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Has anyone tried to add Arabic/Hebrew fonts yet?

Hello,
Since my Galaxy S is coming very soon, I was wondering if anyone here has successfully added Hebrew/Arabic language so that we can see it in the browser and in SMS.
Any tutorial?
Thanks.

I did with Hebrew fonts and it is working fine. Delete the fonts under /system/fonts and copy the new fonts to that folder. I used root explorer to do this.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

For me
I rooted my SGS then copy tahoma.ttf from windows to /system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf and it read arabic but reversed and it should also read Hebrew

So Hebrew is ok.. no problem.
For Arabic, I read somewhere that its reversed and they are not attached to each other (like space is between each character).. is it right?! Whats the solution to this?
Where can I download those fonts?

there is a full Arabic rom with the phone in UAE this is the proof but with out market we trying to dump that rom or wait until the rom uploaded to
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/ap...l.com&why=pw&next=WEBPROTECT-samsungi9000.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=354498&stc=1&d=1278261927
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=354499&stc=1&d=1278261927

hani1980 said:
there is a full Arabic rom with the phone in UAE this is the proof but with out market we trying to dump that rom or wait until the rom uploaded to
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/ap...l.com&why=pw&next=WEBPROTECT-samsungi9000.htm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=354498&stc=1&d=1278261927
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=354499&stc=1&d=1278261927
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you can dump /system folder that what we need by writing this to adb shell or terminal in your phone (your phone should be rooted and busybox installed)
su
tar -cvf /sdcard/dump.tar /system
you will find dump.tar in you scard (size ~268MB) and you can compress it and upload it to Rapidshare or mediafire or what ever you like
I will make it installable through update.zip or Odin3
Thank you

miso1391 said:
you can dump /system folder that what we need by writing this to adb shell or terminal in your phone (your phone should be rooted and busybox installed)
su
tar -cvf /sdcard/dump.tar /system
you will find dump.tar in you scard (size ~268MB) and you can upload it to Rapidshare or mediafire or what ever you like
I will make it installable through update.zip or Odin3
Thank you
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Good.
here you go hani1980

Even if we manage to install the dump that hes going to do
Will all the interface be in Arabic?
What if I want English as the interface and also want it to display Arabic language on Browser and SMS?

my first cocked rom
base on I9000XWJG1
http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=229115

Mumtaz Hani, Great work man, I am downloading it right now !
Can I use JFF CSC file rather than the JG1 with your ROM ?
Hani, the link for downloading the ROM seems to have an Issue!

Indeed amazing work Hani,
I was wondering if you mind sharing the font files only, and if it will work if I install only them without the whole ROM since I already use another one. Will there be problems?
Thanks.

I have JG1 with JFF CSC, I'm going to try to install the update.zip only and see if it works !

I just went to that forum and noticed that there is someone that already asked the same question and Hani told him that he have to use Hex Editor or else it wont work.
Any one knows something about Hex editing that can make a mini guide on how to do it?
Thanks.

Hani amazing
It maybe a good idea to post this in english in xda...what do you think

I rooted my device and i pushed the market but unfortunatly i cant see protected apps anyone able to?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

how about froyo
do the arabic fonts show disconnected when viewed using a froyo custom rom?

miso1391 said:
For me
I rooted my SGS then copy tahoma.ttf from windows to /system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf and it read arabic but reversed and it should also read Hebrew
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so you deleted the original DroidSansFallback.ttf, renamed the windows tahoma.ttf and copied it instead to /system/fonts/?

dkanevsky said:
so you deleted the original DroidSansFallback.ttf, renamed the windows tahoma.ttf and copied it instead to /system/fonts/?
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Don't dig up old threads!
Anyway, you want the following firmware that is available now with full hebrew/arabic support: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743820

RyanZA said:
Don't dig up old threads!
Anyway, you want the following firmware that is available now with full hebrew/arabic support
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thanks .

leoon said:
Even if we manage to install the dump that hes going to do
Will all the interface be in Arabic?
What if I want English as the interface and also want it to display Arabic language on Browser and SMS?
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Yes, You can. Update ROM JPJV6. You can have English Interface and can read Arabic SMS and Browser and can type in both language.

Swype Keyboard for Spica

Hi guys,
This is a working Hacked version of Swype keyboard Black theme mod. My first contribution. Feel free to use it. You will find this among one of the best applications for android. The keyboard is suitable for HVGA screens. Extract apk from the archive and Install it using application manager or ADB.
The screen shot is attached. Enjoy
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Update 27. Sep 2010
Hi Updated the post with 1.60.36.8214 version Wine red mod - made by me. I have removed the languages leaving only English language in order to keep the size as small as possible. The actual screen shots will be posted later. I have attached two pics of the Keyboard layout used. Enjoy

thanks a lot man..

Effort is appreciated but
Code:
they've been posting all over the othe sub-forums about posting swype apks, specifically NOT to do so.
[url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703033"]LINK AT N1 forums[/url]
Maybe you can post a metamorph instead?

Sorry, I was not aware of that. Thanks for that kenshinta. The best part is I got swype apk from one of these forums at XDA. If it is against the policies of this forum, then I would request Admin or the moderators to delete the post.

Works perfectly on my Spica!
I was not able to install swype previously but now works lika a charm!

Works fine on my i5700. I think Swype currently is the best, and "user friendly" keyboard in android apps arsenal Yesterday HTC_IME - today Swype

Works well on my Spica, but, when I looked on swype forum, it was said that there is Serbian (latin) language, and in this app there's no serbian Any way of adding support for serbian? Tnx man

stojshic said:
Works well on my Spica, but, when I looked on swype forum, it was said that there is Serbian (latin) language, and in this app there's no serbian Any way of adding support for serbian? Tnx man
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Sorry this apk doesnot have serbian language

would anyone be able to provide some more details on how to install this program?
Thanks!

Thanks,,,, your the man................

application not getting downloaded
Hi,
application doesnt get downloaded when trying open the link in the phone.
infact, none of the file gets downloaded when i open it from my phone's browser.. it says " the file is not supported by your device"
i tried with mp3 formats and other formats as well.

download on pc then tranfer to sd card on phone....

did this as well... doesnt work... also checked "unknown sources" under settings-applications... but doesnt work.. none of the applications gets downloaded or installed....

misc86 said:
would anyone be able to provide some more details on how to install this program?
Thanks!
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Download the file. Unzip it and put the apk file on sd card. install using application manager like linda or Astro filemangaer.

Hi guys
I have made wine red and Green keyboard Mods for Swype. Any one interested?

Hi,
It works well on my spica but now "trial period" ends and swype anymore ... any help???
Thanks

Same here Any help much appreciated... I Miss Swype

i have some trouble with this...kindly explain the solution..
trip007 said:
Hi guys,
This is a working Hacked version of Swype keyboard Black theme mod. My first contribution. Feel free to use it. You will find this among one of the best applications for android. The keyboard is suitable for HVGA screens. Extract apk from the archive and Install it using application manager or ADB.
The screen shot is attached. Enjoy
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hi..
thanks for ur contribution...
then,i was installed this .apk ,two weeks before..it's nice and working well.
i have a GPRS connection with my device..today swype KB showing the message
that it will not working untill it get the update..
so,kindly explain me for soluton...
thanking u..
Amanulla.S
INDIA

it says "your trial period has ended please upgrade your copy of swype"

same here - 'trial period' notification and swype works only as usual keyboard

RTL Languages (Arabic, Hebrew, ... etc) without root?

Hello there,
It seems to me that I need to root my N1 2.2 in order to get RTL languages readable. My question is that is there a way to do that without rooting? If no is it possible to only do it without *flash* my ROM just root access? Yes = How
I am not asking for a specific language as I need the answer for 3 oh my friends who needs Farsi, Arabic and Hebrew ..... Any thing please

RTL
The answer is both yes and no.
If you don't want to root you phone, there is an app (I wrote it ) called persian browser that you can see persian/arabic sites on it but only on Android 2.2.
if you want/can root your phone, the first this I can suggest is to root it without voiding your warranty (without unlocking the bootloader) it is a little hard to do that but it is possible, after that you don't need to flash a new rom and by adding the update for RTL languages (A project at google code called arabic android) you can fix RTL problem and they are keyboards on the market that you can get and use at least for arabic and persian. but you still need some tweaks, for example for persian you need to replace system fonts because one of the letters are not showing up correctly.
So, if you don't have time for these, just get my app it is just a temporary solution until android 3.0 came out.

Thanks for the reply but I believe your app only work with Farsi not all RTL languages however I like the idea of root but not void warranty Can I do that?????
So basically I have to change the font only and everything will work fine.
As for the Arabic one in Google code, I have no idea about Arabic but my Arab friend told me he has to flash it with custom ROM and has to pay 7 bucks for activation or something is that right?

RTL
yes, you need to flash, but it is not a ROM its just an update to some libs, and I didn't see any activation fee, maybe its for keyboard app or something.
refer to this post for rooting without unlocking bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710842
and yes, my app is for persian/arabic, maybe other people can write the same fix for other langs.

To make Arabic and Hebrew readable (in anything but Gmail's headers), you don't need anything. They're already readable in 2.2. You need something only if you're looking for RTL direction (alignment to the right) in messages, Gmail etc.
AnySoftKeyboard will allow typing them.
By the way, wrong section. This thread doesn't belong in Development, but in Q&A.

Rooting
Well, wondering around, found this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736271
and easy easy way to root your phone without voiding warranty and without cutting battery or do any phony stuff. I love this openness of Android that let people do this amazing things.

Jack_R1 said:
They're already readable in 2.2. You need something only if you're looking for RTL direction (alignment to the right) in messages, Gmail etc.
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And that's what I am askig about what do I need to do
Jack_R1 said:
By the way, wrong section. This thread doesn't belong in Development, but in Q&A.
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Sorry pal I thought it belongs here .....

bohlool said:
yes, you need to flash, but it is not a ROM its just an update to some libs, and I didn't see any activation fee, maybe its for keyboard app or something.
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Thanks and the activation is to activate the direction to RTL this is for Arabic as per my friend
bohlool said:
refer to this post for rooting without unlocking bootloader:
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I already unlocked my bootloader but it seems interesting I will try it with one of them and hope I find a specific lib for each language to add it to their N1

Used it on my nexus s running zuluzulu 1.3.1. THANK YOU works perfect

[Q] How to extract htc_cime from a GOAPK ROM?

Hi,
I've asked a couple of times in the past how to get the htc touch input chinese module on a phone using the new 2.2 ROMs appearing on this board. I'm running the stock rooted ROM 3.15.405.3 but it only includes European keyboards.
GOAPK.com, the Chinese android developer site, has a new ROM for 2.2 out as well which includes the keyboard and handwriting recognition I want, its called htc_cime. My question is how to extract just the IME files and add them to an existing installation as a zip or apk, or how to include the files and add them to the ROM to install from ROM Manager.
I've found an APK under the \system\app\HTC_IME.apk of the GoAPK ROM but it won't install on its own... I get a warning saying that "This is a system application, do you still want to replace it" but it fails saying "Application not installed". Is this the right file? What am I doing wrong, where are the IMEs stored inside a ROM? This file isn't present in any of the other ROMs, so I guess it might not be the right one.
Files:
The download page for the whole GoAPK ROM, you need to register and post before you can download. Their BBS is as annoying as their ROMs are...
http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-34891-1-1.html
Link to the APK I extracted from that ROM
http://www.fileshost.com/download.php?id=B0F7369B1
Let me know if I should post any more information. There have been a few people asking for this in various forums, would appreciate learning to do it so I can teach others!

Why bother... Asian FroYo OTAs were released recently...

Mainly because I don't want to lose root. The only way to get an OTA is to unroot and downgrade to 1.31, correct? Or are there rooted Asian OTAs around somewhere?

There are several posts lying around explaining how to apply OTA updates and stay rooted... I think I wrote one myself...

Edit this file system\customize\MNS\default.xml in your rom.
<function name="default_IKB_settings_checked">
<set name="single">
<item name="checked_list_latin">English;Handwriting;CangJie;PinYin;Stroke;</item>
</set>
</function>
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"Handwriting" namely htc touch input chinese module.
you should be make a rom, include HTC_IME.apk.
I'm sorry for my poor english.

i am using cynagenmod 6.1 no HTC cime on it
Hi,
i am using cynaogenmod 6.1, i would like to have HTC CIME on it, anybody there to help us, Thanks in advance

Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
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I didn't use CM Rom, do not provide more information to you, sorry.

[Q] Swype modding... ?????

Can anyone tell me how to exclude some languages from Swype???

Not sure, but when I installed the latest Swype beta, I had the choice of either ALL languages or, English & Spanish. So if you only need English and Spanish, could be an option.

nikkpap said:
Can anyone tell me how to exclude some languages from Swype???
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For what reason do you want to do so?
If you just want to exclude some languages from list, you can edit languages.lst and helplanguages.lst, into Swype.apk/assets/files/, put them back and sign apk.
If you want to reduce apk size, then it is more complicated.
1. Edit these 2 files.
2. Delete unnecessary language files from Swype.apk/assets/files/
3. Delete unnecessary keyboards from Swype.apk/assets/keyboards/
4. Delete unnecessary tutorials from Swype.apk/assets/tutorial
5. Make sure you didn't delete something wrong.
6. Sign apk.
...
7. PROFIT!

Hi nikkpap,
you can check out this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088417
and dont forget to thanks Trip007in.
Regards
JoyMoro

[NOTICE] If You did not create "it", then doesn't belong in Development
Not only one but twice...
Ill copy paste it for you since I am such a nice guy...
NOTICE: If You did not create the ROM, KERNEL, FIX, MOD, APP, HACK, GUIDE, or if it's not a SOURCE CODE then it should go to Galaxy S i9000 General as it doesn't belong in Development
If your thread can be phrased as a question, it DEFINITELY doesn't belong in Development either.
Thank you for your cooperation
AG