Oh my - I totally agree with you! Some of the stock icons ARE ugly!
But, I like the look of iOS 7 overall, so, for me, Winterboard is out. So, I have changed a bunch of my iPad Air's icons manually; here's how I did it:
(1) Obviously, find an image you want to use. Make sure it's the right size (generally, non-retina iPads have icons that are 76x76 while retina iPads are 152x152). Oh, and the image must be a PNG file
(2) Get the image onto your iPad (I usually e-mail them or use Dropbox, then I open them with iFile)
(3) Open iFile. You should be at the Home page. If not, navigate until you are there - then press on the "Applications" line. All your AppStore apps should be listed. Scroll to find the app you want to change.
NOTE: If your apps are not in "plain text" (you see a bunch of gibberish/numbers), you'll need to change their display in iFile. Do by going to iFile's settings (the gear icon) > File Manager and ensure "Application Names" is turned ON.
(4) When you open the app folder, there will be a bunch of folders. Find the one that has the app's name (also has the extension ".app") and press it.
(5) Scroll down until you find PNGs starting with "icon." Most apps use Apple's naming convention, so a retina iPad's icon should be called "
[email protected]" and a regular iPad will be "Icon-72.png" (the key is, retina iPads will always end with "...@2x").
NOTE: Not all developers follow Apple's naming conventions. I'll get into how to locate them in a bit...
(6) Rename the original PNG image. You don't want to delete it cause what if you change your mind? So, slap "BAK" or "Original" on the end of it, so you'll know.
(7) In iFile, go to where you have your PNG image and copy it. To copy, press the "Edit" button in the upper right. Then, tap the open circle next to your file. Once the circle is selected/filled it, tap the clipboard icon in the lower right. Then, tap "Copy/Link." Then press "Done" in the upper right.
(8) Navigate back to your app for which you're changing the icon (go all the way into both folders). Tap "Edit" again, tap the clipboard icon - this time, select "Paste." Your new icon will be put in.
(9) Now you have to clear the cache so the iPad loads your new icon. So, in iFile, navigate to /var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.IconsCache. Delete this file (com.apple.IconsCache) [ONLY!] by swiping left and selecting delete.
(10) Respring the iPad and your new icon should show. And ... you're done!
Now, as I said, most developers follow Apple's naming convention for icons. But, some just have to be different!
So, for those, go to Cydia and download the free app/tweak called "AppInfo." It reads your iPad and will have/display the names given to your icons. Very handy, that little tweak!
And that's it. Just be careful to save/backup your original icon(s) and delete ONLY the icon cache.
It's a bit complicates and daunting at first. But, once you've done a couple, it becomes pretty simple. Regardless, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Good luck and happy modding.
Marilyn
