[Q] Google Now without changing language - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there anyway we can keep all of the functionality of Google Now such as cards and commands without changing the entire UI to English US? I found a mod on XDA called International Google Now, but I highly doubt it will work for here as well, since it was for Jelly Bean when Google Now was just an app and not such an integrated part of Android.

Eden3319 said:
Is there anyway we can keep all of the functionality of Google Now such as cards and commands without changing the entire UI to English US? I found a mod on XDA called International Google Now, but I highly doubt it will work for here as well, since it was for Jelly Bean when Google Now was just an app and not such an integrated part of Android.
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First of all I tried changing the Google now voice to English US and it works and everything but doesnt use all the great features.
The only way was switching my phone lenguage from spanish to english :/

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[Q] Voice search not available for your carrier.. Is that a joke?

Hello all,
I just cannot believe what I am seeing!
I currently use CyanogenMod 7 and was sad because I couldn't find voice search in the Market.
After a quick look in the Web Market, I just learn that my Carrier (Base, Belgium) does not allow (see attached screenshot)
After Googling, I just feel alone because no one else reported same issue
Just installed Market Enabler and everything is fine.
I am just astonished to see that such a basic app is country-dependant
Same thing happened to me i just reflashed the rom.. and ofcourse wipe dalvik and wipe data/cache and it went away hope it helps
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Lol! Funny thread
Why is that a funny thread?
Because you live in America and you have access to all Google services?
Please think about all other countries that have to cross their fingers each time there is a new product/service/application to know if that will be available in their country.
That's just amazing that we have no information on why we have access to a limited services and having restriction on basic stuff like voice search because we live in other country than America.
I guess voice search is tailored for each language? Hence the lack of support. I know voice search initially supported only English, more languages were added later on. If your language is currently not supported, I guess that would be the reason why it's not available in your country.
Google voice search work pretty well in english and french-dutch-german (our 3 national langages)
Just tried every langage with amazing results.
I had the same issue with YouTube.apk. Market Enabler fixed it again for me, but I remember Google having removed the region-related conditions on app-purchasing... what's up with that?

Help with Japanese Fonts

They appear as accented latin characters, rather than japanese symbols. I tried installing the keybaord and stuff, doesn't work. It works in Gingerbread, but not 4.0. Any solution? Thanks
Help anyone?
Did you try installing Google Japanese Input from the Play Store?
reficuliu said:
Did you try installing Google Japanese Input from the Play Store?
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I did. I installed Japanese IME and the google ones. Neither worked. Its a shame since I really wanted to use that app(TenguKana) to learn the Kana. I've switched to another one, but its not nearly as good.

Google Maps/Nav TTS

I'm curious if google changed things recently. Downloaded the tts I had on my old android phone and I find that no matter what, Google maps/nav will only play in the default voice, even if it's not that good. I prefer to use Ivona.
Any feedback?
sent from my beast of a Galaxy Note II running JellyBeans ROM
Check out this thread, it might not completely answer your question but it should point you in the right direction.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218525
I have the problem that Google Maps doesn't use the selected TTS engine (SVOX Classic or Ivona) even if it has the same language as the global phone language specified in the system settings.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks

[Resolved] Help! Weird problem with text-to-speech setting

I ran into a problem with the recent update to the Google Text-To-Speech app.
I was testing out and trying to decide between the new high quality US and UK English voices. Somehow my default language for speech got locked into UK English: I can no longer change it to anything else, even though my default device language is US English and I have downloaded both the low and high quality US English voices.
See my screenshots - despite me changing my chosen language to US English in the Google Text-to-speech Engine settings in the 1st screenshot, once I hit the back button (or exit via the home / recent apps buttons), my default language reverts to UK English as per the 2nd screenshot.
Is there any system file I can edit to change this absurd behaviour? I'm rooted and willing to get my hands dirty...
UPDATE:
I played around with settings and managed to resolve the problem.
Clearing data from / un- and re-installing the app / restoring data from another device didn't work - what did work was choosing another default device language (NOT the voice language under Text-to-speech output). This somehow released the "lock" on UK speech and allowed me to choose US instead. I then reverted the default device language to US English.
All is now good in the world :victory:
Trying going to Google Text-to-speech or Google TTS, whichever one it is, in the app settings and clear data.
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Lethargy said:
Trying going to Google Text-to-speech or Google TTS, whichever one it is, in the app settings and clear data.
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That was one of the first things I tried, but it didn't help.
Anyway I managed to resolve the problem already. Gonna update the OP.
mlj11 said:
That was one of the first things I tried, but it didn't help.
Anyway I managed to resolve the problem already. Gonna update the OP.
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At least you got it worked out.
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[Q] Making Mi4 an english phone

I am thinking of importing one of these phones to Europe from China. I've read the reviews and seen the videos and I am sold. The only thing holding me back is that this is a phone created for the Chinese market and I live in Europe.
Will I be able to change the language to English and remove the Chinese language from the interface. The videos I've seen show the device using the English language but there are still a lot of UI elements in Chinese (i.e. a video showed someone writing a message using an English keyboard but even that had some Chinese buttons).
Another video showed the installation of Google Play Store (as it does not come preinstalled) and even the Google apps had Chinese text written next to the English name of the app.
I'm fine with all Chinese text in Xiaomi apps like their own app store (as I will not use those apps) but I would like the rest of the phone be entirely in English.
Thank you.
DimitrisC said:
I am thinking of importing one of these phones to Europe from China. I've read the reviews and seen the videos and I am sold. The only thing holding me back is that this is a phone created for the Chinese market and I live in Europe.
Will I be able to change the language to English and remove the Chinese language from the interface. The videos I've seen show the device using the English language but there are still a lot of UI elements in Chinese (i.e. a video showed someone writing a message using an English keyboard but even that had some Chinese buttons).
Another video showed the installation of Google Play Store (as it does not come preinstalled) and even the Google apps had Chinese text written next to the English name of the app.
I'm fine with all Chinese text in Xiaomi apps like their own app store (as I will not use those apps) but I would like the rest of the phone be entirely in English.
Thank you.
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There is a Global ROM that is stripped from chinese elements. Just look it up in en.miui.com
DimitrisC said:
I am thinking of importing one of these phones to Europe from China. I've read the reviews and seen the videos and I am sold. The only thing holding me back is that this is a phone created for the Chinese market and I live in Europe.
Will I be able to change the language to English and remove the Chinese language from the interface. The videos I've seen show the device using the English language but there are still a lot of UI elements in Chinese (i.e. a video showed someone writing a message using an English keyboard but even that had some Chinese buttons).
Another video showed the installation of Google Play Store (as it does not come preinstalled) and even the Google apps had Chinese text written next to the English name of the app.
I'm fine with all Chinese text in Xiaomi apps like their own app store (as I will not use those apps) but I would like the rest of the phone be entirely in English.
Thank you.
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The OS default has English as an option. But bear in mind, the phone is designed for Mainland China market,so some software,features you will not be able to use it else where. Surely ,can flash with your own ROM. It is a great phone with competitive price.
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Thanks!
I just ordered one. I will post back information for anyone else interested once I receive the device!
DimitrisC said:
Thanks!
I just ordered one. I will post back information for anyone else interested once I receive the device!
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How much did you pay for it?
Is it announced a UK release date in UK?
Ste_Vege said:
How much did you pay for it?
Is it announced a UK release date in UK?
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I ended up paying 385 Euro for the 64GB version. This price includes DHL shipping cost to have the phone shipped to Cyprus. I also expect to pay import charges when I receive it.
I don't think they announced any releases outside of China. From what I remember reading online there might be an international version of the phone coming out during Christmas.
The retailer price for MI4 64GB is about 320Euro then you can work out how much the shipping cost would be.
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Yeah, don't worry about the language. Just use the multi language ROM from miuiandroid.com. Comes pre loaded with Google play services, Chinese apps are removed, and is pre-rooted. It is also updated weekly with the official MIUI ROM.
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Uninstall Chinese
1. First download the developer rom from en.miui.com/download-240.html
2. Flash the rom as per the flashing instructions provided.
3. Install the application from Play store - Unininstall
4. Provide root permission to this application
5. Uninstall chinese apps especially - Google pinyin input
Ulver said:
Yeah, don't worry about the language. Just use the multi language ROM from miuiandroid.com. Comes pre loaded with Google play services, Chinese apps are removed, and is pre-rooted. It is also updated weekly with the official MIUI ROM.
Sent from my MI 4W
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How do you "use" the ROM? Can you send the link and explain how to download? Thanks
http://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-weekly-rom-releases.103/
http://www.technobuzz.net/flash-miui-rom-xiaomi-redmi-1s-mi4-mi3-note-pad/
Download latest cancro zip from xiaomi.eu and follow "2. Flash MIUI ROM in Recovery" guide.
Is the ROM available at http://en.miui.com/thread-51839-1-1.html is for the 4G-LTE one?
Unofficial ROM error message
Ulver said:
Yeah, don't worry about the language. Just use the multi language ROM from miuiandroid.com. Comes pre loaded with Google play services, Chinese apps are removed, and is pre-rooted. It is also updated weekly with the official MIUI ROM.Sent from my MI 4W
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Hi I downloaded 8.5.5.0 and when installing with the updater app, I receive a message "Cant verify update - its not allowed to upgrade to unofficial ROM package"
Do I need to change any settings ?

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