How-to: Customize iPhone SMS Text Message

2012-01-09 19:34:51 / Posted by Ivan Cook to iPhone/iPod/iPad
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If you are tired of t your iPhone SMS text message, like the iPhone text color, the SMS Text Message bubble etc, and want to change SMS background, change iPhone text color etc, there are some tips for you to make a change:

Part 1: How to Change Text Colors on an iPhone
Part 2: How to Change SMS T bubbles on iPhone

Part 2: How to Change SMS T bubbles on iPhone

Note: Apple doesn't allow you to change your SMS T bubbles unless you jailbreak your device. So the following methods are only available for jailbroken iPhones.

Method 1:

This method for changing sms bubbles iPhone is tested by many and works perfectly on iPhone 4. All you need to do is:

Save the color whichever you like here to your desktop
Change the file name as Balloon_1@2x.png (for sent messages) or Balloon_2@2x.png (for received messages)
SSH into your iPhone (make sure hidden files are visible) and go to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ChatKit.framework, now you can drag and drop the balloon file inside.
Restart your iPhone.

Method 2:

Or you can modify your iPhone first to change the SMS theme to change sms background on your iPhone. (To learn how to get a modified iPhone, go to How to Change Text Colors on an iPhone) After that, you then can follow these steps to change SMS bubbles iPhone:

Press the Home button of your iPhone then slide to unlock the device.
Open Installer.
Go to Source and tap “Edit” then choose “Add”.
Now you can get a window where you need to input “http://apptapp.saurik.com “in the open column.
After the file downloaded, you then need to restart the iPhone by holding the Sleep/Wake up button on the top side of your iPhone.
Launch Cydia on the iPhone.
Repeat the third step above.
In the window appeared, you need enter “SMS”.
Then you will get a list of SMS packages, select one.
After the package downloaded, restart iPhone again.
Open the iFile application on your iPhone.
Go to the folder: var/ Themes/ MSN SMS/ Bundles/ com.apple.mobilesms
Tap on “Edit” and rename "com.apple.mobilesms" with "com.apple.chatkit." then click “Done”.
Return to the iPhone Home screen and open your SMS app, now you can get a different SMS Text message bubble.

Note: If you have jailbroken your iPhone, you can do more to change sms background on your iPhone actually. Here you can get some more info: http://forums.bitesms.com/forums/1/topics/2290

Andylam5 2012-02-29 03:17
hi i tried doing it and reboot but it didnt change the color :
Risajkd 2012-01-19 02:50
I'm afraid Apple won't let you to change the colour of the send button even if you have a jailbroken iPhone. Well, maybe there were some tricks about this :) If you found that, share it please.
jerzia03 2012-01-18 05:49
is there any way to change the colour of the SEND button? i mean, it looks weird to have a different coloured chat bubble than the send button
Kem91213 2011-12-31 19:00
how do you SSH into your phone (make sure hidden files are visible) and go into /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ChatKit.framework ???

Change sms bubbles iPhone