Nov 24, 2007
Adding Vietnamese Font to iPhone
I used jailbreakme.com to unlock another iPhone here in Vietnam thanks with the help of the IT guy at ViGroup last night (Here is a nice guide to jailbreak the iPhone with firmware 1.1.1 which is supposed to work with firmware 1.1.2 as well -> JailBreak iPhone the easy way).
My friend would not let me unlock his iPhone until we found a way to put the Vietnamese fonts on his iPhone so he can view Vietnamese language websites. No problem, his IT guy found a webpage that explained how to install Vietnamese fonts on the iPhone.
- In Installer, select the ‘Sources’ icon, press ‘Edit’, and then press ‘Add’
- After the ‘Add Source’ window pops up, add this source: iphone.billydragon.net and press ‘OK’
- It should now be refreshing the sources
- Select the ‘Install’ icon and then scroll to the bottom until you see ‘Vietnamese’
- Select either VietFonts FW.1.0.2 or VietFontsFW.1.1.1 depending on which firmware you have and hit ‘Install’
- Presto, you should be able to view Vietnamese language websites now
VietFonts FW.1.1.2 does not seem available yet but it should be in a couple of weeks. Be sure to install the English-Vietnamese dictionary as well.
As I always told my students, there is no need to pay $30-100 to get your iPhone unlocked in Vietnam if you can do it for free online in under 5 minutes. Many argued that the mobile phone shops would add Vietnamese font support for an extra fee that they would not be able to do on their own. Nope, they can do it on their own 
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Yeah, iPhone, that’s what I meant. No, I don’t a 700-buck rip off. If it was $400, I’d consider it.
But at cost, it is $440 for the 8 Gig including tax. Nobody will sell you one in Saigon for under $500 at least when they can sell it for around $700.
Do they unlock iPhone FW 1.1.2 in Saigon somewhere? Do you know a place? I will be back in Saigon in january with 5 of them =)
If you get an iPhone with 45 listed in the serial number, they will have to open up the phone here. It will not be cheap to unlock it. Hopefully a new anySim unlock will come out.
I got my iPhone up to firmware 1.1.2 now with the help of my high school student
Hey Kevin
Where did you download English-Vietnamese dictionary for iphone I can’t find nowhere
Thx
You will need to add billydragon.net as one of your installer sources:
http://www.billydragon.net
Do not forget to add the Viet fonts as well.
Chao Kevin,
I dowloaded both the Vietnamese fonts and the English-Vietnamese dictionary. The fonts work in Safari but the dictionary does not show up as an application. What am I doing wrong ? (I have firmware 1.1.1).
Best regards and thanks.
hawy
You will have to enable it, I think you do that from the dictionary if I remember right.
Thnaks for the prompt reply. But the dictionary does not show up as an icon after installing, so how to enable if there is nothing ?
Best Regards
When you are in the dictionary application, double tap the it. A list of modules should pop up.
In the meantime I realized that the dictionaries are not stand-alone applications but are used in conjunction with the appliaction idict. Thank you anyway.
hawy
Anyone know where in Saigon I can unlock (downgrade or something so I can use Install.app) my Ipod Touch shipped with firmware 1.2?
@hawy: I sold my iPhone but I remembered having the same problems. You have to use them with the dictionary app from Installer. Once it is installed, you open the dictionary. You will not see the apps. I had to double tab to get the set up menu to enable the Vietnamese dictionary.
@Palm: Try this address:
TNHH Tan A Long
76 Bui Vien (Pham Ngu Lao Area), District 1, HCMC
Telephone: 08-8373811, 08-9207551
They speak English there as well.
Did you give you iPhone away for free?
do you have viet language packs for i phone yet?
Yes, please read the post above
can you give more detail how to do this not clear. When you are in the dictionary application, double tap the it. A list of modules should pop up.
can the vietnamese dictionary run on wedict application? After installing viet font and viet dictionary, but I could not see the viet dictionary. Can any one know why is it?
Thanks
@Uyen: Currently it does not seem to work with firmware 1.1.4 yet. Try the older firmware. I have not tried it on my phone yet but will soon.
After i installed the viet dictionary i can’t not find it anywhere to enable it
can someone give me some instruction please.
Thanks.
In WeDict, just tap the screen several times, an option menu will appear.
Note, I could not get it to work with the latest firmware yet.
For firmware 1.1.4 or 1.1.3, you need to move the files to mobile/library/weDict folder.
Because most of the folders are no longer work in root directory of the library.
For further instructions, you could contact me at [emailed removed].
Thanks for the info.
Billy Dragon site broken. Anywhere else for a VN EN dictionary?
iphone.baidu.com or .net.
add it to installer. Had to move my dictionary files to the right folder since i am on 114. I had installed fontVN FW for 114 from billydragon/sweet hear software, but some characters do not show up correctly. I would like to install VietFonts from baidu but 114 is not supported.
@bobby, Thanks for the info. Not sure what happen to billydragon.net. Maybe he is developing the new apps fro the AppStore.
My old iphone have been update to V 2.0, But now when I turn it on all I got is the image of the CD and the usb cable appear on the screen, not even emergency dial number pad. I connect it to Itune to get the restore , But I get the message “could not find the iphone”.
Can any one can help?
Thanks
Julie.
Julie
Where do you live? You will have to put your fone in DFU mode yo do that turn fone off hold down Home+wake sleep button After exactly 10 seconds release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button until you iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
Hope will help you
@Jullie: Did you update to version 2.0 or version 2.0.2? The latest is known to brick the old iPhones. 2.0 is fine. Use iTunes. If you are in Saigon, you can get it updated and fixed here. My students can do it too but it is summer holidays for a couple more weeks.
Hi all
Thanks for responding.
I’m in Dalat, I ‘m not sure wich verson my Iphone is. I try dail *#301# but it does’t works.
Anyway if it is bricked by accident update, anyway we can do about it.
Thanks all.
Julie
Hi ALL
I jailbrake my iphone already and find out is update to v2.02 by accident. Any way that I can unlock it now?
If anyone know please tell me, Thanks
Julie
if you using MAC you can download PwnageTool to work with 2.0.2 firmware
if using Win seach for QuickPwn GUI to fix (google is your friend )seach Iclarified for tutorial
Hi Steve
woww Thanks a lot for greate help. By following yous advice I did it .
Now my iphne works well.
I am so happy now
Thanks again.
Julie
Julie
You’re very welcome
Hi
All the vietnamese sourse is down, any where else?
thanks
Julie
Julie
R U need dic data?you can get we Dict free from Apple app store or you have to
use crack files to get we Dict pro then use Fugu or Win SCP to tranfer data to we Dict folder this should work fine
Sigh, both iphone.baidu.com and billydragon.net are down, and iphonebaidu.com is currently suspended by its isp. Is there any other iphone repos hosting the files?
They should be available through another repository. If you are in Vietnam, you can just go to a mobile phone shop to get the fonts downloaded.
Best of luck.