicken and then the menu will appear. If the menu does not appear you may have to try to relaunch Customize again. It may take 7 restarts before it works. This is a bug with Customize.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Nine
The Customize menu is basically a list of all the different images, sounds, and settings that you can change.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

How to Install and Configure Customize App

How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Ten
I will go through the first two so you can see how it works. Press the Dock Background button. You will see a picture of a dock. There is only one dock image because there are no Customize themes installed. If you install a theme then you will see an additional dock image in the list. Press the dock image to select it as your dock.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

NOTE***: Follow this tutorial to install a Customize Theme: How to Install a Customize Theme

Step Eleven
Now lets look at the second item in the Customize menu. This is probably the most important and useful feature of Customize.
Press to select Icon Display Order from the Customize menu.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Press to select Manual Reorder from the Display Order menu.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

You will see two sections: Dock and Spring Board. To order the icons in these two sections simply press the handle on the right and drag the icon up or down.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

If you would like to hide an icon press the Eye button at the top right. You will notice that the eyes to the left of all the application icons will be enabled. Press an icon and its eye will disappear. This means that the icon will be invisible. Be careful with what you make invisible. Press the Eye button at the top right to exit out of this mode.
How to Install and Configure Customize App

Step Twelve
Most of the other items in the Customize menu are self explanatory. When you select the item you will see a list of all the images or sounds from the different themes you have installed. Just select the one you would like to use.
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Jaqui
Jaqui - February 2, 2012 at 1:40pm
Hey guys, I have app store but not installer? How do I do it this way? Does the iPhone have to be jailbroken?
kumar
kumar - December 10, 2008 at 9:48am
I don't have the customize option under "utilities". i have 2.1 firmwanre on my 2g jailbreaked iphone. could anybody help me to solve this problem. Thanks in advance, -Kumar.
justinguh3
justinguh3 - November 2, 2008 at 4:04am
when are they going to update customize for the 2.1 firmware?
Peaf
Peaf - May 31, 2008 at 7:27pm
I star the app and after a while it goes to springboard. Anyone knows why?
Bumblebee
Bumblebee - April 15, 2008 at 4:40am
I too have the firmware 1.1.4 and could not download the customize app. Can anyone help?
Yekaterina Didik
Yekaterina Didik - April 10, 2008 at 9:57pm
I have the 1.1.4 version and I for some reason can not dowload the customizer. Its says error and under that it says, this version of customize requires firmware 1.1.[123]. Are there any ideas on how I customize my phone? Please help!
fbs
fbs - March 14, 2008 at 3:25pm
Drew.. i have your same problem. Did you solve it already? What should i do?
soller
soller - February 24, 2008 at 8:17am
Use the one in the touchrepo source.
taijiboy
taijiboy - February 22, 2008 at 4:59pm
hey...the customize app will not work anymore on my iphone (1.1.3 otb)...it starts to load than goes back to springboard...i've tried to reinstall it and soft reset but its still the same...anyone have any ideas on how to fix it??? thanks
drew
drew - January 7, 2008 at 1:55am
I accidentally made my Installer & Customize icon invisible. What can I do to make them invisble now? Help is much appreciated!
Alex McKeown
Alex McKeown - December 31, 2007 at 1:22pm
Thanks.
iClarified
iClarified - December 31, 2007 at 9:10am
Its called Chalkwork. You can find installation instructions here: https://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=490. Its under the second half of the tutorial entitled Install Theme Manually.
Alex McKeown
Alex McKeown - December 31, 2007 at 4:29am
Do you know which SummerBoard theme is in those screenshots? I love the icons.
iClarified
iClarified - December 29, 2007 at 11:15pm
Install xLauncher from Installer under the Utilities Categories. Use it to toggle the visibility back on. You may have to toggle twice. xLauncher is Erica Sadun’s launcher app. It allows toggled visibility of dock and regular applications, as well as pushing and squeezing apps onto the dock.
cbren7
cbren7 - December 29, 2007 at 9:37pm
I accidentally made my customize widget invisible and i tried to re-install it but the widget still doesnt show up. Any ideas?
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