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Finally, I managed to install Chinese font in my Tmobile SDA smartphone with WM5.

One I also succeeded is Chinese font tweak. But when I installed it, all the english fonts looked like SBC Case(widely separated). So I removed it. Finally, I succeeded with this post: http://www.airfagev.com/howtos_details.asp?id=77. But I changed something.

I used the Unicode font file sunglobe.ttf from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=253867 or this one: http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=67386 instead of the SimSun.ttf (which is 10M). Actually, the font file from Chinese font tweak is pretty small, much smaller than sunglobe and worked. So maybe it’s better to change it to that considering the space. But I didn’t try it.

Here is what I’ve done with this method, basically following the original post, followed by problems.

1. Locate segoe.ttf & segoeb.ttf from your \Windows directory of WM5.0,

2. copy the 2 files to \Windows\Fonts directory of the WM5.0

3. Download the sunglobe.zip from the link above, unzip it and copy the ttf font file to \Windows\Fonts directory of the WM5.0

4. Edit your WM5.0 registry with the following[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FontPath]
“FontPath”=”\\windows\\Fonts“[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink]
“Segoe Condensed”=”\\windows\\Fonts\\sunglobe.ttf,UniSun“

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI]
“FontLinkMethods”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\SYSFNT]
“Nm”=”UniSun”

5. Note: sunglobe.ttf is a chinese font, you may wanna replace it with another regional font. UniSun is the actual font name for sunglobe.ttf, therefore remember to rename the value in Step 4 Nm=FontName

Result and problems:

Now I have most english words are still good, working the same as before. File manager reads Chinese names, PIE and skype show Chinese words too. I don’t receive any Chinese SMS for a long time. But I believe it should be fine.

But the titles showing on the top of the screen become bigger, like Chinese font treak did. Chinese TXT file can’t be read. Before I installed it, a file name in Chinese was shown as boxes. Different from that, the content in a txt file is shown like with a wrong encoding.

I wonder how I can make it work properly totally. If I need/want to install another regional font, what should I do?

Alen

5 Comments »

1. Thanks for the info. To fix the strange looking titles, change:
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\SYSFNT]
   “Nm”=”UniSun”

   To

   “Nm”=”Segoe Condensed”

   Cheers,

   Comment by Yi — October 26, 2007 @ 3:17 am

2. Thanks. works perfect.

   Comment by alen — October 26, 2007 @ 4:08 am

3. Why waste space by copying segoe.ttf & segoeb.ttf from the windows folder to the fonts folder? Why not just copy your new font to the \windows folder and set
   “Segoe Condensed”=”\\windows\\sunglobe.ttf,UniSun“

   Also, I didn’t mess with the SYSFNT. Is it really needed if you don’t want to change your english text?

   Comment by badbob001 — November 18, 2007 @ 9:50 pm

4. I followed the post I mentioned. Maybe you could try it and report it. Thanks.

   Comment by alen — November 19, 2007 @ 2:45 pm

5. @badbod001, By the way, maybe you could also just try the way in this post: http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=67386. It’s like something you said.

   Comment by alen — November 19, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

Finally I found a perfect sip softphone for my SDA.
Compared to the following softphones, go-sip has a lot of advantages for my SDA and actually works.

GO-SIP(from Peer2Phone): The required space and memory is acceptable. It works with my SDA seamlessly perfectly. I can use all features of it. I though it was in french because the guide on the website is in French. After I installed it, I see everything in English which is good for me. When we are tring to download, we need pick a brand or operator and device reference. I picked Tmobile as it’s operator. I don’t see the SDA in the device reference, so I picked any one with HTC. I turns out it doesn’t matter. We need also put in a voip operator like Bewip. It turns out that we could set it for any service provider. To use it for other providers, I need choose “other” as the operator to activate it when I start it. (I chose manually, but it didn’t go through.)

After it’s activated, it runs. Then we need configure the settings for other service providers. I need restart it before it actually registers on my sip server.

After installation, it’ll be put in the startup. If you don’t want it to run automatically when you restart your phone, you can remove it from startup.

Besides voip calls, in the menu, there are some other features like my email, TV, maps, music etc.

On it’s website, it states “Telephone and multimedia free of charge unlimited 24 hours a day and 7 days a week !”. So it’s free. I made a test call, the sound seemed good. I’ll use it for longer and see how it goes.

Compared to Go-Sip, here are other softphones I tried.

BeWip: 1. Evaluation version. 2. Complicated installation. 3. Taking much space. 4. Limited specific service providers.
Actually, I didn’t make it work although I succeeded to install it.

SpeaQ: It’s for PDA although it can run on some smartphones. It’s very small which is good.
I installed it and registered it to my sip server, but I can’t press any buttons to make calls. And there are some other problems. If I go to home screen, SpeaQ will shutdown. Once I put in the settings, I can’t change it in the settings, instead I have to change the sipconfig.txt file.

Kapanga Softphone: It works with my SDA with some disadvantages as follows. It’s comparatively large. It put a lot of stuff in my phone, and takes much memory to run. I got some problems when I used it. I have to change the txt file if I need do any settings. Setting is a little complicated because there are a lot of pamarameters. The software main window doesn’t fit my screen perfectly. Maybe there’s a value to set the position of the window. I can’t go to home screen. To do that, the only way is to quit.

ESCSoftPhone: It’s IAX client and worked on my SDA. But what I used is demo version and expired very soon. Otherwise it’s not free. It’s very tight. Actually I’ll like it without considering money.

A post from modaco.com says: (quote) OP

I finally managed to run SIP client “x-pro” pocket PC edition on i-mate SP5 (qtek 8310) and i-mate SP3i (qtek 8020).

1 - Get the “x-pro.cab” file. Install it on a PPC then copy two files “x-pro.exe” and “AES_PPC_DLL.dll” to SP5 /windows directory or /storage/windows for sp3i;

2 - Set up your SIP accounts on the PPC running “x-pro”. Activate x-tunnels if you intend to use non-wifi connexions. Then, using Resco Reg Editor, export “/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/xten…/X-PRO” to x-pro.reg file, and copy this file as well to your SP5 or SP3i;

3- Create a shortcut to “x-pro.exe” in /windows/Start Menu/ (Storage/windows/Start Menu for Sp3i);

4 - Run Resco Reg Editor on your SP5/3i, import “x-pro.reg” file, reboot and get ready.

5 - connect SP5 to wifi (connect Sp3i to internet via bluetooth and activesyc 4.1)

6 - launch X-PRO from the “Start” menu and wait untill it is connected to you SIP gateway.

7 - simply dial the numbers from the smartphone dialpad, connect with a press on the joystick.

8 - You’re done !!! Quality of sound is acceptable on SP5, very PTT like from SP3i.

9 - No need to overclock or whatever, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on quality.

10 - Log window can be accessed by a long press on “#”

11 - Any comments, please feel free to post.

Screenshots attached.

Attached File(s) xprosp3i.jpg ( 29.5k ) Number of downloads: 96
pc_capture1.jpg ( 49.39k ) Number of downloads: 247

And the links for Xten-Pro Trial:

Trial version : http://builds.xten.net/download/?8cc389c27…dbb62de512cd930
User manual : http://xten.com/docs/X-PRO_PocketPC_Users_Guide.pdf

Someone in the thread says, when he opens x-pro.exe in the phone it says ‘Evaluation complete. Thank you for evaluating X-PRO. Please contact your vendor for more information.’

He says: (quote)

Instead, I found ineen.com - they use the X-PRO software - and their softphoen for PPC, which I’m able to run, but I cannot call another user’s internal Ineen number, even if both users are online. I don’t know if I’m doing it correctly with using Line1 and Line2, but at least there is a trunk tone coming out of the speaker.

Have a look at http://www.ineen.com/download_ppc.html

Download link:

Download ineen for Pocket PC (1.76 MB)
File name: ineenSetup.exe

Beta release. Version: 1.1 (1106k stamp 18010)
Release date: May, 16 2005

CAB Installer for Pocket PC Device (3.25 MB)
File name: ineenSetup.cab

Another post says: (quote)

http://www.ciceronetworks.com/products/phone/
SIP client… The smartphone version is specifically made for 8310/SP5.
It integrates with the existing dialer so you can do things like call waiting between GSM and VoIP, as well as use the phone book.

Contact the phone, it costs 40 euro’s for a single license.

Here and Here is a post talking about J9 for MGMaps (Mobile GMaps) on Windows-Mobile PocketPC or Smartphone.

I installed the file like this post says: http://www.mgmaps.com/winset/. I tried and got this error.Invalid fontPaths.properties detected. Please delete fontPaths.properties in /lib/jclMidp20/ and restart the MIDlet.When I first installed J9 in my computer, there was no such a file. Now it’s created with zero byte.I deleted that file, it creates another empty one and says The font file paths are set incorrectly. Please edit fontPaths.properties in /lib/jclMidp20/ to point to the appropriate font files from the system font folder.Actually, I changed the system font according to this post, I’m using sunglobe.ttf and the whole path is \Windows\Fonts\sunglobe.ttf. Accordint to this post, I put in the file fontPaths.properties with “LcduiSystemFont: Windows\sungbloe.ttf“. But I still have the problem.

Fring now support windows mobile.

Here is the description from fring’s website:

fring™ is a free mobile VoIP software that lets you talk and live chat (IM) using your handset’s Internet connection instead of costly mobile airtime (GSM) minutes. fring enables free mobile calls over Wi-Fi Internet access or your GPRS, EDGE or 3G Internet data plan.

fring lets you easily communicate with all your fring, Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™ , Twitter and regular phone contacts from one, integrated contact list. fring also supports SkypeOut and hundreds of SIP-based services such as GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt, Free World, even from non-SIP enabled handsets, enabling cheap local and international VoIP calls to contacts’ PCs, mobile phones and landline numbers. fring is also enhanced with real-time contact availability (presence) so you can see who’s available before dialing.

Here is a post about fring.

It looks like fring’s service is unstable. But at least, fring could be used as a free sip-client for mobile. I’ll see how it goes.

T-Mobile Dash and MDA: upgrade to WM6

T-Mobile just released the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the DASH.

http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/

GoTalkMobile - GTalk J2ME Client

http://www.gotalkmobile.com/gotalkmobile_supported_phones.html

GTalk2Voip - Talkonaut

Talkonaut™ is freely available, voice capable, Google Talk™ like application for your mobile phone. Talkonaut works on a large scale of mobile phones with Java (J2ME) support, including Windows Mobile and Palm handsets. Talkonaut™ supports Jabber, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo networks for chatting and Google Talk, MSN and Yahoo for voice calls.

http://www.gtalk2voip.com/

http://www.talkonaut.com/home.shtml

OctroTalk

OctroTalk. Mobile Instant Messaging with full voice integration. This always-on product keeps you connected with your buddies, and your buddies reach you whenever, wherever. Works seamlessly over GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/Wifi/Bluetooth data connections, and cuts down your phone bills. OctroTalk now supports GoogleTalk/Jabber, MSN, AIM, ICQ and Yahoo.

Complete VOIP product. Access to PSTN (soon) .

It enable us to call on mobile MSN, Yahoo Messenger etc besides chat.

http://www.octro.com/

TiVi

TiVi Phone is a free software product that enables to make and receive VoIP calls, real time video calls, and also provides a chat function. More over - the communication between Tivians is for free, but dynamical use of 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth networks lowers the costs on the all of your mobile communication.

TiVi Phone is available on the smart mobile devices like Nokia N70, N80, N91, E60, E61, E70, Treo 700w, Qtek, iMate, PDAs (and more). You can easily find and download a compatible version of TiVi Phone here. It?s also possible to transfer the TiVi Phone application to your phone via Bluetooth or to copy that on your phone by using Nokia PC suite. Just some simple steps to install TiVi Phone and you can use it everywhere and for free! TiVi Phone works over 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth networks. With this application you can make mobile-to-mobile calls, mobile-to-landline calls, and mobile-to-PC calls wherever you are. Try it today - Tivians are already talking from their mobiles for free!

SIP PORT:5060
Domain:reg.tivi.lv
Proxy:reg.tivi.lv
Outbound Proxy:reg.tivi.lv

http://m.tivi.com/?more=1

http://www.tivi.com/

It’s nice to have Gizmo for mobile. At least, we can put gizmo on mobile with grandcentral, so we can receive free calls on mobile with a local number. The calling rates are expensive compared to some other VSP like skype, voipbusterpro etc.

Gtalk2Voip updated their services. Now they have Follow-Me and CallBack features.

Here is a summary of their services:

Using GTalk2VoIP you can:

- Make calls from Google Talk, Yahoo or MSN to any mobile or landline phone (PSTN)
- Make calls to other Google Talk, Yahoo! and MSN/Live Messenger users or SIP phones (SIP URI)
- Create voice conferences with other Google Talk, Yahoo! or MSN/Live Messenger users
- Send or receive voicemail from/to Google Talk, Yahoo! or MSN/Live Messenger users
- Receive calls to your Google Talk, Yahoo! or MSN/Live Messenger from mobile or landline phones (PSTN) by using DIDs or via SIP Broker service
- Receive calls from SIP phones, including Gizmo Project, InPhonex, SJPhone and others
- Send SIP/SIMPLE instant messages to SIP phones

Here is their detailed services list:

http://www.gtalk2voip.com/gtalk_services.shtml

English-Chinese Talking Dictionary 3.1.0 Download

Activation Number: Link