Change phone’s fonts, pimp the text !
Apr 19
Sony Ericsson phones default font is SansSerif Europe, which is pretty neat ! But if you wanted your favorite font and pimp it a bit to your liking to make it cooler, then change the system font ! You used flash menus, walkman skins, acoustics, camera drivers, now its time that the text in phone gets pimped.
There are 2 ways to doing this, I will here explain the simplest method which does not need editing of FONTS.XML.
Download your favorite fonts, A Google search for fonts will return lots of results. Download one Regular font and Bold Font of the same Type of font. Then you have to rename fonts
Rename regular font to Sans-Serif_Europe_Reg.ttf
Rename the bold font to Sans-Serif_Europe_Bd.ttf
Please re name fonts correctly, you should not add .ttf if fonts already have it. If you have enabled display of file extension in Windows then renaming can be done correctly. Else you will end up renaming them as xyz.ttf.ttf which is incorrect.
Then upload the fonts to TPA\PRESET\SYSTEM\FONTS using XS++ or Far Manager.
As a backup here i have uploaded the default fonts that is sans-serif in case you want to revert back. Download.
Second method is rename the fonts used in the FONT.XML and upload the fonts along with fonts.xml, which may not or may work if you done editing correctly. So renaming and over writing is the simplest method to change fonts.
Do a google search to really find ones you like. For example using MS Word or Notepad find out font that you like and just Google search that font’s name and download it. Find a few cool fonts here.
Regards !
Akshay.
SE Flashing
Apr 19 at 16:43
Doesnt work for w810i. Right?
Apr 19 at 16:45
works for all phones
Tutorial at this site work for all SE phones
except db3150…
Apr 19 at 16:51
i cant find the folder.
Apr 19 at 17:15
Not happening dude. The font remains the same. Is there any settings file we need to delete. Or we need to master reset?
Apr 19 at 17:23
http://www.zedge.net/forum/t/42425/changing-w810i-font/1/
the person said cant change fonts for w810i
Apr 19 at 17:24
no settings file… should work
folder to me seems correct
just checked it
Apr 19 at 17:24
try the font xml editing method then
Apr 19 at 17:27
can u send me your cutomised fonts now. Just to check. I am trying fonts xml now.
Apr 19 at 17:30
that guy who said so is a newb
he knows nothing about SE Flashing
and download default fonts and font xml from here
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4218/SE%20Stuff/default_SE_fonts.zip
Apr 19 at 18:24
I’m not so sure. I know that W800 can’t change fonts, because there are no ttf files in it. Though I’m not so sure about W810…
Apr 20 at 05:25
if not ttf files in there means they should remove the .ttf extension then in w810
as i tested this on k550 !
Apr 20 at 08:32
my w 580 have this font
Sans-Serif_Chinese_Reg.ccc
what different between ttf?
Apr 20 at 09:25
that’s the chinese thing
leave it in place.
Apr 20 at 13:35
so just make a new one font, sans-serif_chinese_reg.ttf?
Apr 20 at 17:33
cool
Apr 20 at 18:25
sharsial.. right that’s one method
else edit font xml and upload fonts and font xml
Apr 21 at 20:35
Just tried on my k550@w610 no success except for the t9 fonts changed. Everything else is the same. Tried to look at the xml file but isn’t good. Why is it that if I try to copy files from phone to pc w/ farmanager my files are dudds? Is there another way? Thnx anyways.
Apr 22 at 05:31
You are doing something wrong, this is working all right.
FAR Manage can’t read the FS. Try JDFlasher to read FS or the tutorial here “Creating backup of phone’s FS”…
Apr 22 at 08:07
hey akshay/peti …
how do i increase my font size ??
i read sumwhere that it is done by editing layout.xml
but i m a bit confused on which line to edit in layout.xml
Apr 23 at 11:47
does ny1 know .. ??
Apr 23 at 12:42
My layout.xml (original W610 R8BC002 IIRC) has <!– INTERNAL_FRAME_FONT_SIZE –> and such things in it as comments, so that may be the one you are looking for.
Apr 28 at 09:36
I thought this can only be done on db2020 phones?
Apr 28 at 12:03
no also on db2010
Apr 29 at 12:38
Afaik no db2010. I couldn’t do it with W800, there was no such folder in FS.
Apr 29 at 15:02
In my se k600i there is no folder fonts in tpa/… Is there any other way to change this font?
Apr 29 at 15:46
As far as I know: no. I think that it can’t be done with DB2010 models, and K600 is DB2000, even older. So it isn’t possible.
Apr 29 at 18:56
Heh :/ Thx for response. And one more question: is there any way to change battery icon? I can’t find sysgfx for k600i… Plz don’t tell me it is also impossible …
Apr 29 at 19:27
It is called SYSGFX patching. So you get a SYSGFX patch maker for DB2000, and install the patch. Thuogh I’m not sure that it exists.
SYSGFX is available for DB2010 and DB2020, but I never worked with DB2000 phones. Try to google info about it.
Apr 29 at 20:09
ehhh i was looking for this about 3 months and couldn’n find…
Apr 30 at 12:01
wow am not able to figure out how to download the fonts! when u say regular means wat? can some one provide me the direct link to download both regular and bold fonts!
thanks!
Apr 30 at 12:03
omg! hey can some one give me the direct link to download the regular and bold fonts??
thanks
Apr 30 at 12:36
actually you can use any.
download any fonts from any site… i don’t know which site you get fonts. search internet using google
to increase volume change acoustics using far manager.
Apr 30 at 16:12
Regular is a font style.
Regular, bold, italic, bold-italic… and underlined and such, but those 4 are the real font styles.
May 01 at 12:55
My Phone is W800i R1BC002 CID36 Red
I couldnt find the phone directory there. Can you please tell me whether i need to apply any patches before this?
May 01 at 15:06
sorry this does not work on w800. confirmed it now
May 01 at 16:23
What directory did you find and what was in it?
May 04 at 04:49
can a new language be installed to my converted W660i…say an indian language?
May 04 at 10:27
Yes sure. You have to find the lng and t9 files first, and search for the language installing tutorial here.
May 09 at 13:00
Hey I’m going to buy the new w760i that just came out. If i do will i be able to change the fonts and the menu like i did on my w610i?
After seing wat i could do with my w610i the regular things that are on the fone dont interest me
May 10 at 14:19
you can.. smilley999
May 10 at 17:41
989 and thanks man but can i patch it also? i mean i like modding alot but i dont want to buy a new phone and then mess it up
May 10 at 18:03
yeah sure.
i don’t know if you can patch it.
if it is CID53 then you can’t patch it.
May 11 at 12:00
thanks man
May 12 at 05:54
W760 is DB3150, so I doubt you could replace files in its fs, or can we? (@Akshay)
May 12 at 05:57
oh sucks.. w760 .. yes you can’t do anything on that
i did not read.. i read it as w710.
May 12 at 14:37
so i cant change the menu icons or the font or anything on the
w760
May 12 at 16:48
Yes, currently nothing, you’ll have to wait until they figure out how to modify DB3150 phones…
May 13 at 02:46
ok but one more question if iw as to try and do anything i would brick my phone then?
May 13 at 05:37
I think the programs wouldn’t recognize it, so they couldn’t harm it either.
May 13 at 12:31
ok thanks
May 15 at 16:00
Akshay, i was playing with fonts and now the fonts goes crazy and i can’t revert it back. i did open fonts.xml but did not edit it. no matter how many times i copy back the original fonts and xml, the fonts still stays crazy. by the way, the fonts is San-Serif_Chinese.
May 15 at 18:07
It should be Sans… What do you mean “crazy”?
…if nothing helps, then FS reflashing solves the problem, after backing up contacts and personal data.
May 16 at 07:14
Crazy means MY MAXIS = (e A) . something like that. thanks to akshay’s default fonts.xml, im able to revert back the fonts. By the way, mine is w660i and the firmware is R6AD001. I can’t find that firmware anywhere here. mind helping me. and also how the u guys edit the xml file? using what apps?
May 16 at 14:05
topse.ru / mobilefree.ru / seusers.com …
I always use Notepad++, it has a very effective syntax-highlighter.
May 16 at 17:24
Notepad++??, i’ll try that. I’ve tried using context but still can’t open. Thanks man. By the way, i’ll need to change layout.xml to change fonts size right?
May 16 at 18:56
Yes, layout.xml has the font sizes, but it is pretty hard to understand it, it has no comments in it, just stupid tag names and numbers.
May 17 at 07:07
Peti, i still can’t edit the my phone’s xml file’s, even with notepad++. But i can edit akshay’s fonts.xml and i can use it too. Does that means my phone is not SE?. also, can anyone upload the layout.xml for w660, or maybe just the source code. i would like to try it on my phone.
May 17 at 15:42
How are you trying to open it??? It’s FAR Manager and empty files?
May 18 at 19:16
um i cant find regular and bold fonts for the ones i like instead i only get one font but i wanted to know can i make a copy of the one font n name the original regular n name d copy bold would it work?o it wouldnt fit properly?
May 18 at 23:50
i cant get regular and bold for the font i want instead i get regular and light can i use light for regular and regular for bold n upload it would it work????
May 19 at 00:39
I’m not sure what u’re asking Peti?. Yes, i’ve used FAR manager, copied the file to my to my computer and tried to edit the xml file, but when i open it, i can’t see anything. but default fonts that akshay uploded here, to my surprise can be edit and i can even use it on my phone. that’s why i would like somebody to upload the layout.xml file cause i wanna try to shrink my custom fonts.
May 19 at 12:32
@oop/warrior: that may be an old phone, like DB2010 arc. K750 for example… right?
@dect: FAR Manager can’t download files, use JDFlasher, or extract the fs. Also you can find fonts at seflashing.extra.hu.
May 20 at 01:18
meaning i cant properly grab those FS files using FAR manager, is that so? can’t i use setool?
May 20 at 14:05
SeTool has no fs access, only jdflasher and my tutorial, search for backup fs.
May 21 at 00:03
its a k550i@w610
May 21 at 00:05
db2020 am i right?
May 21 at 13:06
Yes, it is. You can use any font as bold. I did the same with Sony Sketch font on my k550@w610.
Though it is better to have different bold font. Especially in the calendar…
May 28 at 09:30
i have sony erricson k790i DB2020 Current soft version is cxc1250477 R8BF003080130. It can be connected with xs++ but fsx doesn’t work. it shows that my phone is not supported. what should i do to change k790i’s menu to w580i. I already have xs++ & usb flash drivers.
May 28 at 14:03
You can’t really change that menu, the phone gets stupid if you use others’ menus. To access FS try using FAR Manager, JDFlasher.