[Q] gingerbread contain languages - Motorola Droid 3
Android 2.3 gingerbread should contain ~70 different languages, but in my (canadian) xt860 i see only 5 of tham. is ther any way to add/restore the missing ones?
boazal said:
Android 2.3 gingerbread should contain ~70 different languages, but in my (canadian) xt860 i see only 5 of tham. is ther any way to add/restore the missing ones?
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I've noticed that on some roms I can set the language in the build.prop to language not available through the software menus, you may want to try this. It's just a 2 character language code "ro.product.locale.language=en" for english, change the en to pt for portugese etc etc... Sometimes you'll end up with 90% of the rom in one language (I notice a lot of times something like the status bar wont change language, or icons but everything else will)
for excessive caution, there's a way to copy the file to my computer?
boazal said:
for excessive caution, there's a way to copy the file to your computer?
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you can pull it with adb "adb pull /system/build.prop"
I've met this "adb" in the past, but what is "adb"???
boazal said:
I've met this "adb" in the past, but what is "adb"???
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I believe it stands for "Android Device Bridge", it's just an app in the android sdk http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Here is an older article that might be more informative http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/ also has a howto on installing adb.
If you don't have this tool and don't feel like installing it then you could always just use "Terminal Emulator" (from market) on your phone and pretend you're sitting at a computer.
Fire up the terminal
type "busybox cp /system/build.prop /sdcard/build.prop.bak" will copy the build.prop to your sdcard and rename it build.prop.bak.
What language are you looking for? There are a bunch of stock roms that you can flash to the xt860 in spanish etc that are very easy to flash.
Willis111 said:
What language are you looking for? There are a bunch of stock roms that you can flash to the xt860 in spanish etc that are very easy to flash.
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actually the subject is not a language, it's localization bilingual-bidirectional issues
and i'm looking for the RTL (right to left) option.
i'm from the world's part how's writing in the opposite direction
boazal said:
actually the subject is not a language, it's localization bilingual-bidirectional issues
and i'm looking for the RTL (right to left) option.
i'm from the world's part how's writing in the opposite direction
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hmm, ie hebrew. I'm not sure about the RTL (would you want this for english?)
You might be looking for a solution more along the lines of http://androidforums.com/i7500-all-things-root/112698-howto-hebrew-support-any-rom.html
I also found this link http://colincooper.net/?p=238 that lists the localization as well as language code, using the table as a reference if I wanted to set up to use "Hebrew, Israel (iw_IL)" I would edit 2 lines in my build.prop
ro.product.locale.language=iw
ro.product.locale.region=IL
This should (I think)give hebrew language and rtl if the locale is supported by the rom(according to the matrix it's been supported by android since 2.3, just depends on if the carrier included it or not.)
I would start with the build.prop edit for sure since it's easiest to do/undo.
basically the device is bell-canada,rooted and unlocked (i added a keyboard so write/read hebrew is available).
the main issue is when sms & contacts contains digits. in that case 100 (one hundred for example) appears like 001 and etc.
bty:
'GScript Lite' - No effect
"ro.product.locale.language=iw"
"ro.product.locale.region=IL"
- No effect
:-(
and i presume the big question is if 'bell-Canada rom' support RTL.....
boazal said:
basically the device is bell-canada,rooted and unlocked (i added a keyboard so write/read hebrew is available).
the main issue is when sms & contacts contains digits. in that case 100 (one hundred for example) appears like 001 and etc.
bty:
'GScript Lite' - No effect
"ro.product.locale.language=iw"
"ro.product.locale.region=IL"
- No effect
:-(
and i presume the big question is if 'bell-Canada rom' support RTL.....
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AFAIK and can tell by the reading up I've done over the last day BIDI/RTL text should be supported in all android version 2.3+ or at least partial support. I could totally be wrong, I imagine the problem you're running into is with the bell rom. With the build.prop edits did your language at least change? If not you might want to retry the build.prop edit and do a factory reset after pushing the modded file/before booting.
Edit: I'll do some testing on my end and see if I can't come up with something for you although I did see a few huge threads on bidi text/hebrew and problems dealing with numbers, most of them were dated around early 2010 though so pre-gb.
Edit 2: Looking in /system/etc/supportedlocales.conf for the bell stock
Code:
# List of locales that are supported
#English
en_US
# Canada English
en_CA
#Spanish
es_US
# Canada French
fr_CA
# Brazil Portuguese
pt_BR
I imagine we'd have to find something with your locale/language listed here for proper language support.
I did manage to get this working on hashcodes ics
- go to System Settings
- Language & Input
- Change Language to Arabic or desired (at bottom of list)
- Click "Default (Us) - Android Keyboard" or whatever it says right under "Keyboard & Input Methods" then hit "Configure Input Methods" on the popup
- Click the settings button on the right side of "Android Keyboard"
- Click "Input Languages" at the top, uncheck "Use System Language" and select Arabic
- that's it! you now have Arabic on your phone.
For some reason with the system language set to arabic and the keyboard set to use the system language it would still display and produce english but easy fix as mentioned above. It looks like running Hashcodes ICS(or just any ics but that's what we have) is the only way to go (unless you absolutely must have camera vs language which Hashcode is working on as we speak and will hopefully be running in the next week or two). Numbers are re-rendered, not just reveresed all throughout the system and no extra downloads needed.
Willis111 said:
I did manage to get this working on hashcodes ics
- go to System Settings
- Language & Input
- Change Language to Arabic or desired (at bottom of list)
- Click "Default (Us) - Android Keyboard" or whatever it says right under "Keyboard & Input Methods" then hit "Configure Input Methods" on the popup
- Click the settings button on the right side of "Android Keyboard"
- Click "Input Languages" at the top, uncheck "Use System Language" and select Arabic
- that's it! you now have Arabic on your phone.
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many thanks for your efforts but it's not the solution,
In Settings -> language & keyboard ->Select Local
(i have only)
Eng. (canada)
Eng. (US)
Espanol
Francais
Portuguese
In Settings -> language & keybord -> Multi-touch keyboard -> Input languages
i have 24 different languages, all of them is LTR ...
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[REQ] Touch keyboard, diffent languages
Still want the touch keyboard, in many languages.. Are there anyone that could extract that touch keyboards from Different ROMs and tell my how to install, or Make a .cab for it? Language needed; []Norwegian []German For the HARDWARE keyboard, try this: RegEdited the settings for the Hardware Keyboard i RegEdited the settings for the Hardware Keyboard Norwegian: HKLM > hardware > devicemap > keybd > string "curlang" and "1044" in "decimal" or "0414" in "HEX" Swedish: HKLM > hardware > devicemap > keybd > string "curlang" and "1053" in "decimal" or "041d" in "HEX" Estonian: HKLM > hardware > devicemap > keybd > string "curlang" and "1061" in "decimal" or "0425" in "HEX" For Language Codes, visit this site. thx! Fraction
Hi, I can't help, but I'd ask the same thing, only for German keyboard. Thanks and sorry for hijacking this thread...
CommanderROR said: Hi, I can't help, but I'd ask the same thing, only for German keyboard. Thanks and sorry for hijacking this thread... Click to expand... Click to collapse Its why i called it "diff languages". i could set Up an regueat in first post. Fraction
Are you talking about the on-screen software keyboard? I so, have you tested the Diamond keyboard? See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410524 Please report results if you try! (Waiting to try the cooked ROM, until I hear results on this one!)
Balle58 said: Are you talking about the on-screen software keyboard? I so, have you tested the Diamond keyboard? See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410524 Please report results if you try! (Waiting to try the cooked ROM, until I hear results on this one!) Click to expand... Click to collapse Sorry it did OverRun the hardware keyboard. so all that worked on the hardware keyboard was the letters, bit no (æøå) and Crtl, fn, Sym .... didnt work. so thats an "DIAMOND keyboard" fo'sure. Fraction
Norwegian Hardware Keyboard and Fn keys ey, as i did for Kaiser, i make a CAB for all you guys installing a WWE Rom into a Norwegian hardware, and want the Norwegian input and dicctionary... I'll make a thread with CABs for more languajes later (bit busy for now...), but for now can someone test this CAB and report back? For dictionary to work, disable T9. Cheers
check on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425045 maybe it will help you /Christoffer
sluden said: check on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425045 maybe it will help you /Christoffer Click to expand... Click to collapse Thx, but i did that, and if you see the first post I link to it
jcespi2005 said: ey, as i did for Kaiser, i make a CAB for all you guys installing a WWE Rom into a Norwegian hardware, and want the Norwegian input and dicctionary... I'll make a thread with CABs for more languajes later (bit busy for now...), but for now can someone test this CAB and report back? For dictionary to work, disable T9. Cheers Click to expand... Click to collapse Ma onscreen virtual keyboard didnt change And i didn't get the option to switch T9 and/or typing to Norwegian I will try to reinstall the cab, if posible. Fraction
Fraction said: Ma onscreen virtual keyboard didnt change And i didn't get the option to switch T9 and/or typing to Norwegian I will try to reinstall the cab, if posible. Fraction Click to expand... Click to collapse For the T9 part (not included in my CAB) take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430280 Cheers
so you tried to install T9 Input 14 Languages Update.cab and then rename the norweigan files and overwrite the following files in /windows P20-Sapmap_down_mask.png P20-capmap_up.png P20-map_down_mask.png P20-map_up.png
jcespi2005 said: For the T9 part (not included in my CAB) take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430280 Cheers Click to expand... Click to collapse Are you talking about the Hardware keyboard? i want to get the virtual on screen, touch keyboard in norwegian.. i RegEdited the settings for the Hardware Keyboard HKLM > hardware > devicemap > keybd > string "curlang" and "1044" in "decimal" So thats no problem. Fraction
im talking about the touch keyboard.
sluden said: so you tried to install T9 Input 14 Languages Update.cab and then rename the norweigan files and overwrite the following files in /windows P20-Sapmap_down_mask.png P20-capmap_up.png P20-map_down_mask.png P20-map_up.png Click to expand... Click to collapse [x] norwegian T9 works [ ] norwegian layout Where do I find the "norwegian files" ?
in your windows directory on the rapahel. the files should be named P20-Swedish-capmap_down_mask.png P20-Swedish-capmap_up.png P20-Swedish-map_down_mask.png P20-Swedish-map_up.png but change the swedish to norweigan. copy the files to /my documents then rename the files to P20-capmap_down_mask.png P20-capmap_up.png P20-map_down_mask.png P20-map_up.png then copy them over to your /windows folder with total commander or something. remember to backup your original files
soft reset your raphael after you´re done
Did it work for you?
doesnt work at all...
It's most likely because you're missing the correct keyboard text file for norwegian layout. I have added the ones I have and it solved my danish layout for full qwerty in potrait and landscape mode. Just copy into windows folder. Hope it'll solve your problem also
Hardkeyboard language codes DOes any one now more codes for the hard keyboard. I know in the registry curlang 1044 works for the norwegian but what about swedish or even estonian I would like most. Maybe german would do also.
Keyboard Layout after WM6.5 upgrading
Dears: I am trying to retain the arabic keyboard layout from the original ROM because I waited long time to buy the arabic device. Then when we started the upgrading, it's all gone. I found accidently the following cab file in the windows folder of the original WM6.1 ROM. So I figured if I install it on WM6.5 customs roms it will re-enable the arabic keyboard, or so I thought. Anyone can offer help on how to have the arabic keyboard working and see whether this file is of real use or not? thanks. Samer.
can you find "Bulgarian Phonetic" keyboard layout ? 10x
ok, so no one can answer, let me now rephrase the question maybe it becomes simpler. If you have an official NBH for your TP2 device which comes defenetly with special files and settings to activate non-english characters (in my case arabic), how can I find these files and settings and extract them from the NBH file?
samery said: Dears: I am trying to retain the arabic keyboard layout from the original ROM because I waited long time to buy the arabic device. Then when we started the upgrading, it's all gone. I found accidently the following cab file in the windows folder of the original WM6.1 ROM. So I figured if I install it on WM6.5 customs roms it will re-enable the arabic keyboard, or so I thought. Anyone can offer help on how to have the arabic keyboard working and see whether this file is of real use or not? thanks. Samer. Click to expand... Click to collapse look here They explain how to change keyboard layout
Saddi2008 said: look here They explain how to change keyboard layout Click to expand... Click to collapse Thank you for your concern. This discussion is about remapping the main keys to a different language. What I am looking for are the suplemtnatry keys which are activated after pressing the mail key as it has a symbol of switch language. So in other words, I have 2 languages on my keyboard, english and arabic, and there is a key that changes the complete keyboard to arabic or vice versa dynamically. I am hoping to find a solution for that
Rom's in Spanish for hero cdma?
Rom's in Spanish for hero cdma? Preferably 2.1 Thanks!
Do you mean a Spanish themed ROM or ROM that uses Spanish. All Android phones support multiple languages. Just go into Settings->Laguage&Keyboard->Select locale All the core android stuff will change to spanish. However, it will be hit or miss with apps.
I entered, preferences -> Language & keyboard, and only has the English option
cerongeek said: I entered, preferences -> Language & keyboard, and only has the English option Click to expand... Click to collapse Try downloading the app "MoreLocale 2" i use it for italian and russian, but it has a TON of different languages. As centran said it's either a hit or miss for apps unfortunately.
kyouko said: Try downloading the app "MoreLocale 2" i use it for italian and russian, but it has a TON of different languages. As centran said it's either a hit or miss for apps unfortunately. Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks!. Although not 100% change
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The Theme??? Even the Settings-Menus and Stuff? If i can not choose German and the Dialogues are in English that's the fault of the Theme!? Ok, that was not one of the options i thought of...
PatrickCG said: The Theme??? Even the Settings-Menus and Stuff? If i can not choose German and the Dialogues are in English that's the fault of the Theme!? Ok, that was not one of the options i thought of... Click to expand... Click to collapse Languages are part of the framework and are usually specific to the region of the release. So if a release is intended for Holland it will include Dutch and English. However the themes completely change the framework, including languages. Since themes are meant to be universal they include as many languages as possible, solving the problem of region specific builds. Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App
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