Hey fellow XDA forum users
I'm thinking about going from Andoid to WP7 (Lumia 900?)
The only problem I have is the dictonary language. I'm from the Faroe Islands, and there is no official support for our language (we are only 48.000 people). On Android I could download an app called Scandinavian Keyboard, and then download a Faroese dictionary on top of that.
I think I've read sometime before WP7 was released, that they did not open up the keyboard as much as on Android, is that true?
Is it possialbe to add a keyboard and words?
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hello all,
i'm lloking for a solution - i just bought a htc 4350 in germany -so it came with wm5 in the german language , when i'm connected with the wifi i can't see nothing with hebrew encoding, how can i solve it? is there a free hebrew package that i can install on my phone ?
thanks in advance -- fensi
I know of companies selling Hebrew support but I don't think there is a free solution.
The problem with languages like Hebrew and Arabic is that MS neglected to implement right-to-left writing mechanism in Windows Mobile. Doing that with 3rd party software is fairly complicated which is why I think so far only commercial products are available.
You can of course copy fonts from desktop windows to the windows folder on the device (don't forget to reset it afterwards) but you will see everything backwards.
Hi guys, this is my first thread in XDA!
Been lurking around a bit though the past couple of weeks and let me point out how amazing this community is!
OK so here is my query (sorry if this has been posted here before):
I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. I've ordered the SNS (my first android device so bare with me) from the USA and it should arrive sometime next week.
I know that the phone doesn't come with any support for the Swedish language. My guess is that they just want to make it harder for retailers to grey import the phone to a region where it shouldn't be sold (even though it will be sold in Sweden soon...).
So, is it possible to add support for the Swedish language somehow? (Keyboard, dictionary, system language...etc).
If so, how do I do it? I've seen some keyboard apps (pre-Gingerbread keyboard) for the Swedish language on the market but some of them don't work with Gingerbread and most of them seem to come with a lot of bugs (except for Swype). Also, I would need a dictionary, and the system language is nice but not crucial.
Isn't there a better way?
Thanks in advance guys!
/matteb2
Hi, a swede with the NSN here as well
To my knowledge, there are no way to get native swedish language support on the stock rom. The "nödlösning", that actualy works quite well is to use a third party keybord. I'm using Swiftkey, that has a swedish dictionary and swedish text prediction.
But if someone know about a way to get a swedish stock gingerbread keyboard, I would be delighted to hear.
Thanks for the reply
I guess I'll have to use either Swiftkey or Swype. If anyone knows another solution I would be happy to hear it
matteb2 said:
Thanks for the reply
I guess I'll have to use either Swiftkey or Swype. If anyone knows another solution I would be happy to hear it
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well, swedish will be supported once the NXS S comes to the nordic countrys. google already posted the support of swedish lang.
Hi,
This weekend I bought a HTC Flyer and I'm so happy. There is one thing though that's killing me...
I also bought a Bluetooth keyboard so I can write faster when I write large texts etc. The thing is though that I can't change the keyboard layout to German (even if the Keyboard has a physical layout of German, the software keyboard layout is still English).
I can't find anything under the "Languages and Keyboard" settings so I'm currently a bit desperate.
How can I get my German configured android system to understand to use a "Germany layout keyboard" and not a "English layout"?
I really hope that someone can support me here...
Thanks
Hirrsson
PS: Please consider that I'm really a android newbie so I don't understand all the terms etc yet....
hello there to everyone
as this is my first post on this forum, i'd like to take this line to thank all of you whom share information, knowledge, and whatnot to all others: Thank You.
posting here to request the same informtion: pairing an external bluetooth keyboard forces said keyboard to be in english layout, whatever the keyboard. (in my case: french).
In locale the bluetooth keyboard does appears, offering Three settings, but none regarding layout.
I personaly see this as a feature that is lacking due to the fact that the os is intended to be primarily used via touchscreen keyboard; but i also think this feature is needed big time. now heading to official android feature request to see if it has been added to newer versions (am runing 2.3) and if not, request it.
I did this for my Stowaway Keyboard. It is a lot of work, you need root on your device, rootexplorer and Hexeditor.
I can guide you through if you wish.
Which phone? Which keyboard? What has to be changed? öäü? y-z ???
ALexander
Hello
I have Archos 70 and I want to useexternal Turkish keayboard or it is not possible, writing the letters (ö,ç,ş,ı,İ, ğ, ü) would be fine.
Could you advise the procedure in step by step since I am not so good at android.
Thank you in advance
Ömer
Is it possible to have the WP 8 keyboard on Samsung Omnia 7 with WP 7.8?
I like the emoticons section of the new OS keyboard.
It's possibly to have dictionary from WP8 but I think nobody needs as much this WP8 emoticons to bring them here.
So, Can I get the Arabic keyboard from the WP8 to WP7.8? That will solve lots of problems
Oh, check Bazaar or Marketplace for that.
I'm Polish so I only updated my dictionary with file from WP8, from about 3mb to ~15, so there is a little difference
Hmmmm, Thanks for your answer, but I need more than that!
We, as right to left and connected-letters language script, are suffering from the:
1- Font (words are in seperated left to right letters).
2- No dictionary for words suggestion and correcting.
AND THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED IN THE WP8
So I wonder if we can export language packs from WP8 and inject them into WP7.8
Thanks
dormix said:
Is it possible to have the WP 8 keyboard on Samsung Omnia 7 with WP 7.8?
I like the emoticons section of the new OS keyboard.
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The program alters Spanish or German system keyboard into one of the supported languages (see the list), or extends English keyboard. That will allow you to write text in your language anywhere in Windows Phone 7.
Starting from version 3.0 the application registers the keyboards in the system. So they are available under their own language switch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917886&highlight=arabic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=775861&d=1320739372
AhmedElsharkawy said:
The program alters Spanish or German system keyboard into one of the supported languages (see the list), or extends English keyboard. That will allow you to write text in your language anywhere in Windows Phone 7.
Starting from version 3.0 the application registers the keyboards in the system. So they are available under their own language switch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917886&highlight=arabic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=775861&d=1320739372
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Thanks for answer! When Italian will be supported?
Hi, for a certain need, I am looking into buying a Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330, Android candybar QWERTY phone (secondhand of course). This phone has Android 4.0.4.
My question is, I need the phone to work bilingually English / Hebrew, i.e. I don't mind all the interface in English but I do need to be able to type content in Hebrew (into SMS, web browsers, calendar etc). The secondhand phone I found is a generic American phone, i.e. not bought in Israel so its not localized out of the box. I am guessing that on Android OS 4 I can simply add Hebrew as an input language, right? which would work for the virtual touch keyboard. But can I assume that this will also work with the physical QWERTY keyboard - i.e. Would this work? i.e. would the stock Android 4.0.4 know inherently how to map the Hebrew physical keyboard or does this require some custom ROM tailored by Samsung Israel? thanks