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HOWTO: Install HTC_CIME for all inputs (stroke pinyin zhuyin changjie handwriting)

Hi, I admit that I have been taking stuff from the community such as the excellent modaco rom and the gold card method and other stuff without giving stuff back to the community. After 2 days of work, here is my contribution back.
As some of you may know, Modaco's rom and other methods have flawed HTC_CIMEs either not complete or glitchy. So here is a fix.
NOTE: DOESN'T WORK WITH THE CHINESE/EXTENDED ROM
Confirmed to work with modaco 2.6 and 2.7, should work with other roms as well.
1. Download and extract this package http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gfwh1mhvtyk
2. Boot into recovery mode (home + power)
DO A NANDROID BACKUP just in case
3. Wipe (I don't think it works without it)
4. Install the CORE version of Modaco's rom (NOT the Chinese version)
5. Reboot Phone, then reboot into recovery mode
6. Install the update.zip that is in the package
7. Reboot Phone (Checkpoint : Check if there is chinese input installed and all chinese input options are available.)
Note: Steps 8 to 11 is to fix the input in the messaging app.
8. Navigate via Command Prompt to the extracted folder with the adb.exe
9. Type "adb remount"
10. Type "adb push system /system"
11. Type "adb shell reboot"
12. Enjoy
BTW : you will need to change your default input method
I know that everything can be put into an update.zip, if someone wish to, please do.
References
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512530 for the update.zip

I'm chinese,let me tell your guys who want to use modaco roms but don't like the ime what to do.
1.download "modacopatchedrecovery-1.0.zip", you'll find this useful file from this forum.unzip it to your hd(eg.d:\hero).
2.connect your phone with usb.not mount the sdcard.
3.use "cmd" from windows start menu then type:
Code:
d:[enter]
cd hero[enter]
adb devices [enter][this will show your connected hero phone]
4.when you connect your phone correctly.let us remove something:
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_CIME* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/CN* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_IME* [enter]
*notice:this step will remove all your imes.
5.install the new ime.i suggest you use google pinyin and moto pinyin.you can find the google pinyin from market (keyword "google"),and you can use google.com find moto pinyin (keyword "moto text input").
6.install it with htc sync or sdcard.now you have the best chinese ime.
ps. I strongly suggest Paul to use "moto text input" instead of others for next chinese core version.

Application can use Chinese IME after re-installing HTC_CIME and HTC_IME (from Dream)

Hi!!!Thx Soooooooooo much! It's amazing using your update.zip, I was finding a solution to type in both CHT n CHS with Touch Input! Now it do works!!!! Thxx!!!!! Haha~~~

awesome. Now i can finally type in wubi instead of writing

it hangs on mcr 2.8

tianci86 said:
it hangs on mcr 2.8
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I tested on 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9
Which step did you encounter this?

Vener said:
I tested on 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9
Which step did you encounter this?
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after i rebooted, and try to set it under locale and text. then it was forced to close the app.
i didnt choose to wipe though. i'm afraid all my settings will be gone

Thank you so much! It would be perfect if there is Traditional Chinese input, is there a way to install it? SEA Hero stock rom does have Traditional Chinese input if im not mistaken.

tianci86 said:
after i rebooted, and try to set it under locale and text. then it was forced to close the app.
i didnt choose to wipe though. i'm afraid all my settings will be gone
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I did the following:
1. A walk through follow the complete steps.
2. After reboot, same problem as u.
3. Follow step 1-7 again.
4. It works now.
P.S. I have never wipe anything. You do not have to wipe anything to make this update work.

ChiLam said:
Thank you so much! It would be perfect if there is Traditional Chinese input, is there a way to install it? SEA Hero stock rom does have Traditional Chinese input if im not mistaken.
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Traditional Chinese is included, it is in the settings
ericlin0122 said:
I did the following:
1. A walk through follow the complete steps.
2. After reboot, same problem as u.
3. Follow step 1-7 again.
4. It works now.
P.S. I have never wipe anything. You do not have to wipe anything to make this update work.
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tianci86 said:
after i rebooted, and try to set it under locale and text. then it was forced to close the app.
i didnt choose to wipe though. i'm afraid all my settings will be gone
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If you are comming from the chinese ROM, I think you will need to wipe, if you are comming from the core rom, it should work.
Based on what you said, it is very possible that you typed the command wrongly.

Vener said:
Traditional Chinese is included, it is in the settings
If you are comming from the chinese ROM, I think you will need to wipe, if you are comming from the core rom, it should work.
Based on what you said, it is very possible that you typed the command wrongly.
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Can't find it anywhere for pinyin input

ChiLam said:
Can't find it anywhere for pinyin input
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I think you using the chinese version, it will not work with it.

unable to delete HTC_CIME
pper said:
I'm chinese,let me tell your guys who want to use modaco roms but don't like the ime what to do.
1.download "modacopatchedrecovery-1.0.zip", you'll find this useful file from this forum.unzip it to your hd(eg.d:\hero).
2.connect your phone with usb.not mount the sdcard.
3.use "cmd" from windows start menu then type:
Code:
d:[enter]
cd hero[enter]
adb devices [enter][this will show your connected hero phone]
4.when you connect your phone correctly.let us remove something:
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_CIME* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/CN* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_IME* [enter]
*notice:this step will remove all your imes.
5.install the new ime.i suggest you use google pinyin and moto pinyin.you can find the google pinyin from market (keyword "google"),and you can use google.com find moto pinyin (keyword "moto text input").
6.install it with htc sync or sdcard.now you have the best chinese ime.
ps. I strongly suggest Paul to use "moto text input" instead of others for next chinese core version.
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Hi Bro,
Had tried to used the rm but these files are read only , I use chmod in terminal also unable to change to writeable or to delete them. (btw I had root access)

potterang said:
Hi Bro,
Had tried to used the rm but these files are read only , I use chmod in terminal also unable to change to writeable or to delete them. (btw I had root access)
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Ensure you have write permission on the directory before removing the files. Alternative, use root explorer and mount as RW before you remove the files.
Cheers.

CruiseMan said:
Ensure you have write permission on the directory before removing the files. Alternative, use root explorer and mount as RW before you remove the files.
Cheers.
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Thks bro, found a easier way, just had to
adb remount /system [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_CIME* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/CN* [enter]
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_IME* [enter]

Just sharing, I am running the MCR 2.9. In order to use the Google Pinyin. This is what I do.
1. Backup only the HTC_IME.apk from /system/app to /sdcard
2. Remove all the IME from /system/app
3. Restart my HTC
4. Install Google Pinyin IME
5. Install back the HTC IME (from step 1).
Everything working perfectly now I think I am using the Google Keyboard instead the HTC bundled.
Cheers.

help...
does not work with modaco rom 3.0...

New font (Thai) - problems installing

I'm trying to install Thai font onto my Desire.
Setup: HTC Desire w/Pays Desire 2.1 RockSolid v1.5 ROM
I'v tried 3 metods so far (see below):
Metod 1 & 2 results in the fonts going to /systems/fonts, while Metod 3 says allready exists (although does not list with 'ls'...). I also tried to copy the fonts to /systems/font (without 's' at the end).
In any case so far, I can't see thai font's while sms'ing / browsing.
And sorry, new poster, so can't link (but the below is easy to find with google, along with the fonts).
Anyone got any more ideas to how to get thai fonts (probably same with other fonts also), without going to froyo rom (I like sense ui 2.1 and no mic-echo...)
1) desire normal boot, and connect with adb-recovery.bat
adb remount
adb shell
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSans.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSerif-Regular.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSerif-Regular.ttf
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
cat /sdcard/fonts/DroidSerif-Italic.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSerif-Italic.ttf
reboot
2) same as 1) but from recovery
3) Terminal Emulator w/BusyBox
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# mkdir /data/busybox
# cat /sdcard/busybox > /data/busybox/busybox
# chmod 755 /data/busybox/busybox
# mkdir /data/local
# cd /data/busybox
# ./busybox –install
# cp /sdcard/fonts/* /system/fonts

You can run pushfonts.bat in attached file via recovery mode to push thai fonts.
Credit for someone in pdamobiz.com that I cannot remembered.

Felys said:
You can run pushfonts.bat in attached file via recovery mode to push thai fonts.
Credit for someone in pdamobiz.com that I cannot remembered.
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using that zip file in recovery resulted in:
"E:No signature (52 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted"
I might have done it wrong (installed as the zip file in recovery).
Anyway, I saw that this zip file contained more font files than the two other locations I have downloaded the thai fonts from. So I went to recovery and pushed all the font files manually to system/fonts (adb shell commands).
and now.....IT'S WORKING!!!!! thx

Hello all,
I've got a very similar problem. I would like to install Georgian font into my defrost 16c system. For example I got DejavuSans.ttf (from Dejavu project) and I've allready tried to push it into /system/fonts (in recovery mode ofcourse). Pushing went well... but after reboot, no luck. Appear squares not georgian letters.
Anybody have some Idea?
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alinuxos said:
Hello all,
I've got a very similar problem. I would like to install Georgian font into my defrost 16c system. For example I got DejavuSans.ttf (from Dejavu project) and I've allready tried to push it into /system/fonts (in recovery mode ofcourse). Pushing went well... but after reboot, no luck. Appear squares not georgian letters.
Anybody have some Idea?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Which recovery state you are in? If you still in red triangle screen, the push will not be succeed (yeah it still say in cmd that they already pushed file to phone). I have run AM recovery, and then pushed the font via adb and it works.

Make sure you have all fonts. First times I tried I was missing mono and callback font files of the Thai font files. Not sure if dejavu has those fonts. I did it successfully in recovery at Ted triangle.
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Felys said:
Which recovery state you are in? If you still in red triangle screen, the push will not be succeed (yeah it still say in cmd that they already pushed file to phone). I have run AM recovery, and then pushed the font via adb and it works.
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I've tried as you said with AM Recovery, but I got the same result:
alinux$ ./adb-mac push /Users/alinux/Downloads/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.31/ttf/DejaVuSans.ttf /system/fonts
786 KB/s (633604 bytes in 0.786s)
After reboot there is no DejaVuSans.ttf in /system/fonts directory.

What is recovery mode?
Is it required to root the phone prior to using the puchfont.bat utility?

How to install a custom font on desire?

Once you a custom rom installed is it possible to install a custom font to your phone?
I've been able to change all my icons with bettercut just want to change the system font now
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Me too please. I would love to change my system fonts. Just a little bigger

If you are rooted, you can do this if you are familiar with adb commands. The commands would be something similar to this and would be executed while in Recovery Mode with USB connected:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/fonts/(font name)
adb push (font name) /system/fonts
adb shell remount
adb shell reboot
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Thanks Masdroid. I am rooted but not familiar with adb commands. Would you be kind enough to expand a little. I am using windows vista 32 and phone is defrost 1.6

duryard said:
Thanks Masdroid. I am rooted but not familiar with adb commands. Would you be kind enough to expand a little. I am using windows vista 32 and phone is defrost 1.6
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If you are running Windows, you need to first make sure that you have the Windows Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) downloaded and extracted to your computer, use the following path to extract it: C:\android-sdk-windows.
Next, download and place the selected font files to the root of your C: (e.g. C:\[font name])
Then, switch off your phone and boot to Recovery Mode. Once booted into Recovery Mode, first perform a Nandroid backup which you can restore afterwards if anything happens to go wrong. Now, while still in Recovery Mode, open a separate command-line window and then type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools, press enter.
Now type the following commands in adb and hit enter afterwards to execute:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/fonts/[font name]
adb push [font name] /system/fonts
adb shell remount
adb shell reboot
The default system fonts that the Desire uses are:
DroidSans.ttf
DroidSans-Bold.ttf
DroidSansMono.ttf
etc. I had some other font (I forget, let's say Helvetica for fun):
Helvetica.ttf
HelveticaBold.ttf
HelveticaMono.ttf
If you rename the Helveticas into the DroidSans names, back up the old fonts somewhere else, and then put your renamed fonts in the /system/fonts folder, it will work. Since we don't have /system write access while in the device, we can't tell Android to look at our different fonts while running - we just have to replace what's there.
I have attached a zip with random the font files I renamed. The non-mono fonts came from a font called Comfortaa; the mono is Vera Sans Mono. These are plug-and-play - back up your old versions of DroidSans.ttf, DroidSans-Bold.ttf and DroidSansMono.ttf and push these to your /system/fonts folder in their place. Replacing DroidSans.ttf pretty much updates everything in the system.

Thanks Masdroid

No worries bud.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

MasDroid said:
Now, while still in Recovery Mode, open a separate command-line window and then type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools, press enter.
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What do you mean open a separate command line window, open it where?
And do you know any sites or anything which convert fonts to .ttf?

While your phone is connected via USB and in Recovery Mode (green and black menu), simply open up another command prompt window (Start > Run > type cmd, press Ok). Access adb and execute commands.
Nope, not aware of any sites that convert fonts to .ttf - try Google or Bing
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did anyone manage to do this? is there not an app or something? like rom manager

Can you tell me how i can do this on mac osx snow leop?
I can't change fonts with root explorer so i want to try with another tutorial..

hello
I have a HTC desire
I am root and in recovery mode, I also copied that are interested in c: \annifont.ttf.
once in the cmd, I type the first line
"Adb shell mount / system" and enter all goes well. For the second,
"Adb shell rm / system / fonts / annifont.ttf" and it goes wrong, he said:
"Rm can not remove '/ system / fonts / annifont.ttf': No such file or directory.
Help, what is the problem??

i must rename the fonts

you can try this app, it's really easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618019

syfo said:
you can try this app, it's really easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618019
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I just wanted to post this too
You have to download HTC Sync (because of the drivers) before you can use this suite on your desire

Hi ! I was trying to change the lockscreen font ( Clockopia.tff ) with Root Explorer ( just renamed the old one and placed another font there ( named Clockopia.tff ofc )), but it resulted in bootloop. So what am I missing here?
A little help would be apreciated! Thought I'd ask in this thread and not create a new one.
EDIT: Found a little program called Type Fresh, installed it to my Desire and changed the font. I was afraid the font was some way corrupted, but I guess not.

[Q] I can't change the fonts in my rooted android

Hi,
I have my rooted htc desire with a custom rom (Oxygen).
I'm not able to change the fonts in /system/fonts. I used adb, but I get error!!
I tried this
> adb remount
> adb push ./DroidSans.ttf /system/fonts
> failed to copy './DroidSans.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf': Directory not empty
Any advise??

Try using absolute system.
But ADB thinks you're trying to move the font to a location that points to a file and not a folder, what I would do is
adb remount
adb push [drag the file into the terminal/cmd window, location will appear] /system/fonts/
and you're done.

It didn't work
I got the same error

sahaf525 said:
Hi,
I have my rooted htc desire with a custom rom (Oxygen).
I'm not able to change the fonts in /system/fonts. I used adb, but I get error!!
I tried this
> adb remount
> adb push ./DroidSans.ttf /system/fonts
> failed to copy './DroidSans.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf': Directory not empty
Any advise??
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I did not go through all that drama, use an app called type fresh once rooted and i was gold!
just do a search "type fresh app" the first hit has details, sorry cant post links yet

I got this error message:
Error remounting
Could not remount /system
Any way,, I changed the fonts before flashing the rom to my phone & it worked with me
Many Thanks,,,

I use Font Changer.
It works like a charm!
If that helps. (I have to reboot each time i want to instal a new font and i use oxygen too).

Swype Keyboard Issue

Well I was wondering if there was a way to get the original Swype Keyboard on a MIUI ROM. My friend told me about flashing it but I dont know how and where to get the file for it. Please help me, the Swype Keyboard BETA has issues and I want the original keyboard. Please post links..

If you got a nand back up you can use swype restorer
Or get one of the stock roms un zip it and take out the swype.apk and libswypecore.so and push them into the phone

I'll make it easy for ya:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
mv /sdcard/Swype.apk /system/app \\NOTE: use "cp" instead of "mv" if you want to keep the file on your sdcard as a backup for future use or whatever
chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk
mv /sdcard/libSwypeCore.so /system/lib \\NOTE: use "cp" instead of "mv" if you want to keep the file on your sdcard as a backup for future use or whatever
chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
reboot
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after your reboot, go to your language&keyboard settings, Swype should be available now.
EDIT: cleanup

pmcqueen said:
I'll make it easy for ya:
download attached files and push them to /sdcard/
(NOTE: before you move the libSwypeCore.so.zip, rename it to just libSwypeCore.so - I had to add .zip to be able to attach it here)
then run the following commands from ADB (or terminal emulator, you just don't need the adb shell command in that case):
after your reboot, go to your language&keyboard settings, Swype should be available now.
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After " mv /sdcard/libSwypeCore.so /system/lib" I get the error " mv: can't rename '/sdcard/libSwypeCore.so': No such file or directory "
Please help!

I AM VS4 said:
After " mv /sdcard/libSwypeCore.so /system/lib" I get the error " mv: can't rename '/sdcard/libSwypeCore.so': No such file or directory "
Please help!
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before moving libSwypeCore.so.zip from your PC to your phone, did you remove the .zip? sounds like it still thinks it's a zip to me.

how do I do that when it wont let me open the zip folder?

EDIT: cleanup

Thanks alot! It worked!! ;P

But the thing is that this Swype wont work! Everytime I swype a word a blue box flashes around it! Please help with this issue too!

did you reboot?
if so and it's still doing it, try clearing Swype data and rebooting again. if you're still having issues after that, let me know and I'll find a different apk for you to try.

yo im all for help and all but your really not allowed to distribute swype, its in the form rules, even if the phone had it, you would have to get it from your own phone, or as said get it from a stock rom,

Thanks for this post. My question no longer really has anything to do with Swype. Now its personal!! lol
When I copy and paste the
mount -o rw,remount /system​
command, it comes up showing the options for mount instead of executing the command. Is there by chance a syntax error in the typing or am I missing something?
Thanks

look in the market there is a app called remount you can use that to mount the system to read or read/write

Thank you!!!

Strange. Tried Remount app, no dice. Tried mount command, yet it still gives me a cross-link error when I try to run the "mv" command. I read that this error is due to the fact that it isn't mounted properly (I'm a complete noob at this stuff). The thing that puzzles me is I type
mount -o rw,remount /system and it always comes back with
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
which leads me to think there's some kind of syntax error.
It's to the point now that I just want to know why it isn't working as described in the post.

ok try this
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Thanks for the advice. I used the command you posted and it allowed me r/w access. But (there always seems to be a but...) when I tried to move files with the mv command I got a cross link error.
I ended up simply using the move function from root explorer (once I figured out what I was trying to do). Worked well.

ilostchild said:
yo im all for help and all but your really not allowed to distribute swype, its in the form rules, even if the phone had it, you would have to get it from your own phone, or as said get it from a stock rom,
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Guess you didn't read the rules to well. If a custom rom is made for a device that has swype it can be included in rom
Just get swype from the website
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Spastic909 said:
Guess you didn't read the rules to well. If a custom rom is made for a device that has swype it can be included in rom
Just get swype from the website
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA Premium App
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That's if them rom itself came from the stock kernal, not from asop kernal, think why cyanogen doesn't include it in his roms? But we are allowed to bring it back from our back up that has it,