Hi all,
didi you notice that every WP 7.8 ROM has too thin fonts in same areas? Let's say that I've noticed few - 3G and the rest icons next to the network level, live icon new message, mail notification, in-mail text, when writing a text message....etc.
Is it a bug or standard? I ask because for me, as a designer by profession, it doesn't look good at all - it looks ike a mistake..
Before add new thread you should search: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898893
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I have seen that thread and tried to do it, but fonts somehow don't get replaced... I have no problem with the characters, only with thckness of the particular parts of UI, as I stated above.
EDIT: I found original WP7 Segoe fonts and replaced them all with WP Device Manager.
Thanks!
Can you tell us how you did that please?
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abaksunovic said:
I have seen that thread and tried to do it, but fonts somehow don't get replaced... I have no problem with the characters, only with thckness of the particular parts of UI, as I stated above.
EDIT: I found original WP7 Segoe fonts and replaced them all with WP Device Manager.
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any clues as to how exactly you did it? i'd love to sort my fonts out
Fonts
Sorry,
I didn't see any new questions 'till now. There's a thread link few posts up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898893 and it explains what fonts you need to change. If you have ever instaled (and I'm sure you did) WP SDK Tools, there are all original WP fonts installed with it on your PC. Just extract needeed fonts from post above to some other location (temp) on your PC and install Windows phone device manager, gain acces to your phone, open windows directory on your phone, and just upload fonts to your phone. For me, sometimes it works, sometimes not, don't know why. Ypu can then refresh the view in device manager and see if your fonts (WP Segoe...) updated - if they have the date you transfered them to the phone.
If they do overwrite your device's crooked fonts, just disconnect, reboot phone (soft) and it's done. Even after that I found one more problem, fonts when you are writing message or email are still thinner, but not as much as before. Suppose if you edit segoeui.ttf and segoeub.ttf (bold) there's no visible difference, and that's why message text seems thiner when it should be bold.
Hope this answers your questions.
P.S. I have flashed TGZ's "stock: ROM from 1st October and it doesn't have font problems, but it's not filled with Nokia apps.. suits me. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910276
abaksunovic said:
Sorry,
I didn't see any new questions 'till now. There's a thread link few posts up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898893 and it explains what fonts you need to change. If you have ever instaled (and I'm sure you did) WP SDK Tools, there are all original WP fonts installed with it on your PC. Just extract needeed fonts from post above to some other location (temp) on your PC and install Windows phone device manager, gain acces to your phone, open windows directory on your phone, and just upload fonts to your phone. For me, sometimes it works, sometimes not, don't know why. Ypu can then refresh the view in device manager and see if your fonts (WP Segoe...) updated - if they have the date you transfered them to the phone.
If they do overwrite your device's crooked fonts, just disconnect, reboot phone (soft) and it's done. Even after that I found one more problem, fonts when you are writing message or email are still thinner, but not as much as before. Suppose if you edit segoeui.ttf and segoeub.ttf (bold) there's no visible difference, and that's why message text seems thiner when it should be bold.
Hope this answers your questions.
P.S. I have flashed TGZ's "stock: ROM from 1st October and it doesn't have font problems, but it's not filled with Nokia apps.. suits me. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910276
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hi abaksunovic
thanks for the explanation. funnily enough i also jumped ship to tgz's rom as i heard that it had no font glitches. seems good so far, just seem to have inherited the calendar not showing entries properly bug but that's less annoying than the fonts cheers si
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Hi all,
I've updated to the latest Vodafone Rom available on HTC's website (3.14.161.3) and since then then the T9 Add My Word feature no longer works properly.
If I add a new word to the dictionary, 1 of 3 things will happen:
1) Remember it until I open up a new SMS
2) Remember it until I turn the phone off and on (did call this soft reboot previously)
3) Not remember it at all
As you can imagine, it's getting annoying now as I honestly thought, "This must be a ROM update issue, I'm sure there'll be a fix soon". I rang HTC support and of course it's the usual, "Not heard of this before".
I've Googled and searched and I can see that some people have the problem but not as much as I expected. I can only imagine that the problem is experienced more if you use the phone pad style keyboard rather than the full Qwerty.
From what I can find, there's a T9xxx.db in the root of Windows directory that get's updated when you add a new word. But when the dictionary recalls words that it knows, it refers to a T9xxx.db file that's located in a T9 FOLDER within the Windows directory. I've reinstalled the update 3 times since December and each time the feature doesn't work.
In simple terms, it's the same as you picking an item up with your right hand, place the item in your right pocket but when you want it, you use your left hand to go to your left pocket and wonder why it's not there.
Any idea when this can be fixed? Can it be fixed? Is anyone else experiencing this using the phone pad style keyboard layout?
Thanks for any help given.
Leon1970 said:
2) Remember it until I do a soft reboot
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this has always happened. At least it has for me, on all winmo roms since O2 1.42 rom. It used to do it on my old xda2i too.
samsamuel said:
this has always happened. At least it has for me, on all winmo roms since O2 1.42 rom. It used to do it on my old xda2i too.
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Eeek! I think I've got soft reboot confused with something else. What I mean is when I turn the phone off and on.
yep me too,
maybe im confusing the save words from whilst typing, , when you add a word, and the xtmywords or whatever its called app?
ive never added the words using the .exe in /windows/ , i do it when typing in int exp or sms, and come across a word, add it there and then, but yea, a soft reset( reboot ) and the added words are gone.
One of the reasons i learned how to cook was so i could hard add words to the HTCMDB.txt file pre flash.
Perhaps the app works differently than adding from the keyboard?
I've added words from within the SMS and from eT9MyWords from the root directory and still it doesn't remember words added after a reboot. Before the update it was working just fine.
I added all I liked through both within the SMS and eT9MyWords and all the words were remembered after a reboot.
So I dug around a little more and found one person who had a similar thing and as far as I can tell they never resolved it.
There's a folder within Windows called ET9IMEDB (\My Device\Windows\ET9IMEDB\). Within this folder are two files, ET9ASDB and ET9RUDB. What used to happen as far as I know, when you add words either within the SMS or using the eT9MyWords.exe, one of the two files within \My Device\Windows\ET9IMEDB\ folder would have the words added to it. When you then type a new SMS, the saved words are recalled from one of these two files.
The 3.14 update now adds the new words to a file outside of the ET9IMEDB folder to a file called ET9RUDBW. But when you type a new SMS, it looks at the files within the \Windows\ET9IMEDB\ folder instead of the ET9RUDBW file outside of \Windows\ET9IMEDB\.
So basically if function is add new word it goes here:
\My Device\ET9RUDBW
If function is recall added new words, it looks here:
\My Device\Windows\ET9IMEDB\
instead of:
\My Device\ET9RUDBW
Question is, how do I point it to look at the file it updates and not one that it used to update?
as an alternative, THIS method lets you add not just words but sentences (with spaces) too. Great for hard coding addresses.
its not one-word-at-a-time friendly, but useful none the less.
Post 6 of THIS thread has more notes on putting whole sentences into htcmdb.txt
samsamuel said:
as an alternative, THIS method lets you add not just words but sentences (with spaces) too. Great for hard coding addresses.
its not one-word-at-a-time friendly, but useful none the less.
Post 6 of THIS thread has more notes on putting whole sentences into htcmdb.txt
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Ah cool, I'll give that a go. Although it would be nice that Add My Word worked as it did before. Still, nice little work around until I grab a different phone or a patch/fix comes out.
Thank you
Hi, i'm using the Synergy ROM and love it. The only thing i don't like is the default screen that comes up when the phone rings (in this case it's a big VirusROM logo). I would like to change this to either the stock screen, or perhaps one from another ROM.
From what I can tell, I need to find the PHONE.APK file from the ROM I want and then add it to the phone. What I cannot find is instructions on how to successfully replace the file that is already on the phone. Based on some threads I've read, I assume a simple drag and drop won't work.
Or, maybe there is an easier way? I use GO Contacts as my dialer, the only thing i'm really looking to change is the large picture that shows up for any contact who does not have a pic associated (none of my contacts have pics, so it comes up for every call for me).
Any advice/suggestions appreciated. If I missed this information in an obvious place, I apologize.
Use Ninjamorph (on your phone) or apk tools on your computer to replace /system/app/Phone.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/picture_unknown.png with whatever you want.
Thanks! Is there a certain file size or resolution that the file needs to be?
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Thanks! Is there a certain file size or resolution that the file needs to be?
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Yes. If there's a theme that has an image already made for it that you would rather have, you can just replace with it since it would already be sized appropriately. Otherwise, there should be several themeing guides that walk you through how to extract the apk, create the replacement images, replace them, and recompress. Just look for some good themeing guides. I don't have any links handy but they shouldn't be difficult to find.
Got it, thanks so much for your quick and thorough assistance
Found this application which was once only on i-application(iphone) working fine on our touchpad and yes it also plays good on my LG optimus one too. It is like google currents but a little different in work around. Enjoy the port.
Here is the app
Press thanks if I helped.........
no offense but I'm pretty sure i've seen this posted somewhere else..u might wanna give credit to the original poster who yanked this from the sg III launch event..
Should be this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644212
it doesn't look that great on the touchpad....very pixelated
ace9988 said:
it doesn't look that great on the touchpad....very pixelated
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yes you are right but most of the posts and topics look nice, neat and clean.
and I think something is still better than nothing....
what do you say?
compared to the browser....you'd have to argue the need for this, it was designed for the phone (GS3) and all that's been done is ported from there. If they developer made a bespoke tablet version then it'd be nice. but hey, thats my beef with ICS at the moment, many apps are stretched and look wrong
I like it alot.... Thanks for sharing,I hadn't seen the other thread so glad to have the app on my og evo and touchpad
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HP Touchpad CM9
I think an update came out for this today. Of anyone can pull the updated app it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
HP Touchpad CM9
Someone was working on a version where they adjusted the fonts to make them look better on a tablet but I never saw the actual package posted.
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Someone was working on a version where they adjusted the fonts to make them look better on a tablet but I never saw the actual package posted.
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I was working on it.... Never got it right, as it appears I was only able to change the UI fonts. The article fonts themselves appear to be set remotely and just displayed locally. So it didn't even fix the biggest issue with the fonts which is in the articles themselves. It only fixed the UI and header fonts. I was going to post the APK anyway, but I found a force close error when trying to add new feeds, so that made things not so nice. Add to that the fact that for some reason, the APK wasn't installable unless I re-signed it, that makes it difficult to switch between versions without uninstalling/reinstalling, I decided not to post the modified APK.
If a developer type wants, I can send the modified APK directly. I'm not going to post it here because it's A) not stable and B) didn't achieve the intended purpose anyway, and C) I don't want to have to support something that's broken/unfinished.
Anyone that knows how to decompile/recompile an APK can do the same thing I did. All I did was reduce the font sizes in the XML layout and values files. As I said though, that didn't have any effect on the actual article content, which appeared to be defined remotely.
Hi All DS5 users
I've just finished making of a few wallpapers - about "girls" =] <no porn!> and decided to share with u.
All pix are landscape [i prefer using my DS5 as a teblet "mode"] Cutted to Size: 800x480 px,
So if u r using an app like "MultiPicture Live Wallpaper" (my favorite one) they'll look wonderfull - and could change automatic/random in time. (eg. from one folder form sd)
Above app want cut/shrink/ext. your bg image - it will display it as it shoud (but - there are so many options...)
I hope u'll enjoy it =D
Greets !
The file is rar packed, and need pass to unlock it,
use: xda
http://djmiks.active.pl/girls.rar
Explain to me just why password protection would be needed when you've given the password in your post?
Simple, this file is exclusively for XDA (DS5) users...
Its "protected" from "others" =)
Except anyone can see the link, so it does not matter if the file is password protected. XDA removed the requirement that people register to see links quite some time ago.
Question: did you limit your work to simply resizing and cropping images you found on 4walled.cc?
I have impression that you're not nice.
You dont need to download this file - no one tells you so...
I think, that your comments are too superfluous - are generating unnecessary forum traffic.
Probably, you are not understand policy of goodwill, because I have made this file with such intention, and "YES" cropping each picture to a certain size. [only source is different]
If you have nothing nice to say then I suggest you steer clear.
I must not explain you the problem of password, it is just as it is and apparently have to be so.
Sadly, I was being nice in trying to let you know that password protecting your archive was a useless gesture for the reason stated (XDA removing the requirement to register to see links). I also wanted to know whether you had done the work yourself or simply cropped existing images that you found for a reason: some of them were badly done and one of them actually shows parts of the female anatomy that I suspect you didn't want shown.
Instead I get nothing but whining from you because I pointed out that everyone can see the links whether they own a Dell Streak or not, and asked you whether you did the work yourself or simply cropped images. You have my sympathy since you seem unable to handle legitimate criticism and questions. I would recommend that you remove your link and host it somewhere that does require registration to see images. Android Central or MoDaCo might be a good bet.
Have a nice day.
I think it's cool he made the wallpaper/s, I think it's cool he posted them here for others to download, he likes the fact there's a password involved and there can be no doubt that he is aware anyone can access the password
I don't think it's cool I came in to see what he's posted and find unnecessary drama
Spoken by someone who revived a nearly three-week old dead thread.
Yep, 3 weeks
Is there a way to make your own APK with a custom font? The ones on LGs ecosystem are all for 12 year old girls for the most part. I'd love to install Google Product Sans..
There is one person in play store who is able to create apk which directly installs font without the need of lg smartworld crap.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lge.wsdeveloper.edge
Read description and u will find JIOgougu font apk which works perfectly for LG framework. I don't know how that guy did it but If we know the way, we can start making our own custom fonts for unrooted v30/v20/G6/G5.
Sorry for Necro but I need Google product sans for my v20 too. And I really hope someone figures out how to make LG compatible font packages in apks
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There is one person in play store who is able to create apk which directly installs font without the need of lg smartworld crap.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lge.wsdeveloper.edge
Read description and u will find JIOgougu font apk which works perfectly for LG framework. I don't know how that guy did it but If we know the way, we can start making our own custom fonts for unrooted v30/v20/G6/G5.
Sorry for Necro but I need Google product sans for my v20 too. And I really hope someone figures out how to make LG compatible font packages in apks
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That's incorrect. All he did was take an existing font from smartworld and uploaded it to drive and told people to install it.
He says it's his but I assure you it isn't. That guy is notorious for stealing other people's work and calling it his own. In fact all his threads on xda were locked due to this and he had several themes removed from Google Play that were littered with my code that he stole lol!
Now the real issue with making an LG font APK is the .dat file inside it. That file can be tinkered with via hex editor and it's really the brains of the operation. I've come very close to getting a font to work but the best I've managed was getting it to install. Unfortunately it didn't show up in the list of selectable fonts. So there's something finicky going on. I've asked the smartworld theme team for access to their font ask but I doubt they'll send me it. Back in September I had a falling out with them but recently tried to rekindle it so we shall see. I'm sure you all have noticed that the themes on smartworld are complete crap. My themes were all on there until September where said falling out occured
LG doesnt even remotely have a guide to make themes / fonts or all those smartworld things. So many crap fonts and themes, glittery, sparkly, girly stuff that makes me almost puke.
I'm traveling atm, but will look into the decompiled apk once I'm home. All that could go bad is I won't get anything out of it.
Sorry to hear that LG didn't even get us with the method on reverse engineering the font packages or actually sources for creating fonts. I have Claro V20 H910PR which doesn't come with LG Smartworld and smartworld doesn't even run on it. The website outright says that my device isn't LG device.
dark_prince said:
LG doesnt even remotely have a guide to make themes / fonts or all those smartworld things. So many crap fonts and themes, glittery, sparkly, girly stuff that makes me almost puke.
I'm traveling atm, but will look into the decompiled apk once I'm home. All that could go bad is I won't get anything out of it.
Sorry to hear that LG didn't even get us with the method on reverse engineering the font packages or actually sources for creating fonts. I have Claro V20 H910PR which doesn't come with LG Smartworld and smartworld doesn't even run on it. The website outright says that my device isn't LG device.
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Well no they don't but never stopped me! I made my own source to build themes. Actually as crazy as it sounds I made and released one without even having the phone when the V20 came out. I had to wait until I had the money to buy it to even try my own themes! But yes feel free to play with a font APK. I didn't exactly spend tons of time playing with theme. The main thing is that it has to be a ttf font file and the actual name of the ttf file when you open it needs to jive with the .dat file. I just didn't have the patience to stick with it and figure it out.
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Well no they don't but never stopped me! I made my own source to build themes. Actually as crazy as it sounds I made and released one without even having the phone when the V20 came out. I had to wait until I had the money to buy it to even try my own themes! But yes feel free to play with a font APK. I didn't exactly spend tons of time playing with theme. The main thing is that it has to be a ttf font file and the actual name of the ttf file when you open it needs to jive with the .dat file. I just didn't have the patience to stick with it and figure it out.
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How did you manage that? I've been trying to make my own theme, but no luck so far. It's hard to find any info about any LG stuff, and any info there is is all in Korean
Edit: Oh, I just realized who you are. I actually use your Pixel 2 theme!
Negan said:
Well no they don't but never stopped me! I made my own source to build themes. Actually as crazy as it sounds I made and released one without even having the phone when the V20 came out. I had to wait until I had the money to buy it to even try my own themes! But yes feel free to play with a font APK. I didn't exactly spend tons of time playing with theme. The main thing is that it has to be a ttf font file and the actual name of the ttf file when you open it needs to jive with the .dat file. I just didn't have the patience to stick with it and figure it out.
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I have an LG V40. I have edited the "JIOgougu" font apk to add my custom font. The apk installs but I don't see my font in settings list to select it. Do you have any idea how to edit the apk to show the font?
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I have an LG V40. I have edited the "JIOgougu" font apk to add my custom font. The apk installs but I don't see my font in settings list to select it. Do you have any idea how to edit the apk to show the font?
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You simply cannot. They're encrypted in the .dat file. You can try to edit the .dat but it won't work. I believe they also must be signed with the lg font tool which is not available.