[Q] Change default search provider - Lumia 635 - Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I've recently purchased a Lumia 635 from Vodafone (UK) as I was interested on giving the WP platform a try.
I've been using Android since the HTC Magic was released, and I'm fairly competent at rooting and flashing devices on that OS.
I've got a few teething problems with my 635 which are mostly app related, but my main gripe is that I can't seem to change the default search provider to Google in Internet Explorer.
I've had a look on the web, and it appears on some devices that going to 'settings' > 'advanced settings' has an option to change from Bing to Google.
I don't have that option, and was wondering if it was due to carrier restrictions? The phone is branded with a Vodafone splash screen, and I've had experience with them making OS level changes on other android devices.
TL/DR:
Basically, I was wondering if flashing a stock (non-branded) firmware would restore the option to change the search provider in IE, or is the restriction implemented across all versions of the OS now?

I can confirm that my German unlocked device has this option.
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Maybe flashing could help? Maybe someone with more experience than me can help. I'm quite new to windows phone. ? sorry.
sent from my Nokia Lumia 930

Change from Bing to Google
Hello,
To make default search provider Google, you should go to settings->region and Country/Region option change to Uzbekistan. I have done this trick with both WP8.1 Lumia 925 and 928.

BigTi said:
Hello,
To make default search provider Google, you should go to settings->region and Country/Region option change to Uzbekistan. I have done this trick with both WP8.1 Lumia 925 and 928.
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maybe one these dialer codes can help, I'm not gonna pretend to know what they mean.
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Try installing Google Phone (dialer) as well
adamdvd said:
Try installing Google Phone (dialer) as well
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Thank you, that worked. I was kinda surprised that it needed to be the Google's dialer app but glad it worked.

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