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how to hack the O.S and edit english language with metric measurements?

hi there
im writing for this popular problem. im running android 2.2 on lg optimus one.
"Cannot change Google Maps units" from google's forum
what would i have to edit in the phone (i have root) in order to change english language's settings from imperial to metric?
i set the "locale" for "italy" and doesn't work. only way to do it is to change the main phone's language to something European for example, but not English tho i would like to have the language itself as english.
so since if i set italy it works, it should be a string that can be copied from the "italian" option basically... under "units" or something....
JUST TO BE MORE CLEAR: if i change the "main" phone's language works ok, but not setting en-IT.
i tried this modify found on another forum, which CHANGES the language and locale successfully, but not the units because english sticks to imperial so it's the setting of the very english setting that needs to be changed....
$ adb shell
setprop persist.sys.language en;
setprop persist.sys.country IT;
stop;
sleep 5;
start
To verify that your change was successful just use
$ adb shell getprop persist.sys.language
any expert can give me quick headup on this???
thanks
gabrio

nobody on this one???????

i just spent 3 hours searching online but nothing.... i found the following:
this is linux:
[email protected]:~/google-app-engine-jappstart$ locale
LANG=en_GB.utf8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.utf8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.utf8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.utf8"
LC_NAME="en_GB.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.utf8"
LC_ALL=
LC_MEASUREMENT: measurement units // this is the parameters needed to change, i saw so many people with the same problem.
from android developers:
You can use getDefault to get an appropriate locale for the user of the device you're running on, or getAvailableLocales to get a list of all the locales available on the device you're running on.
Locale data
Note that locale data comes solely from ICU. User-supplied locale service providers (using the java.text.spi or java.util.spi mechanisms) are not supported.
i have no clue how to use this, do i have to install a java SDK? eclipse? i used to program years ago and i dont remember.....thanks!!

looks like latest google 5 maps update now reports in meters/kms!

Metric units with lang=en?
Did you get maps to show metric units with English lang? How? This has been a deep-rooted issue for me since I got my phone. Please explain what you did?
Phone: Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy-S variant)
OS: Froyo 2.2
Carrier: T-mobile (US)
Location: Boston, USA

hi
as far as i can tell, i have changed the locale with this :
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/localization.html
lookup for "Changing the emulator locale from the adb shell" from this URL i just gave you, there's an example on how to do it via adb.
but then something weird happens, with latest google maps, if i have my Italian sim card, i see in kms/metric, whereas when i put in the phone my O2 card, which is UK, and now i am in UK, it displays miles/imperial, with same locale, en_IT.
i'm italian but with O.S. in english so i want en_IT.
really confusing!!!
gabrio

[Q] Multi lingual spell check / correction suggestions

Do any one has found a way to get the froyo (spell check for second language feature ?)
Or a way to change the spell checking from whatever language is in settings without having to go settings --> input --> spell check --> navigate trough list of languages ?
I tough of adding 140k french words and 100k Spanish words to the custom dict using UDM app but didn't work... the spell checker insist in using its own dict and ignore my custom.
This problem is magnified with the use of the bloody dock keyboard which was the single reason i bought the TF700 (which is on ebay for sale ATM)
I remember the times when Linux meant freedom and flexibility... JB is an Ugly unfinished IOs rip off (and that's in a good day)

Nazeroth said:
Do any one has found a way to get the froyo (spell check for second language feature ?)
Or a way to change the spell checking from whatever language is in settings without having to go settings --> input --> spell check --> navigate trough list of languages ?
I tough of adding 140k french words and 100k Spanish words to the custom dict using UDM app but didn't work... the spell checker insist in using its own dict and ignore my custom.
This problem is magnified with the use of the bloody dock keyboard which was the single reason i bought the TF700 (which is on ebay for sale ATM)
I remember the times when Linux meant freedom and flexibility... JB is an Ugly unfinished IOs rip off (and that's in a good day)
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The problem your encountering is not a "JB" issue. Rather, it is the fact that the TF700 (and ASUS in general) uses a proprietary subsystem called XT9 (produced by a company called 'Nuance'). For this reason, we cannot create new keyboard layouts nor add more languages. I've been investigating this in my spare time and, though there are some hacks you can do for some modified functionality, the extent you are wanting requires information that is just not available.
Hope this at least gives you a better idea of what the problem is.

Alien, thanks for your reply,
Maybe some of my problems come from the TF but the second language spell check is a feature last since ICS, that was the reason I sold my SG3 after three days.
I use a qwerty layout on all my hardware and my Desire HD2 for example is set to English and second language French.
I still miss spanish but it being my mother language i tend not make many mistakes on it.
There is a Bug report for Android about it http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22707
The problem is that they split the system Spell checker and now we realy a lot on the keyboard used and its suggestions, evidently that magnifies the problem on a Docked Asus TF but it is general to Android.
I think sadly that this is going the wrong way, like the bar not being hidable, or the gmail app not allowing to remove the conversation view... Google is trying to force on users theyir way of what is better for you just as Apple does.
even more Sadly Ubuntu and Unity are taking the same path. (I.E Unity top bar cant be hidden, at least they had the tought of putting it on top, as on android every time i try the OSK on the asus instead of space i hit the bar andallmywordslooklikethis)).

Nazeroth said:
Alien, thanks for your reply,
Maybe some of my problems come from the TF but the second language spell check is a feature last since ICS, that was the reason I sold my SG3 after three days.
I use a qwerty layout on all my hardware and my Desire HD2 for example is set to English and second language French.
I still miss spanish but it being my mother language i tend not make many mistakes on it.
There is a Bug report for Android about it http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22707
The problem is that they split the system Spell checker and now we realy a lot on the keyboard used and its suggestions, evidently that magnifies the problem on a Docked Asus TF but it is general to Android.
I think sadly that this is going the wrong way, like the bar not being hidable, or the gmail app not allowing to remove the conversation view... Google is trying to force on users theyir way of what is better for you just as Apple does.
even more Sadly Ubuntu and Unity are taking the same path. (I.E Unity top bar cant be hidden, at least they had the tought of putting it on top, as on android every time i try the OSK on the asus instead of space i hit the bar andallmywordslooklikethis)).
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I understand your meaning as I am multilingual myself and Android isn't as versatile as I would like. I'm merely saying that everything that is entered via the dock on your TF700 is handled by the subsystem and not by Android directly. Anything that is entered via "ASUS Keyboard" is available for spell-check in the keyboard language that is selected. Just try opening SuperNote and typing in something like "Eu sou um americano Je suis un américain Yo soy un americano Ich bin eine Amerikaner" then setup your ASUS Keyboard for French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. While in Supernote, press Left-Control+Left-Shift to bring up the keyboard list, and select a different language. When you change the contents (like add a space at the end) you can see it reparse everything and highlight words that are not known in the selected keyboard language. It's not 100% perfect but it should at least give you a bit of flexibility.
Edit: For clarification, no I don't speak/write in French, German, or Spanish. They were just thrown in for elaborating the test.

Thanks Alien, didn't knew about the CTRL ALT thing, however I did the rational thing... Sold the Asus and got an Ipad after all i only need to do note taking on the go, boor reader and emails and sadly the bloody ipad handles those very well...
BTW: I had removed Super notes after it crashed on me and made me loose a lot of text i had entered, i was using another note app free from the market that did less but did well.
I dont know if im getting older or what but my frustration trying to get the most of my screen while reading books and coherent margins and stuff while my wife laugthed at me reading the same book from her ipad got to me.
Now trying to jailbreak the thing so i can brick it lol...
PS: With a BT apple KB, command space swaps the language im writing in seamless like with the on screen keyboard and the spell check works, thou auto caps not...

[Q] Displaying Special Characters and Other Fonts

I'm a college student. My minor is in Biblical languages. This being the case I write and read and study languages that have not been used in a very long time. Koine Greek and Ancient Hebrew are the two languages I am most concerned about getting to work properly on my phone. The problem is that modern Greek and Hebrew have different letters than their ancient counterparts and the ancient characters are not supported by Android (except on a few apps that apparently supply their own fonts).
All these characters are supported natively by Microsoft and Apple and Linux, and I do believe that my friends on the iPhone also have them supported. Does anyone know how I would go about adding support for these characters on my phone, so that I can read them in various apps (email, facebook, twitter, Youversion, etc)

I've heard question like this a couple times, but it was more for adding unsupported languages (German, Croatian etc) but the answer was generally to ask your rom developers to add them. I'm not sure how the lettering is handled on the software level, but there are obviously languages that are very unusual that are supported, so I think it's just a matter of having the developer's add them. And judging from some glimpses at the commits on Github for adding languages it seems a pretty straightforward process. If you're on all stock, them I'm unsure as to how you would implement them

Running the latest Liquid Smooth ROM (although it's getting on my nerves and I am thinking of reverting back to the previous one). I've got the ROM Toolbox app which has a font adding function, which is why I first even thought about posing this question, but it looks like that just adds more fonts to change from the settings for the system font.

[Feature request]Per app locale

In Android if you use a non-English locale and an app is not translated into this language it defaults to English. Some people however may know better a different language, besides the one they've chosen. In my case I use Catalan, but I'd feel more comfortable in Spanish, if a Catalan translation is not available.
I know at least one Xposed module that can accomplish that (App Settings), but I'd love to see this in the ROM settings. I don't know much about coding but I imagine that if this feature can be implemented with an Xposed module it should be feasible to have it also integrated into the ROM.
Thank you very much to all developers for the outstanding work you're doing with this ROM.

Ferri64 said:
In Android if you use a non-English locale and an app is not translated into this language it defaults to English. Some people however may know better a different language, besides the one they've chosen. In my case I use Catalan, but I'd feel more comfortable in Spanish, if a Catalan translation is not available.
I know at least one Xposed module that can accomplish that (App Settings), but I'd love to see this in the ROM settings. I don't know much about coding but I imagine that if this feature can be implemented with an Xposed module it should be feasible to have it also integrated into the ROM.
Thank you very much to all developers for the outstanding work you're doing with this ROM.
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Put it as a feature request on jira.omnirom.org - I'll look into getting it assigned to one of our language/translator guys.
I'm not the right person to work on this as I'm a native English speaker.

Question Samsung keyboard: Remember last language used in password fields

The Samsung keyboard app comes preloaded with the input language of the phone's region (let's say Korean). Of course you can add other input languages and the keyboard app will remember the last language you used for normal text inputs. However, that's not the case for password fields - there, it always defaults to the preloaded language and does not remember your recent language selection (that means you can change the input language in a password field, but next time it will be the preloaded language again).
The only way to change it is to disable the preloaded language (removing it is not possible), then it seems to default to the earliest (not disabled) installed language, and still doesn't remember a different language selection. I don't know if that's just a bug or if there's some hidden setting for this. Since it chooses the earliest installed language, is there a way to change the language list hierarchy somewhere in the settings/properties? That would at least allow me to set the default password field language to the most convenient one, even if it still doesn't remember the last used language.
This issue is not device specific because it affects the Samsung keyboard app (on the recent Android versions) and how it handles password fields. Is there a possible workaround?