Change the default Arabic font. - Acer Iconia Tab A100

Hello, Just received the A100 today and was happy to note that it had Arabic typing/viewing support, but that was dashed the moment I saw the font used to render them. It is absolutely horrible. Is there any way to add/swap the arabic font support package/file/dll? Sorry if this is a noob question but googling didn't help and the Search feature here in unavailable. Thanks!

Hang in there mate... I'm looking into it too! I think there is a solution for it because I have found one for Droid and Xoom... Maybe a little modification and it might work!
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I managed to change the honeycomb original Arabic font (which is by the way somewhat okay) to Almohanad font (it's the same as my real name!!!!!)
I'm attaching some images for comparison...
Unzip the attached zip file to /system/fonts
Make sure to back up your original font (DroidSansArabic.ttf) though for future reversing...
Good luck mate!

thank you soooooooooooo much
can you please add more fonts as well?

So in theory I should be able to substitute any font I want? Just rename it to DroidSansArabic.ttf and tick the correct permissions? You rock by the way. Just one more Q. How do you have that split screen keyboard? Which KB is it? I have the thunm keyboard but it does not support Arabic input.

Actually, your theory turned out to be a fact! Yes, you can substitute any font with DroidSansArabic.ttf, but it has to be in .tff format.
Thanks
The keyboards are:
- Go Keyboard > grey/black color > free
- SwiftKey X Tablet Keybooard > blue neon color > paid around $5
Good luck...
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I have the swiftkey X keyboard that I got from Amazon's free app a day. Will see if that one can work.

Cool! Yah give it a try...
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Nope. Didn't work, it told me I should by the Tablet version. The normal version looks like crap.

Then you ought to get the tablet version, it's really worth it!!!
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m2b999 said:
Then you ought to get the tablet version, it's really worth it!!!
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I most likely will, thanks. Now I'm going to try this out on my HTC Flyer and see if it works. Just upgraded it to HC.

Salam,
Tested on rooted Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it works.
NB : I had to set up permission after copying the file using ES File explorer (Enable root mode and mount /system)
Thank you very much Bro !

Have any of you tried Font Changer on the market? It's a nice and easy solution to changing fonts across the systrem, it also lets you change specific fonts, such as the Arabic font. It might be easier if you want to change and try out different fonts quickly and easily, as long as you're rooted of course, works well on our tabs, use it myself.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.martino2k6.fontchangerlite
I read keyboard being mentioned, don't know if any of you have tried this but, Thumb Keyboard is an excellent keyboard and highly configurable too.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus

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Looking for a better keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is seriously getting on my nerves so I'm looking for keyboard recommendations. Please post what keyboard you use and what you like/dislike about it. Thanks!
gingerbread free keyboard from the market is the best ive found, only thing is the letters dont have symbols like ? ! on them, but I can live with that for free
My new favourite keyboard is Perfect Keyboard! It is exactly as the name implies. Perfect.
Regards.
I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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Crucio_ said:
I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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+1, free until beta expires in August.
Other good keyboards are Thumb keyboard and Smart Keyboard both of which I've used as well.
I perfer Smart Keyboard. Quite costumizeable. Try it and buy the pro version if you like it!
Crucio_ said:
I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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I'm new to swiftkey x beta and liking it a lot so thanks for the heads up.
But.... the correction and suggestions don't work in the stock email app which is a bit of a bummer. Its sooo much better than the stock samsung keyboard.
Might go ask on the swiftkey web page if no one here has any quick and easy fix.
Edit: Found this is common for after market keyboards on the i9100 email app Have also sent question to swiftkey
Wish there was an easy way to change the keyboard when in an app without going to home screen. On my i8000 running froyo i used to be able to hold the settings button the keyboard and the keyboard choices came up. Any way to access the choise of keybaord easily??????
SlideIT ftw.
Better Keyboard 8
OrionCarl said:
gingerbread free keyboard from the market is the best ive found, only thing is the letters dont have symbols like ? ! on them, but I can live with that for free
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+1 on that. It's simple and does what it's supposed to do well. Plus, if you search the I9000 forum, you'll find some nice skins, yes it's free and you can change the skin color!
f.
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Seeing as everyone here post something different,I will post about my favourite.GO Keyboard.Nice,customizable,easy to use,accurate and has some pretty handy long-press shortcuts I really appreciate it.I don't know how it does with auto correction as I hate it,but other than that,it's brilliant!
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!2020! said:
The Samsung keyboard is seriously getting on my nerves so I'm looking for keyboard recommendations. Please post what keyboard you use and what you like/dislike about it. Thanks!
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I am using Thumb Keyboard 4....
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yxa said:
I perfer Smart Keyboard. Quite costumizeable. Try it and buy the pro version if you like it!
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+1
Smart Keyboard has been my favourite for quite some time now. Plus I like the keyboard being a little longer as I find I hit the '.' so many times on the samsung keyboard and others. Its got a very good intuitive learning dictionary (think you have to turn it on first in settings).
Smart keyboard is great and has a lot of customization to it.
Personally love Swift Key. Can pretty much type a message only using the space bar.
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Agreed...shocks me how so little people use it...crazy.
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Swype... What more could a human need...
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My opinion atm is: Swiftkey X beta > SlideIT > Swype
I personally like Smart Keyboard pro the most. Also the gingerbread keyboard is good but not that good.
I don't know about Skype. I am trying to learn it but somehow it just seems bad..so slow and annoying. Just more practice needed?
+1 for smart keyboard. Tried the different keyboards when I got my nexus one and just felt that the smart keyboard where right for me. It has the feature that makes iPhone keyboard so great that it makes the letters bigger by prediction of what word you are typing "behind the scene"

[REQUEST] Numeric keypad in stock Android keyboard

Dont know if the title made any sense whatsoever but heres a screenshot of what I want....or something close.
The app I am using for the keyboard has this option but I like the ICS keyboard better and would like to keep that one for typing.
delete...
Delete
I want this too...
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splsales said:
one more time...
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how did you get your signal bars like that?
Using BAMF ROM. Go to their official website and its a battery icon mod. Those guys over at BAMF are working their asses off and putting out a quality product for all of us to enjoy! Cant thank them enough.
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splsales said:
Dont know if the title made any sense whatsoever but heres a screenshot of what I want....or something close.
The app I am using for the keyboard has this option but I like the ICS keyboard better and would like to keep that one for typing.
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there's an app for that... go to the play store and search for an app called perfect keyboard. don't remember if it costs anything but not only can you choose the 123 board as an option, you can also theme the keyboard and resize it to match your current theme. try it out!
Hey auto thanks for the reply but the screenshot that I posted foes the same thing. But I actually was trying to stay away from using a third party keyboard. Wanted yo mow if a dev could implement the number pad within the stock ics keyboard. But thanks for the suggestion though. I will try our perfect if all else fails. I used to use better keyboard with the old android but ics keyboard rocks!
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I knew about that... As he said, I don't want third party apps. I am looking for something REALLY simple. A numeric keypad, just like the stock one when you open something that request it (when you're setting the time on Alarm app). Maybe a tweak to make it user openable?
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Felimenta97 said:
I knew about that... As he said, I don't want third party apps. I am looking for something REALLY simple. A numeric keypad, just like the stock one when you open something that request it (when you're setting the time on Alarm app). Maybe a tweak to make it user openable?
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Exactly what I was thinking....thank you!

EMOJIs?

Hi im new around here,
I know there are a lot of emoji thread out there, but i can't seem to find one to help with my problems.
The thing is that I am able to see all emoji when i use the EmojiFont.ttf yet if i switched to another font, I am only able to see some of it.
Is there anyway to change that?
I use "Emoji Font Updater(Root)" from the market. It's cheap and works for me!
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pk92 said:
I use "Emoji Font Updater(Root)" from the market. It's cheap and works for me!
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OKAY i shall try it out ^^
pk92 said:
I use "Emoji Font Updater(Root)" from the market. It's cheap and works for me!
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It does the same thing as putting the emoji font in the font dir directly. i still cant use emoji in other fonts other than the original one.
Thanks anyway

[APP][MOD] AOSP Jelly Bean Keyboard for Users

Hi guys.
I had struggle using the stock keyboard and it was a bit of hell looking for an alternative.
So I came across one of my favorite keyboard ever since on my Nexus. The AOSP keyboard but of course, ported from CM10. So credits to the devs of CM10
If you will like to flash it as well. I have it on my drop box
AOSP JB Keyboard
http://db.tt/xbIrWe7h
Installation Steps:
1. Power off your S3 phone
2. Boot into recovery for CWM
3. Navigate to the download folder of your internal memory
4. Flash and reboot.
When you reboot. Don't forget to go into
Settings > Language and input. Click then second option to make AOSP your default keyboard.
Its fast and flawless. In my opinion, uses less RAM too.
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I download band i'LL try it
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thanks a lot ! working good
Can this to deodex JB.XXDLI8?
misacek said:
Can this to deodex JB.XXDLI8?
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It works on both.
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Díky mnoho,opravdu ram paměti méně a funkční.
Downloaded OK, flashed OK, rebooted OK.
However, there is still only the Samsung keyboard present in Settings > Language and input!
What am I doing wrong?
jagerz said:
Downloaded OK, flashed OK, rebooted OK.
However, there is still only the Samsung keyboard present in Settings > Language and input!
What am I doing wrong?
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A screenshot of what your Settings > Language input looks like will help.
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does this keyboard have the clipboard function? (copy/paste) function
Good job it works great but there's no Chinese language in the keyboard settings ...... anyone got the answer ?
Thanks for this man!
Downloaded and installed it, my favourite keyboard so far.
I have it and i love it!
Absolutely must try!
Thanks op.
bordikun said:
does this keyboard have the clipboard function? (copy/paste) function
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No
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Plz add emoji add on too
Edit : I got addon dictionaries apk and when I install emoji and get out of kb settings and try to use but they never show up and I go back to kb settings then it shows emoji not installed
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Few questions I have,
Dose this replace anything (setting/existing keyboard) or just adds the AOSP's keyboard?
Should it work on all roms? -odexed/deodexed/ICS/JB...
Dose it support all of the stock languages?
And can it be uninstalled?
Sorry if some of the questions are elementary but I'm having some backup issues so I'm double-checking everything I install... (better be noob then sorry)
abertoast said:
Few questions I have,
Dose this replace anything (setting/existing keyboard) or just adds the AOSP's keyboard?
Should it work on all roms? -odexed/deodexed/ICS/JB...
Dose it support all of the stock languages?
And can it be uninstalled?
Sorry if some of the questions are elementary but I'm having some backup issues so I'm double-checking everything I install... (better be noob then sorry)
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It doesn't replace your keyboard. It just installs as an extra keyboard so it's up to you to choose which one you want as a default keyboard. Either Aosp key board or Samsung keyboard.
It works on odex and deodexed.
I'm not too sure if it works on ICS, although it should.
It works very well on Jelly bean.
If you want it uninstalled, simply flash you Rom again and it wipes it off.
On the other hand, you can use your file explorer to open the .zip and go to > System> apps>
Install LatinIME.apk just like a normal application.
That way it won't be a system app and you can easily uninstall from your applications manager without having to flash your Rom all over again.
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Xami said:
Plz add emoji add on too
Edit : I got addon dictionaries apk and when I install emoji and get out of kb settings and try to use but they never show up and I go back to kb settings then it shows emoji not installed
Get a solution
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I'm going to look into that and see what I can come up with.
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slimldj said:
It doesn't replace your keyboard. It just installs as an extra keyboard so it's up to you to choose which one you want as a default keyboard. Either Aosp key board or Samsung keyboard.
It works on odex and deodexed.
I'm not too sure if it works on ICS, although it should.
It works very well on Jelly bean.
If you want it uninstalled, simply flash you Rom again and it wipes it off.
On the other hand, you can use your file explorer to open the .zip and go to > System> apps>
Install LatinIME.apk just like a normal application.
That way it won't be a system app and you can easily uninstall from your applications manager without having to flash your Rom all over again.
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Thanks for the answer. Unpacked and installed, worked fine
abertoast said:
Thanks for the answer. Unpacked and installed, worked fine
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Glad it did. You're welcome.
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I'm going to look into that and see what I can come up with.
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Thanks waiting for ur Answer

[Theme] Alternative Conversation Skins [V1.2]

Hey guys, I'm a relative from the AT&T LGOG community.
I made a small (amateurish) theme for the mms.apk for my phone and wanted to try and port it to the sprint variant.
I used the LGUSMms.apk from a deodexed ZV9 stock ROM (posted by b-reezy HERE).
I do not have the Sprint LGOG and therefor have not been able to test this.
Some great users have tested and reported it works. Thanks guys.
LINK to original AT&T thread.
I have spent the last 2 days re-theming the conversation skins for the stock LGUSMms.apk.
I was inspired by whiteguypl's theme HERE.
This has his dark holo theme included. (Has the same little issue where the text color of links that people send you is the same as the background color).
(If you have an issue with this whiteguypl, please let me know).
I have included screenshots for all the themes.
I know they are a little rough, I am still brand new to themeing.
This was some pretty tough work (mostly because I had to learn a lot and made a few mistakes in the process).
Usual Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any harm done to your device from flashing this.
I have flashed it fine on my phone without issues but cannot promise the same for you.
This replaces the LGUSMms.apk from /system/app/, so I strongly recommend either a system backup in recovery or at least making a copy of your LGUSMms.apk before installation.
Install via recovery.
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Download HERE!V1.2 (Was too big to attach).
Thank you for your support and help guys.
Flashing now..
Flashed it and nothing changed..?
_Epic said:
Flashing now..
Flashed it and nothing changed..?
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Are you on a deodexed rom?
If not, maybe try renaming /system/app/LGUSMms.odex to LGUSMms.odex.bak (I'm assuming this is the name of it).
Then reboot.
I had a user say that that worked for another mod on a stock odexed rom.
bleached45 said:
Are you on a deodexed rom?
If not, maybe try renaming /system/app/LGUSMms.odex to LGUSMms.odex.bak (I'm assuming this is the name of it).
Then reboot.
I had a user say that that worked for another mod on a stock odexed rom.
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I am on the deodexed rom you took this from and let me try renaming it..
Changed the name and the messaging icon disappeared.
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I am on the deodexed rom you took this from and let me try renaming it..
Changed the name and the messaging icon disappeared.
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Right, if you are deodexed there shouldn't be a .odex file, so there shouldn't have been anything to rename (if you renamed the .apk then the system won't see the app anymore, you'll want to change it back).
Did you try changing the conversation skin at all? Maybe one just didn't work (my guess it would be the blue striped background, the image names were different).
Can you try copying the THIS file (just the .apk in the .zip, maybe the .zip didn't flash right) to /system/app and making sure permissions are set to -rw-r--r--.
You'll have to reboot every time you change an app in there.
Thanks, and sorry it didn't work like it should have at first, I appreciate the help.
bleached45 said:
Right, if you are deodexed there shouldn't be a .odex file, so there shouldn't have been anything to rename (if you renamed the .apk then the system won't see the app anymore, you'll want to change it back).
Did you try changing the conversation skin at all? Maybe one just didn't work (my guess it would be the blue striped background, the image names were different).
Can you try copying the THIS file (just the .apk in the .zip, maybe the .zip didn't flash right) to /system/app and making sure permissions are set to -rw-r--r--.
You'll have to reboot every time you change an app in there.
Thanks, and sorry it didn't work like it should have at first, I appreciate the help.
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Perfect! Works great now.
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Perfect! Works great now.
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Great!
By copying the .apk or something else?
If so, maybe the .zip was messed up.
I'm thinking maybe the script is not mounting the partition correctly due to differences between the AT&T and Sprint versions.
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Looks like that may have been the issue, changed the script, updated to V1.2.
Thanks for bringing this to our community
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Works perfect! Thank you.
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Works perfect here as well thanks...
Sent from my LGOG!!!!BOOM.....
Just did this!!! Nice work!!
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Beautiful themes man. Great work.
Let's work on some LG Home themes.
If you have gtalk shoot me a PM. I'd be down to collaborate on some theming.
Thank you so much! I had been waiting for someone to make more mms themes since I got the phone.
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Any plans to update with more? or plans to fix the ICS blue and black one that had text in colors you can read?
But works great, thanks! :good:
b-reezy said:
Beautiful themes man. Great work.
Let's work on some LG Home themes.
If you have gtalk shoot me a PM. I'd be down to collaborate on some theming.
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Thanks.
And I would love to, but class just started back up for me (today was the first day and I have an assignment and quiz already tomorrow) and until I know how my schedule is going to balance out, I'm not sure how much time I can devote to themeing/etc.
_Epic said:
Any plans to update with more? or plans to fix the ICS blue and black one that had text in colors you can read?
But works great, thanks! :good:
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And I was hoping to do more, but don't know when (see above) and was also hoping to fix the text color issues. I have been looking around in the .xmls and think I may have found the link colors, but I have yet to find out where the colors are set for individual skins (ie. the green "nature" theme has blue text in it because the original paper skin had blue text in it, I haven't been able to find where that is set).
Just wanted to give you an update, changed ROM's and flashed V1.2 and it worked perfect.
Works great wish we had more color schemes or choices
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If I could make a request for a blue and yellow theme, like from IGPX, I'd love that option. Lemme know if you need help, I can try to assist
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Can we please get this for ZVB jellybean?
The stock themes are aweful. I know all I really want is the blue/gray one.
Thanks!
^this ^
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