I have a friend in Hong Kong this week looking for a Hermes based device for me to use in the States. He found the Dopod 838 Pro at a decent price. Only problem, they are out of the English versions. I don't mind not having the manual however he was told that when powered on the device will be in Chinese.
So, is there more to switching this to English then just changing software configuration? Will this need a new ROM image installed? What other downsides are there to buying a chinese based phone and converting it to english? keys? handwriting recognition? Am I better off holding off and looking for the english version?
If someone knows of a place to pick up the English version of the Dopod 838 Pro, please email me.
Thanks
David
yes language is in the rom
read here
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
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Hi
I am planning on purchasing a XDA III , MDA III , Qtek 9090 (which ever you may prefer to call it) from a Chinese lady. Problem is the language for this device is in Chinese. Does anyone know if it is possible to change the language of this device to English? I would obviously like to know this before I buy it from her.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
I reckon, it is the same with all HTC PDAs: the language depends on the installed ROM, which can be changed by flashing. Advantage: being in this forum you'll also be able to get the newest version of the net for free (except time you spent).
Hey i just worked on mine. WORKS! I bought mine brand new from O2 which is a chinese version CHT. I flashed it to WWE Make sure you TRY to put your SIM card in before (if you are there with her) to make sure there's no SIM LOCK. If there is , you'll have to find a HELL way to unlock it. I think the IMEI will always and forever be uNlocked if your phone was sold originally UNLOCKED such as most chinese versions.
Thanks and hope it works!
Excellent. thanks to the both of you. Just had to clear that up.
I don't know German and I am not living in Germany. Can anyone upload the English rom for the MDA Pro? also, can anyone unlock the MDA pro now?
sim1 said:
I don't know German and I am not living in Germany. Can anyone upload the English rom for the MDA Pro? also, can anyone unlock the MDA pro now?
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ftp://xdaupload:[email protected]/Universal/Jasjar Ext_ROM from Joe Bongo .zip
Thought that this one was a brittish rom, by the way, the patches will work on any device using wm2005, maybe exept chinese versions, the german rom has good stuff concerning to remove the bloody gprs symbol also i thougt i got wifitempon and off executables from this one.
Think that thats why they call it a Universal :roll:
Hi,
That's an imate one (from UK I guess).
Glad someone found it useful; apparently I am not the first to upload it tho, so maybes others lurking.
Don't think MDA Pro was out yet?
Joe
MDA Pro is out .. you can buy it on T-mobile.de and I have mine delivered tommorow. but it's german
I-Mate 2005 = Jasjar,
I-Mate Jam = Magician
I-Mate = Himalaya
It's getting a bit confuzed so many phones with almost identical names, i've seen that rom, and the device is running wm2005. i also seen Imate, inside, so this file is the extended rom of a Q-Tek 9100 or is it a 4040?(like forum decribes) Alias the I-Mate 2005, MDA Pro, SPV-M5000, MDAIV, and a lot of other names,
Maybe you all can post your extended rom here? there are so many differences on every operator and country, who knows what else is hidden on those roms for us?
And the FTP admin of jasjar if their is one, can sort them out and place them on the ftp download site in the future, It's pretty handy to have every extended rom aviable for download, for example if you screwed your system up.
We have the same for the BlueAngel, lotz and lotz of extended roms for us aviable. :roll:
Don't forget if you upload a rom to put your country and provider info inside the zipfile, so we easily can sort them all out.
I hope to see some more roms coming up/
This is an imate jasjar rom. I posted it a few days ago.
I got the device in the UK and I believe it is a UK device (or generic version that happen to be english)
Hope it helps.
Joe
I purchased an imate jasjar in Italy last week. The salesperson confirmed that I can change the language from Italian to English. But when I contacted the Imate people they say it is not possible, Can someone guide me?
Thanks Felician
felicianf said:
I purchased an imate jasjar in Italy last week. The salesperson confirmed that I can change the language from Italian to English. But when I contacted the Imate people they say it is not possible, Can someone guide me?
Thanks Felician
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all information you need in here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal
Hey, my buddy is trying to find the Omnia 7 (unlocked and unbranded) but isn't able to find anything. Everywhere he looks it's branded, and so he (and I) are doubtful about it being unlocked as well.
Appreciate any help from anyone in the region who's been successful at picking one up.
belsimpel.nl or dynabyte.nl
Pdashop.nl
That's where I ordered my Trophy 7,
Great service, good delivery.
Thanks guys, just curious. Upon first startup. Was the setup in Dutch or in English?
I got mine from ExpanSys.nl, mine is T-mobile Germany branded (only a boot logo before the normal boot one, plus some T-mobile software). My Setup was in German, then I changed it in English. There is no dutch language available.
Well, out of those 4. Looks like belsimpel is the cheapest @ 493, and ExpanSYS is the most expensive @ 555.
Just curious about the language now. Since yours was a German T-Mobile, I suppose it would have to be in German on setup. But what if it was unbranded? Hope someone can answer that for me.
some languages are not supported at release,
The support for dutch language will be available in 2011 (april if i'm not mistaken) But the only thing i miss is the dutch spell correction, I'm more a fan of the english menu's
The initial setup of mine was english, it's a vodafone branded device.
Unbranded, English in Netherlands.
Hello,
I have noticed that there are a lot of language/locale combinations missing from my device, even though it is a WWE. For example, I can only choose English [US,UK] and only French [France], while in AOSP there are options like English [Germany, Switzerland], French [Switzerland], German [Switzerland], etc.
I am comfortable with using English or French as the phone language, but I am really not comfortable with not having the correct locale (e.g. US dates, UK currency, etc). The phone was bought in Switzerland, so it is kind of ridiculous that the Swiss locales are missing.
What about your variant? What locales are there? I am mostly interested in the US unlocked version, as I have no high hopes for the other variants.