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Where to get Roms ?

Does anybody know where to get the HTC roms ?
A own the HTC P4350, got this from Eplus Germany, but no branding or something...
Now i´m aksing myself where to get the Support / Rom Updates ?
On the HTC Homepage it says that the Operator has to take care of updates...?!
And one more thing: I read that AKU 3 gives possibility to choose the language - Does this mean that all WWE Roms now have my native language (german) inside ?
Thank you !

Only if there're additional "language packs" installed in the ROM.

language packs
And if the language packs are on the rom, how can i change the language then?>

AFAIK this can only be done via a hard-reset. If the device has several language packs in ROM, it should ask you what language you want to use. However, I've yet to see such a device.

Unfortunately, i did not find a source for German Rom Updates till now...
Maybe Vodafone will release such files, because they sell the P4350...Have to wait i guess...

In the course of that WM6 "hype", i read somewhere here that HTC is going to release Windows Crossbow only for some newer Phones amongst others the P4350 !
My current ROM works perfectly, but i just wanted to tell you, if you didn't hear already...Let's wait !

Update 6 oktober 2009 - windows mobile 6.5

Hi all,
A small question, I am new to all this.
A month ago I bought a HTC Diamond 2 from a friend off mine.. but it was in French.
Now is my question, when HTC releases the new WM 6.5. I can upgrade for free.. but can I select the language into Dutch, or will I receive the french version again, but the orginial software was French?
I hope that someone can help me with this.
Thx in advance.
Jurgen

Jurgen78 said:
Hi all,
A small question, I am new to all this.
A month ago I bought a HTC Diamond 2 from a friend off mine.. but it was in French.
Now is my question, when HTC releases the new WM 6.5. I can upgrade for free.. but can I select the language into Dutch, or will I receive the french version again, but the orginial software was French?
I hope that someone can help me with this.
Thx in advance.
Jurgen
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..I am sure when htc releases the new version you'll find all languages here!

so if I download the new WM 6.5 from the website off HTC.. I can't choise for the dutch version ? S
o I have to find another alternive ?

Jurgen78 said:
so if I download the new WM 6.5 from the website off HTC.. I can't choise for the dutch version ? S
o I have to find another alternive ?
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You will probably need to enter your S/N on your handset on htc's website in order to download the update. This will result in you getting back the french version, but as we all know XDA will deliver the WWE/English version here and/or give you link to the official update in all available languages.

Ah ok,
Thanx for all the info.. I will wait and see what XDA has to offer

Usually, official rom upgrades check previous version/language. You should normally not be able to change language. You'll probably need to use tools to bypass language check, or use cooked roms.

I think it may not check the previous language.

I send a email to HTC and they told me..
You can only get the language version that was original with the smartphone.
But I think I'm gonna wait untill I'm gonna find a dutch version on Xda.
Then I'm gonna have I think.. a better version then the original...

You have to install Hard SPL. Then you can install the language you want.
\\Yoshi

will this release be totally stable? without bugs associated with flashed roms?

And will this be the WM with the big bottom buttons or the small ones??

Acer F1 (NeoTouch S200) Change language

Hello,
I have this phone but have a problem- how to set English display language. I read in this forum - i must find a English rom... or... i am not shure. Can u help me?
/sorry for my english/
Thanks a lot

you can not change the language in windows mobile, you have to use an English ROM.
unfortunately, Acer has not yet released ROM updates, nor are there custom ROMs available yet. But check back the forum regularly, there is one in the making.

oh...
Just wait... right?
Can i install only English language? or... just update something?!?

you need to flash a different ROM, if you want a different language, period.
a device can only contain a single language a time, so you need to install a different Windows Mobile (in form of a ROM image). Why haven't you bought an English device to begin with?

I bought it from ebay. There is no information to display language.

Just one last question- can i install ROM from other model phone?

no.
you need one specific for the neoTouch S200.

Did you try to change regional settings (start, settings, system, regional settings). I always had an english device but this maybe will help you so you can read english.
What language do you have?
While waiting for an english rom, you may install/try SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 which works fine on S200 and choose enlish as your language. This will help you alot. At least you will use your mobile decent.

Freco, thanks !!!!
I will check SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 ... and will wait for rom.
You are the man!!! thank you again!!!

You can change language... but its a little bit tricky...
You need mui files for language you want eg 0415 are for polish language then change some registry entries...I've made polish language for TG01 and the only problem are settings from Toshiba(they don't use mui files ;/)

nico101 said:
You can change language... but its a little bit tricky...
You need mui files for language you want eg 0415 are for polish language then change some registry entries...I've made polish language for TG01 and the only problem are settings from Toshiba(they don't use mui files ;/)
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Ok... how to change registry entries and... i will try, but if you have more time to explain to me...
thanks

Hi All!
2 days ago i bought S200 and now i have the same problem
It`s french WM and it's .....aaaah no comment :/
I need english language (or polish)
I will try install SPB maybe it helps me for a few days...
But if someone will find english WM for s200 please share somewhere...
Now, I have s200_1.002c.00_fr
maybe some one can find s200_1.002c.00_en somewhere...

First You must know how to hard reset Your phone with button combination (messing with registry entries can lead to the hangups or make your system unbotable) second so far i know changing language on french/german TG01 to the English made system unbotable(that was Toshiba Keyboard SIP problem) and didn't translate much of the system... i didn't seen anywhere english mui files so easier would be to translate language to Your native using mui files from rom with close build number with one installed on Your phone

Hi everyone!
First of, as first time poster I'd like to say thankx to everyone who maintains this site and everyone who contributes with everything, from they're kitchen's best meals to any crazy ideas, I've been taking advantage of that for last month or so
But for this one I've found no answer, so here goes:
Yesterday I bought an Acer S200 F1 neoTouch yada yada yada...
I live in Portugal, so it comes with portuguese version of WM 6,5 which is horribly translated, making me, therefore, prefer the english version. I've never actually seen one of these with english version for sale here.
So I went around fishing for a way to change the language, I downloaded the official english version rom update from Acer's website, extracted it, replaced the ACER_EUU.exe with the cracked one, and it flashed smoothly.
However, EVERY SINGLE TIME I turn on the phone it hangs up, sometimes on the WM logo, sometimes during network search (shortly after WM is loaded I guess). Then it reboots all by itself, and then it works sort of ok.
I think I've described the process quite extensively, obviously, either I'm doing something wrong, or this method is not even supposed to work.
So I flashed the portuguese version back to the phone using the exact same method as described above, only not with english rom of course, and it is back to working as it should... in awful badly translated and cropped portuguese.
Should anyone know a way to get around the hang-ups I get with the english version, I'd be so grateful!
Cheers!

Why don't you try one of the Rafyvitto's roms. They are english and good looking.

Indeed. I'm using v2.7-vanilla, no crashes to date.
But I'm kind of obsessive, and rafyvitto's roms althought working much like they should, they have stuff built in which I think have no business being there. In this vanilla 2.7, as an example, title bar makes no sense as WM already has it's own way of doing the same (I think) I'm a noob to WM, so this might be a complete nonsense. Then there are bugs, such as the keyboard not showing/hiding properly during a call (I have to tap the button as if double clicking, and the button's description displays a wrong message ("hide" when it's hidden, "show" when it's being shown already) and sd-card encryption can't be turned off.....
Small things which make my day a little worst
Still, I appreciate rafyvitto's work, as the possibility of choice he provides us with is priceless =)
EDIT: as of the release of the new official rom's from acer (EUU_Acer_S200_3.003b.00_EN_03.03.08_3.003.01_20100119.zip) I am able to change the language from portuguese to english without the hangups I mentioned earlier!

nico101 said:
You can change language... but its a little bit tricky...
You need mui files for language you want eg 0415 are for polish language then change some registry entries...I've made polish language for TG01 and the only problem are settings from Toshiba(they don't use mui files ;/)
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are there mui files for every part of the os? like settings, programs, clock, messaging etc?
would it be possible to take the mui files from a german rom rename them from mui.0407 to 0409 install a new english rom and replace the mui files with the german renamed ones?
of course with a programm that allow replacing rom files like resco explorer or total commander?
if so maybe i even could get some german htc manila mui files from originial htc leo rom and rename and replace the ones of the acer s200 leo roms to have a part german rom ?

how to change the language

Morning, I recently purchased a touch2 from Jordan and everything was in English. Well the other day my son got a hold of the pohne and installed a application that turned almost everything to Arabic. Now, I have NO technical know how when it comes to phones. I keep hearing that i can go in the registry and change it back to english. Do any of you guys know how to do that?
Ps. I tried the hard reset numerous times and it's still in Arabic. Also, I need step by step instructions...Thanks

I have the same problem. I have just bought the phone from the US and the interface language is in Chinese . I want to change it to English.

My phone was in polish loc. and after hard reset i changed loc. in to slovak

emilia_cy said:
I have the same problem. I have just bought the phone from the US and the interface language is in Chinese . I want to change it to English.
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To change the language you have to do Hard Reset. After the first run and customize you have to restart the phone.
Then you can change the language.

wojtekml said:
To change the language you have to do Hard Reset. After the first run and customize you have to restart the phone.
Then you can change the language.
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Honestly - is this really possible? I thought changing the language on any windows mobile phone always needs to flash the ROM, and maybe even need to unlock in some way (hard spl or whatever)...
Basically, if I could really change the language to english, I might be thinking to buy two of those Touch2 here in taiwan for my GF and me... but I can't read chinese, so changing to english would be necessary.
On the other hand, with the ROMs I saw there was no traditional chinese version, just "WWE Asia"... this kinda sounds like there are more languages inside there... hmmm... lets see, I'm off to a HTC store to test this

Yoc can try to install Sunnysoft Interwrite to change a language.
If you chave Sunnysoft Interwrite try to change language in start/settings/system/sunnysoft interwrite.
In home page of this program you can select language without HR, only SR.

yellowfever said:
Honestly - is this really possible? I thought changing the language on any windows mobile phone always needs to flash the ROM, and maybe even need to unlock in some way (hard spl or whatever)...
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I know this is a very late answer within this thread, but yes, that's how it seems to work. For example, I have a Touch Diamond purchased in Slovakia, it is the WWE version. After the first power on, it made me pick between 6 languages: English, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian. Once the language is picked, it will update all the system files, and you cannot change the language again.
But if you do a hard reset (like I did today) everything is wiped and the phone will boot just like it did the first time - going through all the initial configuration, etc. And it will allow you to select the OS language again.
Now, I don't know what languages may be included with phones sold in Asia. Above is just to give you an idea how the localization stuff worked on my Diamond.

yellowfever said:
Basically, if I could really change the language to english, I might be thinking to buy two of those Touch2 here in taiwan for my GF and me... but I can't read chinese, so changing to english would be necessary.
On the other hand, with the ROMs I saw there was no traditional chinese version, just "WWE Asia"... this kinda sounds like there are more languages inside there... hmmm... lets see, I'm off to a HTC store to test this
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By the way, no, there is no way to change the language with WWE ASIA or also the traditional chinese HK version. You can hard reset as often as you want, no menu pops up.
So I guess that's a special feature of some select ROMs, like the one for the mentioned middle/east european languages.
But now with HardSPL we can at least flash all ROMs that are available, so I got my Touch2 from the store in Taiwan already flashed with WWE and HardSPL. Now I changed to WWE ASIA and that's pretty good already
In a nutshell: Changing languages (with a few exceptions) requires HardSPL and flashing a ROM.

There is no way on ASIA ROM cause its basicly not WWE, but Asia ROM. HTC has many ROMs with specific language in them.

yellowfever said:
By the way, no, there is no way to change the language with WWE ASIA or also the traditional chinese HK version. You can hard reset as often as you want, no menu pops up.
So I guess that's a special feature of some select ROMs, like the one for the mentioned middle/east european languages.
But now with HardSPL we can at least flash all ROMs that are available, so I got my Touch2 from the store in Taiwan already flashed with WWE and HardSPL. Now I changed to WWE ASIA and that's pretty good already
In a nutshell: Changing languages (with a few exceptions) requires HardSPL and flashing a ROM.
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You are fully correct....changing language is for a selected number of Rom's. Since quite some people (incl myself) like this idea have asked some Rom cookers to built this feature as standard eg. have dual language options. Sofar unfortunately no reaction.....
So I think basically it is possible but not available. If more people ask for it.....it will happen someday either via HTC or XDA.

[Q] Updated to Mango, no dutch language

Hi guys,
I have a Unbranded Omnia 7 and I updated to Mango via Zune. I couldn't wait for it, so I forced the update with the disable-internet-on-update trick.
Everything works fine, but I can't find the Dutch language to choose as OS language. This was supposed to be in there for Mango right? I can now select Dutch for keyboard etc, only OS is missing. Do you guys know more about this?
Thanx for the info!

It was never made possible through official channels that new languages supported will be added to all phones. Only new phones have it officially.
You can get around that and have Dutch language deployed, but it requires being on NoDo...

You have to modify registry on Nodo to install other languages with Mango update.
I am not really sure why people expect their Windows (Phone) EN getting CZ/NL/PL, etc. translations with Service Pack installation.

Radek Hulán said:
You have to modify registry on Nodo to install other languages with Mango update.
I am not really sure why people expect their Windows (Phone) EN getting CZ/NL/PL, etc. translations with Service Pack installation.
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Microsoft confirmed that there would be Dutch keyboard support in Mango, then every dutchy ever started thinking that Mango would be in Dutch.

Ok, so I need to go back to nodo and tweak something in the registery? I will do research for that than. I didn't know that the new supported OS languages would only be available on new phones...
Microsoft released only EN WP7 phones in the Netherlands, and said Dutch OS language would be supported (and not only keyboard). On the official MS it clearly says Dutch OS is on WP7.5
That's clearly not the case. At least for some existing WP7 phones.

There were (also) only EN phones on sale in Czechia, but Microsoft was always saying complete CZ translation would not be available, only the keyboard. So, it was a nice surprise you can get complete CZ environment with simple registry mod.