Samsung Gear S3 wrong language even if setting it to English - Samsung Gear S3

Hi all,
Just got a new Gear S3 and right away encountered a massive problem. When setting it up, I set it to English (United States). Everything went fine until the set up was done. All the apps are in Filipino. I even reset the whole device and used another language (Finnish) just in case, but didn't help, it's still in Filipino.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.

Timberleisson said:
Hi all,
Just got a new Gear S3 and right away encountered a massive problem. When setting it up, I set it to English (United States). Everything went fine until the set up was done. All the apps are in Filipino. I even reset the whole device and used another language (Finnish) just in case, but didn't help, it's still in Filipino.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
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I guess I will ask - where are you setting it up? In the US or elsewhere?

fred2546 said:
I guess I will ask - where are you setting it up? In the US or elsewhere?
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In the US

Timberleisson said:
In the US
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I got mine at Best Buy a few weeks ago and did not have any problems with setting language. Would it be easy to return? Mine is a bluetooth version and not attached to any carrier if that makes any difference?
I would guess there is some support number you can call???

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SIM Activation step

Does anyone know how to skip the phone activation screen?
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komiller said:
I bought new vzw sgs3 but now I`m not in US and don`t have Verizon SIM, how can I skip activation step? Because I want to try this method for activation http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775566&page=11 but can`t enter to phone for switching to diagnostic mode.
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I first man who meet this kind off problem? How to activate phone first time without VZW SIM?
komiller said:
I first man who meet this kind off problem? How to activate phone first time without VZW SIM?
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Can not believe, I`m firste man who want skip activation? If in here I can`t find solution I don`t know whats doing
komiller said:
Can not believe, I`m firste man who want skip activation? If in here I can`t find solution I don`t know whats doing
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Hey i had the same problem but luckily i found a solution :victory:
NOTE: (DO NOT PRESS THE THE 2 SELECTIONS THAT ARE THE EMERGENCY DIALER AND ACTIVATE) JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT UP THE SELECTIONS....
On the Language Selections Screen: Touch Lower Right, Lower Left, Lower Right, Lower Left and Volume Up
Sorry for not explaining it quite well but good luck
jordannike said:
Hey i had the same problem but luckily i found a solution :victory:
NOTE: (DO NOT PRESS THE THE 2 SELECTIONS THAT ARE THE EMERGENCY DIALER AND ACTIVATE) JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT UP THE SELECTIONS....
On the Language Selections Screen: Touch Lower Right, Lower Left, Lower Right, Lower Left and Volume Up
Sorry for not explaining it quite well but good luck
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I`m trying but this solution not working can u show some picture how to do this? Because I`m not understand fully
You can go to the local sales offices, looking for technical staff to activate your.
You can go to the local sales offices, looking for technical staff to activate your.
haisir said:
You can go to the local sales offices, looking for technical staff to activate your.
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But now I`m not in US and in my country Verizon not worked, how can I skip this step?
komiller said:
But now I`m not in US and in my country Verizon not worked, how can I skip this step?
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Try this.
Tap below last language while device is in Portrait Mode
Left-Right
Left-Right
Volume Up
I hope this help to somebody
jordannike said:
Hey i had the same problem but luckily i found a solution :victory:
NOTE: (DO NOT PRESS THE THE 2 SELECTIONS THAT ARE THE EMERGENCY DIALER AND ACTIVATE) JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT UP THE SELECTIONS....
On the Language Selections Screen: Touch Lower Right, Lower Left, Lower Right, Lower Left and Volume Up
Sorry for not explaining it quite well but good luck
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Ok its working Thanks
Little Screen Shot to Explain What i did

Different language at startup, help

For the past two days I have noticed that when I startup my tab either from a complete shutdown or a restart my tab is no longer set to English. I have to change it back to English via the settings> language and input. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Running P6800 with JB 4.1.2. Thanks in advance.
adinis78 said:
For the past two days I have noticed that when I startup my tab either from a complete shutdown or a restart my tab is no longer set to English. I have to change it back to English via the settings> language and input. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Running P6800 with JB 4.1.2. Thanks in advance.
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Yes I have the exact same issue, I wasn't sure if that was due to the JB language input tweak I applied as I had that done a day or so before this issues popped up.
same problem. not sure why it started
sashavegas said:
same problem. not sure why it started
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Same issue.Everytime I restart it starts as Bahasa Indonesia
Honestly Samsung has seriously screwed thei JB implementation for our Tablet.This is really disappointing (It just dds up to many other small displeasing quirks)
Such a great Hardware and such a poor Software This is my last Samsung
I did a master reset and that so far seems to have fixed the problem, not what I really wanted to do but didn't see any other solution. Now if I could only get some help on the Google Search issue, I have a thread regarding that
Sent from my GT-P6800 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
adinis78 said:
I did a master reset and that so far seems to have fixed the problem, not what I really wanted to do but didn't see any other solution. Now if I could only get some help on the Google Search issue, I have a thread regarding that
Sent from my GT-P6800 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I have also got the language bug fixed by doing a factory reset.

Two OS features are missing in S6!!

I have the phone for two days now, but I noticed that unlike GS4 and GS5, GS6 is missing these two important features!
there is no "answer vibration" feature , so if someone answer my call I can't let the device vibrate!
you can't put a "direct call" icon in the desktop! now you can put contact icon, then after clicking it will take you to the contact page for that person!
Anyone, is this the case with you? anyone know how to solve it?!
Go into the dialer settings and under call alerts you'll find what you're looking for.
0dBu said:
Go into the dialer settings and under call alerts you'll find what you're looking for.
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There is no "call alters" section under phone settings! look to the attachment please.
is everyone have similar experience?
Also what about my second point (cant have a direct call icon from the phone desktop)? anyone?
abdalali said:
There is no "call alters" section under phone settings! look to the attachment please.
is everyone have similar experience?
Also what about my second point (cant have a direct call icon from the phone desktop)? anyone?
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This is what mine looks like, I'm on T-Mobile.
0dBu said:
This is what mine looks like, I'm on T-Mobile.
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I just did a hard reset, still this option is not there
My S6 is from middle east, I think I need to install different ROM!
how about direct call icon in desktop, it is working with you?
thanks for your help!
abdalali said:
I just did a hard reset, still this option is not there
My S6 is from middle east, I think I need to install different ROM!
how about direct call icon in desktop, it is working with you?
thanks for your help!
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Don't think it's Samsung. Looks like Google removed the shortcuts for the direct call, email, sms, etc... In lollipop from what I can find. I been searching and not much info on the web about this, guess me and you the few that used that feature.
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it might be, but I used Lollipop in my GS5 and the feature was there!
I am most annoyed about the vibration thing! I even flashed a German ROM in my mobile but the vibrate on answer feature didn't show up! :crying:
Don't think it's the Os it's the phone model ID and product ID , if it's that important change it to a us variant, might not boot though
antiguangenius said:
Don't think it's the Os it's the phone model ID and product ID , if it's that important change it to a us variant, might not boot though
View attachment 3258244View attachment 3258245
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Direct call is different from a shortcut. With direct call you click the icon and it calls the assigned person. With the shortcut as in the screen you posted, it takes you to the contacts page, where you then call text etc...
Thanks though
Sent from my SM-G900T using AllianceR(●)m
antiguangenius said:
Don't think it's the Os it's the phone model ID and product ID , if it's that important change it to a us variant, might not boot though
View attachment 3258244View attachment 3258245
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Thank you for your answer, this feature is important to me. I tired to install the T-Mobil US ROM. but it failed with Odin! I guess because my phone is G920F. and the T-Mobil pone is G920I.
For the second point, I agree with tenxo. Galaxy phones used to have direct calls.
abdalali said:
Thank you for your answer, this feature is important to me. I tired to install the T-Mobil US ROM. but it failed with Odin! I guess because my phone is G920F. and the T-Mobil pone is G920I.
For the second point, I agree with tenxo. Galaxy phones used to have direct calls.
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don't try to flash a different rom since they are different kernel and boorloader. You are going to damage your device...
NICEGYPT said:
don't try to flash a different rom since they are different kernel and boorloader. You are going to damage your device...
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thanks, but I wish there is a solution for not vibrating on answer
I have GS6 Edge Middle East edition
I have the same problem as yours no call alerts option
I really miss the vibrating feature after answering
I have the European S6 Edge - no call alert settings as well. I would like to remove the call connect tone and enable vibrate on answer. Hope Samsung will add this with the next updates.
abdalali said:
thanks, but I wish there is a solution for not vibrating on answer
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This ROM is what you're looking for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-xtrestolite-pure-edition-1-0-beta-1-t3082467
Now I can't tell you if this ROM will work on your phone, but it has the option to turn on Vibrate on Call. This ROM is also a "LITE" rom, so it de-bloats alot of things. So read carefully, and ask questions BEFORE you flash.
J-Hop2o6 said:
This ROM is what you're looking for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-xtrestolite-pure-edition-1-0-beta-1-t3082467
Now I can't tell you if this ROM will work on your phone, but it has the option to turn on Vibrate on Call. This ROM is also a "LITE" rom, so it de-bloats alot of things. So read carefully, and ask questions BEFORE you flash.
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thanks so much for answering..
I checked with edgarf28 yesterday and he told me this feature is not available! and he'll work to add it soon. are you sure it is there?
thanks again
I just checked, he added it to the ROM!
great guy that edgarf28!!
thank you for letting me know :good:
abdalali said:
thanks so much for answering..
I checked with edgarf28 yesterday and he told me this feature is not available! and he'll work to add it soon. are you sure it is there?
thanks again
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abdalali said:
I just checked, he added it to the ROM!
great guy that edgarf28!!
thank you for letting me know :good:
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I don't use the ROM (I haven't rooted yet--waiting/hoping of a way to root without tripping KNOX), but I wanted to read about it and that Vibrate on Calls caught my eye because I remember someone asking about that feature. So I came back here to tell you about it. I'm T-Mobile US, so I already have that feature OTB. Weird some don't have that simple feature. Odd. But you're welcome, and good luck!
EDIT: WOW... You've been here since 2010, and you only have 12 posts! How does that happen? You passed 100% of your old posts count in just a week! Lol
J-Hop2o6 said:
I don't use the ROM (I haven't rooted yet--waiting/hoping of a way to root without tripping KNOX), but I wanted to read about it and that Vibrate on Calls caught my eye because I remember someone asking about that feature. So I came back here to tell you about it. I'm T-Mobile US, so I already have that feature OTB. Weird some don't have that simple feature. Odd. But you're welcome, and good luck!
EDIT: WOW... You've been here since 2010, and you only have 12 posts! How does that happen? You passed 100% of your old posts count in just a week! Lol
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hahah :laugh:
I am a quiet fellow on the net. but I really needed vibrate on answer so I came out of my nest
thanks for coming back and letting me know.. you made my day!
abdalali said:
hahah :laugh:
I am a quiet fellow on the net. but I really needed vibrate on answer so I came out of my nest
thanks for coming back and letting me know.. you made my day!
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I see I'm more quiet these days also compared to my earlier XDA days, but I read alot of the stuff here though. But yea, glad to help! Enjoy.

How Do I Change Chinese Menus to English?

Hey folks, I'm completely new to the Android club. Bought myself an unlocked Z5 on eBay from, apparently, Taiwan. I was able to check the basic language to English in the Settings menu, but I'm still finding some programs in Chinese, and I don't know how to switch them over to English.
Specifically, there's this round purple icon with what appears to be a set of headphones over a microphone that overlays every screen on the phone. When I click it, I'm introduced to a page in Chinese with two checkboxes at the bottom, and then an OK below that. When I click OK, the phone starts speaking to me in Chinese. lol. There's something in Chinese on the top of the screen that ends with the English word "Lite".
Thanks for any help anyone can offer me!
Adrift98 said:
Hey folks, I'm completely new to the Android club. Bought myself an unlocked Z5 on eBay from, apparently, Taiwan. I was able to check the basic language to English in the Settings menu, but I'm still finding some programs in Chinese, and I don't know how to switch them over to English.
Specifically, there's this round purple icon with what appears to be a set of headphones over a microphone that overlays every screen on the phone. When I click it, I'm introduced to a page in Chinese with two checkboxes at the bottom, and then an OK below that. When I click OK, the phone starts speaking to me in Chinese. lol. There's something in Chinese on the top of the screen that ends with the English word "Lite".
Thanks for any help anyone can offer me!
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I bought mine from Taiwan as well and uninstalled the region specific apps. Some of them won't even connect based on your location.
augie7107 said:
I bought mine from Taiwan as well and uninstalled the region specific apps. Some of them won't even connect based on your location.
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Ok. That's what I ended up doing. Thank you!
Do you guys don't worry about the originality of these phones? lol
Why? Where do you think 99% of the worlds electronics are made?
Sent from my Xperia z5 by Tapatalk
agrees but is more likely to buy fake one and how about warranty.

[HELP] Huawei Enjoy Max aka Y Max aka ARS-L22 call issue

Hello everyone,
i have that phone bought from China and got with me to Italy. Very good and big as i like.
It looks like Honor 8x MAX but i did not find anything useful in that discussions.
The only (big) problem is: while i am in a call with anyone, especially inside a building, room, apartment ("indoor", it makes sense) most of the time the other person can't hear me. Instead, I can hear them perfectly.
I try different network band like gsm, wcdma, lte but nothing change.
I try different network sim card like Ho.mobile, Iliad, Wind but nothing change.
I try to contact huawei support but they can't help me.
I search on internet different time to find a solution; one time i saw a people has same problem without any solution.
Maybe the problem is the last upgrade firmware/emui (8.1/8.2 or viceversa).
Maybe the problem is the no-compatibility network band: i understood china hardware smartphone are slightly different than european standards but i retrieve my first chinaphone called Hero 9300+ (from 2013) with 3G band and it works perfectly.
Or, simply, it's the smartphone.
At the end, no one can help me.
Any suggestion is appreciated.
I will reply to anyone who can give me some tips.
I can pay if someone can give me the solution of the issue.
Thanks in advance to everyone.
Sorry for bad english.
Paolo
i have same problem , no solution yet
Thank you for your message.
At the end i sent back the phone and bought a different one: seller was kind to me
antimodes said:
Hello everyone,
i have that phone bought from China and got with me to Italy. Very good and big as i like.
It looks like Honor 8x MAX but i did not find anything useful in that discussions.
The only (big) problem is: while i am in a call with anyone, especially inside a building, room, apartment ("indoor", it makes sense) most of the time the other person can't hear me. Instead, I can hear them perfectly.
I try different network band like gsm, wcdma, lte but nothing change.
I try different network sim card like Ho.mobile, Iliad, Wind but nothing change.
I try to contact huawei support but they can't help me.
I search on internet different time to find a solution; one time i saw a people has same problem without any solution.
Maybe the problem is the last upgrade firmware/emui (8.1/8.2 or viceversa).
Maybe the problem is the no-compatibility network band: i understood china hardware smartphone are slightly different than european standards but i retrieve my first chinaphone called Hero 9300+ (from 2013) with 3G band and it works perfectly.
Or, simply, it's the smartphone.
At the end, no one can help me.
Any suggestion is appreciated.
I will reply to anyone who can give me some tips.
I can pay if someone can give me the solution of the issue.
Thanks in advance to everyone.
Sorry for bad english.
Paolo
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anyone find a solution to this?
antimodes said:
Hello everyone,
i have that phone bought from China and got with me to Italy. Very good and big as i like.
It looks like Honor 8x MAX but i did not find anything useful in that discussions.
The only (big) problem is: while i am in a call with anyone, especially inside a building, room, apartment ("indoor", it makes sense) most of the time the other person can't hear me. Instead, I can hear them perfectly.
I try different network band like gsm, wcdma, lte but nothing change.
I try different network sim card like Ho.mobile, Iliad, Wind but nothing change.
I try to contact huawei support but they can't help me.
I search on internet different time to find a solution; one time i saw a people has same problem without any solution.
Maybe the problem is the last upgrade firmware/emui (8.1/8.2 or viceversa).
Maybe the problem is the no-compatibility network band: i understood china hardware smartphone are slightly different than european standards but i retrieve my first chinaphone called Hero 9300+ (from 2013) with 3G band and it works perfectly.
Or, simply, it's the smartphone.
At the end, no one can help me.
Any suggestion is appreciated.
I will reply to anyone who can give me some tips.
I can pay if someone can give me the solution of the issue.
Thanks in advance to everyone.
Sorry for bad english.
Paolo
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Good afternoon
Truly missing exists on the ARS-L22 660 qualcomm
I noticed that she was on all the phones from China that were rebranded.
I managed to defeat the problem. Now the microphone is working properly, and the network is no problem. The network began to work better before I started to take on something
Good afternoon
Truly missing exists on the ARS-L22 660 qualcomm
I noticed that she was on all the phones from China that were rebranded.
I managed to defeat the problem. Now the microphone is working properly, and the network is no problem. The network began to work better before I started to take on something
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Hello and thank you for your reply.
But, could you explain us how you managed that ?!
Thanks
antimodes said:
Hello and thank you for your reply.
But, could you explain us how you managed that ?!
Thanks
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I flashed it with 101 firmware, and the oeminfo file
geogsm_1 said:
I flashed it with 101 firmware, and the oeminfo file
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hey buddy, can u provide a more detail instrustion how u do it with download links, tks!
one of my fd have the same situation too, his mother Y-max cannot connect to china network at all, thus the gallery cannot open also...
sky104hk said:
hey buddy, can u provide a more detail instrustion how u do it with download links, tks!
one of my fd have the same situation too, his mother Y-max cannot connect to china network at all, thus the gallery cannot open also...
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I did it using the firmware service and dc-hpoenix. True, I have the correct information. Do your friends have a Chinese region? Write to me in PM.
Thanks to geogsm_1, now the phone works fine
part did you solve the problem? how could you describe it step by step how?

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