R/W Hebrew for Excalibur!

[Pierrot Lunaire]

I've been playing around with my new HTC S620 for the past few days. Since I ordered it from Hong Kong I didn't have Hebrew on the device. Finally, after some work I managed to make the device read and write Hebrew correctly

The attached .cab file which I made works with the WM 6.5 * 3VOLUTION SERIES * ROM. The only thing you should be aware of is that in order to write in Hebrew you have to choose "Greek" from the language menu. It's not really Greek, it'll write in Hebrew. I made the keyboard layout file like a standard PC Hebrew keyboard with one difference: the letter "ף" is on the "W" key. You can change the layout by editing eT9.Excalibur.0408.kmap.txt in the Windows directory (notice! the 0408 file, not the 0409).

Please be aware! Anything that happens to your device is at your own risk. I take no responsibility!

Setup:
1 ) Install the attached .cab file.
2) Go to the device Settings and in Regional Settings change the Locale to Hebrew.

You're all set! Enjoy!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/p93d9s

Update:
This is an updated .CAB. Added support for the latest 3VO ROM, Version 3.

 

[the-light]

great . thx.

 

[the-light]

ive installed the cab. and now i can read heb text but at the time bar it shows the only 2 digits.
any suggestion?
thx
ok changed to 12h and works fine

 

[Yonatanl2]

thank you I've been searching for this!

 

[Yonatanl2]

Ummm, I can't find Hebrew in my regional settings & I my font's been enlarged after I've installed the cab, how do I sort this? I'm using Kavana's 6.1

 

[GSM system]

so in which rom we can use it

 

[Yonatanl2]

Works with kavana's 6.1, made the font anoyyingly large & I still haven't managed to write in Hebrew

 

[halperin_eyal]

work great for read

it work for just fine for reading, but i was unable to write

what doyou mean by language menu ?

i have only english at the regional settings language menu menu...

 

[Pierrot Lunaire]

Writing in Hebrew

Shalom y'all:

To open the keyboard language menu you have to pess Alt+Space (or FN+Space) in a writing space. There you go to Language and choose "Greek". You will be able to type in Hebrew.

As for the Kavana 6.1 ROM I don't know. I only tested this .cab on my WM 6.5 * 3VOLUTION SERIES * ROM. I edited the .cab file to work with that ROM with the way the ROM's registry is built.

As for the 24h clock not showing both numbers it's because of the font.
I have the same problem but it doesn't bother me at the moment. In order to fix it you have to play with the theme file's config file which is a .cpr type file in your windows directory. Mine is "Titanium_320x240.cpr" and there are some setting in the file for the clock that you can edit and maybe fix the problem. I will post a solution once I figure it out.

The reason the system's font looks big is because I had to change the font to Tahoma so you'll be able to read and write in Hebrew. In order to change the size of the font for the Start Menu, the pop-up Menus, the Programs window and so you have to change the following registry keys:

HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT (System Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\BarFnt (Start Menu Bar Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\PopFnt (Pop-Up Menus Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\OOMFnt (Out-Of-Memory Font)

For each of these you will find the same keys. The only two you have to change in order to change the font size are "Ht" and "Wt" keys. "Ht" will change the size of the font and "Wt" will change the boldness of it.

You will notice that in most of them the "Ht" will be 4294967280. What you have to change is only the last number of the value. 0 being the largest and 9 being the smallest in the range of these two numbers. So for the smallest font size for example you change the value to 4294967289.

As for the "Wt" value you will notice most of them are "400". 400 is the standard font weight. If you change it to 700 it'll be bold. With this one you'll just have to play to find the boldness that suits you. You can change it to 400, 500, 600, 700.

If anyone wants a different Hebrew font than Tahoma for the system, let me know!

Thanks for posting feedback! If you have further questions, feel free to ask!

 

[Pierrot Lunaire]

24h Clock Fix

I managed to fix the clock problem. You have to edit the theme's .cpr file.
Open "Titanium_320x240.cpr" (Windows folder) in Notepad. Search for Layer ID="ClockExpanded". Look down a little and look for "<!-- Time -->". in the line below it you have to find where it says FontSize=xx (mine was set to 27).
I changed it to FontSize=24. The clock shows all numbers now!

 

[halperin_eyal]

Good work !

Shalom y'all:

To open the keyboard language menu you have to pess Alt+Space (or FN+Space) in a writing space. There you go to Language and choose "Greek". You will be able to type in Hebrew.

As for the Kavana 6.1 ROM I don't know. I only tested this .cab on my WM 6.5 * 3VOLUTION SERIES * ROM. I edited the .cab file to work with that ROM with the way the ROM's registry is built.

As for the 24h clock not showing both numbers it's because of the font.
I have the same problem but it doesn't bother me at the moment. In order to fix it you have to play with the theme file's config file which is a .cpr type file in your windows directory. Mine is "Titanium_320x240.cpr" and there are some setting in the file for the clock that you can edit and maybe fix the problem. I will post a solution once I figure it out.

The reason the system's font looks big is because I had to change the font to Tahoma so you'll be able to read and write in Hebrew. In order to change the size of the font for the Start Menu, the pop-up Menus, the Programs window and so you have to change the following registry keys:

HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT (System Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\BarFnt (Start Menu Bar Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\PopFnt (Pop-Up Menus Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\OOMFnt (Out-Of-Memory Font)

For each of these you will find the same keys. The only two you have to change in order to change the font size are "Ht" and "Wt" keys. "Ht" will change the size of the font and "Wt" will change the boldness of it.

You will notice that in most of them the "Ht" will be 4294967280. What you have to change is only the last number of the value. 0 being the largest and 9 being the smallest in the range of these two numbers. So for the smallest font size for example you change the value to 4294967289.

As for the "Wt" value you will notice most of them are "400". 400 is the standard font weight. If you change it to 700 it'll be bold. With this one you'll just have to play to find the boldness that suits you. You can change it to 400, 500, 600, 700.

If anyone wants a different Hebrew font than Tahoma for the system, let me know!

Thanks for posting feedback! If you have further questions, feel free to ask!

Pierrot Lunaire.
try it, and its work fine !
thank you very much for your work - you save me alot of money

 

[halperin_eyal]

another issue with hebrew...

Pierrot Lunaire.

How can i type hebrew letters when i search true the contacts list.
(i have something like 500 contacts..)

thanks...

 

[the-light]

I managed to fix the clock problem. You have to edit the theme's .cpr file.
Open "Titanium_320x240.cpr" (Windows folder) in Notepad. Search for Layer ID="ClockExpanded". Look down a little and look for "<!-- Time -->". in the line below it you have to find where it says FontSize=xx (mine was set to 27).
I changed it to FontSize=24. The clock shows all numbers now!

hallelujah, i got my htc nearly 2 years and its the first time can read heb text properly. Eyron labs can kiss my b***t
thx again

 

[the-light]

ave u noticed while writing text in EN the words wont complete themself anymore' or is it just me?

 

[Pierrot Lunaire]

Pierrot Lunaire.

How can i type hebrew letters when i search true the contacts list.
(i have something like 500 contacts..)

thanks...

Thanks for letting me know, I actually still don't use the phone because I just got it so I didn't get the chance to try the contact list. Seems like there isn't an option to change the typing language when searching for contacts. I will look into it and see if it's possible to do it somehow. Maybe using an alternative software that supports that feature is a possible solution.

ave u noticed while writing text in EN the words wont complete themself anymore' or is it just me?

I don't have this problem. When you press the Alt+Space (Fn+Space) to open the language menu make sure you also click the XT9 button. That turns on the auto-complete words mode. It's off in the ABC mode.

 

[Yonatanl2]

Shalom y'all:

To open the keyboard language menu you have to pess Alt+Space (or FN+Space) in a writing space. There you go to Language and choose "Greek". You will be able to type in Hebrew.

As for the Kavana 6.1 ROM I don't know. I only tested this .cab on my WM 6.5 * 3VOLUTION SERIES * ROM. I edited the .cab file to work with that ROM with the way the ROM's registry is built.

As for the 24h clock not showing both numbers it's because of the font.
I have the same problem but it doesn't bother me at the moment. In order to fix it you have to play with the theme file's config file which is a .cpr type file in your windows directory. Mine is "Titanium_320x240.cpr" and there are some setting in the file for the clock that you can edit and maybe fix the problem. I will post a solution once I figure it out.

The reason the system's font looks big is because I had to change the font to Tahoma so you'll be able to read and write in Hebrew. In order to change the size of the font for the Start Menu, the pop-up Menus, the Programs window and so you have to change the following registry keys:

HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT (System Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\BarFnt (Start Menu Bar Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\PopFnt (Pop-Up Menus Font)
HKLM\System\GWE\OOMFnt (Out-Of-Memory Font)

For each of these you will find the same keys. The only two you have to change in order to change the font size are "Ht" and "Wt" keys. "Ht" will change the size of the font and "Wt" will change the boldness of it.

You will notice that in most of them the "Ht" will be 4294967280. What you have to change is only the last number of the value. 0 being the largest and 9 being the smallest in the range of these two numbers. So for the smallest font size for example you change the value to 4294967289.

As for the "Wt" value you will notice most of them are "400". 400 is the standard font weight. If you change it to 700 it'll be bold. With this one you'll just have to play to find the boldness that suits you. You can change it to 400, 500, 600, 700.

If anyone wants a different Hebrew font than Tahoma for the system, let me know!

Thanks for posting feedback! If you have further questions, feel free to ask!

Any smaller font so I won't have to go through these complications? I always have problems with messing with the registries

 

[hagybear]

Shalom Pierrot you are amazing!

thanks for this amazing cab ... finnaly hebrew works !!

installed on my t-mobile dash s620 works like a charm!
with windows mobile 6.5 the new update
WM 6.5 * 3VOLUTION SERIES * ROM

btw

i opened Titanium_320x240.cpr with notepad and
i used rescu explorer to write the Titanium_320x240.cpr
onto the one in windows folder
( file is read only )

thanks again my phone is amazing now
hagay

 

[justlevine]

How do I uninstall this (doesnt work from settings)?
I accidentally installed this onto my HTC Ozone, and now my keyboard doesnt work when I try to text!

 

[Pierrot Lunaire]

Great News!
I updated the .CAB file to work with the latest 3VO ROM, Version 3! (Go back to the first post to download the updated file)

Better install the .CAB after a clean install of the new 3VO ROM. Backup the pim.vol file located in the root directory before flashing the new ROM to backup your contacts and schedule.
Don't forget to change the Locale to Hebrew after install.



For those of you interested in a way to search contacts in Hebrew I use an alternative contact list software that supports language switching:

iContact Burt Edition 6.4.5.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402724

 

[ghostwheel]

works great!

I'm using it on 6.5 3d, and it works great!
I also installed 96dpi, and together the "big font problem" is solved.
Till now, they seem to work well together!

I have one question: the mac has what is called a qwerty hebrew keyboard, where the keys correspond approximately to the sound or the shape of the letter.

Is it possible to change the keyboard to this layout? What file do I need to edit? It makes entering the letters much easier, since I don't remember the layout, and my phone has no hebrew letters on it...


Thanks!