"Unlock" any Region format on 2.1

I have been trying hard to mod the icudt34l.dat on 2.1 FW in order to unlock the Region formats for almost all countries, and especially mine ( Morocco ), which is not unfortunately among the official iphone coutries, but without any success!!

To hack iphone locales is not an easy task, even for the most talented hacker!
In order to customize a locale, you will need to edit the internal database of locale settings. They are stored in the ICU data file (/usr/share/icu/icudt34l.dat).

Then I happen to read, after some research, a thai forum where they describe a very easy trick to get your Region Format for 2.1 FW, and this trick is valid for any country, at least it worked for mine and I am quite sure it should work for any country, providing you know the 2 "official" letters of your country.
For Morocco, it is "ma". For Thailand, it is "th", etc......

Now, here is the method:

1. install Erica Utilities via Cydia

2. use terminal of winscp via SSH and type(remember this is for Morocco: ma_MA):
/usr/bin/plutil -s AppleLocale -v ma_MA /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist

Then execute

3. Respring your 3G iphone.

Now, if you go to Settings/General/International, you will find in Region Format for this particular case : Morocco!

Et Voila, an easy and quick way to get any Region Format for any country!!!

The only trick is to replace the ma_MA by the initials of your particular country.
For example, for Thailand, it would be th_TH .

ENJOY:D:D

PS : You can find your country by using this site:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...u_d%27Internet

UPDATE : I also found out that you could change the language of the date by alternating :
For example, for Morocco :

-if you use ma_MA : you get the date in english, no matter what the language is defined!
-if you use fr_MA : you get the date in french, no matter what the language is defined!

cool,

will try that out, but what do u think i should use for Saudi Arabia

SA??

thx

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Originally Posted by riyadhNY

cool,

will try that out, but what do u think i should use for Saudi Arabia

SA??

thx

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Sorry, but not being able to answer your request without a little google!

You could try, as I did, as many combinations as you could: it is harmless.
For Morocco, I first tried mo_MO, it did not work out for Morocco, and added Macao SAR China! Very funny!!!!

Then, I tried mor_MOR, it gave nothing : I told you it is harmless!!

Then, I tried ma_MA, and BOOM : IT WORKED.

That has to do with the official international abreviations for carrier bundles.
I googled for you and found a site: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...u_d%27Internet
For Saudi Arabia, it should be sa_SA .

ENJOY:) and google next time!

what do you mean by region format? do you mean dates , time ...etc?

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Originally Posted by adood84

what do you mean by region format? do you mean dates , time ...etc?

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Settings/General/International/Region Format

It should be Date, Time, and Phone Number Format. For the latest, you should insert your country at least in the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist, and if you can in the PhoneFormats/UIDefaultFormats.phoneformat, a bit complicated for the latest!

Cheers

Can someone with Mac experience illustrate this method to use with Terminal?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Makh

Can someone with Mac experience illustrate this method to use with Terminal?

Thanks

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I do not have Mac experience, but you can also:

1.install Erica Utilities via Cydia

2.install terminal via Cydia

3.use terminal and type su, return, when asked type alpine for password, then return

4.type the command I gave with the initials of your country,then return

5.reboot iPhone

ENJOY, it should work but I did not try it!
It should be totally harmless for your iphone!:D:D

With Mac OS X, or WINDOWS, or Linux, you can also:

1.install Erica Utilities via Cydia

2.install mobile terminal via Cydia

3.use terminal and type su, return, when asked type alpine for password, return

4.type /usr/bin/plutil -s AppleLocale -v ma_MA /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist

with the initials of your country( ma_MA is for Morocco), then return

5. reboot the iphone

Now go to Settings/General/International/Region Format

and VOILA : you will find your country selected in Region Format !!!!!

I just tried it in another iphone, and this method works 100% !!! Just remember as all commands, it is very case sensitive!

ENJOY

My region setting was automatically set to my country but if you click region it is not listed there...any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by observer365

My region setting was automatically set to my country but if you click region it is not listed there...any thoughts?

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It should not be important as long as the iphone, as well as the apps downloaded, react to your Region Format, and not to anyone listed in the Region Format.

This problem will be completely solved when a nice and very talented hacker will mod the original icudt34l.dat for iphone 3G, located in usr/share/icu.

It has already been modded in the 2G iphone by timschuerewegen, and not yet for the 3G. That file contains all the countries, but Apple has limited it only to apple iphone supported countries!!!!!

Apple is the Devil.....but we love it!!:D:D