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These rules are only to be followed and enforced around New Year? 55555

I can confirm that Buri Ram police look at brake lights that are not functioning and fine the driver 200 ฿. That just happened about two weeks ago to a Thai friend of mine with Buri Ram car registration plate.

Hearing this story, I imagine what would happen if security personnel of the Munich Underground would not let more or less drunk people returning from the Munich Oktoberfest use the underground train to get home. Of course, it is forbidden to keep drinking inside the train and show rowdy behaviour. Normally, there were no problems to let these people use the Underground -- confirmed by my personal experience.

This is an old red herring, and been kicked around so many times, always best to get a Thai driving license when driving in Thailand and easier enough to do if you have a full UK one.

Anyway, can drive with a full Uk license DL it is valid up to 90 days in Thailand from point of entry, don't know how they count the days here though after that 90 days you will have to get a Thai one.

In 1 year I would guess they would count that 4 x 21 days is 85 days.

Well, not technically true.

You will need an IDP to be legal with your UK license... will it matter ? Possibly, depending on who stops you, realistically it'll cost 100bt and a nice smile if you get stopped.

Insurance ? Don't expect to get any payout using a UK license, you'll be on yer own!

totster

Well technically maybe at one time but as Stevie said I think you find I am right about the IDP no need for a IDP with a UK license in Thailand because written in English and the Thailand license has English as well as Thai of course.

I assume that if the original DL is from Germany (written only in German) then the International Drivers License is needed. The German one needs not to be translated into Thai, right? The International one will suffice?

I have built a house in Isarn together with my Thai wife and visit it regularly with the wife and kids (I live with my family in Europe when not in Thailand). Relatives of my Thai wife are looking after the house when we are not there.

Who is then to report to the local immigration that I will be staying at "my" house?

Am I the household-master even though I do not appear in the blue "tabian baan"? I don't possess the yellow one. Apparently, I am the only "alien", since the wife and our kids are Thai nationals.

Update:

I just returned home from Thailand. I was also in MBK Shopping Center and asked at the 4th floor several mobile vendors if I could get Thai fonts on my HTC Wildfire. Each time I get the answer, "No", it is not possible. Only one vendor additionally offered to update the Android operating system to contain Thai fonts. But that would last about 3 hours and cost 800 Baht. And some of my personal data would get lost. I decided then to do nothing.

Maybe this offer would perform the same steps which have been already recommended in this thread?

I guess your carrier had the Thai fonts removed from their 2.2.1 build. That just doesn't make any sense. Since the Wildfire has a locked down NAND your only choice is to change the recovery with Unrevoked, which will also root your phone in the process. Then you can use Root Explorer to add the Thai font previously provided.

http://unrevoked.com/

Only today did I manage to visit a Vodafone technician locally and explained my problem to him. He said that he cannot help here, but I should contact the manufacturer HTC and ask there why Thai Fonts are not available. So I will get in contact with HTC.

The Vodafone technician also admitted that the Vodafone branding may be the cause of not being able to handle Thai fonts.

Are you sure your Wildfire is running 2.2 and not 2.1. Every phone I have updated to 2.2 included the file for Thai fonts. It is a standard part of the Android build from 2.2 onwards. It is hard to believe it was removed when HTC compiled the ROM. There is really no reason to do that. I just updated another brand of phone from 2.1 to stock 2.2 (AT&T Captivate version of the Galaxy S). Before the update it was on 2.1 and didn't support Thai fonts. After the update to 2.2 it supported Thai fonts without any modifications. Can you take a photo of your About Phone screen where it shows the Android version and Kernel and post it please. On HTC's website the Wildfire is listed as 2.1 device. Did you upgrade it to 2.2 after you bought it?

When I bought the smartphone, it had Android 2.1. Then I read in the Internet forums that with the update to 2.2, I would be able to read Thai fonts. So I looked forward for the update to come. Finally, in December 2010, I got the update message and did the update to 2.2.1. However, I was so disappointed that even with the update to 2.2.1, I was not able to read Thai fonts.

I have attached the requested screen photo.

That's why I asked in this forum for help.

It seems that rooting a HTC Wildire with Android 2.2.1

is not (yet) possible. Soft root would be enough? That seems to be possible.

Try this.

http://www.gadgetsdn...oid-phone/4499/

Thanks for the link, but htis will

1. wipe my device

2. eliminate all branding with their provider-supplied apps

3. install a complete new ROM

As I simply want to push a file (with the Thai fonts) into a specific directory on the smartphone, I don't think that much effort is worth it. There must be a simpler way.

I want to read Thai letters keeping Android 2.2.1 and all the apps and data.

I read in another forum that Soft Root is not enough because I have to write onto a special secured area (directory system/font). And "Hard" Root isn't available for Android 2.2.1.

Oops, I didn't realize how hard it can be to root an HTC device. For my phone I used a program called "One-click Root" and was done in ~ 30 sec.

Maybe have a read through this --> http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=788776

And go to http://unrevoked.com/#wildfire

I still say you could get this done at a mobile phone repair stand in a few minutes, certainly less time than you've probably spent so far?

Your link confirmed my assumption that rooting a Wildfire with Android 2.2.1 is at present not possible. You first have to downgrade which is not an option for me.

Do you mean a phone repair stand in Bangkok? If yes, that would not help me now, since I am in Germany now and would like to read e-mails in Thai now. Will be in Thailand only in a few months, though.

It seems that rooting a HTC Wildire with Android 2.2.1

is not (yet) possible. Soft root would be enough? That seems to be possible.

[...] All you need to do is install one file that contains the Thai script support to the font directory on your Wildfire. [...]

You don't need that. Just need to install the Thai font for displaying Thai script, and there are many free Thai keyboards in the Android Market. You have to pay for the CN stuff if it isn't preinstalled on your device. The preisntalled apks are protected for that model of phone only.

Yes that's true, the o/p doesn't say where the phones were purchased. If in Thailand the CN products may be available to install freely, at least that happened in my case for another model HTC phone.

I looked around for CN Thai Suite for Android and only got links where you have to pay for the download.

To make things clear, I purchased both HTC Wildfires in Germany (D2 and 1&1 are German mobile companies and seem to have created their own version of Android 2.2.1 on my smartphones).

Is it at all technically possible in my case to install the CN Thai Suite on an HTC bought in Germany and branded?

Option 3.) of Iomatopo would be the most interesting option. However, is Android SDK available for Windows XP?

I don't think that just installing a Thai keyboard would show Thai fonts.

What version of Android are you running? If it is an older version you need to load Thai fonts onto the device. Do to that you will need ADB access. Do you know what this is? If yes you I can give you a link for the fonts that you just overwrite into /system/fonts on your device and reboot.

[...]

I have Android 2.2.1 installed. No, I don't have experience with ADB access, so I need a step-by-step instruction. If the problem is solved just by overwriting fonts, that would be great...

I have two HTC Wildfire smartphones. Both on emails and websites with Thai fonts, I get only empty rectangles instead of the Thai letters.

What shall I do to get Thai letters displayed?

Both smartphones are branded (D2, 1&1). Is there an udpate or App for Thai fonts or do I have to de-brand the smartphones?

Anybody else with HTC Wildfires without Thai letters?

You may be right. My ESRI map from Gadget Trend is only in English but the guy who loaded my map knew I wanted English. It's odd that my unit gives a choice of about a dozen different languages but NO Thai language. Garmin gives this message for the Thai map;

For domestic US market only

There is a substantial difference between the ESRI map sold in the US and the one sold in Thailand: The map sold in the US cannot be updated for free as the ESRI map sold in Thailand and contains only V7 not V8.

@Gary A:

How is the resolution detail of your ESRI map for Buri Ram province and vicinity? Small streets are contained here for Amphoe Huay Rat?

Simply put, your phone acts as a dial-up modem. You would "dial" *99#, no username or password required as this is done the CPID.

You need to 'connect' the phone to the PC (Bluetooth or USB data cable), then get the PC to recognize the phone as a modem, then set-up a connection using the *99# dial-string.

Be aware that that model has pretty limited data capabilities, GPRS only (no EDGE) and a max. speed of 48 bps.

You can pay 1 baht/min on the fly or subscribe to a monthly package.

AIS/One-2Call call centre is 1175, press 2 for an English-speaking agent.

Data connectivity charges are deducted from your pre-paid balance.

Thanks for the info. In the meantime, I got step-by-step instructions for setting up the mobile handset and the PC from AIS customer support itself by email. They respond within 24 hours! I have still to try if this setup really works.

AIS customer support also writes: "If you use it in Germany it will be 1.50baht/KB" So there is no time-based billing abroad? (This is only for test purposes testing the setup in Germany first.) My Thai SIM card is already activated for international roaming so I can receive calls to the mobile Thai number.

Are there only time-based billing plans in Thailand, no volume-based ones?

I also want to connect to the Internet in Thailand via GPRS (mobile phone connected via USB to Notebook).

I have a Thai SIM card (1-2-Call) in my Motorola V525 which is connected to my Notebook (having Windows Vista installed). How do I setup the Internet connection for the handset and for the computer? Where do I get the configuration settings for AIS GPRS?