Hello all. I recently Odin-ed back to stock 4.3 to take the 4.4 update via Kies. I rooted with TowelRoot no problem but when I went to enable languages (using various apps from Play Store that previously worked fine), nothing happened. Later I found out when I set the locale to ru_RU, in the Android Settings menu the *current* language says Russian (in Russian) however only 2 or 3 languages are actually listed as available for selection. System apps and the UI are NOT in Russian, however 3rd party apps supporting this language are.
Questions:
1. Are the languages included in the ROM and are just not enabled? (I doubt it)
2. If the languages aren't in the ROM, is there a way to add them? (I also doubt it)
3. If there's no way to add languages, can I pick an official ROM that I know will have certain languages and if so, where could I find them?
I have an SCH-i535 running NE1.
Any help would be very appreciated.
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I was earlier having T959UVJFD firmware and then Kies proposed me to upgrade to T959UVJI6.
Upon initial firmware (T959UVJFD) the swype had only English & Spanish, while I needed Russian, & I successfully upgraded it with multilingual version Swype_1.60.36.8214_WVGA.
Now after upgrade to T959UVJI6 they proposed not only English & Spanish in swype, the version 2.2.4.2.10369 has bigger choice & even mic, but still no Russian. Currently the latest multilingual version of Swype I could find is Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA. So I decided to upgrade Swype.
Uninstalling the application appeared not so simple - even when I definitely remove /system/app/Swype.apk I still see Swype in applications list (WTF?). Executing adb uninstall /system/app/Swype.apk gives a failure error. And even after removing /system/app/Swype.apk and trying to install this new Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA I'm getting failure with the code INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE.
The only way to uninstall (so-so) the Swype was using Titanium Backup. But then after installing this new Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA it appears unusable - not only the keyboard doesn't appear but exception upon keyboard launch attempt is thrown. So the only way that worked was to install this Swype 2.2.4.2.10369 back.
What options do I have to upgrade my swype or to add Russian to it? Please advise.
sidoitid said:
I was earlier having T959UVJFD firmware and then Kies proposed me to upgrade to T959UVJI6.
Upon initial firmware (T959UVJFD) the swype had only English & Spanish, while I needed Russian, & I successfully upgraded it with multilingual version Swype_1.60.36.8214_WVGA.
Now after upgrade to T959UVJI6 they proposed not only English & Spanish in swype, the version 2.2.4.2.10369 has bigger choice & even mic, but still no Russian. Currently the latest multilingual version of Swype I could find is Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA. So I decided to upgrade Swype.
Uninstalling the application appeared not so simple - even when I definitely remove /system/app/Swype.apk I still see Swype in applications list (WTF?). Executing adb uninstall /system/app/Swype.apk gives a failure error. And even after removing /system/app/Swype.apk and trying to install this new Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA I'm getting failure with the code INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE.
The only way to uninstall (so-so) the Swype was using Titanium Backup. But then after installing this new Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA it appears unusable - not only the keyboard doesn't appear but exception upon keyboard launch attempt is thrown. So the only way that worked was to install this Swype 2.2.4.2.10369 back.
What options do I have to upgrade my swype or to add Russian to it? Please advise.
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Give this a try http://www.mediafire.com/?7bemb7dn4es79ii
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Give this a try
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Same thing man. It throws the same exception when keyboard is required (launched).
The application Swype (process com.swype.android.inputmethod) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
No solutions as for now. I decided to use an alternative to swype for a while.
The app is called "SlideIT Keyboard". It can be found on the market.
It has Russian language pack available as a separate download.
I hope T-mobile will release either version of Swype with Russian one day or will give a possibility to update swype. Waiting for...
I also want to install russian language in Swype on Froyo 2.2, and from what I read on the internet:to install swype languages, you need to
replace swype.apk in /system/app AND
also replace(?delete? maybe) libSwypeCore.so in system/libs AND
replace/(delete?) com.swype.android.inputmethod folder in data/data.
I tried my old 2.1 swype 1.58.33.7772 (from backup) using the above method, but it's probably not compatible, although it doesn't crash, it also doesn't show any languages to choose. I tried other versions of swype as well (where people kindly provided swype.apk + libSwypeCore.so) , and they worked showing different languages each time, but none had Russian Maybe Swype hasn't released a 2.2 compatible version with Russian language?
If anyone has android 2.2 and Russian language in Swype, could you upload Swype.apk from /system/app and libSwypeCore.so from system/libs
Thanks in advance.
Any updates on this guys? I need to have either russian swype or 3x4 Russian keyboard with T9 (I was able to find 3x4 russian keyboard, but with no T9).
Fortunately with Froyo update from T-mobile I managed to replace default Swype with the new version Swype_2.6.47.11856_WVGA.apk
I lately installed MIUI v6 on my z2, its all good, but as you know official MIUI v6(The one i installed) got only 3 languages (English-2 Chinese).
The weird thing is that i have installed application called "MoreLocale 2" that lets you choose different languages, but it gives different result on different phones, as on MIUI it only translates some stuff.
After applying a language i didn't like the result and uninstalled it,
But, when i entered languages menu in settings, i found out that there was loads of languages added. And they translate everything. So what happened!!!
So this app must have modified your system files. If you want to revert it back as it was then you have to copy the proper file from zip back to your system partition.
I can't remember where languages were located (maybe framework) but Google knows it for sure.
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Luckily not from an iPhone = Yesterdays technology at tomorrows prices
Hello all,
Strange thing happened. Friend asked me to fix something on his phone, but it was on native, Croatian language. I change it to English, as I find it easier to use the phone with.
Than, went back to change it to Croatian, but there is no language to choose from...
There are few English options, French, Italian and few more?!?!?!
Does anyone have idea how to get languages back? Thanks.
wow, strange.. are you on stock lollipop? have you flashed anything?
No man. Its stock, i think KK. So strange.
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I had same problem on KitKat when I flashed clean v10j EUR kdz. I have branded phone and that's the reason why it happened for me. When I flash my telecom branded kdz, I can see my native language in settings.
Is your friend's phone rooted?
Deleting /system/cust folder can cause this too.
You can try to edit build.prop if you have access to superuser. First you need to search line about setup wizard and edit it to force start initial setup app after next reboot (I can't tell you exactly what you must edit because I'm not on stock anymore). There you can select any available language installed on phone. You should skip rest parts to avoid overwriting existing configuration.
I believe there is also other methods to do this without using root. Setup wizard app is frozen after initial configuration of device. You can also try to enable it from Apps > Disabled and use activity launcher to start it (because there isn't app icon in launcher).
Later, I will flash back to stock and try different, simpler methods.
Tell me if you already resolved you problem.
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Hi, i have a OnePlus 6T wich is set to Portuguese Language,
Twrp is installed and phone is rooted and running at the moment official OOS 10.3.4.
The issue i'm facing is, that google decided to translate the playstore to my native language, i don't like the translations, Often misleading but i can live with that, what i dont like is the translation of app name and even after install causing confusion. and even harder to share or when someone seeks help for a app it has the wrong name. or it is not the official name it was released.this causes no Standard or pattern... in the end taking "Windows" software as example, in Portuguese it is still "Windows", not "Janelas"
Is there a way to make the Playstore use the English language, but also maintain my OS Language Portuguese as this is a eyesore and tingling my OCD?
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@dreameater
Because your device is rooted, install Xposed Framework in order to install and run Xposed module named XPosedAppLocale. It allows you to set locales on a per-app basis, which means you can use a different language in each of your Android apps, and finally restore the nuances that always get lost in translation.
I see your point and thanks for your reply , but I already tried that and it didn't work
EdXposed + app locale 1.4 no luck
EdXposed + app locale 2 no luck
EdXposed + app settings no luck...
@dreameater
It annoys me in retrospect that I wasted my time with you.
The note app "Nebo" offers the possibility to convert handwritten notes directly into text. For this you have to download the languages for recognition if you don't want to use English but one of the many other languages. However, not all languages can be downloaded completely, the download stops at around 90% for each language. What's also strange is that you can't even download Chinese as a recognition language. (Officially, English and Chinese can be selected as the system language.) The download works fine on other Android devices, so I think it has to do with the CN Rom.
I'd like to test it but Nebo is 12 USD in the playstore.
Are you using playstore version or a sideloaded apk?
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The note app "Nebo" offers the possibility to convert handwritten notes directly into text. For this you have to download the languages for recognition if you don't want to use English but one of the many other languages. However, not all languages can be downloaded completely, the download stops at around 90% for each language. What's also strange is that you can't even download Chinese as a recognition language. (Officially, English and Chinese can be selected as the system language.) The download works fine on other Android devices, so I think it has to do with the CN Rom.
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I had a conversation with the nebo-support about this topic. It´s not possible to download any language as the chinese MIUI doesn´t allow the connection to foreign servers. I solved the problem with both rooted cell and tablet. I installed nebo on both devices and downloaded my home countries language on my cell which has a global Rom. Then I used Titanium Backup (you can also use Migrate which is free) to restore the nebo data on my tablet with the ones from my cell. This worked perfect. I think it´s the only way to use nebo on Pad 5 Pro atm, if you need different languages.
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I had a conversation with the nebo-support about this topic. It´s not possible to download any language as the chinese MIUI doesn´t allow the connection to foreign servers. I solved the problem with both rooted cell and tablet. I installed nebo on both devices and downloaded my home countries language on my cell which has a global Rom. Then I used Titanium Backup (you can also use Migrate which is free) to restore the nebo data on my tablet with the ones from my cell. This worked perfect. I think it´s the only way to use nebo on Pad 5 Pro atm, if you need different languages.
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i think if you turn off MIUI optimization it will work. i can sideload system apks when its off,
mickfitz said:
i think if you turn off MIUI optimization it will work. i can sideload system apks when its off,
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Yes, this works, thanks for the hint.
mickfitz said:
I'd like to test it but Nebo is 12 USD in the playstore.
Are you using playstore version or a sideloaded apk?
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I tried both.
I also thought about that backup way, but i don't want to root my device. Is there another way without root? Turning of MIUI optimations didn't work in my case.
Tanaseda said:
I tried both.
I also thought about that backup way, but i don't want to root my device. Is there another way without root? Turning of MIUI optimations didn't work in my case.
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I'm having the same problem. I disabled MIUI optimization but no effect. I tried to bring the app from my cell phone (which can download Portuguese) using wondershare mobile transfer, but only the APK file came and "due to system restrictions" I have to install it manually. I'm thinking just writing in english by now, what is dificult, but better this than not enjoy the feature, btw a great feature.
Try this.
MoreLocale 2 – Aplikacje w Google Play
To jest po prostu MoreLocale2
play.google.com
Settings -> Additional settings -> Developer options -> USB Debugging
adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION