How to Make a Smart Phone Look Like an iPhone
The smart phone industry is rapidly growing with several major manufacturers all building phones in hope of capturing the market. Apples' iPhone continues to be one of the most sought after and popular devices in the smart phone market. A trait that many smart phone's share is the ability to change the theme or the appearance of the phone. Many phones, including Androids and BlackBerrys, have several themes that are based on the iPhone's appearance, allowing the phone's user to make his phone look much like the iPhone.
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Instructions
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Android Based Phones
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Open the Android Market. There is a shortcut to the Android Market on your phone. Pressing the Market button will take you to the Android Market.
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Enter "iPhone theme" into the search tool. Pressing the magnifying glass icon will bring up a search tool. Type in either "iPhone theme" or just "iphone" and press "Go." A listing of all the available iPhone themes will be presented in list format. Select the theme that is most interesting to you to read a detailed description and installation instructions. In order to download and install a selected theme, you will also need to download and install the theme application that is required to install the theme. Each theme will detail what application you will need to have running on your Android phone in order to install the iPhone theme.
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Download the required app prior to downloading the selected iPhone theme. Make sure that the app you download is the correct one for the iPhone theme you wish to use.
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Download the iPhone theme. If the theme requires a purchase, you will need to pay for the app using a PayPal account. Once the iPhone theme is purchased, it will automatically be downloaded to your phone's memory.
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Launch the iPhone theme application. Launching the app that you downloaded will open up a list of all the available themes that the theme app can run. Choose the iPhone app and press either the "Run" or "Install" button. As long as the theme app is running, your iPhone theme will be the active theme on your Android phone.
BlackBerry Phones
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Download and install an iPhone theme from the BlackBerry app world or third party site. A popular iPhone theme is called iBerry. Once you purchase the iPhone theme, it will automatically download to your phone's memory.
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Press the "Settings' button. Depending on which theme you currently have installed on your BlackBerry phone, the settings icon may be named "Settings," "Tools" or "Set-up." Pressing this icon will bring you into a menu area where you can make several global changes.
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Press "Theme." Under the "Theme" menu will be a list of all your currently available themes that you can activate. Select the iPhone theme you downloaded and select "Activate." The phone will take a few minutes to install the theme. Once completed, exit out using the BlackBerry back button until you are back on your home screen. The iPhone theme should now be installed and activated on your BlackBerry device.
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