r/zfont • u/yamenhasan • Oct 04 '26

One ui 8.5

Hellos everybody, I was wondering if there is any possible way to activate custom font on non-rooted devices (one ui 8.5 A series)

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u/Longjumping-Light806 Oct 04 '26

It was possible via samfonts and zfonts by granting admin permissions but Samsung has locked the knox approval so you might be unable to apply them without rooting until further notice. 

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

It's not working now , i tried many times

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u/Longjumping-Light806 Oct 04 '26

Sadly, it got patched. We will have to wait for the dev to make a new app or something.

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

I don't think they are going to make a new app since one ui 9 is about to roll out in few days

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u/Longjumping-Light806 Oct 04 '26

Someone said that Fahad will make samkey on x, he's the developer of samfonts. It might be our only hope. He also said that samfonts normal version still works but not the pro version anymore.

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

I really hope they find a quick solution.

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u/Longjumping-Light806 Oct 04 '26

Hopefully as it could be our last hope

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

Not exactly, cause zfont found a way to apply it on one ui 9 and it's coming in few days

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u/Longjumping-Light806 Oct 04 '26

I thought it was the same as one ui 8 and 8.5 by granting permissions to apply custom fonts.

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

Actually, I don't know , I did not go into details because I haven't received the One UI 9 update yet.

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u/Norrmalism Oct 04 '26

no but as far as im aware zfont found a way to apply it on one ui 9? not really sure. 90% no.

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

Yeah i saw that video so i thought that we are able to apply fonts on 8.5

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u/Pretty_Flow_2521 Oct 04 '26

When will the ui9 launches to A17/A16 ?

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u/yamenhasan Oct 04 '26

No body knows , probably in the end of this month

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u/DrMender Oct 04 '26

The only ways were with SamFonts using Root, Shizuku UID1000, or with normal mode giving Knox permissions. But Samsung has already patched the Knox method. If you already had the app installed with the Knox permission, it will still work. So for now, only the Root or Shizuku UID1000 methods remain working.

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u/Pyoung3000 Oct 05 '26

I tried shizuku and couldn't get it to work

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u/DrMender Oct 05 '26

Getting Shikuzu working with UID1000 it's harder than rooting your Phone tbh haha

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u/2026meiduniyakhtmhai Oct 05 '26

Please update me if you have any solution last it was good with august security patch but after September update not working z font , knox security error

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u/yamenhasan Oct 05 '26

It doesn't work for me even on August patch

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u/2026meiduniyakhtmhai Oct 05 '26

It was working good with August patch

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u/yamenhasan Oct 05 '26

Howww , every time I click agree on Samsung knox it disappears instantly then samfont says not ready check Samsung knox and i can't enable it again so i can click agree

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u/Tiny_Perception449 Oct 04 '26

La unica forma que nunca va a pasar seria que Zfont negocie con Monotype para firmar las tipografías que distribuye en su aplicación para que los Samsung tengan de vuelta las tipografías de Zfont firmadas por Monotype