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NOTE: This is a thread for the build devs.
Users who want to try this solution themselves should head over to TheAgent1982's thread: RTL Support Project, or go to the Hebrew guide at htcaddicts.com.
Update: Hey devs. Just so you'd know, we're even willing to do the framework.jar patching for you!
All we ask from you is to deodex your builds, and include the patched framework.jar (which appears to be almost the same for all builds, barring sense/non-sense differences).
PM if you're willing to let us help
Hey devs
First of all, thanks to all the devs who are doing a great work with everything!
There's one thing though that's a pox on all Android builds (even native android devices), and that is full-on right-to-left support. What do I mean?
Sure, there are Hebrew (and I assume Arabic) fonts in Android, and MOST applications work just fine, with the notable exceptions of Gmail, Google maps, and most native Google-apps, who all display Hebrew backwards.
A far more stressing issue, however, is that ALL android applications without exception display numbers backwards in right-to-left texts (so 10 becomes 01, 12 becomes 21, etc. It can get really confusing really fast).
Any way, there exists a solution for both these problems that can USUALLY be fixed with a medium amount of experience on native Android devices, but requires a bit of a hassle for HD2 owners.
Hopefully, you devs can incorporate this fix to future releases, once the fixed files are obtained it shouldn't be too hard to spread in the future.
Here's the process:
BTW, This only works on completely deodexed builds!
First, you have to download this zip file. It basically contains the fixed files and some other stuff you devs probably won't need.
The fix then involves extracting 'framework.jar' from the phone, and extracting the 'classes' file thusly:
Code:
java -jar baksmali-1.2.2.jar -o classes classes.dex
Then, in the subsequently created "classes" folder, you need to replace the files in "/classes/android/graphics/" and "classes/android/text" with the relevant files in the aforementioned zip file (from the corresponding folders, of course, under "files/froyo/")
After that is done, you need to re-create 'classes.dex' using:
Code:
java -Xmx512M -jar smali-1.2.2.jar classes -o classes_new.dex
Then, replace the old 'classes.dex' in 'framework.jar' with the new one (after renaming it back to 'classes.dex', of course), and push the new and fixed 'framework.jar' back to the phone.
Reboot, and voila: full-on Left-to-Right support!
I'm sure you devs have far better ways of including these fixed files without having to edit the entire thing every time, but what would I know?
We would be extremely appreciative to all you builds devs if you could incorporate those fixed 'classes' files in future builds, it'll save us a ton of work.
Also, if any of you guys also need volunteers for beta-testing this solution (as I'm sure you don't have Hebrew content to test it with), feel free to PM me.
Thank you for listening, and keep up the great work!
((PS, thanks to member silverbluem who helped simplify the process))
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i use the htc sense to read sms so
the msg wont appear word4 word3 word2 word1
+1 for that. although i am using bifbif ver 1.2 with CM6 and its OK here.
i've test it on Mdj Evolution 2.3 and it work perfect:
i never copied the files to /graphic only to /text folder
to put the Framework.jar in the device because we dont have recovery mode
use this commands:
to pull the file:
adb pull system/framework/framework.jar
install the attached files
adb push (your file location/framework.jar) system/framework/framework.jar
after putting the file restart the device
restart might take 5-10 min first run after applying the file
thanks
silverbluem said:
i've test it on Mdj Evolution 2.3 and it work perfect:
i never copied the files to /graphic only to /text folder
to put the Framework.jar in the device because we dont have recovery mode
use this commands:
to pull the file:
adb pull system/framework/framework.jar
install the attached files
adb push (your file location/framework.jar) system/framework/framework.jar
after putting the file restart the device
restart might take 5-10 min first run after applying the file
thanks
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This sure does absolve us of needing to use Linux and needing all that messy system.ext2 stuff. I'll give it a try.
Still, it'd be nice to have these updated files already incorporated into future builds.
Ambious said:
This sure does absolve us of needing to use Linux and needing all that messy system.ext2 stuff. I'll give it a try.
Still, it'd be nice to have these updated files already incorporated into future builds.
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still need to figure out how to replace the graphic file
cause the view is not perfect without it...
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Edit: I tried this method, and while it DID boot, the solution didn't work - numbers still backwards, Google applications still reverse.
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what rom are you using?
EDIT: the only thing that need to change to you is the phone book is now need to be RTL and the number backwards
Gmail need the Graphic file
silverbluem said:
what rom are you using?
EDIT: the only thing that need to change to you is the phone book is now need to be RTL and the number backwards
Gmail need the Graphic file
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My WM rom is OzDROID2.0, my Android rom is MDJ FroyoHD 3.7
Well, the phone book was never a problem for me, only hybrid text/numbers like in text messages etc.
Anyway, turns out I didn't modify framework.jar correctly, so I tried again using the script, and this time the phone just won't boot (like when I used Linux, it just hangs at boot screen).
Edit: Tried all day, all combinations of 'texts' files and with or w/o the 'graphics' file, and it always either just didn't fix anything (when I did the fix manually), or didn't boot at all (when I tried the script). This got me to conclude that I must not be doing it right, or else it would fail to boot for me as well (at least, I'm not even considering me being able to totally fix it myself )
Not a week ago, i was referred to the Samsung Galaxy S's newest ROM which came from Orange..
The rom includes (to my understanding) all the latest fixes regarding left to right text and even a hebrew version of Swype
It is easily retrievable. Obviously, it isn't legal to extract their work and use it to manutfacture a widespread ROM... but you can use it for personal use if you want to check how to fix that annoying hebrew thing.
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Thanks
nir36 said:
Not a week ago, i was referred to the Samsung Galaxy S's newest ROM which came from Orange..
The rom includes (to my understanding) all the latest fixes regarding left to right text and even a hebrew version of Swype
It is easily retrievable. Obviously, it isn't legal to extract their work and use it to manutfacture a widespread ROM... but you can use it for personal use if you want to check how to fix that annoying hebrew thing.
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It COULD be used to reverse engineer some of the stuff, but I doubt it's similar enough to the HD2 builds to use it.
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Thanks
Hebrew RTL Support
For those who are asking, i have made a working framework.jar , time ago.
It is working for most FROYO Sence, CM6.+ does not need it...
BUT NOT Desire HD Sence ( Because is is odex files, not only *.jar).
If needed i will upload it, and put a tutorial how to make it work...
Good Day!
RTL HEbrew
Please do that !
Thanks
Framework.jar
Tomorrow i will post the file with short tut how to put it, i must say that Ambious bring a good tut directly from iAndroid
Any way, Ambious, if i will upload the file please stick it to 1st page.
For now, good night...
This fix is a must for all RTL language users.
As mentioned, CM6+ already includes the fix and is working pretty good!
Problem is, for some reason, CM6 builds are rare...
I tried a few Sense builds but eventually i came back to a CM6 based build
because of it's support for RTL languages.
Devs, please include this fix in you builds, to make them as much accessible
as possible.
Thanks.
TheAgent1982 said:
Tomorrow i will post the file with short tut how to put it, i must say that Ambious bring a good tut directly from iAndroid
Any way, Ambious, if i will upload the file please stick it to 1st page.
For now, good night...
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I sure will!
Thank you
However, as a Sense user myself, I'm pretty anxious to see if a fix can be applied to any of the Sense builds (especially DesireHD, which is my current build).
Well Organized Post
I have made well organized post for it:
RTL Support Post.
I must say, it will NOT Work for Desire HD for now, because it is ODEX and jar combined, and as you have read at iAndroid, for now there is NO solution for it,
and i do not have the experience and time to learn and convert it, since i am a student.
But i will give it a try between the semesters...
Hey,
The HD2 Desire HD builds are fully deodexed.
Froyo HD 3.7 for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795914
Maybe you could use them for preparing a RTL fix for when the deodexed desire HD ROMS come and for us HD2 android users.
Cheers.
It may be my semi-n00bness, but all my attempts to create a fix for DesireHD 3.7 failed.
Also, trying the supplied fix in the thread above on MDJ Sense Clean (non HD based) failed, wouldn't boot.
Hopefully someone can get it to work, and better yet - that the devs will incorporate those fixes in their builds.
Hi all, have just update my milestone to the cm71-111105.0200-NIGHTLY-Milestone2-ICS-v1.0 version
All so far seems Ok, wife, phone, mails etc I have changed the settings to french as I live in France, the onscreen keyboard works fine BUT the physical keyboard is still typing in qwerty rather than azerty
so any help would be nice
thanks
Use ES File explorer for instance and grant root privilegies - since you need to use it on root FS and follow this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19108106&postcount=1889
tl;dr: in /system/scriptbox is keypad switching script
Thanks for the info, downloaded the es explorer and managed to grant it root access, but cant 'see' the local files I only can see whats on the SD card or Lan for instance what have I missed ?
You have to grant root access in the settings of ES file manager and then you have to change home directory in the settings of ES from "/sdcard/" to "/" and then you'll see root directory of your phone. Then simply go to /system/scriptbox and there should be it. (I have older version of CM, so I can change my layout in the settings menu and so I don't have scriptbox folder).
I changed to file manager and gave it root access, its clearer to use use than ES, I can get into the /system file but the there is no no /scriptbox in it
Since my firstpost I changed to cm7-111108-2350-NIGHTLY-Milestone2.zip
so maybe thats why
minty95 said:
I changed to file manager and gave it root access, its clearer to use use than ES, I can get into the /system file but the there is no no /scriptbox in it
Since my firstpost I changed to cm7-111108-2350-NIGHTLY-Milestone2.zip
so maybe thats why
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Checkout the new version, there's azerty keyboard as well (cyanogenmod settings -> input -> keyboard char map)
Hi
thats is just great, installed cm7-111111-2028-NIGHTLY-Milestone2, switched to English to find the input section, changed it to AZERTY and then switched back to French. For info you need to reboot for the keyboard changes to be taken into account, many thnaks for this
Now I still have the problem of loosing the 'reseau', (I get the message no service available) then after awhile it commes back, in another post someone says that I may need to change the baseband, but am a little lost on this problem
minty95: If you're using CM7 from Endless7, then it is really easy. There should be application named Milestone 2 Toolbox.. In this app, there is option "Baseband Switching Tools", which installs english baseband switcher. Then just use second option (Europe 2.2.2) and it should work ok. (you could also try first option, if you have problem with second option)
And you can also see actual baseband in this app.
Thanks I'm not using this rom but this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338183
I'm downloading the one from Endless7 and will flash and try it, to see as in the one I'm running I doesn't have the milestone toolkit, but does have a Azerty keyboard, so I wuill test it and get back
I think, it should be possible to extract milestone toolkit apk from endless7's CM7... Also, you can download it separately from his topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778 - in the first post, there is attachment named "ToolBox+Baseband+others.rar" - this is what you need - there is milestone 2 toolkit apk, which you can simply install to any rom
I downloaded the Endless7 rom and installed it
The program for the baseband is all in chinese (I had already found and installed it on the other ROM) but as it's all in chinese I have no idea what to choose
Have already switched back to the other ROM, shown in my last post as it gives me the possibilty to change the keyboard to azerty and which Endless7 does not
So I'm just stuck with this baseband program in chinese
I have Endless7's ROM and I don't have it in chinese, I have english version.
In the attachment of this message I included screenshot of my version, apk of my baseband switcher and apk of my Milestone2ToolBox (which gave me this baseband version)...
Hope it helps somehow.
I think that you just saved my life
Have installed your download and it is in English, phew, testing now,
many thanks
Update : After a afternoon of using the first option (2.2) on the basedband APK 1.5.4 and having had no loss what so ever, am now trying the second option europe 2.2.2
I know have a phone that is at least twice as fast as last week
again many thanks
Hi everyone
I just got myself a transformer and really love it
i am running it with the latest revolver rom
Today I tried to map a network drive and everything was fine until I have a few video and music files with chinese file names. I am using cifs manager and es explorer. All the chinese characters show up as question marks "?" and it seems the system cannot understand the name (I cannot play the files nor renaming them on my tablet)
I tried googling a bit but failed to find a solution. Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
Thanks very much in advance
p,s, found this link and tried adding "iocchaset=utf8" into the option line in cifsmanager but sadly it does not work
I believe you'll need a kernel a with utf-8 support and load it via the settings in CIFSmanager.
dy57 said:
I believe you'll need a kernel a with utf-8 support and load it via the settings in CIFSmanager.
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thanks for your reply
may I ask how I can check which kernel supports utf-8?
and what do u mean by load it via the settings in CIFSmanager?
Sorry if my question sounds noob
i am really new to this world lol
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I was hoping some post this here.
I wanted to know have you checked on stock kernel does it supports touchscreen work.
if not can anyone test and suggest which all kernels are supporting it and not.
anantshri said:
I was hoping some post this here.
I wanted to know have you checked on stock kernel does it supports touchscreen work.
if not can anyone test and suggest which all kernels are supporting it and not.
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I got Aroma installer in X10S v8.2 addon zip (for unlock bootlaoader) and had no problem on stock or custom kernel.
However I never tried on fxp kernel.
For info there's a menu in aroma installer to config the touchscreen, values must be written in the config file (aroma config).
The only restriction for now is that Aroma installer is using Edify script so may cause problem on locked bootloader ... doesn't copy files or else ...
@Feravolt
Thanks for this thread !!!
About the script for locked bootloader did you have time to look at it ?
It would be very nice to include it directly in kernel .. maybe it could solve the problem with lock bootloader ?
Hi OP
Below is the latest Aroma File Manager's newest features :
- Terminal Emulator.
- Set Permissions.
- Auto screen calib.
Bugs :
- File copy, paste and move function from Internal Memory into SD Card (and vice versa).
- Scrolling Touch for X10, have to use volume buttons.
Any chance for X10 to have this recovery tool to be integrated in Kernel (for GB, ICS and JB) ?
Just incase if no backup file, PC/Laptop arround to repaire bootloop or bricked phone, easily .
Thanks in advance
Regards
Hi all,
Thanks to the huge discount on Nook Simple Touch earlier this month in UK, hopefully the device will regain some popularity and draw more attention from the XDA community. Unfortunately all the new devices come with firmware v1.2.0 while most posts in the forum were for the outdated v1.1.x, including the brilliant multitouch mod from wheilitjohnny. I know there is a way to downgrade to v1.1.x but I still prefer v1.2.1 after I tried v1.1.0. So I decided to port wheilitjohnny's mod to v1.2.1. After one week's hard work as I'm a newbie to the Linux world, I finally built the kernel and saw no more boot loop. All the multitouch test tools from Market correctly reported up to 2 fingers.
Before put the kernel to your device, make sure it's already running 1.2.1 firmware and rooted. You can find the link to the official upgrade file in the forum and you can use Nook Manager to root your device which is also available in the forum.
Then please found the kernel attached as zip file. You need to unzip the file and follow arkusuma's post on how to install it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24168019#post24168019
All credits go to wheilitjohnny. It's all his work.
One lesson I learned for all the developers who may be interested in more mod development is, to make a bootable kernel you MUST use toolchain from "http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/release1293". Select the IA32 GNU/Linux TAR one (MD5: c6930d14801b4fab6705d72df013e58b). Any other toolchains including Google's own or even another version from codesourcery won't work. The generated kernel built with any other toolchains will only cause boot loop.
[UPDATE] Oh forgot to say, you need to add one more line to your /etc/permissions/required_hardware.xml on your device. You should be able to find the first line already in the file, just add the second line.
<feature name="android.hardware.touchscreen" />
<feature name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" />
More info please check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563645
Does this kernel work with NoRefresh (I assume debug2 version for FW 1.2.x)?
koltshin said:
Does this kernel work with NoRefresh (I assume debug2 version for FW 1.2.x)?
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Yes. I have NoRefresh_Debug2 and Fast Mode mod running together with this kernel. No problem so far.
Thx. Does this kernel works for both Nook Simple Touch and the Glow light model?
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waynesi said:
Hi all,
One lesson I learned for all the developers who may be interested in more mod development is, to make a bootable kernel you MUST use toolchain from "http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/release1293". Select the IA32 GNU/Linux TAR one (MD5: c6930d14801b4fab6705d72df013e58b). Any other toolchains including Google's own or even another version from codesourcery won't work. The generated kernel built with any other toolchains will only cause boot loop.
I've had good success with the toolchain on Ubuntu; just install the gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi packages, and add the Makefile and head.S changes that were in the fastmode2 patch; I've not tried building this touch mod, but it has let me build my own kernels with usb host and with TLS support.
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I can confirm that this kernel works on a NST with Glowlight on FW. 1.2.1 Thanks for the hard work.
Can I use this kernel for 2 fingers zoom in? I tried it with aldiko, but do not work with pdf.
You need to unzip the file and follow arkusuma's post on how to install it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24168019#post24168019
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Could somebody please help me installing this without adb over wifi? Because i have internet only over ethernet. I was thinking of CWM.
Thanks
Sagittarius0 said:
... without adb over wifi?
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Well, how about ADB over USB?
Renate NST said:
Well, how about ADB over USB?
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Can you please help me exactly how to do it? I have tried it once for some other reason and it didn't work... :crying: And after that I searched for it here and found a post which said that adb works only over wi-fi.
And I am quite new with android so please explain the process well.
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Yes. I have NoRefresh_Debug2 and Fast Mode mod running together with this kernel. No problem so far.
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Fast Mode don't works on my NST fw 1.2.1. What app exactly are you using to activated the fastmode?
update: this kernel don't have / sys/devices/platform/omap3epfb.0/graphics/fb0/fmode so fastmode is not possible
tebra said:
Fast Mode don't works on my NST fw 1.2.1. What app exactly are you using to activated the fastmode?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39529578&postcount=140
Step one, use noogie and do a full backup of your Nook.
It should be almost 2GB file size.
Using noogie, copy uRamdisk.
Use bootutil.exe (in signature):
Code:
bootutil /x /v uRamdisk init.rc
[i]edit init.rc[/i]
bootuil /r /v uRamdisk init.rc
The line you edit out (with a number sign) is
Code:
[color=red]#[/color] setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
(uncomment this line to go back to using WiFi ADB)
Copy uRamdisk back to the Nook.
Reboot your Nook.
Read up about getting the ADB drivers working on your desktop here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/BN_Nook_Simple_Touch/Installing_ADB
This thread is old, I know, but hopefully someone will spot this. So I took the plunge and installed Multi-Touch (running FW 1.21 and rooted). I followed the instructions for the ADB wireless method and also changed the required_hardware.xml file, resetting the permissions of the edited file to match those of the original.
Nothing is different? My original hope was that the pinch-zoom function in Dolphin 10.2.6 might work with this mod. It doesn't seem to work on either Android or Desktop settings in that browser. I can't see that it works anywhere. Maybe I need to reinstall Opera Mobile and test it there?
...
O.K., I just reinstalled Opera Mobile. No effect at all that I can discern.
Hmm....I am underclocking with No-frills CPU Control to 300 MHz. Is that the problem? Nope....changed back to 800 MHz and no effect.
So...what am I missing? Is there something I can check to be sure I did the ADB thing correctly (after I'm done using the "shell" do I just close it down or is there some closing command I should have used?). Does this mod have to be used in conjunction with something else?
I usually jump out of an ADB shell with ^C
There's an interim release of UsbMode-1.7a.apk in the signature.
If you touch the left 3/4 of the screen it will report touch coordinates.
It will indicate multiple touches.
That's the easiest way to see how many simultaneous touches your device supports.
My Nook: 2, my Kyocera: 4, my ZTE: 5
I installed a multi-touch test app from the Market and it showed that two fingers were recognized (no more), although the recognition was somewhat spotty.
I've been fussing around with it and sure enough it has begun to work with Opera Mobile, both at 800 MHz and 300 MHz (no discernible difference there). It also works very well with Perfect Viewer. It does not work with Google News and Weather (which really needs it), at least not the version that came with NookManager rooting.
Alas, it does not work with Dolphin, which was my main impetus for trying this. I've got Dolphin to the point where it is much more reliable than Opera Mobile but the only way to zoom is via a gesture which requires going to a blank screen, drawing the gesture and then returning to the current page. It makes one want to draw gestures that are not found in children's books. Although Dolphin claims pinch-to-zoom, it doesn't seem to work with the NST, at least not this version of Dolphin. Maybe I need to delve back into the past versions (which will probably be less stable in other respects...).
Well, anyway it works. I'll have to see if it affects the battery life in any significant way (I read on my Nook, too!). If not, I may as well keep it although its utility to me is limited.
Now to look at "no-refresh"......
nmyshkin, what about Google Maps?
Yes, I forgot to mention Google Maps (I was using "Places" but it amounts to the same thing). That works with multi-touch as well. I also noticed that to some extent multi-touch zooming in Opera Mobile is web-site dependent. For example, it does not seem to work at all on Wikipedia but worked OK on some other sites I tried. I just wish it would work in Dolphin
I just tried it with Orion Viewer (which I like for PDFs) and it also works there. It seemed to want to work with Kingsoft Office on the same PDF file but then the app crashed. There are other ways to magnify in both, of course.
I finally tried NoRefresh, and while it worked, I was left wondering what it is for other than as a "we can do this" feature. Lots of flickering while it made up its mind as a white-listed app was launched and then the image degradation thing. After I exited the app my screen was such a mess I had to reboot. I guess I'm used to the way the e-ink display sort of tears when scrolling (or even zooming now, for that matter). The NoRefresh just doesn't seem to give me anything I want. I have not tried FastMode. As I currently underclock to 300 MHz I am reluctant to overclock the Nook just so it will (sort of) work like something it is not and run down the battery really fast.