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Three methods available, depending from where are you accessing Google:
Google Play app usually uses the language defined on your device settings:
Tap your device "home";
Tap "settings";
Locate "Language & keyboard" and tap;
Under "Select language" you can define the language for your device that is also used by the Google Play App as to present you ...
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Here is my understanding as a developer:
Android 1.5-2.1: Right-to-left support is built-in, but most ROMs do not contain the letters. This means that Hebrew in most applications will show up as boxes (but in the correct order). This does allow individual applications to include their own fonts and thereby display Hebrew correctly.
Android 2.2: The ...
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Froyo/Android 2.2 added support for displaying text in Hebrew and Arabic (among other languages), including the needed fonts.
Unfortunately, previous versions do not have Hebrew support in the stock source, though I would not be surprised if a device maker added support to their device on an ad-hoc basis.
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What turned out to actually do it in the end, was to make an actual purchase.
In google wallet, I had updated all my information, as well as added a new card with my new address attached to it. This in itself however didn't seem to be enough.
Later though, I actually purchased something through Play using the new card, and after that I could access things ...
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I have a kindle Fire I received as a gift and live in Canada. The Amazon App Store is visible but you cannot download anything. It says "this service is unavailable in your region" The web browser works fine, as does downloading books from Amazon .ca
You can see the content for sale or borrowing in Amazon Prime, but get the same message.
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So I figured out a while back that it's my phones locale that is affecting this but never really thought I could change it.
This morning however as I was doing a Goolge search for "how to change Android locale" I though about trying to search for an app on the Market.
Sure enough there are a few that can. The one that I've gone with is made by inKa.
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You can use the same app that I found for my problem to fix yours:
Custom Locale
Just install it and then select Russian as your predefined language and you're good to go mate.
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Go to 'settings'-> 'Language & keyboard' -> 'Select language' and select one. If there are only a few available then that was the (awkward) choice of your operator or phone manufacturer.
To solve that problem, an app like CustomLocale solves it only a little. It doesn't work all that well or complete. Rooting and installing a custom ROM with sufficient ...
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Adding full language support for a device is done at rom level, the languages that the default keyboard will support are added before compilation and the android keyboard will only give you the option to download dictionaries for the languages it supports.
A good workaround is to download a keyboard app (such as GOKeyboard) that supports adding languages ...
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Just got a Kindle Fire as a gift.
So far I've been more than disappointed.
No apps
No Amazon Prime membership.
No Cloud.
No MP3's
No storage.
Yes Facebook works.
Yes I can check my email.
Yes I can browse the web.
Bottom line is, if you're in Canada, spend a few more bucks and get a tablet that you CAN use...
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SwiftKey X supports the feature you are asking (English with AZERTY keyboard). Try out their demo.
After you have installed the app, go to the Settings of SwiftKey. Go to "Languages & layouts"
Next to Englush, tap on the little keyboard icon. Then choose AZERTY.
You'll now have English autocorrect on an AZERTY keyboard.
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There are a number of alternative on-screen virtual Keyboard replacement apps on Android Market that support Hindi and Marathi languages. Most should work on all recent Android OS version (2.2 and above.)
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Rooted Phone
Android under the folder /system/fonts contains a file named "DroidSansFallback.ttf" supposed to contain all the language characters. Currently it lacks support for many, including Tamil.
One can always replace the file with one that contains Tamil characters, thus allowing the usage of Tamil on your phone.
From XDA Developers Thread - ...
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Simple things
The obvious group of settings that needs to be changed (simply by selecting the appropriate value) is the interface language, time zone.
Keyboard
One unexpected difficulty is the input method.
The factory Samsung OS (from another region) doesn't include a Samsung Russian keyboard, nor does it include the standard Android keyboard (which ...
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I'm in Canada and recently made a road trip to the states. When I'm planning a trip starting in Canada, the whole trip is in km, even if it crosses into the US. If the trip starts in the US, however, it shows everything in miles, even if it crosses into Canada. It appears that it's not the location set in your phone but rather the location of the phone ...
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Unfortunately, I saw no way to post a comment to your question though this is not really an answer:
I am spanish and therefore my Samsung Galaxy Tab is configured for my country. When using the measure ruler from the labs tab of Google maps I get all the distances in metres/kilometres instead of miles.
So it seems that changing the locale might help
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I would start by trying the Android Contributors Google Group.
Here is a thread on reviewing Googles own Catalan translation work, for example.
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You can try the browsers that don't use the internal WebKit rendering engine, i.e. Opera Mobile, Firefox, Opera Mini or SkyFire. For Android 2.2 there's also Persian Browser which uses WebKit and connects the letters after loading the page.
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Unfortunately SAMSUNG has not installed Hindi font on the Indian variant of the Galaxy S. But there is a workaround. For this you will need root access. You can replace the DroidSansFallback.ttf file which is located in /system/fonts/ on your phone with the font mentioned in the first post of this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798380.
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There's NO support for Hindi or any other Indian languages built-in, in all Android versions up to and including FroYo (2.2). Gingerbread (2.3) does support Hindi as a language according to this post
If you're looking for a Hindi keyboard, you'll need the HindiIME APK from Samsung - they're usually installed on phones that Samsung sells in India. As a ...
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There is hope.
I coded a proof-of-concept app that does exactly this (and using it as my everyday keyboard).
Starting from cupcake, the system has a InputMethodService that allows to override keypresses on the fly. This allows applications to change keycodes on the fly without requiring root.
The source-code is available here (for the most curious only)
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The stock keyboard in Jelly Bean (4.1 or 4.2) does not support multiple languages simultaneously. However, SwiftKey, a third party keyboard, supports advanced predictions with up to three languages simultaneously.
SwiftKey Official Website
SwiftKey on Google Play
Note that SwiftKey is a paid app. You can find the non-trial versions of the application in ...
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I'm not sure that it fit exactly your question, but it may be help:
Open the web browser, and go to http://www.google.com
Go to the footer an follow the link Settings
Consider to check yes at the question Allow use of device location?
Then follow the link at the top right More setting >>
Finally, set your languages preferences
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If you are rooted, you may be able to modify the keyboard layout files defined here: http://source.android.com/porting/keymaps_keyboard_input.html
WARNING: I have not tried this myself, so I don't know if it will work. Modifying system files may brick your Android.
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There is no file that I know of for changeing keyboard layout.
You might want to try to change the settings for your phone to English and then back to German. That might help reseting the keyboard layout, depending how HTC have set up the firmware the you used when you reinstalled the phone.
If that doesn't work, you could try to use adb from Googles ...
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You can change the language within settings -> Language & input. There are options for English (Canada, United Kingdom, and United States) and Polish (Polski) as well as a variety of other languages. If it's in Polish, tap the bottom right of the tablet (the clock area), tap the top box (where the time is), tap the bottom option (Ustawienia - ...
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TypoClock and TypoClock Free both use the system language as one can see on the app features:
Multilanguage (widget uses your system language to display day name and month name).
There's no solution for situations like this, as you can only manipulate the application i18n feature if it was developed with such an option.
You can, as mentioned by Izzy ...
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You'll need a copy of the OS with the needed locale. Since it's part of the OS it can't be added by a simple app download or anything. You can Spoof your locale string on any device but that app doesn't actually offer localizations beyond what shipped on your phone; it won't translate system text ect unless your phone has those localizations native.
As per ...
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A quick google search revealed what I was expecting. It seems it's not that easy to add a new language to the OS if it's not done by the manufacturer.
So best thing you could hope for is an update by HTC. Manufacturers often install software kids on top of the android shipped out by Google.
If this is not an option installing different keyboard ...
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Just search on the Google Play store for "custom locale",
there are a couple of apps that will allow you install a LOT of languages.
I tried many times on different devices and Android versions, sometimes some menus or apps do not change the language, but on average it's OK.
Example applications in Play store:
MoreLocale 2
Set Locale and Language
But ...
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