Localization is the adaptation of computer software to the different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market.
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How to make an Android device to display complex rendering of Indic characters?
Please excuse the length of this question. I need to explain all this to help others and to avoid helpful contributors to provide answer without asking clarifications.
My requirement in one line: "to ...
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Is Hebrew support built into Android?
Is Hebrew support built into Android? If so, is it in all versions?
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How do I add a new language?
The aftermarket ROM I use seems to have the language list parred down to just a couple selections, probably to save space.
I would like to add a language back into the system. I can already set the ...
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Is it possible to type accented letters using the Galaxy S English keyboard?
I have a Galaxy S, and my locale is English (UK). Is it possible to type accented letters, such as é to a textfield using the keyboard? If yes, how?
edit: I know I can use swype but please don't ...
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Is it a way to turn off translation in Google Play
I have HTC Desire with Norwegian language set up. In Google play, all program descriptions are translated to Norwegian. I find this quite annoying because most of the translations are bad, and looks ...
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How do I change the Google Play country?
Can someone tell me how to change the country preference for Google Play? I have searched high and low but in most of the forums people ask you to go to gmail settings > edit profile and change the ...
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How can I get Google Maps on Android to show metric units?
Google Maps always shows me distance values for direction results / navigation in miles, although it does show me a scale on the map itself in metric units. I rather prefer to get my direction ...
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How can install a Hindi font in Android 2.1?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 and I want to install a Hindi font on it. How can I do this?
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Make Google Search app use Google.com.au
I purchased my HTC Desire (2.2 FroYo) from the UK and by default I guess the Google Search app uses Google.co.uk whenever I run a search through the app.
This is quite annoying as you could imagine ...
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Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed?
On my Samsung Galaxy S phone a local telephone number is displayed in the format 999-999-999.
Is it possible to change this format ?
Our local numbers are normally displayed as 99-999-99-99 , ...
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How to switch keyboard layout for external keyboard
How do I switch the keyboard layout for an external USB keyboard on Android 2.1? I've connected a German USB keyboard to my Android Tablet (Easypix 1000). Altough the language is set to German, the ...
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How to switch the layout of a hardware keyboard without changing language?
I have bought German T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), and thus I have German hardware keyboard. In stock firmware I used English language, but the keyboard was still German - that was OK. I got used to that ...
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Set two languages simultaneously for the stock keyboard?
I want to have both english and german prediction and auto correction at the same time for the stock keyboard (Jelly Bean here).
My use case:
Multi-tasking between english and german domains on my ...
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How can I change a QWERTY keyboard layout to AZERTY without changing the phone language?
I've just acquired an HTC Desire with MIUI interface.
I speak English and want the phone to stay in English. But I live in France and all my keyboards (computers, etc.) are French standard AZERTY, ...
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How to help with Android translations?
I'm a Android user. I've used both G1 and my current phone Nexus One. The one problem I see in Android is that it lacks a good translation for my native language (Spanish), so the question is: where ...
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Restrictions of a Kindle Fire in Canada?
I wanted to order a Kindle Fire in Canada but I saw that it wasn't available. Now I really wanted one and I could always just cross the border and get one. What I want to know is how restricted will ...
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Devanagari typing
I want to buy a tablet basically for Marathi or Hindi document typing. Which tablet supports it? Will it be possible for me to type in Marathi or Hindi on Samsung Galaxy Tab or Sony Tab with ...
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Arabic text is detached
I have these two issues. The text is detached in tweetcaster. Along with being detached, in the browser, the reading order is wrong.
I hope upgrading the current pre installed browser or installing ...
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How do I add another keyboard layout to my ICS phone?
I speak English as my first language, but I also am fluent in French and I'd like to occasionally write in French on my Android phone. I have ICS, and whilst I can easily change my language to French, ...
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Can I install additional language support (Russian) on HTC Desire HD without rooting?
I bought HTC Desire HD and I want to change UI language to Russian. The issue is that I see in settings only English, German, Italian and French.
Is it possible to add other language without rooting ...
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How do I type umlauts and other special characters with Swype?
I can change the swype-interpreting language, but the keyboard doesn't show me any special symbols.
HTC Incredible with Swype 2.4.44.10912.t100 (have not updated to Dec beta, yet).
I just want to ...
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Can I install additional languages on Android? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add a new language?
I bought my HTC Sensation abroad, and I can only choose system languages from the Asian region (English for different regions, as well as ...
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How can I set the locale and language?
How can I set the keyboard and language in Android, and how can I add more languages to the device?
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How to localize Android OS for new locale
I've been looking for the Android "localization project", assuming that there is one (like you have for LibreOffice or Mozilla) but so far, I have only found thousands of pages about localizing apps, ...
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How to force the locale/language of a specific app
I'm looking for the functionality of MoreLocales2 but only applying the changes to certain apps. In this case I'm trying to force German on TypoClock 0.51 but have the rest of my phone left in ...
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Sort contacts by different field (not first \ last name)
Merging the gmail contacts with the phones address list has many advantages, but also one nagging problem.
While the gmail contacts contain full names, and in English, I want the display name in the ...
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Install Russian input method on android
I don't have Russian input method in the list of methods available. Tried third party apps like 'change locale' bu they are changing interface of the OS and not giving me to type in Russian.
Android ...
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croatian symbols
I wonder how I include croatian symbols into my Android device. I searched in the internet, but I can't find any useful information about this topic. Is it even possible to install "language packages" ...
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Changing the numbers format when entering phone numbers in the dialer possible?
I'm using a Sony Live With Walkman. The Android 2.3 is in English, and I rather leave that way... But, I find kind awkward the mask input of numbers when I am typing.
Is there any way I can change ...
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Customizing the formatting of phone numbers
Mobile operators in Brazil have added a leading digit, but only for São Paulo numbers. Now, both landline numbers (in São Paulo and otherwise) and mobile numbers from other states have 8 digits, while ...
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Macedonian keyboard for Samsung Galaxy Ace
I'm from Macedonia and I'm using Samsung Galaxy Ace and I was wondering if there is any way I can install Macedonian keyboard so I can type in my mother language?
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How to add Chinese Input Method to English Android 2.2 Phone
I have an HTC Legend with Android 2.2. I can switch between the standard input method (on-screen qwerty) and Graffiti by a long press in an input field.
I would like to be able to type chinese ...
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Is there a browser that will display Armenian letters?
I have just got a an HTC Desire as a present and I want to view www.mathnet.am which is an Armenian site. But insted of Armenian letters I see squares. I have read some advices in some forums, but ...
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Can I change system locale by command?
For some reason I need to change system locale temporarily.
Can I change system locale using some command? or script?
So that i can run it with tasker's built-in shell.
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What needs to be set up in an Android device from another region for a Russian user in Russia, and how?
We've got a Samsung Galaxy S from another region (China or Korea).
What needs to be set up in it for a Russian user in Russia?
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Is there a Japanese input method for tablets that fits the screen better than Simeji?
I do a fair amount of e-mailing in Japanese from GMail in Android. On my cell phone (Nexus One), I use Simeji to type Japanese characters, and it does a good job. However, I recently got a Samsung ...
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Help getting Arabic on Android
My Friend is going to sell his Nexus S because it does not natively support Arabic.
I have found several websites that claim to have a solution to this issue.
http://ardoid.com/ Seems to be the ...
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How can I install a missing locale?
I bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 in Hong Kong. The System has some pre-installed languages but I need to install an additional locale (Polish). I tried "More Locales 2" from the Market and it worked ...
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Imported Hebrew vcf contacts come out gibberish
I just joined the Android community. I have been using a Nokia E72. I am a bilingual user (Hebrew/English). I have succeeded in importing my address book 838 contacts with the help of this blog ...
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Switch to another keyboard language using stock keyboard
I have an Xperia (SOL21).
How can I fast switch to another keyboard language, using the default keyboard?
I'm mostly typing in Japanese, but usually swiftly change to Swedish and English (on a ...
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Tamil Font problem in Android device
I'm developing a Tamil web app (using PhoneGap) where I use unicode to display the Tamil language. The problem is, it is working fine in Android Emulator and in web (Firefox), but the fonts are not ...
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The Way Numbers Are Displayed/Broken Up
I live in Jordan and just got a Galaxy SIII. I have a problem with the way numbers are being displayed on the dialer and when you actually press the green button to place a call.
Basically, the ...
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Are there commercially available devices that support more languages than those officially supported by Google?
According to Google, there are some 57 languages/dialects that are officially supported by stock Android. Of course, since Android is open source, there is nothing to stop a device manufacturer, or ...
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Is it possible to set the language and locale to different values?
I'd like to have all the text displayed in English (US), but use the Polish (Poland) formatting for numbers, dates etc. On a desktop Linux system, I'd set LANG to pl_PL and LC_MESSAGES to en_US. Is ...
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Change language for one application (Google Now voice recognition, root available)
I normally run my phone in French. But unfortunately, Google Now will only support voice commands if I set the phone's language to US English.
I tried setting Google Now > Paramèters > Voix > Langue ...
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Why doesn't my Desire S support RTL?
When I bought my Desire S in Israel I was under the assumption that it's OS (Android 2.3) came with built in Hebrew support.
When I turned the phone on I discovered that there isn't an option to ...
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Android, typing Czech-specific characters on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
I have a problem with some characters on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P5100). When I set language to "čeština" and type ě (Latin small letter E with caron) as result Android returns ĕ (Latin small letter ...
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Need fonts of a different language to show up on android or atleast Instapaper
My family is residing in USA and we are from India. Now my mom gets super bored at home! And loves to read the regional online newspaper and magazines from India on the Internet; problem is she ...
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How to create Language Pack/Dictionary for Keybard auto correct
Is there a way to create new language pack for android? I would like to use my local language words, but i wouldnt want to add them in the 'English' pack, because they are words/phrases in my country ...
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Changing OS completely on galaxy note SC-05D and galaxy s2 SC-02C
I live in Japan and I would like to get these 2 phones but both of them is sold here with Google Android 2.3.7 Japanese OS.
I was wondering if it possible to change that into a regular English ...
