Cryogenics

Today it gives me great pleasure to bring you a review of a really great theme which is the Developers first attempt at a full theme, this theme is Cryogenics by JohnnyBlueJ, he has in the past made icons for other themes and this is as he quoted "his full theme endeavour" and what an endeavour this is. After installing the theme and selecting the elements inside Winterboard, which is a tough choice as their is a really good selection of elements to choose from, whether it's the 3 boot logos to choose from or the 8 iconomatics which come in a selection of colours from pink to charcoal to blue or the 6 classicdocks and a selection of Alternate calendars and status bars, also a colourkeyboard is included in the theme which just looks like your fingers would freeze if you touched it. To start with I chose the Cryogenics iconomatic and chamber dock and selected my boot logo and hit respring and waited for my iPhone to boot up again, straight away I was pleasantly pleased by the boot logo I then unlocked my iPhone and was greeted with what I can honestly say was icons that had been frozen by cryogenics, just as the title suggests. Each icon is brilliantly created to give you the feel that your iPhone is in a cryogenic state, and their is some subtle hints that John could be a Batman fan as shown in the contacts icon, every icon just works fantastically in this theme, for someone who's making his first full theme debut this really is a masterpiece in the making, small details like the message icon saying "it's cold in here" really shows that John has great passion for making this theme a class act, I don't know many first time themers that include 32 wallpapers in their first theme, and not just any wallpaper these are some of the best I've seen in a theme, theirs a wallpaper to suit any of the coloured iconomatics and to suit the Cryogenics iconomatic which is a really cold looking white you really do get a fantastic selection to choose from. This theme is still in early stages and only available on the private repo and if this is only the beginning of what is to come from John then I for one am very excited. Making icons and making a full theme is a very different ball game altogether and John is showing that he's got the skills to do this and do it well, very well. I am a massive fan of this theme and I've been using it for a few days now and I'm enjoying looking at my phone and messing around with all the different selections you can have. He's picked a great subject to build a theme around and he's not lost sight of what he set out to do, it really is a well planned out and designed theme, he said he wasn't a graphic designer, but he's showing that he has great design skills and is a capable designer and has the ability to deliver quality icons and superb UI touches all the way through the theme. He did say that he's had great support from Heine and IryanKGT and Xlib from the repo and considers them friends. John has started out like most of us in the Jailbreak community, a fan of modding his phone and generally a Jailbreak enthusiast. You can obtain a copy of this theme by visiting iosrepo.com and from there you can choose the package you want. There is a thread on the MMI forum so be sure to check it out. And give John a follow on Twitter @johnnybosje. And please make sure you check the screenshots below to get a real of this theme and and how great it looks. I'd also like to thank John for great correspondence and giving me about of an insight to how he got started, and for this great theme. Cryogenics is going to be a big hit and I'm pretty sure we will see it in the featured theme section in Cydia as in my opinion it should already have a slot waiting for it. Fantastic theme John and I wish you all the success with this theme and I look forward to seeing more work from you.