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[Q] Changing language from Chinese Traditional --> English

Hey, sorry if this has already been posted on how to change language, but i have some specific questions i would like to ask.
1) I bought the Touch HD from Taiwan and the language of it is Traditional chinese, i was actually thinking that it was an international phone and would have several languages to choose from... but apparently not.
How would i go about changing the language from chinese to english?
What would i have to do?
2) If i change the language, do i lose everything that is currently on my phone?
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

You could just flash a new Rom, it will change the phone to that Rom and replace what you currently have, a lot of Roms have the same stuff just tweaked for better performance so you would not lose much.
That is assuming your not on a phone carrier plan of course, check out the different roms to suit what you want

This phone was bought outright so im assuming im not carrier locked (Kinda hard seeing as im in australia and it was bought in taiwan )
So i would have to use HardSPL?

There are two options to do it there are excellant directions for both in the ROM section I used HardSPL but the choice is yours

How to flash a EU ROM to a US Verizon Xoom?

Hi @all,
i have a question according the correct image to flash.
I have a Xoom from the USA with CDMA (it was a gift).
I'm living in germany and normally it is no problem to use the xoom with english language. But some apps turn their language automatically to english (acc. the OS language) and there is no option to turn it to german.
So now I want to flash a european image, but which one?
Is this one correct and do I have to flash the verizon update, too?
Thanks in advance

UserX10 said:
Hi @all,
i have a question according the correct image to flash.
I have a Xoom from the USA with CDMA (it was a gift).
I'm living in germany and normally it is no problem to use the xoom with english language. But some apps turn their language automatically to english (acc. the OS language) and there is no option to turn it to german.
So now I want to flash a european image, but which one?
Is this one correct and do I have to flash the verizon update, too?
Thanks in advance
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This is not my area of expertise but a more informative post title might help you get attention from someone who knows about this area.

OK, changed the post title

If you dont need "root" but just german language as default locale, then go with official motorola roms.
I have flashed many of the motorolla official roms, on the US Verizon 3G Xoom, and they all worked (without GSM/UMTS obviously!)
http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/
You can pick the German retail one..
if you select the UMTS version, it will ocasionaly get some error msgs, related with the lack of UMTS hardware (you have CDMA) but without creating any usage problems.
If you select the wifi only version, you will have no error msgs..
Follow moto instructions and you will be fine, but DO NOT "fastboot oem lock" the device at the end!

[Q] Change display language

Considering how much I enjoyed my dvp I decided to order two of them for a friend of mine. I made sure that they were carrier unlocked and I had them sent from the US. The dvps arrived with factory installed Mango and some t-mo stuff installed (?). I tried an Italian sim card to make sure they were unlocked and it worked perfectly so I just uninstalled the useless apps from t-mo and went in the settings panel to change the language of the device.
I'm able to change everything but the display language. From what I learnt on xda it needs a registry hack to fix this but considering the fact that we can't do that is there another way? My dvp can change the display language with no problem so I thought I could flash these dvps with the rom of my device but it seems a bit extreme to me...
(a cool thing about t-mo dvp is that it can set google as default search provider)

You do not necessarily need to mess with the registry to install additional languages. I was able to install the dutch language by using the Windows Phone update application from Microsoft after downloading the language pack and some other update packages from the Windows Update site. The links to these packages can be found here.
It may require an dev unlocked phone though, but I cannot be certain for that... I used ChevronWP7.

I successfully did the cab sender method but the display language is still "unclickable", any advice?

InvisibleKnight said:
I successfully did the cab sender method but the display language is still "unclickable", any advice?
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Anyone? I really need to change the language.

Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28064528
Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?

Technosquid said:
Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28064528
Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
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That could be true. My dvp is dev unlocked but my subscription is expired and I can't unlock the other devices. I guess I'll have to wait 'till someone finds the way to unlock the damn dvp.

Technosquid said:
Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28064528
Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
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I did install the Dutch Language on my DVP. I have to admit I was surprised it actually worked and "Nederlands" became one of the options in the language menu. I have to add though that I have a German DVP, Italian was already one of the options. If I'm not mistaken, there is a difference between the US and European firmware. You basicly need a European DVP to add other European languages, except for Spanish perhaps.

do we have the .ffu of the european firmware? if so, is it safe to flash that firmware on US DVPs?

[Q] How to change language to English from default Italian in HTC Touch2

I'm a serious noob. I din't know what is ROM or HSPL before today. I just got a gift, HTC Touch2 which has Italian as default language. Now, I need to change it to English. I know I have to flash my phone with Eng ROM, but here is the problem. My idea about flashing, HSPL, ROM are not clear.
Can someone be kind enough to give me brief suggestions to do it and explain the process briefly..
Also, there are thousands of ROMs avaiable in the forum, but all are somehow customized. I need a fresh official ROM which won't change my phone anything except the language. All links in the HTC Thouch2 ROM database (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578915) are dead! So, where do I find such kind of ROM?
Thanks in advance

You don't need to change entire ROM just for languag change. I say, look in the book, there'll be something about it. Every official ROM comes preloaded with several languages. Try fidgeting around in the settings. You'll find some option.

Thanks, but that wasn't useful
alicarbovader said:
You don't need to change entire ROM just for languag change. I say, look in the book, there'll be something about it. Every official ROM comes preloaded with several languages. Try fidgeting around in the settings. You'll find some option.
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I have visited every settings in the phone and I'm pretty sure that this ROM has no option to change language.

First try going to Settings -> System -> Regional Settings and changing it to English (country). It "may" work for you, depending on the ROM you have currently.
Otherwise, you'll have to flash an English ROM onto the mobile

HTC U Ultra with no English UK language selection

Hi all,
First post here so please be gentle. I have been an HTC fan for many years and I have just bought my wife and I each the U Ultra. I noticed in the language selection there is no UK English only US English. Our phones are the International dual sim version either Taiwan or Hong Kong, I am not entirely sure. Is there a way I can install UK English on to my phone? I have had the recent OTA Oreo update.
Many thanks
Chris

Dancingbear101 said:
Hi all,
First post here so please be gentle. I have been an HTC fan for many years and I have just bought my wife and I each the U Ultra. I noticed in the language selection there is no UK English only US English. Our phones are the International dual sim version either Taiwan or Hong Kong, I am not entirely sure. Is there a way I can install UK English on to my phone? I have had the recent OTA Oreo update.
Many thanks
Chris
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Which firmware version of your HTC U Ultra

minhnewpro said:
Which firmware version of your HTC U Ultra
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2.19.709.2 that's the software edition anyway, assuming it is the same thing.
thanks

Dancingbear101 said:
2.19.709.2 that's the software edition anyway, assuming it is the same thing.
thanks
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If you can root your rom, i can give you file CID which have English-UK.

minhnewpro said:
If you can root your rom, i can give you file CID which have English-UK.
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I shall have a look into rooting my phone. I assume that is the only way to get the UK English?
Thanks

Yes. If your rom doesn't active this language by default so we need add manually

minhnewpro said:
Yes. If your rom doesn't active this language by default so we need add manually
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Which rom would be the most appropriate for my circumstances given I already have the Oreo 8 upgrade?
Thank you

Dancingbear101 said:
Which rom would be the most appropriate for my circumstances given I already have the Oreo 8 upgrade?
Thank you
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For now, these is no rom for you. If you can give me your phone's system dump, i can make a rooted version for you.

It is OK thanks, I have managed to get a fix.
I installed MoreLocale2, accessed usb debugging, ran a batch file to override permissions and selected the correct language region from the MoreLocale2 app list.
Thank you for your help.