Posted on January 31, 2011 by   OS7, Theme Reviews, Themes, Theming   15 Comments

Make your iPhone look like a Windows Phone 7 with OS7 and Backboard

    It's been a while since we've done a theme review so I thought I'd take a second to talk about a new theme from Wyndwarrior. This theme is called OS7 and the best part about it is that it doesn't require ANY additional Cydia packages in order to operate like most themes of this complexity do. All you need to do is download the Cydia package called "Backboard" which is an application created by the same person who created the OS7 theme. After that you download the theme(which is in beta right now, you can vote for how much you want the cost to be at the ModMyi forums).

    After you've downloaded the theme you simply select the theme in Backboard and when your phone resprings it will look like you have a Windows Phone 7!

    Installation:

    Step 1: First go to Cydia and download the package called "Backboard" it is in a default repo. After you have installed Backboard and resprung your device make sure to open Backboard and click the "+" button to save your current layout!

    Step 2: Open a safari window and enter the following in the URL field

    backboard://http://bit.ly/os7link

    Step 3: Now that OS7 is downloaded you should see an icon for it in Backboard, simply click the icon and select "install." Once your device resprings your iPhone will look just like Windows Phone 7!

    Please note that this theme is still in beta right now which is why it is free for download. When it is ready to be released to the public it will cost a price and for a change the author has decided to let you, the user, decide the price. Head on over to the official thread at ModMyi to let your voice be heard!

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    • Imran

      how to remove this from iPhone 3G

      • http://iphoneblogr.com thescragster

        First of all, open Backboard and revert to your original theme.

        Next, open Cydia, click on Search, type in BackBoard. Click on Modify in the top corner and then click Uninstall.

        • Imran

          how to revert original theme, i forget to take backups

          • JaeM1llz

            Open your SBSettings menu, go to “more” then “mobile substrate add ons”. Scroll down till you see “OS7″. Turn this to off and respring your phone.

            • Imran

              THANK FOR YOUR HELP…………..

    • shaykan

      I am getting the download msgbox and i press “yes” button.
      apter this i’m getting another msgbox that say Complete with “Dismiss” button, i pressing the button and i see in the BackBoard only my backup skin without the Windows OS7 skin, nothig to install.
      looks like it didn’t downloaded, why is it happend?

      • JaeM1llz

        Don’t know, worked fine for me and many others, try again

        • Vivi

          i’ve got the same problem and even this link doesnt work.. :(

      • Dunker007

        doing it with this link worked for me…

        backboard://http://bit.ly/os7link

        all other instructions are the same, just replace the backboard link with the one above.

        • JaeM1llz

          Thanks for the tip Dunker007! I will edit the post

        • laurensius

          i have change the link, like you give that. but my problem still same with shaykan. any solution??
          maybe server are very busy or what? thx before

    • idestruct

      I know I have posted in a while I’ve been very busy but check regulary….

      I thought I wld give this a try on an ipt 3G it works great the only problem that I found was that when you hit music it goes to your videos and couldn’t find a way to get to it so I reverted back to my normal setup.

    • Dunker007

      @Shaykan – Same problem here…

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    • Alex

      It makes me read a tutorial and I hav lik ten times email back at a.myrum@yahoo.com