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i just installed custom name applate.so i can change the text of the operator which is shown on the desktop.


i have got an idea today from this app if any one of you can make an app by which we can edit as many text editing as possible on n900.for example we can change text for "one application successfully installed" or "Bluetooth set is on" or "backup complete" etc. i wonder if we can change text of our own choice

also if we could add custom sound to our device like "when i click" or "when app is installed" or "when backup is complete" or "when i unlock the device" or any warning sound etc. i wonder if we can change sound of our own choice

what do you think???

update:- i made a video about the sound hacking (not how to) but you can see the sound effact! here

UDPDATE:-here is how to about changing system sound Click here

haha,

a program voor n900 make n900 absolutly different from any other phone???

I say this only ONCE, the n900 IS completly different than any other phone,from it's self....

Would be kinda cool, but is it really neccessary? i like the sound idea but i wouldn't use the text. + you could probably change the sounds anyway if you just changed the sound files if you can find them?

Yeah that's a good idea, I agree with you. It will be a good way to have a "unique" N900!!!

Yeah, probably adding the sound of FREEEEEEEDOM when successfully installing an app with the text "Scotland is yours" would be cool.

imagine if it is your own voice then!!!!!!!

i want adding sound in my own voice "mission accomplished" with the text "great n900 has got one more app sir"

would be cool to make my n900 unique

call Mel Gibson....he will help you

You can do this already. You have to do a custom "translation" of the UIs in question. If you want to do it the quick'n'dirty way, grab the .mo files for the app you want to edit from (where en_US is replaced with the locale you have set up - for me, it's English (United States), it might be different for you). As an example, use the hildon-fm.mo file (the file manager texts). Now, copy that file from the device to your computer, and use to convert it to a plaintext gettext file. You can then open and edit this using e.g. poedit. After you are done editing, save it, and use to compile the message catalog again. Now, copy the updated catalog to your device in the same folder as the old file (/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES) and make sure the permissions are correct.

You might need root permissions for replacing the files on the device. Be careful!

Sounds are replaced by simply replacing the sound files in or Have fun, but if you break something, you got to keep the pieces

Update: It seems like the "gettext" package is even available in Extras. With an "apt-get install gettext", you can have msgfmt and msgunfmt directly on your N900, and do everything from the X Terminal.

@thp

thanks man i really wanted something like that!!!!

one question
if i break something (lost some .po or mo files) do i have to flash n900 or just restoring the device can bring it back?(from backup)