Many of you are probably wondering why we all have the same sideways “G” symbol as our avatar picture, to change it is simple:

1. Go to www.gravatar.com
2. On the top left, click “Log in to, or Sign Up for, Gravatar”
3. Then simply enter the e-mail you are using for your user on ipodstuff.org.
4. Then go to your e-mail inbox.
5. Open the e-mail from Gravatar and click on the confirmation link.
6. Enter the username and password you desire for Gravatar.
7. You may now select any picture you like, crop it, and you’re done.

Once your are done, you can also add multiple e-mail addresses  to your Gravatar account. Doing this will apply that same picture to all your accounts that use Gravatar.

Don’t be shy to post your questions below.

WinterBoard is an application, which can be found on Cydia, that allows you to apply different themes to your iPod or Iphone.

It is a small and very simple application that lets you choose which themes are being applied.

Simply downloading a theme from Cydia will not do anything to your device, here is what you’ll need to do:

1. Open Cydia.
   
2. Wait for the sources to load.
3. Go to the search tab
   
4. In the search bar, enter “WinterBoard”.
   
5. There will probably be many themes that appear in the results, simply scroll down to “W”.
   
6. Click on the one named “WinterBoard”.
   
7. The next page gives a brief description of what the application does and a couple screenshots.
8. On the top right corner of the page is an “Install” button, press it.
   
9. Wait for the next page to load, and then press confirm.
   
10. Once the installation is completed, click the “Reboot Device”.
    
11. WARNING! Your screen will now turn black and your device will restart. DO NOT PANIC! It will return to normal in a few seconds.
12. If you like, you can go onto WinterBoard and try one of the demo themes that is provided.
13. Find the icon for “WinterBoard”.
    
14. You may click on any of the themes, for this demo, we chose the one named “Saurik”(creator of Cydia and WinterBoard)
    
15. Now press the home button, and wait for your device to respring
16. This theme, as we can see applies a different font and has 2 different background images that interchange every so often.
    
17. If ever you get tired of this theme or you don’t like it at all, and want to choose a “better one”
18. Go to Cydia, choose the theme you like best and download it, the three following pictures will show you how to do that
    
19. Then to apply the theme repeat steps 13 through 15 as shown below with your new theme
    

**WinterBoard works on hierarchy, this means that the first item checked will be applied first, then the icons that have nothing applied will be filled in by the second item, and so on and so forth**

And there you have it, you now have a shiny new theme.

Enjoy!

To modify/hack iPods, it is very important to know

1. What iPod you are using
2. If the iPod you have is hackable*
3. What firmware version it is
4. Hacking an iPod might not work the first time

iPods that are NOT hackable:

• iPod nano 2nd generation
• iPod nano 3rd generation
• iPod Classic 6th generation
• ipod Shuffle Any generation

Reminder you cannot hack these iPods.

iPods that ARE hackable

• iPod video 5th generation and 5.5 generation (Scroll down to find out which one you have)
• iPod nano 1st generation (The black and white ones)
• iPod Touch 1st generation, 2nd generation, 3rd generation (late 2009)* (Scroll down to find out which one you have)
• iPhone

A fast way to find out what generation your iPod video is (Either a 5th or a 5.5 generation iPod) follow these steps:

1. Hold the menu button until you go back to the iPod’s main screen
2. Select the music option
3. Scroll down to the bottom

If you have the Search > option, you have a 5.5G iPod video if not you own a 5G

This table has been taken from the Apple website

Click on the iPod name in order to differentiate them.

Icon	Model	Year-Month introduced	Navigation Controls	Capacity
	iPod shuffle (3rd generation Late 2009)	2009-09	Apple Earphones with Remote	2 GB or 4 GB
	iPod classic 160 GB (Late 2009)	2009-09	Click Wheel	160 GB
	iPod touch (Late 2009)	2009-09	Multi-Touch display	32 GB or 64 GB
	iPod nano (5th generation)	2009-09	Click Wheel	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod shuffle (3rd generation)	2009-03	Apple Earphones with Remote	4 GB
	iPod classic	2008-09	Click Wheel	120 GB
	iPod touch (2nd generation)	2008-09	Multi-Touch display	8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB
	iPod nano (4th generation)	2008-09	Click Wheel	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod shuffle (2nd generation Early 2008)	2008-02	Control Pad	2 GB
	iPod touch	2008-02	Multi-Touch display	32 GB
	iPod touch	2007-09	Multi-Touch display	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod classic	2007-09	Click Wheel	80 GB or 160 GB
	iPod nano (3rd generation)	2007-09	Click Wheel	4 GB or 8 GB
	iPod shuffle (2nd generation)	2006-09	Control Pad	1 GB
	iPod (5th generation Late 2006)	2006-09	Click Wheel	30 GB or 80 GB
	iPod nano (2nd generation)	2006-09	Click Wheel	2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB
	iPod nano	2006-02	Click Wheel	1 GB
	iPod (5th generation)	2005-10	Click Wheel	30 GB or 60 GB
	iPod nano	2005-09	Click Wheel	2 GB or 4 GB
	iPod with color display	2005-06	Click Wheel	20 GB or 60 GB
	iPod photo (also known as iPod with color display)	2005-02	Click Wheel	30 GB
	iPod mini (2nd generation)	2005-02	Click Wheel	4 GB or 6 GB
	iPod shuffle	2005-01	Control Pad	512 MB or 1 GB
	iPod photo (also known as iPod with color display)	2004-10	Click Wheel	40 GB or 60 GB
	iPod (Click Wheel)	2004-07	Click Wheel	20 GB or 40 GB
	iPod mini	2004-01	Click Wheel	4 GB
	iPod (dock connector)	2003-09	Touch wheel	20 GB or 40 GB
	iPod (dock connector)	2003-04	Touch wheel	10 GB,15 GB, or 30 GB
	iPod (Touch wheel)	2002-07	Touch wheel	10 GB or 20 GB
	iPod (Scroll wheel)	2002-03	Scroll wheel	10 GB
	iPod (Scroll wheel)	2001-10	Scroll wheel	5 GB

Great now that you know what iPod you have and can head straight to the Tutorials!