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Old 12-26-2010, 08:07 AM   #1
Sinbad
Edge User
 
Smile Arabic Language Support in Pocket Edge Now!

Dear Edge/Pocket Edge Users,
I bought an Pocket Edge, and I like it much.But as I live in Egypt,
Many E-mails or webpages I see is in Arabic language.As I know Android is open source and highly customizable, the Android OS should allow me to see Arabic language in Search, E-mail and such.Unfortunately, it didn't because it still uses 1.6 version.

As the device is not rooted, I couldn't change the fonts files, After contacting Entourage Technical Support, They told me that no official way to do this currently, and I should wait for the Froyo version in the next January so the Arabic Language support will come naturally.

I like experiments , So I tried to root the device using many ways and I failed .The Debug password is correct, but when connecting using adb, I'm not the root user yet.Used the AndRoot Program and it fails to root the device.

Finally, I found a working solution at the end instead of just waiting.I downlaoded the offline update.zip file and replaced the files in it and re-zipped the files.Followed the Offline update procedure here and Voila! After restart the phone can show Arabic Letters.(It's not connected in the titles but it's fine for me until the next month) I hope.

Here are the files to replace:
-Fonts files, You can download them from here.(Replace in /system/fonts)
-Libwebcore.so file, You can download the 1.6 version from here
(Replace in /system/lib)

The file that contains the files to replace system2.zip in update.zip

So the update now is a double win for me, Arabic Language and Youtube works now!

Thanks,
Sinbad