PPCGeeks Forums HTC Arrive HTC HD2 HTC Thunderbolt HTC Touch Pro 2 HTC Evo 4G HTC Evo 3D Samsung Galaxy S II Motorola Droid X Apple iPhone Blackberry
Go Back   PPCGeeks > Android > Android HTC Devices > HTC Evo 4G

Notices


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 06-27-2010, 11:00 AM
lxcivic4life's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: HTC Evo
Carrier: Sprint
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 212
Reputation: 225
lxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good work
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

I am sorry if this has been discussed before. I searched and could not find anything.

Anyways, I would like to add Arabic fonts to my Evo so I can read Arabic web pages and read/write Arabic SMS's. There are Arabic keyboards in the market, but they all require Arabic fonts.

How do I get Arabic fonts onto my Evo?

This is my first Android phone and I am not too fimiliar with modding it. Only thing I have done is root it via Unrevoked, since the full root procedure seemed too complicated for me and I did not want to brick my phone.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks
Reply With Quote
This post has been thanked 1 times.
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 06-28-2010, 11:52 AM
lxcivic4life's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: HTC Evo
Carrier: Sprint
Threadstarter
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 212
Reputation: 225
lxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good work
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Sorry to bump this thread, but anyone have a clue on how to put Arabic fonts on the Evo?
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 09-27-2010, 07:46 PM
jaypro's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: Plam Treo Pro
Carrier: Sprint
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 68
Reputation: 30
jaypro is just getting started
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

... i'm not sure if this question has been resolved but just in case here is what i found, tested and already works perfectly on my Sprint's evo (rooted to froyo2.2 but no rom installed):

1. Download the Arabization libs from here:
froyo_evo_libs_arabic_android_plus_signed.zip
2. Drag to your Evo SD card
3. Power off your evo then Reboot to recovery
4. Once there, use "volume down" botton to select unzip file from SD card
5. Use "power" botton to select the downloaded file
6. Let your evo do the work, when finished reboot
7. Done!!

... a couple important notes:
1. You'll need to download an Arabic Keyboard.. i.e. Dr.Ben0x Keyboard..
from the Market (free)
2. You'll need to buy "Arabic Android" app ($6.99) from the market if you
want to get right-to-left alignment feature

Good Luck!
Reply With Quote
This post has been thanked 1 times.
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 09-27-2010, 08:35 PM
lxcivic4life's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: HTC Evo
Carrier: Sprint
Threadstarter
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 212
Reputation: 225
lxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good worklxcivic4life is keeping up the good work
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Thanks so much!

Quick question, does this connect the arabic letters to each other? I have found other apps that allow arabic letters to work on Android, but does not connect them together.

Thanks
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 09-28-2010, 12:53 AM
jaypro's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: Plam Treo Pro
Carrier: Sprint
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 68
Reputation: 30
jaypro is just getting started
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Quote:
Originally Posted by lxcivic4life View Post
Thanks so much!

Quick question, does this connect the arabic letters to each other? I have found other apps that allow arabic letters to work on Android, but does not connect them together.

Thanks
... it sure does!!!!!!!!!!
Reply With Quote
This post has been thanked 1 times.
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 09-28-2010, 02:33 AM
johnq's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: ppc6700
Carrier: sprint
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 118
Reputation: 180
johnq is keeping up the good workjohnq is keeping up the good work
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Send a message via Skype™ to johnq
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

ihave been looking for this for long time thanks alot jaypro
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 09-28-2010, 11:00 PM
jaypro's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: Plam Treo Pro
Carrier: Sprint
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 68
Reputation: 30
jaypro is just getting started
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Quote:
Originally Posted by johnq View Post
ihave been looking for this for long time thanks alot jaypro
... glad i was able to help johnq!!!

[credits should also go to "alhail99" & "Adel_2"]
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 09-30-2010, 06:18 PM
jae.farah's Avatar
N00b
Offline
Pocket PC: touch pro2
Carrier: sprint
Location: Stockton California
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 29
Reputation: 15
jae.farah is a n00b
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

hi there i'm all new to this. so if i do all these steps will it wipe out my phone and start fresh or would it just add arabic support? and has anyone else tried it yet?
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old 09-30-2010, 11:37 PM
jaypro's Avatar
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Pocket PC: Plam Treo Pro
Carrier: Sprint
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 68
Reputation: 30
jaypro is just getting started
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Quote:
Originally Posted by jae.farah View Post
hi there i'm all new to this. so if i do all these steps will it wipe out my phone and start fresh or would it just add arabic support? and has anyone else tried it yet?
... hi jae, i believe your phone has to be rooted but not necessarly installed any non-native rom in it. To answer your questions:

1. will it wipe out my phone and start fresh? No!
2. would it just add arabic support? Yes!
3. has anyone else tried it yet? I did, and it is working like a charm!!!
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old 10-01-2010, 01:41 PM
jae.farah's Avatar
N00b
Offline
Pocket PC: touch pro2
Carrier: sprint
Location: Stockton California
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 29
Reputation: 15
jae.farah is a n00b
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: Adding Arabic/Non-Latin Fonts to Evo

Ok. So I did this yesterday and here is the review:

The install process was cake. I mean you just put that file on your sd card. boot up your phone in recovery tell it to install file from sd and it worked great. "ofcource i have a rooted phone.
*When it was done and I rebotted. I thought that i briked my phone because the animation for the sprint evo 4g is gone now.. but it did boot and booted fine.
*I downloaded a couple of Arabic keyboards and enabled them. I was able to type in Arabic and the letters were connected just fine. I tried to send txt messages in arabic to two people with iphones, one is an iphone 4 and one is an iphone 3g , both with arabic enabled. and neither one of them was able to read it. I also had them send txt to me and i wasn't able to read it. I was however able to post arabic status on my facebook. and that worked.

*I believe that this is good but needs more work. i will be removing it because the reason for me installing it was to communicate with my friends using sms and since this doesn't address that side of it then i don't need it. I also would like to have my normal bootup screen back rather than a black screen. I just don't see why this took it off??
Reply With Quote
Reply

  PPCGeeks > Android > Android HTC Devices > HTC Evo 4G

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:58 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
©2012 - PPCGeeks.com