NEWSFLASH! Version 6.00 PPM Language Pack B for Nokia 8250 released!

[rolo9707]

Version 6.00 PPM Language Pack B for Nokia 8250 (NSM-3D)
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THIS IS THE PPM PACK ONLY, YOU'LL ALSO NEED THE MCU!
IF YOU HAVE V6.00 MCU ALREADY, YOU CAN USE THIS PPM FOR PARTIAL UPDATE.

Languages included:

English +T9
Danish +T9
Norwegian +T9
Swedish +T9
Finnish
German


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This pack was created on the basis of language pack L PPM 6.00 for Nokia 8250 (NSM-3D), language pack B PPM 5.30 for Nokia 8210 (NSM-3) + menu language texts from several other phones, where there was missing entries from the 8210.
The only bits not translated, are the help text for the Screen Saver, help for accessories, and help for switching input modes from Chinese and English.

The texts are:

1151=Lets you create and send Chinese and English text messages. Change input modes with #.Sending requires that this service is activated by the network operator.

1201=Lets you enable the graphical screen saver which will be activated after the selected time, if there is no action in the phone.

1224=Includes options for customising the accessory settings of the phone.



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Tools I used creating this PPM:

PPMMaker 1.05 by Al, for most everything. This tool is awesome!

INOCULATE (Idiomatic Nokia Cellulars Universal LAnguage Translation Environment) 1.4 by valtrig for translations. At first I tried using Excel and Notepad, but with this tool it's a breeze!

nasNFCon (nas DCT3 Flash Converter) 0.0.1. Good Converter, also works fine for fixing CRC Checksums, and testing if the flashes really worked, before trying them out on the phone.

Hex Workshop 3.1 I used for changing the ID on the PPM from "L" to "B" by importing the flash (in *.fls format) and simply changing the letters, saving the file, and then fix the CRC's in nasNFCon.

I used WinDLS 2.7 by VirtualM for flashing,
and since I am working on WinXP I had to use UserPort 1.0 by Tomas Franzon to have full access to the Parallell Port, and my Dejan Cable.

Had it not been for Dejan Kaljevic, I would not have been able to flash the phone at all. Thanks, man!

[THE-MATRIX]

Originally posted by rolo9707
Version 6.00 PPM Language Pack B for Nokia 8250 (NSM-3D)
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Tools I used creating this PPM:

INOCULATE (Idiomatic Nokia Cellulars Universal LAnguage Translation Environment) 1.4 by valtrig for translations. At first I tried using Excel and Notepad, but with this tool it's a breeze!




What's that??

[rolo9707]

INOCULATE is used together with PPMMaker. First you export the LPCS and the TEXT (complete package) with PPMMaker.

Example: I have a Nokia 8250 that I want to have menus and T9 in my language on. If I have a flash image from a 8210 in my language, I can translate most of the text almost instantly with INOCULATE.

First I open the PPM Pack from the 8210 in PPMMaker, exporting the LPCS and the TEXT in my language, and also the COMPLETE TEXT package. Then I open the flash from the 8250, import the file containing my language TEXT from the 8210 to the TEXT in the 8250 flash. This done, I export the LPCS and the COMPLETE TEXT from the flash.

Now I can open the texts for editing in INOCULATE under "source text chunk", by first opening the TEXT chunk from the 8210, and when the program asks for it, opening the LPCS file. Do the same for the "destination text chunk". If the source and the destination TEXT has different keyboard mappings, you might want to change LPCS on the destination text. Now, find your language on the source and destination, and select "transfer". Voila!

Now most of the text will be translated on your target flash, but some texts may not have been translated, and some may have to be manually edited even though they have been translated. This may be the case in places where the english text are the same in different menus, but not the same in your language (typically: "Options").

T9 can be added by using export/import as well, but remember; for best result, import both the LDB files and the AORD files.
And check that the language identifiers are correct.
In some cases You might want to change the FONT as well, i.e when translating to a language with accented letters (ö ø å, etc.) in a flash containing only asian languages and english.

You can download INOCULATE here: http://nokiafree.org/forums/attachment.php?postid=75696
PPMMaker is here: http://www.uniquephones.com/nf/ , and it's way better than PPM Manager.

That was maybe more then you asked for, but it's not very difficult, just remember, do not edit on your only copy of the flash, in case it does not work properly after editing it.