Yes, Fontomiser only lets you download the fonts. But then you can install it and select it using your phone's system menu. That's what I did and it worked perfectly.
2012-01-18, 3:30 pm
It appears that Fontomiser only works on some Samsung phones, and unfortunately, I currently have an HTC phone. So it seems that I am stuck with the included rather crummy Japanese font unless I root. But as I am hoping to pick up a new Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the spring, I wonder if Fontomiser will work with the new Nexus? Or maybe I will get lucky and the new Nexus will come with one of the good Japanese fonts? Anyone know for sure?
2012-01-18, 4:02 pm
gibosi Wrote:But as I am hoping to pick up a new Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the spring, I wonder if Fontomiser will work with the new Nexus? Or maybe I will get lucky and the new Nexus will come with one of the good Japanese fonts? Anyone know for sure?Fonts on my Galaxy Nexus are perfect, as I already said.
But there's something to consider. Android 4.0.1 is full of bugs. Really horrible.
I haven't been able to update my phone for 1 month because of docomo temporarily shutting down updates for the phone so I'm not sure about what's gonna happen next.
My phone even freezed once. And has randomly restarted like 2-3 times within 1.5 months of use. And the GPS navigator they give you is also s****y and inaccurate.
Maybe Samsung + android isn't a perfect choice afterall...
something to consider.
But the big screen is heaven.
I was really dubious about whether to get Galaxy Nexus or Iphone 4s.
Don't know about the iphone, but I get lots of errors with galaxy nexus.
Edited: 2012-01-18, 4:05 pm
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2012-01-18, 4:05 pm
Fontomiser is just a font downloader. What matters is whether your phone lets you change your font without admin access.
It's goddamn ridiculous how much my phone limits my options. Even something as basic as file browsing is behind an app.
Usually I'd be all over rooting and other haxorz like with my PSP but this time I just don't feel like it. I looked at a guide and there's like 30 steps including cmd.exe. Ugh.
It's goddamn ridiculous how much my phone limits my options. Even something as basic as file browsing is behind an app.
Usually I'd be all over rooting and other haxorz like with my PSP but this time I just don't feel like it. I looked at a guide and there's like 30 steps including cmd.exe. Ugh.
Edited: 2012-01-18, 4:08 pm
2012-01-18, 4:13 pm
Betelgeuzah Wrote:It's goddamn ridiculous how much my phone limits my options. Even something as basic as file browsing is behind an app.yeah yeah, mine too. why the heck can't I browse files and delete music...
Guess google's trying to make its operating system like ipod nano where you can't delete or browse anything.
2012-01-18, 4:22 pm
Ghost commander is an excellent file browser. I think it also lets you browse and manipulate files over your wireless network, but I haven't yet set it up to do that. I am using a different (also good) file browser AndroXplorer for that.
Anyway, the operating system does have its own file browser/manager (on 2.2 mine is called My Files) - it just isn't as powerful.
Anyway, the operating system does have its own file browser/manager (on 2.2 mine is called My Files) - it just isn't as powerful.
2012-01-18, 4:27 pm
On my phone I have FileManager for file browsing but now I mostly use AirDroid to use my phone on my laptop.
2012-01-19, 12:38 pm
Hyperborea, I assume "North American Galaxy Nexus" is the Verizon model? I will probably purchase an imported GSM Galaxy Nexus and now it seems likely that it will have the same crummy font. Evidently, only those sold in Japan have a good Japanese font. A bit of a downer... But now that I know what to expect, one of the first things I will do is root and install a good Japanese font. Thanks for the info.
2012-01-25, 4:50 pm
jettyke Wrote:Add your favorite ONGOING Blogs' and Podcasts' RSS feeds to your google reader (can do it on your pc also) and add a big nice Google reader Widget to your Android desktop. It will sync automatically.That's just for reading the articles and not actually download the podcasts then? Because I'm using Beyondpod (great app) to download the podcasts directly and listen to them offline, but Hotcast seems to only have an iTunes RSS and two RSS's for just the articles.
I'm subscribed to:
( just follow the link and add the RSS feed of these podcasts to your Google Reader account)
HOTCAST
2012-01-25, 5:13 pm
TwoMoreCharacters Wrote:In my feed the article and podcast are together.jettyke Wrote:Add your favorite ONGOING Blogs' and Podcasts' RSS feeds to your google reader (can do it on your pc also) and add a big nice Google reader Widget to your Android desktop. It will sync automatically.That's just for reading the articles and not actually download the podcasts then? Because I'm using Beyondpod (great app) to download the podcasts directly and listen to them offline, but Hotcast seems to only have an iTunes RSS and two RSS's for just the articles.
I'm subscribed to:
( just follow the link and add the RSS feed of these podcasts to your Google Reader account)
HOTCAST
2012-01-25, 5:25 pm
Ah, nevermind! The feed apparently has both the image file and the audio file attached separately, in beyondpod it defaulted to downloading just the article and the image file. Had to switch the episode format to audio to get the podcasts.
2012-03-29, 12:08 pm
Currently using:
MoreLocale2, changes system Language to Japanese [and many more] But not all system settings & applications changes to japanese
AnkiDroid [SRS program] [Ten times better Mnemosyne] Anki is free and Mnemosyne is not [Anki is almost bug free] Mnemosyne is almost full of bugs
OpenWnnフリック入力対応版 [Japanese input]
Prefect Viewer [Possibly one of the best comic readers, can read from right to left for manga!]
QQPlayer [best movie player? language selection, subtitle selection]
Acedict [directory, great suggestion!]
Google IME [japanese input, i use it on all of my desktops. I hope it's just as good on the phone!]
Timeriffic [scheduler for system settings, IE: turn off BT, Wi-Fi off at 10pm, and turn it back on in the morning. Takes Japanese input 笑]
MoreLocale2, changes system Language to Japanese [and many more] But not all system settings & applications changes to japanese
AnkiDroid [SRS program] [Ten times better Mnemosyne] Anki is free and Mnemosyne is not [Anki is almost bug free] Mnemosyne is almost full of bugs
OpenWnnフリック入力対応版 [Japanese input]
Prefect Viewer [Possibly one of the best comic readers, can read from right to left for manga!]
QQPlayer [best movie player? language selection, subtitle selection]
Acedict [directory, great suggestion!]
Google IME [japanese input, i use it on all of my desktops. I hope it's just as good on the phone!]
Timeriffic [scheduler for system settings, IE: turn off BT, Wi-Fi off at 10pm, and turn it back on in the morning. Takes Japanese input 笑]
2012-03-29, 3:43 pm
do any of you android people use swype for english text input??
that always seemed to me the greatest selling point of the android os over an iphone...
that always seemed to me the greatest selling point of the android os over an iphone...
2012-06-29, 10:46 am
new Japanese support in Jelly Bean:
The new Emoji characters from Unicode version 6.0
Better glyph support for Japanese users (renders Japanese-specific versions of glyphs when system language is set to Japanese)
Vertical Text support in WebViews, including Ruby Text and additional Vertical Text glyphs
The new Emoji characters from Unicode version 6.0
Better glyph support for Japanese users (renders Japanese-specific versions of glyphs when system language is set to Japanese)
Vertical Text support in WebViews, including Ruby Text and additional Vertical Text glyphs
Edited: 2012-06-29, 10:48 am
2012-06-29, 2:25 pm
Looking forward to getting the release version of JB on my GNex to see just how they implemented this "fix."
2012-08-09, 8:44 pm
the new google translate app has live multi-character handwriting translations (and OCR, but not for Japanese...)
2012-08-10, 5:24 pm
> The fix to allow Japanese instead of Simplified Chinese with a non-Japanese
> UI would be to copy the fallback_fonts-ja file to fallback_fonts. Before doing
> that it would be a good idea to copy fallback_fonts to something else like
> fallback_fonts.backup so that you could restore it later. However, before doing
> any of this you would also need to root your device since the /system directory
> can't be edited otherwise
Or what I did with my GNex was to rename the Motoya Japanese font (MTLmr3m.ttf) to DroidSansFallback.ttf, which was the fix I used under Ice Cream Sandwich. But yes, you need root to do this. Moreover, it was not possible to update from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean until DroidSansFallback.ttf was restored to its original form. Once updated to Jelly Bean, I just swapped out the two fonts as before, and Japanese is back.
> UI would be to copy the fallback_fonts-ja file to fallback_fonts. Before doing
> that it would be a good idea to copy fallback_fonts to something else like
> fallback_fonts.backup so that you could restore it later. However, before doing
> any of this you would also need to root your device since the /system directory
> can't be edited otherwise
Or what I did with my GNex was to rename the Motoya Japanese font (MTLmr3m.ttf) to DroidSansFallback.ttf, which was the fix I used under Ice Cream Sandwich. But yes, you need root to do this. Moreover, it was not possible to update from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean until DroidSansFallback.ttf was restored to its original form. Once updated to Jelly Bean, I just swapped out the two fonts as before, and Japanese is back.
2012-08-10, 10:11 pm
the nexus 7 is built for language learning....
portability, great screen, good battery life.
portability, great screen, good battery life.
Edited: 2012-08-10, 10:15 pm
2012-08-21, 9:20 am
the jelly bean keyboard allows switching between japanese and english with a single tap. here's one back ported: https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...jelly.free
2012-09-13, 1:05 am
cangy Wrote:the jelly bean keyboard allows switching between japanese and english with a single tap. here's one back ported: https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...jelly.freeI've been using this since you posted it, and it has become an essential app. I can switch between three totally different writing systems with a long press!
Do you guys know of any PDF reader on Android that can invert the colors of the documents? White background drains the battery. I like Adobe Reader app because it retains the page I left at, scans the memory for PDF files and has a recent list, so something with these options would be great.
Edited: 2012-09-13, 1:05 am
2012-12-06, 6:48 am
cangy Wrote:the new google translate app has live multi-character handwriting translations (and OCR, but not for Japanese...)now with OCR for Japanese
2012-12-06, 10:11 am
I have a question regarding ankidroid 2.0. I usually forget to mark the study time on my calendar when I use ankidroid and usually just look up the review time stats, which was pretty useful. However, since making the change to droid 2.0 the stats seem a bit...off. I'm fairly sure I spent more time than the stats show, the days tend to pile up together(so if I study 5 minutes in 2 different days sometimes it just shows as if I'd studied 10 minutes in the same day), and I have 0 minutes recorded on some days though I distinctly recall studying then. Is there some new way that anki 2.0 uses to measure study time that I'm unaware of?
Also, I tried to use Aedict a while ago, and after a fresh install it simply would not download the dictionary... I downloaded all 20+mb of it three times, it would go way past the loading bar and never actually finish the download. Anyone else get that?
Also, I tried to use Aedict a while ago, and after a fresh install it simply would not download the dictionary... I downloaded all 20+mb of it three times, it would go way past the loading bar and never actually finish the download. Anyone else get that?
2012-12-06, 12:07 pm
cangy Wrote:Thanks, that works awesome!cangy Wrote:the new google translate app has live multi-character handwriting translations (and OCR, but not for Japanese...)now with OCR for Japanese
2012-12-06, 5:54 pm
Zgarbas Wrote:However, since making the change to droid 2.0 the stats seem a bit...off. I'm fairly sure I spent more time than the stats show, the days tend to pile up together(so if I study 5 minutes in 2 different days sometimes it just shows as if I'd studied 10 minutes in the same day), and I have 0 minutes recorded on some days though I distinctly recall studying then. Is there some new way that anki 2.0 uses to measure study time that I'm unaware of?I've always been suspicious of the time being too low. I might compare it with a stopwatch one of those days.
The other thing is probably related to the day's cutoff point (the midnight offset). It's probably calculated differently now (i.e., a "day" is anything within that offset instead of the actual day), or it could be a bug. You should ask on the forums.
2012-12-17, 8:44 am
I wonder if Anki 2.0 doesn't include the time after pressing 'answer' or hgas a maximum time to give per card? Or perhaps Ankidroid is just buggy in that regard. In my experience, some of the betas have been awful (17 and 21 standout especially) and functionality seems to go missing for a version or two...