NativeCN 2.30 enables Chinese input on iPhone
by Sean Cooper 
posted Nov 9th 2007 at 3:34AM
Wow, there's a hack that's sure to bring smiles to many people's mugs, we'd seen Chinese on an iPhone before but it was all smoke and mirrors, this seems to be real. NativeCN 2.30 is free, supports simplified and traditional Chinese, and only requires some minor fiddling -- and firmware 1.1.1 -- to get it running. We thought to bring you a guide but Google's translation left us mostly confused, so if you feel you can help your fellow readers with a quick translation, the stage is all yours.
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Mac @ Nov 9th 2007 4:29AM
installion method 1
0: you have to have installer and BSD subsystem
1: use Safari to go to www.iphone.org.hk
2: press the icon, http://www.iphone.org.hk/Applications/NativeCn.app/icon.png
and say yes to start the plist install
3: at home page,, go to installer -> sources
4: go to a blank uncategorized item
5: hit refresh, until the blank item turns into "Happy Chinese iPhone!"
6: press install
7: you'll see Localiztion
8: under it, you'll see NativeCn
installion method 2
0: you must have BSD Subsystem, and Installer Version 3 and above.
If you have only 2.0, Installer should prompt you to upgrade to
the latest version
1: on iPhone, start INstaller app
2: In INstaller, on the lower right corner, press the "Source"
icon
3: Under "Source", press the top right corner "Edit" button,
and then press top left corner "Add" button
4: put http://www.iphone.org.hk/repository.plist
5: Back to installer, press the lower right corner "Install" icon
6: Under INstall, you'll now see a new category "Localization"
7: Under it, you'll see NativeCn
install method 3
1: Download program from http://www.iphone.org.hk/attach/9935-NativeCn_2.30.zip
2: use ssh/scp(WinSCP) to put NativeCn.app into iPhone under
/Applications
3: use ssh(Putty) to connect to your iPhone, and type the
following commands:
cd /Applications/NativeCn.app
chmod +x ncn
4: restart iPhone or restart SpringBoard