Ok, so I am still a newbie, and not yet allowed to ask questions in developers threads.
Well, I am left with no choice but to address the topic as a whole, not specifically to a special ROM.
The issue we have in the Middle East is the lack of Arabic support in many custom ROMs. I have been observing this issue for a long while, and ROMs with Arabic support come up way too long after the original ones appear. This means that we are either forced to stick to the stock ROM provided by manufacturer, or always agree to use an older version.
Sticking to original ROMs is a pain as you must know. I for instance have been having trouble with HTC ROMs forever. First, I got the Desire, when it was the number 1 in the world. HTC stuck me with an Islamic app that wouldn't be turned off, and that drew my battery (and my patience) out. Then came the sensation, in which HTC stuck me with their own car dock app with locations that I cannot change. The problem is that it runs locations in the background, which heats up the device. I also do not want to use GPS all the time. I ended up waiting for it to launch, then existing directly. Pretty convenient ha?
And yet, when I turn to custom ROMs, I am most of the time forced to try the ROM so I know whether or not it supports Arabic.
Would you developers pleaaaase list right to left languages support in the ROM specifications when releasing a new ROM? Please?
I agree with you, the pre-installed islamic apps are useless and don't function properly thus wasting space and battery and custom ROMs not supporting arabic lang. forces us to stick with the stock ROMs
There is a paid app in the store which installs several arabic fonts, I forgot the name of the app but the price is around 6 dollars and requires root.
Android 4 ( ICS ) Supports Arabic and rtl languages by default, so all the new roms based on it will be able to view Arabic texts correctly.
Additionally there are some patches that can be installed on gingerbread and froyo to add Arabic support, but I haven't tested any of them.
And I totally agree with you about the Islamic apps, they are useless and take a lot of space, I rooted my phone just to delete them.
I know how that feels man, thanks for the awesome dev community ive been using CM7 for the past 6months(it supports Arabic language). And Ive flashed CM9 ICS on my SGS 3 weeks ago and its awesome .. as they mentioned, ICS has native arabic support.
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Hello everyone,
I am planning to buy an HTC Magic in the next two weeks. I read a lot about ROMs, but they all only seem to support USA English as language. I live in a rather rarely seen country on this forum, the Netherlands. I would like to know if it's possible to root my Magic with the Hero Rosie rom (thanks haykuro) and still keep the DUTCH language.
2nd questions:
Does Rosie support bluetooth OBEX? This is an essential feature for me...
Some additional information:
I'm not a noob to modding at all, I've been modding SE phones for about 3 years now, I design a lot of themes, menus, UI tweaks and flash animations for them.
I've read anything that's on the forum (especially in the Dream threads) and i basically know everything now, ADB, root, ROM, ADP, emulator, apk, signing, etc etc.
Regards,
Draxter
Draxter said:
Hello everyone,
I am planning to buy an HTC Magic in the next two weeks. I read a lot about ROMs, but they all only seem to support USA English as language. I live in a rather rarely seen country on this forum, the Netherlands. I would like to know if it's possible to root my Magic with the Hero Rosie rom (thanks haykuro) and still keep the DUTCH language.
2nd questions:
Does Rosie support bluetooth OBEX? This is an essential feature for me...
Some additional information:
I'm not a noob to modding at all, I've been modding SE phones for about 3 years now, I design a lot of themes, menus, UI tweaks and flash animations for them.
I've read anything that's on the forum (especially in the Dream threads) and i basically know everything now, ADB, root, ROM, ADP, emulator, apk, signing, etc etc.
Regards,
Draxter
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1. You keep the org. rom when rooting, and can make a backup of it with Nandroid - so you can allways return.
1b. Then you apply the rom you want - and then you only get the languages thats in the rom you choose.
2. Can´t answer that one.
Thanks for your answer, that clears out a lot.
I have only seen English, German, French and Italian... is there a possibility to add Dutch to a ROM on my own?
Hi,
I have smartphone france Rom and it has dutch included
http://wiki.smartphonefrance.info/Default.aspx?Page=firmware-htcmagic&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
here is the direct link to the rom
http://android.smartphonefrance.info/firmware/magic-13.zip
Maybe it's already available in original european rom
Thank you for your reply I can order a very cheap Magic today I will definately try that smartphone france ROM. My Magic will be VOdafone branded... I find flashing ROM pretty scary but we'll see Having those sexy Hero widgets sounds cool
Well, I was scared at first also but now I realized that's ok, cause I can go back to the original firmware
Maybe Dutch is already included in european version
I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do or the right place to put it... but here goes.
This might just be me, but everywhere i look people are are offering roms with super apps preloaded, fonts and themes, stuff i never knew existed and so on built into the rom version so when people like me download and flash it, we get a million things included without asking for it!
So hows about a simple, no frills, nothing special, plane jane old rom developed from the newest android platform with all the go0gle goodies (gmail, maps, nav, messaging, market, Car home, calendar, browser etc.) preloaded but nothing else? No skins or themes, no developer tools or additional OEM stuff like Vodafone, Motorola apps and so on.
Of course there will have to be multi lingual support for our foreign friends and apps like market and maps have to be locale-unlocked so we can use them no matter where our geological position may be.
I hope its not a huge ask, and i'm not saying the developers out there who are providing roms ATM are useless, (their quite talented and gifted at what they do) it's just asking if anyone out there will put their hand up and say; "I'll give that a shot in my spare time" and provide us with something a little bit different and more basic for the users who dont want all the special features.
I'd donate for that!
If there is such a rom... please post a link! If theres no such thing... give it a go! If this is just a ridiculous ask... my apologies in advance
Probably the two 'cleanest' roms I've come across would have to be:
for 32A/B: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538645
for 32B: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566676
besides some modifications and dev tools, these two roms are probably the lightest, fastest and latest 1.6 donut (with everything 100% working, unlike camera and sync problems on 2.0).
allenk said:
Probably the two 'cleanest' roms I've come across would have to be:
for 32A/B: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538645
for 32B: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566676
besides some modifications and dev tools, these two roms are probably the lightest, fastest and latest 1.6 donut (with everything 100% working, unlike camera and sync problems on 2.0).
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There is a newer version of Dwangs ROM,
32B - Dwang v1.13
ahmgsk is working on a pretty solid build based on eclair, i find it hard to believe hes one of the only ones working with 2.0 and 2.0.1
Hi,
This is a great great problem in my country without a solution yet:
Turkish characters are not shown in the recieved SMSs. Instead of them only a space there.
For example:
written by another phone and sent to android: "yoğurt yiyorum şu anda"
the recieved message: "yo urt yiyorum u anda"
The phones which are bought from Turkey and not flashed a custom rom don't have this problem.
They (actually, all the phones those are sold here, in Turkey) have an expression on their boxes: “This device is in accordance with ETSI TS 123.038 V8.0.0 (or the code of the subsequent version) and ETSI TS 123.040 V8.1.0 (or the code of the subsequent version) technical features that include all the Turkish characters.”
I think, the custom ROMs are not in accordance with these standards.
I have two android phones at the moment: a Galaxy Spica i5700 (bought from Turkey), and a Nexus S (which I bought from US).
Spica had the Turkish characters first. But I have rooted and flashed the phone, so lost the characters. Since I don't have the original ROM, I can not get them back...
Until here, I tried to describe the problem.
Now I will give what I have that can help to solve the problem:
1- ETSI links: They are not the exact versions but the closest that I could find.
ETSI TS 123 038 V8.3.0
ETSI TS 123 040 V9.2.0
2- An Original Turkish ROM: it's for Galaxy S i9000
http://www.multiupload.com/ZCLE3EOPWH (it's a PIT file)
It will be a great favor if anyone can solve this problem...
Thanks in advance,
Erkam
This is not in the wrong section right?
If yes, plese help me correct it...
By the way,
any piece of information about the problem is wellcome
doesn't anyone got any idea on the subject?
I am ready to work on it but someone should show me the way
should I keep this up?
dear devs,
I do need some help here, please do not ignore me,
thanks
Erkam
how can I get some attention?
would it work if I offer a pay?
erkamt said:
how can I get some attention?
would it work if I offer a pay?
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I think you are possibly doing this in the wrong area. I think that if you want traction with a change like this, that you would need to do one of three things.
1) Contact maintainers or on the boards of a ROM you like to use (Cyanogen, etc)
2) Try to get it noticed by Google on their official Bug Tracker and Feature Request Tracker for support in stock Android OS
3) Code the fix yourself, Cyanogen source and "AOSP" stock android are available, and introducing character-set capabilities into the messaging app aren't exactly trivial things, however, with time and dedication I am sure it is possible.
I agree that foreign character coding out of stock Android isn't always there, or if it is, it isn't universal across all of the stock applications (like your example of SMS/Messaging application). Does this do this also in GoogleVoice? Or maybe you don't have access to Google Voice since you are outside of the US.
First, I want to thank you a lot for spending your time to answer
I tried your second advice but did not get a solution, yet. Still waiting.
I wanted to try the 3rd one too, actually. But I need to gain more computer/coding skills to achieve that. I could not even find an understandable guide to learn (or maybe I am too noob to understand).
So, the remaining advice is the first one and I am going to take it immediately
As you said, since I am outside of the US, I do not have access to Google Voice, unfortunately.
But, if it is ok for you, I can send a message to your google voice to check it.
by the way, ofcourse, it is not only a problem of Turkey, but also Spain, France etc.. I could not find a solution in their forums, neither.
Thanks again, for your help.
Erkam
Hello guys. I was recently given a MT4G Slide to flash with any custom ROM (preferably ICS), with key criteria being stability and availability of various languages (not just keyboard, but change the whole OS). The phone will be used in Russia, therefore that's the language that needs to be added. I did look at most ROMS and no one really specifies which languages if any are in the ROM. I assume most slim ROMs don't have anything other then basic english/spanish. I wanted to ask if anyone with good stable ICS ROM can check if they have the Russian in the language selection menu. I understand it will be hard to come by as this is a US-only variant, but has hoping that many one of the cooks used stock google with multiple languages pre-installed.
Also, how hard would it be to remap the hardware keyboard or has anyone seen or knows where to purchase cyrilic keyboard for the device? Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
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Hello guys. I was recently given a MT4G Slide to flash with any custom ROM (preferably ICS), with key criteria being stability and availability of various languages (not just keyboard, but change the whole OS). The phone will be used in Russia, therefore that's the language that needs to be added. I did look at most ROMS and no one really specifies which languages if any are in the ROM. I assume most slim ROMs don't have anything other then basic english/spanish. I wanted to ask if anyone with good stable ICS ROM can check if they have the Russian in the language selection menu. I understand it will be hard to come by as this is a US-only variant, but has hoping that many one of the cooks used stock google with multiple languages pre-installed.
Also, how hard would it be to remap the hardware keyboard or has anyone seen or knows where to purchase cyrilic keyboard for the device? Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
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Have you looked at the morelocal2 app available in the Play Store?
Fuzi0719 said:
Have you looked at the morelocal2 app available in the Play Store?
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Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
coolmen777 said:
Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
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hate to be the negative nancy but this should be in the general section not the dev section
Blasphemous noob may the heavens rain down on thee with the vengeful hatred for that which we call ignorance and inability to follow forum rules!
The FBI has been alerted. Any second they will kick down your door and proceed to charge you with crimes that "you did not commit"
Yea we know, you're innocent.
gtmaster303 said:
Blasphemous noob may the heavens rain down on thee with the vengeful hatred of that which we call ignorance and inability to follow forum rules!
The FBI has been alerted. Any second they will kick down your door and proceed to charge you with crimes that "you did not commit"
Yea we know, you're innocent.
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If dude is in Russia wouldn't it be the FSB? Those guys mean business...
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
coolmen777 said:
Thanks, didn't know it existed at all. Perfect, that solves the multi language part. Now, will need to do some searching on hardware keyboard remapping. Appreciate your help.
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Hi there!
I've already adopted the keyboard for russian locale. I'll provide you some instructions a bit later, when I'll be at my home computer. I use Russian Keyboard app with Virtuos Infinity beta1 mod, and I like it a lot - it supports custom layouts via xml, language toggle with sym button, and some other perks. Stay tuned
Sent from my myTouch 4G Slide using xda app-developers app
First of all, this is the wrong section for creating this kind of threads.
CyanogenMod (CM 9.1) supports all bunch of languages including Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, many Asian languages and a lot more.
SKAm69, CM out-of-the-box does not support localization of the hardware keyboard - a third party app is needed for that. As for UI translation, I personally prefer English UI anyway.
So... here we go.
The archive includes: keychars/keylayouts - put it to corresponding folder in /system/usr and fix permissions (root is a must!), xml file for RuKeyboard and xls table to understand which letter goes where. Everything is made and tested on an ICS rom.
I usually switch languages with single press of the sym button, shift+sym does the symbol selection popup, alt+sym gives the smiles popup window.
www./com button is mapped as a tab, alt+www. gives a "www." input, shift+www. calls web popup window.
Every keymap can be customized using these files - just lurk a little bit and make a try.
I've Note 8010 bought in Germany with latest firmware installed from factory. Played with it for a week using stock, set-up for work several languages (including mother language - Polish). For the first time I was impressed by stock keyboard so much that I've ditched SwiftKey for it.
As recognized flashoholic I gave up after a week and rooted device and flashed one of the custom ROMs. Been using it for a while, that time mostly reading book and making sketches.
Yesterday I wanted to write few messages in Polish and discovered that I've no alternative symbols (like @, (), " etc.) available after long key press, only diacritical signs (Polish, German, Swedish). When I change to English or German - alternative symbols are back but no access to diacriticals.
Could you please check also your keyboards against such behavior and when it is correct let me know which ROM you are using?