apo http://afxal.com Mohamed Afzal Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:45:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Thaana font support for iPhone / iPad. http://afxal.com/thaana-font-support-for-iphone-ipad/ http://afxal.com/thaana-font-support-for-iphone-ipad/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:26:08 +0000 apo http://afxal.com/?p=40 The m0bi repo is back and now supports iOS 4.0 + FW support. M0bi.com (repository) was started of in the month of May this year. At that time m0bi repository hosted 2 font packages for both iPhone and iPad. Back then the packages included some of the basic fonts. Unfortunately in that period the only device which was able to support unicode based Thaana websites was the mighty “iPad”, while iPhone FW 3.1.3 was able to support typical fontface websites such as Haveeru Daily only. Up to now 207 iPhones and 43 iPads have installed the Thaana font Pack through the m0bi repo.

The Font Pack

Thaana font pack is a simple solution available for iphone/ipad users to enable Thaana fonts. Basically what this package does is extend the core system font support by adding additional fonts to the iDevices. This can only be achieved if you have a jailbroken iDevice.


Whats new ?

Since the recent release of iOS and the new Apple’s iPhone 4 trend here in Maldives, Ive decided to release the iOS font pack and update the previously released versions of Thaana Font pack. In this release 38 thaana/dhivehi font support for the iPhone and iPad has been added to the font pack. In addition to that, for any one who is still comfortable with FW 3.1.3 can still use a separate package provided inside the repo.

Installation

  • Fire up cydia and then go to Manage
  • Press edit in top right corner after that press add in top left corner
  • Type the m0bi repo url : “http://m0bi.com/cydia”
  • Add the source (Let cydia refresh)
  • add the m0bi repo
  • After adding the source browse to the Localization section in cydia.
  • And then install your required Thaana font pack.

    • Alternatives ? (Without JailBreaking)

    Unhappy with jailbreaking ? No problem here are the best alternatives.

    iDhivehiSites for iPad (iTunes)[free] by Sofwathullah Mohamed (chopey)

    iDhivehiSites for iOS (iTunes)[free] by Sofwathullah Mohamed (chopey)

    Known Issues

    If you try to uninstall any thaana font package installed from m0bi repo, you will end up with a bricked phone. You might have to reinstall the firmware. This is because the font pack deals directly with your system font files, there for uninstalling would remove those system files.

    Fixed : Now you can uninstall without any risk of bricking your phone. After checking telesphoreo.org , I was able to fix the issue. It was a matter of using 2 bash files. All credits goes to telesphoreo.org.

    On a side note am working on alternative ways to include Thaana fonts on iPhone.

    Always back up your phone data :)

    Updated

    22 August     : Packages update issue fixed, thanks to nasym.
    29 August     : 3.1.2 Tested by Yasiph & Shaffan
    29 August     : m0bi 1.3  released,  go to cydia->changes->refresh
    1 September : m0bi 1.4 release, un-install issues fixed. go to cydia->changes->refresh

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