The p1i by default comes with a rather drab theme, and the default ones are no good either. So, to spice up the phone’s look a bit, you can always download new themes(my current one is the PSP original theme from Themebin). While changing the theme is a no-brainer - just download (or beam) the theme(.utz) file to your memory card(or phone memory), use file manager to browse to the location where the theme is saved, click on it and just apply! The new theme - including wallpapers, sound schemes will all be applied. Most themes also come with icon replacements, which replace the original icons with new ones. To check if your theme has icon replacements, Just check if there’s a folder called “resource”, present in the skin archive. IF it’s there then your theme comes with an Icon pack.
For that we’ll have to do a bit of tweaking. No, don’t worry, it won’t cause you P1i to go berserk. First, connect your p1i to the computer via the USB cable(Bluetooth won’t do) in file transfer mode. Once the memory card is detected, browse to it. Just copy the “resource” folder from the theme folder over to your memory card. When asked to replace or overwrite, just say yes.
This is how my P1i looks, with the PSP original theme.
Looks good dude. I haven’t been able to find a good enough theme for my n70. If I do find one, I get bored of it quite quickly. 
I really hate the iPhone’s theme,so dont try em but yeah do try the Vista themes they look good on any phone !
April 6, 2008
@Santosh For me, I pick one theme, then I never change it
@Mayank, Rajesh No Vista themes for me. Right now I’m using a PSP themewith few icons from teh iPhone them. Looks good as my flickr pics show
April 9, 2008
@Zah You can find the themes on the web - just google for Sony Ericsson P1i themes. The theme and resource file will be there with the theme archive.
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September 5, 2008
thanks for the nice theme dude. just 1 question, im using W960, where do i save the resource folder? thanks again
@ricci copy it to the root directory of your memory card, and restart your phone
September 7, 2008
@sathya do i copy the whole resource folder or only its contents to the root directory. note: my phone is W960i, no memory card. thanks again.
@Ricci Extremely sorry for the delayed reply. Yes you copy the entire resource folder. when prompted to overwrite, jus say yes
hi can you send me the icons? please? tnx so much.. my email is migz_fiber@yahoo.com
September 22, 2008
i have downloaded theme..their preview comes w/ a different icon.. but it appears that when i install them its the same as the default… i can’t understand the archieve that ur talking about
@Migs you can download the icons from the link mentioned above
@nAgen After installing the theme, you need to restart your phone for the new icons to take effect
October 31, 2008
how to find the resource file in the file theme???…i already dowload it..but i can’t find it….can someone tech me how???????
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