[Q] Change display language

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InvisibleKnight

InvisibleKnight

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Considering how much I enjoyed my dvp I decided to order two of them for a friend of mine. I made sure that they were carrier unlocked and I had them sent from the US. The dvps arrived with factory installed Mango and some t-mo stuff installed (?). I tried an Italian sim card to make sure they were unlocked and it worked perfectly so I just uninstalled the useless apps from t-mo and went in the settings panel to change the language of the device.

I'm able to change everything but the display language. From what I learnt on xda it needs a registry hack to fix this but considering the fact that we can't do that is there another way? My dvp can change the display language with no problem so I thought I could flash these dvps with the rom of my device but it seems a bit extreme to me...


(a cool thing about t-mo dvp is that it can set google as default search provider)
 
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Ascario

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You do not necessarily need to mess with the registry to install additional languages. I was able to install the dutch language by using the Windows Phone update application from Microsoft after downloading the language pack and some other update packages from the Windows Update site. The links to these packages can be found here.

It may require an dev unlocked phone though, but I cannot be certain for that... I used ChevronWP7.
 
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Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28064528

Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
 
InvisibleKnight

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Technosquid said:
Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28064528

Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
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That could be true. My dvp is dev unlocked but my subscription is expired and I can't unlock the other devices. I guess I'll have to wait 'till someone finds the way to unlock the damn dvp.
 
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Ascario

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Technosquid said:
Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28064528

Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
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I did install the Dutch Language on my DVP. I have to admit I was surprised it actually worked and "Nederlands" became one of the options in the language menu. I have to add though that I have a German DVP, Italian was already one of the options. If I'm not mistaken, there is a difference between the US and European firmware. You basicly need a European DVP to add other European languages, except for Spanish perhaps.
 
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    Technosquid said:
    Someone in the update cab thread was saying that the DVP only allows you to use the english language pack. I don't know if this is true, or whether having a developer unlocked phone would help.

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28064528

    Ascario, did you install the Dutch language on a DVP, or was it another Windows Phone model?
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    I did install the Dutch Language on my DVP. I have to admit I was surprised it actually worked and "Nederlands" became one of the options in the language menu. I have to add though that I have a German DVP, Italian was already one of the options. If I'm not mistaken, there is a difference between the US and European firmware. You basicly need a European DVP to add other European languages, except for Spanish perhaps.
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