Howto Change Text Labels like "Slide to unlock" on your IPhone

this will show you how to change text on your phone like the "Slide to unlock", "Slide to cancel", and others. This Tutorial is going to be over how to change the "Slide to unlock" text as an example.

Be careful what you edit. And ALWAYS keep a backup of your original file. And please don't complain to me if you mess something up.

 

1. First you need to make sure you are able to SSH into your phone.
(There are other tutorials on how to do this)



2. Go into the IPhone folder.
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/English.lproj/



3. Download "SpringBoard.strings" to your computer and rename it to SpringBoard.plist



4. The string you are looking for is "AWAY_LOCK_LABEL"



5. Change it to whatever you like, and save. (Only change the string not the key)



6. Then rename the file back to SpringBoard.strings.



7. Now place the new edited file back in.
/System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/English.lproj/



8. Reboot/Respring your phone.



Your Slide to unlock text should now be show what you changed it to.