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[Android Apps and Games] PureLoneWolf:
Wiped everything

Hi there

I just installed Font Changer and it told me to upgrade my busy box. I did this, everything successful and applied the Ubuntu font.

On a reboot, everything is gone...every application, all my accounts - Everything.

So I figured, fair enough...Nandroid restore to one from 3 days ago...

Everything is still gone. I am at a bit of a loss now to be honest...I guess I have to set everything up again from scratch :(

Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Woah... OK, very strange. First of all apologies for the trouble caused.

I've never had this problem happen before, or never heard of anyone getting it either. Font Changer doesn't do anything other than remounting system, and copying files from the SD card to system, or copying from system to system, so I'm a bit at a loss to see what could have made you loose your /data and possibly /sd-ext. What did you do before installing Busybox? Did you do something in recovery, or with another root application?

Another thing I would try would be to restore your Nandroid backup from those 3 days ago and install your ROM on top of it (without wiping), then reboot. Let me know how you get on.
[Android Apps and Games] PureLoneWolf:
Not your fault - These things happen.

Have managed to get some of it back - I use CM7 with the legacy app2sd...I think it is a cut down firerat script.

I reflashed the app2sd and it brought most things back (wish I had done that before...have done quite a lot in the last 3 days :S)

I can only think that upgrading Busybox did something that reset the symlinks that app2sd uses.

I am going to try Font Changer again once I restore my missing texts etc - Will report back.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
It's always good to reboot straight away after you do any changes to the system (so A2SD scripts, root applications which modify the partitions), otherwise the problems may pile up. I've been using S2E for CM7 without problems so far here, but not sure how different that is from the one you're using.

It does seem like it could have been Busybox's fault, however it still puzzles me. Good luck and let me know how you'll get on.
[Android Apps and Games] PureLoneWolf:
I did...well, almost. Been running CM7 with app2sd for a long time.

My day today:

Installed Font Changer

Ran Font Changer

It prompted me to install BusyBox, so I did

Chose Ubuntu font and applied it

Selected Reboot Now

Everything was gone :eek:

Nandroid Restore from Recovery

Everything still gone :eek::eek:

Checked app2sd status in ADB - Not functioning or available

Back to recovery, flash legacy App2SD

Reboot - Most things working again (some widgets broken..wrong wallpaper etc)

Am restoring all the stuff from the last few days now though :) Don't see any problems.

**EDIT**

Ok, so it must have been something to do with the BusyBox upgrade. When I installed Font Changer this time around, it didn't tell me BusyBox was out of date....applied the font I wanted, rebooted...all working fine.

Still, the experience could be worth it for someone else out there :)
[Android Apps and Games] ivolol:
I noticed, when previewing the Bold font, it comes up as Bold italic.

I have double checked when transferring that what I have transferred is indeed Bold and not Bold-Italic.

Just trying out the Ubuntu font atm.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Yes, I'm aware of that issue and will look into it. But as I wrote already don't expect updates any time soon. I need to get through my exams first (ugh) and then finish work on the advanced mode.
[Android Apps and Games] mihachris:
Hello!

I've been using fontchanger with Helvetica on my LG p500 with Froyo. Recently I flashed CM7 ROM and I managed succesfully to change my fonts. However when I surf on greek sites (I'm greek) many letters of the greek alphabet appear as boxes with questionmarks. I know that the Helvetica font doesn't include greek letters but when I had Froyo they appeared with the default font of Android.

So is there a way to solve this?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Not really, other than picking a font which has those characters included. You could also edit the font, but good luck with that as its not an easy process.

However have a read here (Wikipedia) as it seems that there exist Greek versions as well.
[Android Apps and Games] DrRyder:
Looks like it's working on the Evo. Just tried it and applied the Century Gothic font. Applied it perfectly. I thought I was getting a wakelock with it, but Maps was also running so I killed it and it seems that it's sleeping just fine.

Awesome app.
[Android Apps and Games] Sinistah_:
Where would be a good site to find a lot of fonts for this app?
[Android Apps and Games] wascapsfan:
Really struggling with this font changer

Could someone please walk me through this process.

I have a few fonts that I pulled from a zip file and opened them, changed them to a ttf file, placed them in a folder called .fontchanger but can't get the fontchanger lite 1.8.6 to recognize them.

3 hours of trying.

Please advise.

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] aftab565:
Can anyone tell what are the best looking font on ur phone ?

so that i can try them out .

i tried arial.ttf , seouge UI , cosmic ,

these fonts looks gr8 on ma desire .
[Android Apps and Games] Sinistah_:
I did my steps through my computer but I:

1.) Downloaded font changer on market place

2.) Downloaded fonts on my computer, unzipped them then grabbed the font file inside the "system/font" file.

3.) Dragged em to my mounted sd card into the file ".fontchanger"

4.) Unmounted

5. Went to font changer app refreshed and they were there.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
You should take a look at what Sinistah_ wrote. Also if your device has an internal and external SD card (such as the Samsung Galaxy S, amongst others) you should put it on the internal card. This is probably not clear from the instructions.

I like the look of the Ubuntu font. But of course this is all highly subjective.
[Android Apps and Games] Sinistah_:
Is it possible for this app to start making your phone hot?? Ever since I changed the text my phone battery has been heating up constantly.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
By changing text you mean changing font, right? I have heard before that some people had instabilities when changing the font. However I heard this happen more when the density was changed, as the system needs to scale the graphics and fonts. It is by no way Font Changer's fault, it can only be an effect of having changed the font.

Did you do anything else to your device? I would give it a day or two, as it could always be a placebo effect.
[Android Apps and Games] Sinistah_:
My phones oc'd n such n it ran fine before the change of the look of my text. You could be right though, I'll give a day or two n report back to say if it cleared up or not.
[Android Apps and Games] jm1218:
Going to have to try this out. Thank you in advanced. Sounds sweet.
[Android Apps and Games] berek9999:
I've tried this with several fonts, and although it works and looks great I'm finding that I get a trail of square box characters at the end of some strings. e.g. in the recent apps list, and in the browser tabs in Dolphin Mini.

This seems to happen with every font I've tried. I'm running CM7 on a Desire HD.

Any ideas what's going on?
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Not sure I'm afraid. If the font was corrupted while copying then you would have most likely been stuck in a boot loop. Any chance for a screen shot, if you're still running that font? I could think that some characters are missing in your fonts, and hence why the boxes, but it strikes me that it would happen so often.
[Android Apps and Games] ~CR7~:
when the app changes the system font, does it rename it to the name of the font we are using, or does it keep the system font name?
[Android Apps and Games] denis9908:
hd2 can use?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] Goronok:
Martin-

Thanks for a great app, works perfectly on my Thunderbolt :-)

I do have one question. Do you know of a way to decrease font sizes, specifically in sub-menus. A few of the fonts I have tried are too big (?) ...
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Woah! A lot of correspondence today...

Sorry, but I'm afraid not. The only way it can be done is by changing the AOSP code. You can virtually emulate the effect with the density changer, but this will change the size of everything else, and may as well break some applications.

It needs to keep the system font name, so it essentially overwrites it. Otherwise it wouldn't be picked up, but don't worry as a backup is made automatically.

Give it a try and see. If not it will either tell you, crash, or not work at all.

Thanks :) I'll add the TB to the list of known devices. As far as the rest goes, take a look at my reply to bookerok. Otherwise if you feel up to it you can edit the font yourself with some tool.

Hope this all helps.
[Android Apps and Games] PhillipJennings5:
damn thats sexy! what rom and font is that?
[Android Apps and Games] $pitacular1:
I installed this on my MT4G - rooted, s-off, running the GB leak

After a couple of font changes, the Market starts force closing (as well as other apps), and the only way to fix it is a full restore. Once it got so bad I couldn't even power on my phone, but luckily with a battery pull and booting into recovery, I was able to restore.

I have no problem with the fact I paid for the full version, I always support development, however I would like it to work without glitches like that.

Any suggestions on how to fix?
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
First of all thanks for the support, however I'm afraid this is not an issue which I've heard of before. I can think of a couple of things which could cause it, with the last one being most likely in my opinion.

1) Changing the font itself. You can test this by changing a font with Root Explorer manually. Just copy your chosen font into /system/fonts/ as DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf. Afterwards reboot.

2) The (quick) reboot messes something up. Android applications can't reboot the device in a safe way (only systems apps can do this), therefore this could mess something app. You can test by not rebooting when the applications asks you to, but instead doing it yourself by using the POWER button.

I don't see any problems with 1 and 2, with respect to your problem. If either of those fails your device will boot loop right after changing the font, and that will be it. Which leads me to 3...

3) Custom ROM and/or some root apps. You're running a leaked GB ROM, probably with some community tweaks and who knows what other stuff. I would say that this is the most likely reason. The only way you can test this point is to go back to a stock rooted ROM and see if the issues happen there too. (On a second note, how much free space have you got on your system partition?)

I'm sorry that I couldn't help you more. Since I don't have an MT4G to try replicate the issue, or a device which has the same problems (running it on three phones here without any trouble), these are the only things that I can suggest.

Let me know how you'll get on.
[Android Apps and Games] $pitacular1:
It appears #2 was the issue. I didn't think it was the ROM because the tweaks on the official GB leak were so minor.. basically just to preserve root during the flash.. But ever since I did manual reboots I've had no issues. Thanks for the help!
[Android Apps and Games] yopete525:
I'm getting a problem similar to berek9999. The boxes seem to appear when ellipses would otherwise be used, and always after the first set of ellipses:

This is also evident in the browser, but they disappear once the page has loaded:

The font I'm using also seems to be missing a character for the minus ('-') sign, which I find odd.

Using an AMOLED HTC Incredible running CM7 Nightly 74, no screen density modifications, with the WP7 SegoeWP font.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
You're welcome :)

Could you please attach that font (if the license permits it)? My exams are nearly over and I have a couple of CM7-capable devices so I'll try to take a look at it within a week. When you check the sizes of the files, so the one that is stored on the SD card and DroidSans.ttf in /system/fonts, are they the same? (Just asking out of curiosity, although I doubt that the phone would actually boot if the font got corrupted while copying.)
[Android Apps and Games] yopete525:
I was using SegoeWP in those screenshots, but now I'm using SegoeWP Light, which can be found in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13929276&postcount=530

It's using the outdated script, so I pulled the fonts from the zip, renamed them and applied it with Font Changer. I have my minus sign now, but the ellipses still turn into blocks after the first set. The only thing I can think of doing is updating the script and trying to flash the font manually through recovery to see whether the ellipse problem is still there.

I didn't check the file size for SegoeWP, but they match for SegoeWP Light which I'm using now.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Thanks. Yeah, give it a try by applying it through recovery. Maybe if you haven't rebooted your phone since applying the font through Font Changer try to reboot using the POWER button. Maybe a quick boot or unsafe boot screwed something up.
[Android Apps and Games] joak0068:
Just what I've been looking for!
[Android Apps and Games] yopete525:
So it turns out updating the script to edify isn't as simple as replacing the old update-script with the new update-script and update-binary. In other words, I haven't been able to apply the font through recovery still. I just switched back to the original Segoe WP font with Font Changer and did a power button shut down/turn on, all of the issues from before are still present.

If you can modify the zip to be flashable with CWM3, I'd be happy to test it. Alternatively, I could flash an older recovery and try the font that way.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Apologies for the late reply. I couldn't try it out on my CM7 device as I'm currently reshuffling the phones in my household, however I did try it on my Samsung Galaxy S with stock Samsung firmware (running 2.3.3) and no problems. So I'm afraid that I don't have a solution for you at the moment, but I'll keep looking into it over time.
[Android Apps and Games] yopete525:
Alright thanks, i think the issue is with the font packages themselves because flashing droid sans with font changer doesn't have the same issues. I'd like to know what's in droid sans that's different from all the other fonts. Something that has to do with ellipses it seems like.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Version 2.0.0 is out. And yeah, the big jump in the versioning does mean more features than just bug fixes :) The changelog is as follows:

Added advanced mode with font picker for individual fonts

Fixed rename bug

Fixed bold font previews

Fixed changing font location bug

Added Bulgarian translation (Никола Андреев)

Added Spanish translation (Dani)

Lots of other updates and fixes (code was refactored)

note: translations will be updated in the next few weeks (translators please wait for my email)

note: refresh if your fonts will be missing after the update

In addition to the above changes I pretty much rewrote the application. You probably won't see many changes, but it should be quicker and safer now. I tested it for the past two days, but that does not that mean that it is bug free (as with all big releases).

Grab it on the Market or in the OP. Enjoy :)
[Android Apps and Games] c4p3fi3rr:
I have the same issue with the app. I'm on a HTC Desire amoled, with CM7.0.3. I'll buy the app as soon as this gets fixed. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mjuksel:
Too bad its not working on LG 2X Speed :(
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Version 2.0.1 update. Mainly just big fixes to the newly released version, but I also found some older bugs that I fixed. Now the application will check beforehand whether there is enough space to apply a font, so hopefully less boot loops for people who are short on space in the /system partition.

Fixed startup force closes when checking for superuser (Android bug)

Fixed setting monospace font on stock Android

Added space checks (when creating backups and setting fonts) as some devices have little space on /system

Updated Russian translations (Novoselov Michael)

I don't think that's an issue of the application. I never came across the issue on any of my three devices that I have at home. I think it's quite specific to certain ROMs and fonts. That's all I know for now...

Do you get some error, or what happens? Sorry, but I need more details to understand what the problem could be.
[Android Apps and Games] Mjuksel:
I select the font that i want, then it asks for reboot so i do a reboot..

After reboot still the same font, no changes whatsoever :)

info about my phone is in my signature (stock + root)
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Well, I've done some Googling and as it turns out the LG2X does allow you to change fonts without rooting. So I think I'll leave it at that I'm afraid. What happens if you switch to the default font in the LG2X's settings? That works for the SGS, so it might here too...
[Android Apps and Games] Mjuksel:
Lol it works now :p went to default font and it changed to the one i set :) !

Thx

Sent from my LG-P990
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Cool. So LG does it like Samsung then ^^
[Android Apps and Games] Oliie23:
Does it work with an SD version of CM7?
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
What is an SD version of CM7? I never heard of that before, but it does work on normal CM7.
[Android Apps and Games] Oliie23:
Ok nevermind. I've just flashed a nand cm7 and changed the font, and it works.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Oh, I think I understand now. Do you have an HD2 or a Nook?
[Android Apps and Games] agreen1985:
Fonts

Thanks for a very handy tool! One question, is it possible to have different fonts for different applications, for example I want one font for the whole system, and I want the default font for the browser?
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Glad you like it :)

I'm afraid what you'd like is not actually possible. There's one default/system font which is used wide throughout the system and that's it, unless the developer of a particular application decides to use a different font. However that is not something that I can control, either through an API or some root hack.
[Android Apps and Games] kuroihoshi:
great app works well on my aria
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
I know there haven't been updates recently, and there need to be some as there are some errors in the new version, however I've been quite busy with things in my life. Anyway, here is at least a couple of small updates which bumped the version to 2.1.0. The list of changes is:

Added SD card mount checks

Fixed a couple of advanced mode force closes

Updated basic mode refresh to be more robust

Updated Russian and Spanish translations (Novoselov Michael and Dani)

Grab it in the OP as usual or on the Market. And thanks to everyone for the continuous support.
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalSpecialist:
Thanks for the changelog.

works perfectly fine on a Incredible running OMGB & OMFGB
[Android Apps and Games] codeXcalibur:
Hi,

does this work on pre-rooted Sense stock ROMs? (Desire S)

Edit: it worked like a charm!
[Android Apps and Games] creektrack:
Working great on the EVO 3D....Only problem is that the reboot doesn't work, I have to choose reboot later and do a reboot through the phone instead of the app...BTW, I am running [MIKROMS] Chogardjr3d rom and the Silverneedle Kernel...
[Android Apps and Games] Ditamae:
First, I love your app, it has worked perfectly for me in the past. But I am currently having the same issue a couple users described above. In the place of ellipses my devices shows a string of boxes. This issue occurs on two different devices, and I have tried a manual font change as well - but the problem persists. I used the same font package with stock 2.2 (w/ Font Changer) and it worked flawlessly. However, I'm now running CM 7.1.0 on both devices, and both show the boxes where ellipses should be. I love the Cyanogen ROM (and my custom font) and I would be so grateful if someone could share a solution or a suggestion. Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Apologies, I was away on a holiday. But yes, as you found out, HTC Sense devices should work just fine.

Yeah, it's a known problem on some devices. Never figured out the actual problem though. However if you set quick boot in the options then your device should be able to reboot fine.

I wish I was able to reproduce this problem, but so far I couldn't. As such I can't really offer any help, but if you tried a manual change and the same thing happens then I think there are only two possibilities; there is something wrong with the font or Android itself has some problems with font decoding. Neither of those I can affect.
[Android Apps and Games] blueren:
I have a problem. I loved the app and installed the free version from the market. It worked smoothly for the first 2 times. The third time i restarted, the fonts are getting recognized by the app, but it keeps telling me - failed to load font, apply at your own risk.

I reinstalled t he app 3 times over but this problem persists. What do I do now?

EDIT - got it working.
[Android Apps and Games] skadoosh:
hey is there any way to change the font size seems a bit small..thought may changing the size to large on dafont would work but it didnt..any help would be appreciated thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] Ditamae:
I believe I've read before from Martino that changing font size is not possible. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
[Android Apps and Games] martino2k6:
Just out of curiosity, how did you get it to work in the end?

As Ditamae mentioned already there is no way to change the font size using Font Changer. You can emulate the effect with the density changer, but that's about as close you can get. Otherwise you could try editing the font on a PC to make it bigger, however I'm not sure how to do this myself or what the effects end up being.

Thanks for answering, and indeed you are correct.

Apologies once again for the lag in replies and updates. I'm currently getting settled into a new job and new life so I'm waiting for things to get a bit normalised and then I'll resume work on Font Changer, as it used to be before.

Thanks for the continued support.
[Android Apps and Games] DKJae:
need help!! wont work on MIUI 1.8.12 eng.

I've been using ur app for a long time with no problem but as I was updating

new version of MIUI 1.8.12 from 1.8.5(both eng version), it stopped working..

can anyone help?
[Android Apps and Games] :
First I want to say what a great app this is and a change of font really makes your phone feel fresh again!

However, I've been having this issue where I see these boxes with question marks in some spots. I think it's when the system has to shorten the text with "..." then it shows those boxes after the dots. Here's some examples: pic1, pic2. I've tried different fonts and I think most if not all have had these sort of issues. I wonder if there's something missing from the font file or what's the cause? I mean, there should be basically nothing in place of those boxes. I wonder if you could just fix it somehow? Maybe by placing the missing letter(?) in the font from the stock font for example.