Need help adding Arabic to a French stock firmware - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I just installed 4.0.4 stock firmware and I rooted it.
I would like to add arabic as supported language. I tried to do it this way :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30314323&postcount=3
But modifications on language.xml file won't register. I tried with Droid explorer,it failed. Then using this method :
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/06/12/how-to-edit-root-file-on-android-the-free-way/
it failed too.
Can somebody tell me if this is the correct method to add arabic and how to modify stock rom files?
Thanks a lot

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Patience is key : )

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Have you tried performing the changes using Root Explorer in RW mode?
If you really cannot get it to work, you can just flash a stock unbranded ICS ROM which comes with Arabic by default.

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prank1 said:
Have you tried performing the changes using Root Explorer in RW mode?
If you really cannot get it to work, you can just flash a stock unbranded ICS ROM which comes with Arabic by default.
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Thanks a lot. I added the ar_AE and it works.
But when I add ar here :
Code:
<SamsungMobileLanguage>
<LanguageSet>
<Display>
ar_AE;en_GB;en_US;en_AU;en_IE;en_NZ;en_ZA;ko_KR;de_AT;de_CH;de_DE;fr_FR;fr_CH;
bg_BG;cs_CZ;da_DK;el_GR;es_ES;et_EE;fi_FI;ga_IE;hr_HR;hu_HU;is_IS;it_IT;
lt_LT;lv_LV;mk_MK;nb_NO;nl_NL;nl_BE;pl_PL;pt_PT;pt-rBR;ro_RO;sr_RS;sv_SE;tr_TR;
ca_ES;eu_ES;gl_ES;kk_KZ;ru_RU; sk_SK; sl_SI; uk_UA; uz_UZ;
az_AZ; hy_AM; ka_GE;
es_US; pt_BR; in_ID; ja_JP; vi_VN; zh_CN; zh_TW;
ar_AE;ar_IL;fa_FA;ur_PK;iw_rIL;th_TH;
</Display>
<Input>
<SupportList>
en_GB;en_US;az;ca;cs;fr;gl;tr;uk;ko;hy;bg;[COLOR="Red"]ar[/COLOR];fa;ur;iw;ja;th;vi;zh;
</SupportList>
<EnableList>
</EnableList>
</Input>
</LanguageSet>
</SamsungMobileLanguage>
I don't have the arabic Keybord. Did I missed something? (I also tried with ar_AE)
If I want a Stock ICS with Arabic and French support, which one do you advise me to chose?
Thanks.

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Aryo.b said:
Thanks a lot. I added the ar_AE and it works.
But when I add ar here :
Code:
<SamsungMobileLanguage>
<LanguageSet>
<Display>
ar_AE;en_GB;en_US;en_AU;en_IE;en_NZ;en_ZA;ko_KR;de_AT;de_CH;de_DE;fr_FR;fr_CH;
bg_BG;cs_CZ;da_DK;el_GR;es_ES;et_EE;fi_FI;ga_IE;hr_HR;hu_HU;is_IS;it_IT;
lt_LT;lv_LV;mk_MK;nb_NO;nl_NL;nl_BE;pl_PL;pt_PT;pt-rBR;ro_RO;sr_RS;sv_SE;tr_TR;
ca_ES;eu_ES;gl_ES;kk_KZ;ru_RU; sk_SK; sl_SI; uk_UA; uz_UZ;
az_AZ; hy_AM; ka_GE;
es_US; pt_BR; in_ID; ja_JP; vi_VN; zh_CN; zh_TW;
ar_AE;ar_IL;fa_FA;ur_PK;iw_rIL;th_TH;
</Display>
<Input>
<SupportList>
en_GB;en_US;az;ca;cs;fr;gl;tr;uk;ko;hy;bg;[COLOR="Red"]ar[/COLOR];fa;ur;iw;ja;th;vi;zh;
</SupportList>
<EnableList>
</EnableList>
</Input>
</LanguageSet>
</SamsungMobileLanguage>
I don't have the arabic Keybord. Did I missed something? (I also tried with ar_AE)
If I want a Stock ICS with Arabic and French support, which one do you advise me to chose?
Thanks.
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If you cannot get that to work, then I would recommend ROM version I9300XXBLG8 - UK. Get it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
This does contain arabic fonts (joined) & keyboard, but after flashing this ROM if you have any problems with mobile internet then you will need to flash the correct CSC to your device.
If

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prank1 said:
If you cannot get that to work, then I would recommend ROM version I9300XXBLG8 - UK. Get it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
This does contain arabic fonts (joined) & keyboard, but after flashing this ROM if you have any problems with mobile internet then you will need to flash the correct CSC to your device.
If
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Ok I think I'll do that.
So If I summarize : If I flash the Rom you advised me and then I chose the correct CSC of my region, I will have all further updates from Samsung? And if I have to send back my phone to Samsung for some reason, I will not have any problem? What about the unlock? Will this firmware lock back the phone again? Can I restore safely all System Data and apps from a TitaniumBackup backup?
Thanks a lot for your help.

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Aryo.b said:
Ok I think I'll do that.
So If I summarize : If I flash the Rom you advised me and then I chose the correct CSC of my region, I will have all further updates from Samsung? And if I have to send back my phone to Samsung for some reason, I will not have any problem? What about the unlock? Will this firmware lock back the phone again? Can I restore safely all System Data and apps from a TitaniumBackup backup?
Thanks a lot for your help.
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Please I just need confirmation.

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just download this file from my post and extract it- use root explorer and replace the files in this path
system/csc and all will work arabic rom and arabic keyboard
http://www.mediafire.com/?fh9fgca7qqth17u

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kakyyabata said:
just download this file from my post and extract it- use root explorer and replace the files in this path
system/csc and all will work arabic rom and arabic keyboard
http://www.mediafire.com/?fh9fgca7qqth17u
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Thanks Kakyyabata, it added indeed the arabic language, but not the keyboard. Even when I select the arabic language as default...

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Aryo.b said:
Thanks Kakyyabata, it added indeed the arabic language, but not the keyboard. Even when I select the arabic language as default...
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I know that I can add the arabic keyboard using an app, but seriously, this cannot be done on any stock firmware?