Is it posible to change the locale of my device?

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In my Android phone when I go to Settings -> Language and Keyboard Settings -> Select Language I see "Locale" as the title on the top row and see that only few languages are listed. I suspect its because of this "Locale" setting.

Where I can change it so that all supported languages will be listed? Under Settings -> Language & Keyboard I don't see a "Locale" option.

What phone do you have and what version of Android is it runnning? That may well affect the answers. — GAThrawn, Mar 14 '12 at 14:37
I don't think "Locale" is a separate setting anywhere. It just looks like the list title/header to me. This also sounds like it may be a duplicate of How do I add a new language? — eldarerathis, Mar 14 '12 at 17:47
android version is 2.3.5 . Does the language list depend on teh android version or is it divide by the mobile manufacturer — preetha, Mar 15 '12 at 05:59

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '12 at 20:48

If you want to change locale settings on your device, the Set Locale and Language app¹ might prove helpful as well. Locale-Einstellung looks almost the same. MoreLocale 2² might offer an alternative, as it also allows to create custom locales -- which is also supported by Custom Locale³.

Set Locale MoreLocale2 Custom Locale

With Any Locale⁴ switching the locale can be as easy as tapping a widget -- as it is with LocaleSwitch⁵ or the Language Picker Widget⁶.

Any Locale LocaleSwitch Language Picker

Also very nice: Raygional⁷. And there are probably many more to chose from...

Raygional

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 19 '12 at 20:06

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The keyboard settings shows all supported languages no matter the locale of the device, so if a language is not listed than it's not supported. A good alternative is AnysoftKeyboard; you can download language packs for it.

edited Mar 19 '12 at 20:06

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 13 '24 at 22:52

Here was how I changed them on my Google Pixel 7:

Open "Settings"
Choose "System"
Choose "Languages"
Choose "System Languages"
"Add a language" (I added "Español")
Drag that language to the top using the drag icon (two lines) on the right

My system switched to Spanish, although bits were still English. I bet if I restarted the phone they would all switch to Spanish.

Then finding that setting again was not so easy for me! (I hadn't written down how I got there, and now it was all in Spanish.)

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