Lenovo Vibe Z90-7 Hebrew support - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone.
I have recently bought the phone from Tinydeals.com in China.
Its data is: Android 5.0.2, Build No: VIBEUI_V2.5__1518_5.169.1_ST_Z90-7, Processor: 8Cores1.7GHz, RAM 3GB, Running memory: 32 GB.
In its ads it was specifically written that the phone is multilingual and supports also Hebrew.
When I got the phone I found contradictory data, as follows:
Tapping Settings > Language I found and chose Hebrew, no problem.
But, tapping on the built-in browser settings > country/languages I found only a list of 21 countries + "General". Israel was not mentioned in the list.
As a result i am stuck in the following situation:
1. I can surf the Internet through the built-in browser only to left-to-right languages websites.
2. Using Google Chrome ( downloaded from the Google appstore ) I am able to surf all websites including the Hebrew ones.
3. I cannot use Gmail, and other apps, as i see Gibberish instead of any Hebrew letter.
On top of it, the "phone" and "Chrome" icons are concealed within a "Files" folder, and cannot be shown independently on the screen.
Tinydeals suggested me to flash the ROM through the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/lenovo-z90-7-vibe-shot-international-t3148018.
My questions are:
a. Should I follow the suggestion?
b. Is the ROM supporting the Hebrew language?
c. Can I restore the phone to its original state in case the flash fails?
d. How can I show the "Phone" and "Chrome" icons separately from the a.m. folder?
I will highly appreciate any help in solving this annoying situation.
Alex

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How to get Japanese fonts working on English ROM?

Here is the situation: I am one of these sorry Softbank users who have to resort to all sort of tricks to get their TyTn working in English using the Softback network. I flashed a WWE ROM and have now all services, including MMS properly working. Naturally the WWE ROM does not include Japanese fonts, and whenever you receive an e-mail in Japanese or want to browse a Japanese website you see only gibberish.
I tried to solve the problem with installing Askul's "LetsJapanNo5" cab that comes with Japanese fonts.
http://asukal.seesaa.net/article/6912738.html
It works for IE and e-mail, but unfortunately this cab is somewhat mixing up with tje English fonts: Suddenly certain WM 5.0 parts are displayed in Japanese as well, such as the "calendar" function in "Today", and there is suddenly an annoying mixture between English WM 5 fonts and Japanese fonts.
I then tried "CE-Star for WM5" advertised as "the first and only true Chinese/Japanese enabler software suite for Windows Mobile 5.0 based Smartphone."
http://microsoft.handango.com/Platf...&productType=2&platformId=11&productId=193804
After installing it, the same happens like with Askul's Japan cab. Japanese fonts become available for IE and e-mails, but again certain WM functions, like the "Calendar" in "Today" are displayed in Japanese and cannot be changed to English, also there is an annoying mixture between English and Chinese/Japanese fonts. I can only warn to use "CE-Star" from Mobem, because you cannot de-install it, and I had to hard-reset to get rid of the *****.
Any idea how to get Japanese/Asian fonts working? So that they can be selected for IE browsing like in Windows XP without messing up the entire WM installation?
chainbolt said:
Here is the situation: I am one of these sorry Softbank users who have to resort to all sort of tricks to get their TyTn working in English using the Softback network. I flashed a WWE ROM and have now all services, including MMS properly working. Naturally the WWE ROM does not include Japanese fonts, and whenever you receive an e-mail in Japanese or want to browse a Japanese website you see only gibberish.
I tried to solve the problem with installing Askul's "LetsJapanNo5" cab that comes with Japanese fonts.
http://asukal.seesaa.net/article/6912738.html
It works for IE and e-mail, but unfortunately this cab is somewhat mixing up with tje English fonts: Suddenly certain WM 5.0 parts are displayed in Japanese as well, such as the "calendar" function in "Today", and there is suddenly an annoying mixture between English WM 5 fonts and Japanese fonts.
I then tried "CE-Star for WM5" advertised as "the first and only true Chinese/Japanese enabler software suite for Windows Mobile 5.0 based Smartphone."
http://microsoft.handango.com/Platf...&productType=2&platformId=11&productId=193804
After installing it, the same happens like with Askul's Japan cab. Japanese fonts become available for IE and e-mails, but again certain WM functions, like the "Calendar" in "Today" are displayed in Japanese and cannot be changed to English, also there is an annoying mixture between English and Chinese/Japanese fonts. I can only warn to use "CE-Star" from Mobem, because you cannot de-install it, and I had to hard-reset to get rid of the *****.
Any idea how to get Japanese/Asian fonts working? So that they can be selected for IE browsing like in Windows XP without messing up the entire WM installation?
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if you read japanese, visit here.
http://smart-pda.net/useful7+index.id+5.htm#フォントのダウンロード
there are samples of some free or free-ish... fonts and links to the sites where you can download those fonts.
if you have a pc with japanese win xp, you can copy msgothic out of c:\windows...
chainbolt,
i strongly recommend this font called Meiryo from Windows Vista. it works better with the clear type setting than any other japanese fonts. you can download it from here .
unarchive the lzh file and you will get the font file meiryo.ttc. just copy that into your \windows folder and make the registry changes as follows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink\
there are four fonts Arial/Courier New/Tahoma/Times New Roman in this. change the font link of these all four to \Windows\meiryo.ttc,Meiryo and that's it.
btw, i use ce-star v28 and it works fine for me although it does have some glitches as you mentioned. it does have the uninstall capability though. it should be too late for you now but you can unistall it by Start->Programs->CE-Star->Uninstall.
harryk1372 said:
chainbolt,
i strongly recommend this font called Meiryo from Windows Vista. it works better with the clear type setting than any other japanese fonts. you can download it from here .
unarchive the lzh file and you will get the font file meiryo.ttc. just copy that into your \windows folder and make the registry changes as follows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink\
there are four fonts Arial/Courier New/Tahoma/Times New Roman in this. change the font link of these all four to \Windows\meiryo.ttc,Meiryo and that's it.
btw, i use ce-star v28 and it works fine for me although it does have some glitches as you mentioned. it does have the uninstall capability though. it should be too late for you now but you can unistall it by Start->Programs->CE-Star->Uninstall.
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Thanks a lot. I could smell already that I have to change some registry settings as well, not just copying the font into the Windows folder. Interesting that with ce-star. Do you also get "Date/Time" and the "Calendar" in Japanese?
After installing it, the same happens like with Askul's Japan cab. Japanese fonts become available for IE and e-mails, but again certain WM functions, like the "Calendar" in "Today" are displayed in Japanese and cannot be changed to English, also there is an annoying mixture between English and Chinese/Japanese fonts. I can only warn to use "CE-Star" from Mobem, because you cannot de-install it, and I had to hard-reset to get rid of the *****.
Any idea how to get Japanese/Asian fonts working? So that they can be selected for IE browsing like in Windows XP without messing up the entire WM installation?[/QUOTE]
did you tried to verify your Regional Settings on your cell -
from start-settings-system-regional settings ::: go through all the option tab.
especially the Region tab - set to English
INPUT Japanese - of how to
@harryK -
on another Note:
did you are able to setup your cell to accept input japanese language?
please advice
harryk1372 said:
chainbolt,
i strongly recommend this font called Meiryo from Windows Vista. it works better with the clear type setting than any other japanese fonts. you can download it from here .
unarchive the lzh file and you will get the font file meiryo.ttc. just copy that into your \windows folder and make the registry changes as follows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink\
there are four fonts Arial/Courier New/Tahoma/Times New Roman in this. change the font link of these all four to \Windows\meiryo.ttc,Meiryo and that's it.
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Harry, thanks again. I have done all this, but no success, I can neither select a Japanese font for IE (in the option menue) nor can I read Japanese e-mail. It actually did not change anything. I of course made a soft re-set after changing the registry. Do I miss something?
hehehe, I found a way how to do it:
The new font has actually to be installed into Windows/fonts/
as described here here:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=24&p=1353&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I can now open and read Japanese websites, but still Japanese e-mail comes in "blocks".
chainbolt said:
hehehe, I found a way how to do it:
The new font has actually to be installed into Windows/fonts/
as described here here:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=24&p=1353&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I can now open and read Japanese websites, but still Japanese e-mail comes in "blocks".
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if you read japanese, visit here.
http://www.yasukawa.com/blog/archives/000336.html
there is a step-by-step guide on this page.
qtotter said:
if you read japanese, visit here.
http://www.yasukawa.com/blog/archives/000336.html
there is a step-by-step guide on this page.
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Thanks for that. That seems to be a very detailed description. My Japanese is not good enough, but I will ask the GF.
Locales and Date/Time settings
From my understanding of Asian languages on PPCs (only 2003SE, but I assume WM5 will be similar), the actual installation of the fonts as descibed allows Japanese to be displayed. The settings for Today (in fact, all regionalised date/time settings), are set in Regional Settings [Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings]. If, after you've installed the Japanese enabler, such as CE Star, you'll probably notice that Japanese has been set in Regional Settings. If you change this back to English [and your appropriate locale, eg. English (Australia)], then, after a soft reset, date/time/Today settings should be in English again.
Note that these settings also affect the ability to restore from a backup using ActiveSync. The device to which a backup file is to be restored must first have the same locale set (in Regional Settings, or the registry) as that recorded in the backup file at the time of the backup.
This is set in the registry at HKLM\nls\DefaultLCID
-> For example, 0x404 (1028) is for Chinese (Taiwan)
It's also set in HKLM\nls\overrides\LCID
This may have changed in WM5.
Note that there are other settings in there which allow manual setting of Date/Time settings. For example, in HKLM\nls\overrides\SLDte, the System Long Date format can be set. I have manually set this to "dddd yyyy'年'MM'月'dd'日'". Instead of changing the Locale, you may instead manually set your date settings here.
otoro_315 said:
@harryK -
on another Note:
did you are able to setup your cell to accept input japanese language?
please advice
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i have installed ATOK for Pocket PC for the japanese ime.
note that it's not that easy to install this and you need to read this page qtotter mentioned in the later post for not having side effect problems. if you just install it, you'll be screwed.
chainbolt said:
hehehe, I found a way how to do it:
The new font has actually to be installed into Windows/fonts/
as described here here:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=24&p=1353&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I can now open and read Japanese websites, but still Japanese e-mail comes in "blocks".
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that's bizarre. i have it installed in the \windows folder and not in the \windows\fonts.
you also need to check your regional settings (start->settings->system->regional settings) and change Region to Japan when you want the full japanese display capability, but this requires changing the nls. just adding a japanese font is not good enough. the only way to install the japanese nls file is either installing ce-star or Asukal's cab. you can change the date and time formats to english even japan is set for the region.
CJBS said:
From my understanding of Asian languages on PPCs (only 2003SE, but I assume WM5 will be similar), the actual installation of the fonts as descibed allows Japanese to be displayed. The settings for Today (in fact, all regionalised date/time settings), are set in Regional Settings [Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings]. If, after you've installed the Japanese enabler, such as CE Star, you'll probably notice that Japanese has been set in Regional Settings. If you change this back to English [and your appropriate locale, eg. English (Australia)], then, after a soft reset, date/time/Today settings should be in English again.
Note that these settings also affect the ability to restore from a backup using ActiveSync. The device to which a backup file is to be restored must first have the same locale set (in Regional Settings, or the registry) as that recorded in the backup file at the time of the backup.
This is set in the registry at HKLM\nls\DefaultLCID
-> For example, 0x404 (1028) is for Chinese (Taiwan)
It's also set in HKLM\nls\overrides\LCID
This may have changed in WM5.
Note that there are other settings in there which allow manual setting of Date/Time settings. For example, in HKLM\nls\overrides\SLDte, the System Long Date format can be set. I have manually set this to "dddd yyyy'?'MM'?'dd'?'". Instead of changing the Locale, you may instead manually set your date settings here.
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thanks for the follow-up. what you explained is all true and they are the same with wm5.
harryk1372 said:
that's bizarre. i have it installed in the \windows folder and not in the \windows\fonts.
you also need to check your regional settings (start->settings->system->regional settings) and change Region to Japan when you want the full japanese display capability, but this requires changing the nls. just adding a japanese font is not good enough. the only way to install the japanese nls file is either installing ce-star or Asukal's cab. you can change the date and time formats to english even japan is set for the region.
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It's definitely in the "fonts" folder, as described in the "how to" I linked. It works for IE browsing, but not for e-mails.
I can't set in "regional settings" to Japan, because such setting does not exist in my WM 5.0 installation (WWE ROM 1.35).
I give CE Star now a second try.
chainbolt said:
I can't set in "regional settings" to Japan, because such setting does not exist in my WM 5.0 installation (WWE ROM 1.35).
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well, burning a rom is NOT like installing an os as win xp... you do not choose the default region/language when you burn a rom. it just "burns" something like a fixed disk image onto the flash memory.
you can change settings including region/language on os, which means you do the same every time you do hard reset.
chainbolt said:
I can't set in "regional settings" to Japan, because such setting does not exist in my WM 5.0 installation (WWE ROM 1.35).
I give CE Star now a second try.
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you can't set it to japan as you don't have the nls you need. if you are giving ce-star another try, i recommend that you turn off everything other than japanese in the options for installation if you don't need any chinese. when that is successful, you will have japan for the regional settings option.
True Type Fonts for the PPC are the same as for Windows machinese - any *.ttf file should work. It shouldn't matter where the physical font file is located, but settings in the registry will dictate whether the font works on the PPC system or not (both in terms of [a] System Fonts for Today, and Application displays, and availability of fonts to applicaions such as Pocket Word).
Firstly, download a font file (*.ttf) that contains your Japanese glyphs, and put it on your PPC (eg. in the \Windows folder, or elsewhere, such as \Storage\Fonts). Secondly, use a program such as InFont (http://www.insoftwarehouse.com/download/infont/xe.php?l=en), or FontOnStorage (http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=726) to set up your fonts to be loaded when the device starts.
Then, using a program such as TillanoSoft PocketTweak (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/ptweak.html) - (see the Fonts tab), set the System Fonts (there are three of them - System Font, MenuBar font and Pop-Up font - this may be different on WM5) to a font that contains the glyphs you require - in your case, Japanese.
Note that this can all be done without an nls file for Japanese, or any other language for that matter, and avoids the use of CE Star, or the Japanese CAB (but does require other tools such as the Font Manager, or FontOnStorate).
This approach will also avoid any issues with English regional settings, such as Date Time formats, and phone number formats, from being changed.
harryk1372 said:
you can't set it to japan as you don't have the nls you need. if you are giving ce-star another try, i recommend that you turn off everything other than japanese in the options for installation if you don't need any chinese. when that is successful, you will have japan for the regional settings option.
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Thanks again.
I re-stalled CEStar, got the fonts, and now also the regional settings (for Asian countries). I re-set to US, the Chinese characters disappeared in the "Calender", and everything is now working. I can open Japanese websites and e-mails.
CJBS said:
Note that this can all be done without an nls file for Japanese, or any other language for that matter, and avoids the use of CE Star, or the Japanese CAB (but does require other tools such as the Font Manager, or FontOnStorate).
This approach will also avoid any issues with English regional settings, such as Date Time formats, and phone number formats, from being changed.
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Hi CBS, thanks a lot. Although I have it now working with CEStar, I will give this a try later as well.

[Q] Coloros ROM GT-I9300. Chinese charcter removal

I have the above ROM installed on GT-I9300. However the chinese characters etc are a pain. I have language set to English but the characters are still there.
I have been looking through the files and unable to find what I have read previously on internet and various other searches.
I am unable to post in thread regarding ROM as not enough posts, so can anyone help me or point me in the general direction.
Thanks in advance
I'm not entirely sure of the ColorOS ROM, but since it's based off AOSP as most ROMS are, I'd reckon it has the same settings menu (correct me if I'm wrong)
Go to Settings > Language & Input > Android Keyboard / your keyboard (settings icon) > Input Languages >
Select your preferred language (in your case, you said English)
Hope this helped
Gino.meee said:
I'm not entirely sure of the ColorOS ROM, but since it's based off AOSP as most ROMS are, I'd reckon it has the same settings menu (correct me if I'm wrong)
Go to Settings > Language & Input > Android Keyboard / your keyboard (settings icon) > Input Languages >
Select your preferred language (in your case, you said English)
Hope this helped
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Hi Gino.mee,
I had already done that but there was still Chinese characters on aps, in menus, welcome screen etc. The ROM was actually password locked which to be honest I didn't see much point in doing that unless there's something we ain't meant to see. Regardless the only thing in my opinion that lets it down is the Chinese in menus etc. I stumbled accross this tool by pure chance and it has been of great help. I can now decompile and either remove the strings etc or just replace with English by using Google translate.
To be honest I don't see the point in anyone uploading a ROM for people to use share etc when the system files and boot image have been locked by password. More so when the essence of freedom and choice are retricted which is what we all want in one way or another or we wouldn't be here. Anyway thanks for your reply and taking time to read my post. No doubt I shall likely encounter more issues but sod it, only way to learn about Android is to tackle it.
Cheers,
Gaz

Alcatel One Touch Pop D5 5038X

Nobody have a link to download original ROM 4.4.2 build 01001 but with French language included.
I leave in Bulgaria and i have only Russian, english and bulgarian language in the original ROM.
I use the original alcatel update tool but the ROm downloaded is like this
I know this is 5 months old but I figure I haven't seen an answer anywhere so... with the last update to Windows 10 moving to Home Insider Preview build 10074 my Genymotion stopped functioning. I got it working again using the following steps:
1. Download VirtualBox version 4.3.12 from the archive site.
2. Uninstall whatever version you currently have.
3. Install 4.3.12 version.
4. Open it and then start Genymotion. (I am using 2.40)
5. I got the same engine error. Go in to Virtualbox and remove all the adapters under host-only networks (the main program preferences) except the first one. Edit it to have the correct IP and DHCP settings. Typically this:
IP Address/Subnet: 192.168.56.1/24
DHCP Server/Subnet: 192.168.56.100/24
Set the lower and upper ranges to .56.101 to .56.254
5. Start Genymotion again and bam it should start working. At least it did for me.

[Q] Application language

I'm new here... I just wanna know if anyone could help me up with one problem:
1. First I had downloaded a version of the Torque OBD Check app from the internet, and I saw it is in english, then I've decided to translate it into my language, on the wiki it says clearly how to do it but, I need to place the file with strings translated in one hidden folder (filename: language_mycountrycode_override.txt) < this basically doesn't fully translate the app and it goes in "Language TEST MODE" (one ****ty text on the screen while browsing the app). As I researched on the internet about that app, the developer says that the app chooses what language to be used by the telephone default language (then if the phone lang is in polish for ex, the language of the app should be in polish) I have tried to add the lang text file to the assets of the apk archive but now i can't install it.. Someone can help me to modify this app to use the lang file of my phone lang ? If anyone could help me, I could PM then the app download link and file tho. If you had any questions or what to do, leave here a reply, or just to make that "language demo" text to dissappear THANKS
anyone could help ?

Rooting for my phone - Alcatel one touch Pop Icon A564C

Rooting for my phone - Alcatel one touch Pop Icon A564C
I think, I will have to root this phone, which I have bought 3 months ago.
My relatives are sending me text messages a regular way,..and also in “ WhatsApp “ in the local country languages i.e. Hindi, Gujarati,.. etc
My phone uses 4.4.2 android and has built in languages as English, Spanish and French only. So I can not see any messages in the above languages and it comes on my screen, as
Spaces and dash dot.
I need to root the phone and somehow need to add the above fonts in that directory, there.
Can someone please suggest me, how to do it ?
Manufacture is tracfone and while calling them they say, we can not advise rooting, it’s against our policy, and we can not be responsible if any mess.
I need to read the messages sent, in their ( India ) local language fonts – Gujarati and Hindi. I tried installing many play store applications,.. of various fonts and Goggle translate,.. but no luck, as those are for, typing in those languages, and conversion… etc.
Can anyone guide me, step by step? Thx.

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