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Boring issue in more than one of the presented rom's

Hi all,
I have flashed some of the ROM's provided here and am seeing an issue which might not disturb many, but disturbs me.
I am a Dutch guy living in Russia, but not willing to accept either Russian or Dutch as a normal language. For me English is the only acceptable language for a ROM. On the other hand, numbers, currency, date and time are favourite to be "Dutch" again.
If I download a WWE or ENglish ROM (as I downloaded an Energy ROM now) I get the English language, so far so good.
But when I try to install the following format for numbers 1.000.000,00 (same for currency) I am told that the character to divide between full numbers or parts cannot be changed to "," or worse between each three digits I cannot place a ".".
Is there a way to change this in registry, so I can change this anyway, even if the regional setting does not allow this ?
Just to make sure You understand me, if I choose for Dutch regional settings, all looks fine, but Calendar or some programs are immediately "talking" Dutch to me, something I dislike again. Sunday should always be Sunday on computers (even if I do understand Zondag)
Any help would be appreciated.
Ruud

When you change to a non-English regional setting, like Dutch, it automatically changes the names of the months and days (and a few other related things) into the language for that region. That's what you're seeing. You can still keep those in English and get the other settings you want, but the settings have to be entered in manually.
To do this, start with one of the English regions that's closest to what you want. Then, you can change all of the other settings to what you expect. For the command/period problem with long numbers, you have to type in the command and period. They will not be in the drop down. Also, you'll need to adjust the order of month/day/year, etc. to what you expect it to be.
I just tried it on my phone to be sure it would work. For your reference, it should be exactly the same process to do it on your computer running Windows.
Also...
I don't know about anyone else, but I thought it was an interesting question. But that's probably just because I have to deal with localization and internationalization in my regular work.

Hello fenux,
thanks that my boring issue is interesting for somebody
But , this does not seem to solve the issue for me.
I have the Energy Rom at the moment I have chosen the Dutch regional settings, as they are what I need for numbers or at least I can change it to what I need.
As for testing your proposal I change the regional settings to English (United Kingdom) so I would get the Englisch language. I go to "numbers" and try to change the "," to a "." not by using the dropdown menu, but by using the keyboard instead. New character is not accepted. Tried to do the same through the software keyboard, same result.
Actually that was why I asked if I can change such in the registry somewhere.
Any more ideas maybe ?
Regards,
Ruud

I'm not sure why it's not letting you change them. I did find this page (http://www.pcoperative.com/ppc/registry_tweaks.htm#Override Date & Time Format) which includes some of the information on where the override information is stored. But it doesn't include changing the decimal and thousands separator.
Here are the settings for those, taken from my registry after I overrode them:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\nls\overrides]
; Decimal for normal numbers
"SDeci":","
; Digit grouping (thousands) for normal numbers
"SThsn":"."
; And for currency
"SMDcS":","
"SMThS":"."

Hi fenux,
interesting information, I will play around with those. It is visible that some of those strings are not available after chosing a certian regional setting, but I can add them. I will see if I can get to solve my issue with this.
Yes, this looks perfect on first try, thank You VERY much.
regards,
Ruud
Now if You can answer me another question: what is the most stable and fastest ROM around here, I really need it.

I've had good luck with the 21885/Sense 2.1 version of EnergyROM (not as many extras as the other versions, but it's stable and fast). I'm working on my own that fits my needs a little better, but it's nowhere near ready for public use.

Hi fenux,
I am sorry if unclear, but that last sentence was supposed to be more of a joke.
But of course thanks for the answer anyway.
When I downloaded the Energy I made some mistake and took the 28011 instead. When I tried to download the other I was made to understand that there is a time limit, so I did not bother anymore. I like the ROM itself, very nice, but am actually downloading the 21885 at the moment. Reason is that my AlarmMaster 2.0 does not work anymore, as soon as an alarm is supposed to ring, the display is being switched on and the program hangs. The program is too important to me, so I have to change here.
This was my line before editing : I very much like the Action and OK button on the lower part of the screen, so I use the Sense 2,5 version.
But : after a succesfull flash I noticed that actually that ROM does not include the Action and OK buttons below. It also does not have any issue with the regional settings at all. I will continue to install all programs (as I lack time for playing) and hope / presume this ROM to be stable.
Thanks again.

A few questions

Hey!
I just got the phone a few weeks ago and I think it's great! I got a few questions about it though, some involves rooting and firmware, some may not.. So don't worry about how they are related, it's just a few things I've been thinking about
1) I'm from Denmark, which means I don't necessarily make my i's capital (like "I") when I type. But when I type the phone automaticly seems to make the "i" capital (like "I"). This buggs me alot and the only way I know to prevent this from happening is by writing two i's, space and then deleting 1 of them afterwards(which takes some time). Anyone who knows how to fix this?
2) What is Kies good for? Why do I need it? I havn't downloaded it yet since I havn't found a reason to do so.
3) Which firmware version is best and why? Is there even a version you can call "the best" or do they lhave different pros and cons?
4) If I want a new firmware version on my phone, do I need to install that version before I root my phone? Meaning if I root it, installs the firmware, do I then need to root it again? Is it bad if I root and then install the firmware or the other way around?
5) Again, I'm from Denmark, which means my app-store only have access to free apps. Is there any way I can gain access to the ones you need to pay for? Is there somehow I can download them from the computer and install the apps on the phone or something like it?
6) Another small thing that buggs me is that when I'm in the Music player and presses the button "List" on the screen, it goes all the way back to the list of artists/songs (or w/e I've picked the song from) instead of going back to the songs the artist made. (Meaning if I, say, pick artists -> Linkin Park -> a song and then presses "List" it goes back to the top of my artists list instead of the Linkin Park song list.) Is there some way I can change this?
I know some of them might be deficult to solve (especially the last question) but as I said, it's just thoughts I've made myself from experincing the phone.
My current firmware version is:
PDA: I9000XWJM2
PHONE: I9000XXJM1
CSC: I9000NEEJM1
Thank you in advance!
/JohnTheOne

Noone who can help me with this? :/

Found another thing:
How do I make my phone vibrate when I recieve a text? As it is atm I only know hot to turn it on for calls, so when I got it on vibrate and recieves a text, it does nothing..

1) i don't know, maybe pick another language for the keyboard? or changing the default Android OS language, you will need to flash a ROM with the languages you want.
2) you don't need KIES, it sucks, there are Lots of other replacements for the piece of kies, like Android Manager + Heimdall + ROM Manager + much much more
3) too many to list, use the search function
4) it's optional, you can load which ever ROM you think is best
5) use Apps Brain, no more problems with countries limitation
6) download "Play" music player wayyyyyyyy better
All good apps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081

1) if it is better for you, try to disable the auto capitalization of the samsung keyboard.

Cannot change language in i9000 (may have been dishonestly sold a i9000)

Dear all,
Today I received my first Android 'phone, but sadly I suspect that I have been ripped off. I know that this is not a Android development related question, but I cannot think of anywhere else to ask, and searching the web yielded no results.
The company sold me one that has the language in Portuguese, which is a sham because I am the Netherlands. The company is in the Netherlands as well. ( studentenmobile.nl).
Is it possible to change the language, at least into English?
I cannot work the 'phone at present because I don't understand what is written, at all Nor do I know where to go. I think that English might be available on it because there were two instruction booklets: One in English and one in Portuguese, but this does not mean that any language other than Portuguese is available.
I would be grateful for any help.
PS. No, the company won't take it back, because I they did not state that the 'phone language was not in Dutch, nor that it was in Dutch. The same for English. Stupid of me not to ask.

On my phone change the language here:
On the main screen, press the menu button.
Press the 'gear' - this is settings in english.
Then you are in the settings list. The 10th line on my phone has a white square with a black A in it. It is called 'Locate and text'.
Tap that, and the topmost option is 'Select locale'. Tap that.
Now a list pof countries appears. It should have 'Nederlands' written there.
BUT I think the phone would have done that the moment it noticed a Dutch SIM card. Perhaps it doesn't with some pre paid cards.
If the phone does not offer 'Nederlands' you have indeed been cheated, and the company should arrange for an exchange or return of money.
Do not fall for the normal right of return, as they can hold on your money for 30 days, but insist on a quicker solution as this product is broken, as it does not conform to what a Dutch buyer expects.

A steady wave of relief has just passed through my head (although perceived as being centred in the chest).
I have changed the language. There is a pretty long list of languages there. Although I read Nederlands (NL) and Nederlands (Belgie), yet there was only French (FR) and French (CH), which is strange. I expected it to also have French (BE).
Anyway, thanks a million.
I did not have a SIM card in it, which is why it did not take the language settings from it.

[Q] Sticky language settings?

Am I the only one that's annoyed by the issue that the 2x does not want to save the language settings you have chosen for it?.
When I first got it I selected English(UK) as the language. But everytime I put in a DK sim it automatically defaults to danish language. And I find that rather annoying, because if I wanted danish I would have selected Danish from the start.
But is there a way to basically tell the phone to STAY English and only switch language if I tell it to, or does a hard reset?. I could on my HTC and it didn't change even if i changed SIM.
Please tell me that LG hasn't been so damn daft as to not make it able to its users to "lock" the language.

MeX_DK said:
Am I the only one that's annoyed by the issue that the 2x does not want to save the language settings you have chosen for it?.
When I first got it I selected English(UK) as the language. But everytime I put in a DK sim it automatically defaults to danish language. And I find that rather annoying, because if I wanted danish I would have selected Danish from the start.
But is there a way to basically tell the phone to STAY English and only switch language if I tell it to, or does a hard reset?. I could on my HTC and it didn't change even if i changed SIM.
Please tell me that LG hasn't been so damn daft as to not make it able to its users to "lock" the language.
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If you install the attached does it make you selection stick?
I'm not sure it will survive a sim change though...

Well what I need is for the phone to actually keep its language setting regardless of what kind of SIM i insert in it. Ie I have selected English UK, then I want the phone to use that language, and not just automatically switch to danish when I insert another danish sim.

MeX_DK said:
Well what I need is for the phone to actually keep its language setting regardless of what kind of SIM i insert in it. Ie I have selected English UK, then I want the phone to use that language, and not just automatically switch to danish when I insert another danish sim.
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Yes, you were clear in your first post.
Does the tool I provided work?

djmcnz said:
Yes, you were clear in your first post.
Does the tool I provided work?
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I haven't had to chance to test it yet. But the problem is not that it changes language on reboot.
Its when I am changing SIM's I am hving the issue, and you said yourself that it might not work when changing SIM's.
But I will give it a test in a short bit.

If you change your sim, don't you have to set up all your accounts again anyway?

I don't. I have changed SIM's 3-4 times in my HTC Desire when I still had it and it retained all the information. Even the language setting was retained when I moved the SIM.
Only the LG won't do that, but hopefully the App you linked might fix that.

[Q] Change system language

Hey. So I got my new HTC One today. I am in sweden, bought it from a swedish reseller. At the initial setup - picking language, Swedish was set to default. However I went into the language option and picked english, regretted my choice and went back in, and to my surprise swedish was not even available to pick again :s So I called HTC support, they did a s/n check and told me my HTC One was "grey imported" and not "meant" for sweden.
Anyways to cut the story short, the support guy said IF I were on 4.2.2 (which I am), morelocal2 wont work to switch language BUT there is another way to do it, but that he was no longer, due to company policy allowed to explain how (DUH). He hinted that I needed to reset some app, make it "forget" where the phone is (locationwise). After some googling and reading here I found this info:
Have you try this:
Go to Settings - Apps - All - Customization Settings Provider - Disable it
Then go to Language & keyboard - System Language - Select your language
Reboot
Go to Settings - Apps - All - Customization Settings Provider - Enable it again
You're done.
The problem is that the "Customization Settings Provider" is no longer there. Can someone please guide me what to do? What´s the app I need to disable?
/Regards Matt

Matt if the Swedish option was there on first boot, then just save the important stuff to a PC and factory reset the phone it should pop up on first boot

L0rdNels0n said:
Matt if the Swedish option was there on first boot, then just save the important stuff to a PC and factory reset the phone it should pop up on first boot
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Thanks for the tip. However, I have managed to solve the issue by giving morelocale2 the correct permissions, using adb shell.
Thanks