Apple Customization – A Wide Array of Options

Apple iPhone sports a number of customization alternatives both regarding its electronic functions and external accessories which can add a sort of personality to your cell phone. Customization, however, is not just aesthetic, and can also be used to protect the iPhone and help you ensure that you are alerted properly to incoming communications.

Wallpaper

The background images that are seen on the home screen and lock screen are referred to by Apple as wallpapers. To customize your wallpaper, open “Settings” and tap the “Wallpaper” key. Tap the thumbnail images of the for the home and lock screens, which are followed by the “Wallpaper” or “Camera Roll” album to choose a new backdrop image. You can select any image for your iPhone’s home screen or lock screen or both and thereby customizing the looks of your iPhone to please your eyes when you turn it on.

Cases

iPhone features a wide variety of cases. Most of them protect the back side of the device by clipping over the sides and offering a hard plastic, silicone or rubber covering to the back of the iPhone. Others provide a wallet or book style case and sport a hinged cover that also safeguards the touch screen. These cases come in a wide variety of colors, shapes and styles and offer the necessary protection and also aesthetic customization for your iPhone.

Sounds

Ringtones can also be customized to offer a particular sound whenever there is a phone call or SMS on your iPhone. Even every individual contact in your iPhone’s Contact list can be assigned their individual ringtones, so that you can identify who is calling merely by hearing the ringtone, and also providing a fun customization. These ringtones can be customized with the help of iTunes and also you can download from the iTunes Stone on internet directly on your device.

Winterboard

Jailbroken iPhones have been now unlocked from iTunes and are able to install customization applications like Winterboard from a third-party Cydia app store. This app allows you to install themes on your device, which customize sounds, wallpapers, operations and native app icons. Whenever other consumers upload their Winterboard themes to Cydia, you can download them and install on your iPhone. The Winterboard customization level is not available on non-jailbroken iPhones.

This article is sponsored by Apple Geeks – Apple Repair & Modification Leeds, the only company to offer Apple customization in the UK.