Custom Icons on the IT

Yo!

Another little how-to for your n770 and n800, custom icons!

I had posted a pic of my 770's home screen:


and a few people had asked me about the navigator icons. (On the left hand side of the screen, see the cool fox, the faceless people, and the folder with a CD?) Well, I've seen a few little posts on how to do this on different forums, but never a real tutorial, so... Here's how I do it and the pictures I used. (No, I didn't create them, they are GPL'd and I modified them, so I have to re-release them anyway ;) )

Firstly, this tutorial is for Ubuntu and Debian-based users only, sorry everyone in Gate's and Job's world :( BUT Windows users can do these steps using Putty which I have no experience with... Sorry :(

Let's get to it!!!

1. Install this on your Debian/Ubuntu computer.

2. Install openSSH on your tablet. (If you have Dropbear, get rid of it first.)

3. Shut down and then power up your tablet, making sure it is on the same network as your computer.

4. On your tablet, go to Application --> Tools --> Connection Manager

5. In the connection manager, open the menu, or use the hard button with the menu icon on it. A small menu will now appear in the upper left hand corner of the screen, click Internet Connection --> IP Address

6. On your Ubuntu/Debian box, open gFtp. As the username, type in root and as the password, type in rootme. As the "host", put in the IP you got at STEP 5. And make sure to select SSH2 as the protocol instead of FTP.

7. Your IT's files should now be pulled up, navigate to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon.

8. Ok, from here, you can transfer these files over to your IT, you MUST keep their filenames exactly as they are. (You can create your own images and just give them these names, too.)


9. Shut down your IT and power it back on. Enjoy!

Hope that little tutorial helps!