ANDROID native has multiple languages so my question to the experts..
Is it just Acer locking down countries and language options in my case German Acer a500 is German language only as a result official apps ie Google earth are banned as its German.. i assume for commercial reasons manufacturers lock in so consumers do not purchase from cheaper markets than their country of residence? ???
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I got a french a500 and I can choose french, english, deutsh, spanish, italiano or Chinese
US A500, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
They may have made a German-specific ROM because Germanys laws on such things are stricter/different, though, so it is more than possible that you do have a German-only device.
my german a500 has only german, too
try morelocale2 app in the market
I got a french a500 and I can choose french, corsican
three2008 said:
ANDROID native has multiple languages so my question to the experts..
Is it just Acer locking down countries and language options in my case German Acer a500 is German language only as a result official apps ie Google earth are banned as its German.. i assume for commercial reasons manufacturers lock in so consumers do not purchase from cheaper markets than their country of residence? ???
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I downloaded and installed Google Earth from the Market without any problems.
netham45 said:
US A500, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
They may have made a German-specific ROM because Germanys laws on such things are stricter/different, though, so it is more than possible that you do have a German-only device.
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There are no laws, that prohibit a manufacturer from adding multiple language to a device. It's their choosing. HTC and Samsung phones I have used and am using come with a couple of selections, as did my old Nokias and even my coffee maker.
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my german a500 has only german, too
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Mine too, so I asked @AcerDeutschland about a possible addition of at least English in future updates and got the usual: "Can't tell you now, but we'll keep you posted!" reply back. I would add a link but I'm not allowed yet so an image it is. If they don't make it available though I'll probably flash a UK or US ROM manually.
I can understand making the wireless channels and power levels different, but for fsck's sake, we should all have the full array of keyboards and UI languages. Other than to comply with law, region locking is ****. The locked bootloader is bad enough, hopefully they fix these issues and open the hardware and software instead of being goons.
in germany there is a law forbidding google to call it's mail service gmail. that is why they had to lock it down
i think they call it googlemail in germany.
AMAZON refunded my a500 easily and now on the Asus transformer ... Wowwwwwwwwwww
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I have noticed here in Australia that the Iphone can come with Lonely Planet translation software. Has anyone been able to come up with a Pocket PC compatible one that could go on our Diamond/Pro. I am writing it in here as the Iphone does share a couple of things with the Diamond/Pro although our Diamond/Pro to me and many of us are far superior to the Iphone. I believe language translation software would be a valuable contribution to our Pocket PC's. I have not come across any good translation programs and have found livingsoft or whatever its called and etaco to be not really very good. (Have never been able to get english-Thai translations on either my old TyTn II or my Touch Pro.) Lonely Planet has by memory up to 6000 phrases in it in many different toungues. With international roaming now more prominant and with more and more people travelling I think it would be a very valuable addition to those of us who only know the very basics of some languages and with JBlend on our phones it should not be too difficuld as a widget.
do you mean like these fromCool Gorilla?
firstbuddha said:
do you mean like these fromCool Gorilla?
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i think me means lonley planet the game,
and when he talkes about languages he means programming languages
lol
annonymouse said:
i think me means lonley planet the game,
and when he talkes about languages he means programming languages
lol
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No Lonely Planet is a well known travel Guide which originates from Australia but has spread worlwide. They started up with Language translation Books and tapes (Audio Tapes) and now they have spread to mobile phone software which they have so far launched on Iphone (I know its on Aussie spec Iphones unsure if on other country spec yet) They have covered every English to Other language eg. english to French, English to Thai. It lso gives guides to overseas accomodation, restaurants etc. But the language idea would be tops as Overseas travel becomes more possible and with so many Phones/PDA's having ever increasing memory capacity it would be a very handy tool to have on ones Diamond or Pro.
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do you mean like these fromCool Gorilla?
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Looking at your link firstbuddha, it is very simiar idea but there are many, many more languages translated on Lonely Planet.
i am planning to buy the touch hd in taiwan but the default language is chinese. i would like to change it to english. can some one give me step by step instructions as i am new at this. thanks
hellfried said:
i am planning to buy the touch hd in taiwan but the default language is chinese. i would like to change it to english. can some one give me step by step instructions as i am new at this. thanks
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Unfortunately you won't be able to do this very easily as Windows Mobile cannot just switch languages. You'll have to install an English ROM, which needs a pretty high level of technical skill (and I don't think the tools to do this are available yet).
Where in Taiwan are you planning to buy it? If it's from somewhere in Taipei's Guang Hua computer market, they *might* be able to install an english ROM for you, but it may also be too early for them to have the tools to do this yet.
Another option is if you happen to be going to Hong Kong, you can get the Touch HD in the Sincere Podium mobile phone market at Mong Kok, but they aren't particularly cheap (because they are all imported from Europe). The price will come down when the HD is officially launched in HK.
Ben
Okay so basically I want to do on my Nexus 7 what I do on my Windows PC. Have Jelly Bean display in English but the on-screen keyboard to have a standard German Qwertz Layout.
On a Windows PC this is easy language & keyboard settings are separate. But having a scout around the Android forums on here & the Nexus 7 forums. This is apparently problematic.
Lily
PS. I have never used an android device before & I did use search so please forgive my ignorance.
Check out the Android app store. A search for "Keyboard German" got 348 hits.
For example, Slideit offers 45 free language and layout packs. That just happens to be the first one I pulled up.
Thanks for responding. But I simply want to do this in Jelly Bean without an external app. I'm not going looking for apps unless I know that Jelly Bean isn't capable of displaying in one language & using a different keyboard. Are you saying that android can't cope with such a basic requirement natively? And that I have no choice but to use an independent app & shell out money for a basic OS requirement.
Why would you pay for an App when there are so many free ones?
Go Keyboard, for example, is free with over 90,000 downloads.
If you don't want to use Apps with a Nexus - I am not sure why you want a Nexus.
Apps make Android what it is.
Maybe someone with a pre-production Nexus 7 can tell you what the keyboard supports out of the box. I will say the language on the keyboard has nothing to do with the language the device displays in.
rmm200 said:
Why would you pay for an App when there are so many free ones?
Go Keyboard, for example, is free with over 90,000 downloads.
If you don't want to use Apps with a Nexus - I am not sure why you want a Nexus.
Apps make Android what it is.
Maybe someone with a pre-production Nexus 7 can tell you what the keyboard supports out of the box. I will say the language on the keyboard has nothing to do with the language the device displays in.
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The one you recommended costs nearly 3 quid.
I never said I won't use apps. My question was not about apps. My question was does Jelly Bean support this. I just assumed that a feature this basic must be stock. So I thought I would post the question & hope someone that actually knows the answer would happen along. Or for that matter someone familiar enough with other Android incarnations who could make a best guess. Basic logic dictates that I see what it can do natively before filling it up with unnecessary apps.
Not a recommendation of mine - I said that was just the first one that search pulled up.
Older versions of Android support 13 languages on the multi-touch keyboard, including German.
My post was intended to point out, if by chance, Nexus 7 does not have what you need, there is an app for it...
So does somebody else know or have any actual insight as to whether android can handle this natively? I'd be really grateful for some info from peeps who actually know their way around android. Because I definitely don't.
Just tried it on my Galaxy Nexus (ICS) and what you require is there out the box. You can pick from a variety of keyboard languages without changing the system language.
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Just tried it on my Galaxy Nexus (ICS) and what you require is there out the box. You can pick from a variety of keyboard languages without changing the system language.
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You Sir are bloody lovely. Fingers crossed they allow this in Jelly Bean. Thanking you muchly. :fingers-crossed:
Hello all
I ask everyone who has a device from Samsung company not to close the tab and read to the end of this post.
I'll start with the prehistory. My first Android-tablet was Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. I was incredibly happy because it was a unique device. Screen, build quality, metal, processor and capacious battery. I could not get enough of. I bought it for $ 721. it was in June of last year, I must say he has a birthday coming up.
And just a month later I got an update ice cream sandwich. It was the best firmware, and no matter what that summer, Google released a jelly bean.
Time passed, and Samsung is not going to renew our wonderful tablet to the latest version of android. I was waiting for. My patience ran out in March 2013.
March 7 I began to send in the forums with the topic of the samsung galaxy tab 7.7 messages with calls about the attack of the official pages of Samsung in social networks messages such as "We want Jelly Bean for Galaxy Tab 7.7!!!".
We are bombarded official page Samsung USA, Samsung and Thailand. I want to believe that they have heard our cries and dissatisfaction. And 29 days ago, Samsung launched the upgrade to Jelly Bean for Thailand. And that's it. certainly present in the firmware English language, but what about those who live in the countries of the CIS? Those who know neither Thai nor English language. The same China and Japan!
29 days have passed. and no region except Thailand did not get updated until now. I wrote about this in support of Samsung, the country where I live (Ukraine), but I was told that there is no information about the update, and until.
So my dear friends, and just those who are indifferent to our problem, and in general the problem of updating all Samsung devices, I urge you to attack samsunga page on facebook and other social networks. I think it will suit us more than the banner of
"I hate samsung for that instead of an update for my device, it produces a copy of it with a modified design !!!."
official Samsung Support page on Facebook
official Samsung Thailand page
Samsung Mobile Thailand
I will be grateful for the repost of this topic in any topics on xda/social networks
Thanks All
OK. You have taken the trouble to write this and I have taken the trouble to read it.
My own criticism of Samsung lies in the slowness of the update to the latest versions of Android in the first instance. But Samsung are not alone in this regard, that is not an excuse as such but it is a reality of owning an Android device. That is, outside of a Nexus, I hasten to add to ward off those of a pedantic disposition.
Secondly that this tardy update is exacerbated by the long drawn out releases for each territory's firmware. This was an overall nine month process in the case of Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.4.
Nonetheless, Samsung did come through and now has released the initial firmwares for Jelly Bean 4.1.2 with, presumably, the remaining territories to follow in due course.
To repeat this fact for emphasis, Samsung has released JB for our devices. I should know, I am running the Singapore version on my Netherlands Tab.
Looking at the state of Android fragmentation generally, I have to content myself with gratitude and applaud Samsung for not forgetting about us. However late in the day this might be. In my opinion it is churlish to whinge in the manner of your post. Lack of patience is a personal failing and so is an inflated sense of personal entitlement. Why look to transfer these personal shortcomings as being Samsung's responsibility?
As for your slogan "I hate samsung for that instead of an update for my device, it produces a copy of it with a modified design !!!." Sorry but I don't understand it, it is doesn't make sense to me and certainly I will not hate Samsung. I would respectfully suggest that you reconsider this effort and phrase your concerns in more positive, constructive and helpful sentiments. Attacking, hating and bombarding are not tactics that I would ever employ.
So there is no way that I will be party to such a petition. Other opinions may vary of course.
Still waiting for ANY kind of official JB support for the P6810 model. Although I blame them, don't hate them for it though.
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Patience is virtue.. ..
I waited 3-4 months for JB after it first came out.... Now after its available for P6800... amazingly I'm still on ICS...
If you so desperately need JB and don't understand Thai or English, have this resource pages translated in Google.
You'll find instructions to upgrade via Mobile ODIN, using the Thai or Singapore versions.
Then, do the same to download and activate the specific language you need.
I am already running JB with the SIngapore version and Portuguese language pack on a device bought in the Netherlands.
It is not cool to point out Samsung tardiness, while not doing all you can do to solve your problem.
I should also point out that, if you want to be a tech enthusiasts as we all are and a "must have the latest" kind of enthusiast, as you seem to be, you really should find a way of learning English, or you'll be continuously frustrated.
Just a thought...
XK
The USA has another reason: Most 7.7 are locked to Verizon. I felt fortunate to receive ICS. Samsung will point to Verizon and say it's up to Verizon and Verizon will say...
XDAKhan said:
If you so desperately need JB and don't understand Thai or English, have this resource pages translated in Google.
You'll find instructions to upgrade via Mobile ODIN, using the Thai or Singapore versions.
Then, do the same to download and activate the specific language you need.
I am already running JB with the SIngapore version and Portuguese language pack on a device bought in the Netherlands.
It is not cool to point out Samsung tardiness, while not doing all you can do to solve your problem.
I should also point out that, if you want to be a tech enthusiasts as we all are and a "must have the latest" kind of enthusiast, as you seem to be, you really should find a way of learning English, or you'll be continuously frustrated.
Just a thought...
XK
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The problem is, people shouldnt have to do all this to get jb for their mobile devices.
It's not just a Samsung problem. Sony too is dragging their feet with the updates. The real issue is android. Instead of a different version for each region, it should be a universal update. And a language pack should be available for download via google play.
I can see why Samsung decided to test out tizen. Although it would be a lot easier to stick with windows....
And samsung should stick to making devices.
vbx said:
The problem is, people shouldnt have to do all this to get jb for their mobile devices.
It's not just a Samsung problem. Sony too is dragging their feet with the updates. The real issue is android. Instead of a different version for each region, it should be a universal update. And a language pack should be available for download via google play.
I can see why Samsung decided to test out tizen. Although it would be a lot easier to stick with windows....
And samsung should stick to making devices.
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Agreed.
Mentioned nearly the same thing in past threads, although I still believe is fully Samsung. Not too difficult for THEM to compile P6810 JB firmware after (Asia) already releasing it for its brother. Maybe they over comitt themselves with too great a range of products, and those products that sell volume have much greater priority?
As you said, language packs are the way to go
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vbx said:
The problem is, people shouldnt have to do all this to get jb for their mobile devices.
It's not just a Samsung problem. Sony too is dragging their feet with the updates. The real issue is android. Instead of a different version for each region, it should be a universal update. And a language pack should be available for download via google play.
I can see why Samsung decided to test out tizen. Although it would be a lot easier to stick with windows....
And samsung should stick to making devices.
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And please tell me, what reason is there on Android's code that forbids a single universal update?
All firmware versions work with all devices (of the same model obviously). You can use a modem for any region. You can enable languages that aren't enabled by default. Android allows all that.
The problem isn't Android. It's the manufacturers' internal organization, the specific contracts with local operators, and the required tests by local regulation agencies that limit official availability.
Has anyone gotten the information what system language would it provide? In the past, Samsung has only done European languages and Korean. My mom is looking to pre-order this phone but she got hesitant in a fear of not been able to read English. She reads Traditional Chinese though. Anyone got any idea?
If you bought in US, then they may not provide traditional chinese option in Galaxy series.
The best multilanguage support I saw are Sony smartphone. For Chinese, HTC of course.
The other choice is If rooted, you can use setTaiwan to get chinese interface.
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