So Languages in android are hidden because of your CSC, location, region, or carrier
but not all Firmwares. just most
for the sony and htc its the same guide but for samsung it diffrent. lets start off with sony and htc
Use a root explorer or a root level file manager or you can just use adb pull and push
and get this file
"system/customize/CID/default.xml"
move it to your computer and edit it using NOTEDPAD++
You will see something like this
You wanna edit it so it would look like this
then replace the file on your phone with the one you just modded
THEN YOU MUST WIPE DATA TO SEE YOU LANGUAGE IN YOUR DEVICE SETTINGS
but not all Firmwares. just most
for the sony and htc its the same guide but for samsung it diffrent. lets start off with sony and htc
Use a root explorer or a root level file manager or you can just use adb pull and push
and get this file
"system/customize/CID/default.xml"
move it to your computer and edit it using NOTEDPAD++
You will see something like this
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<customization_form>
<category name="system">
<module name="locale">
<function>
<set name="single">
<item name="total_list">en_US;es_US;fr_US;</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_US">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_US">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_US">yes</item>
</set>
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<customization_form>
<category name="system">
<module name="locale">
<function>
<set name="single">
<item name="total_list">ar_AR;ar_BH;ar_DZ;ar_JO;ar_KW;ar_LB;ar_LY;ar_MA;ar_OM;ar_QA;ar_TN;bg_BG;bg_BY;bg_CS;bg_CZ;bg_EE;bg_HR;bg_HU;bg_LT;bg_LV;bg_PL;bg_RO;bg_SI;bg_SK;bg_UA;cs_BG;cs_BY;cs_CS;cs_CZ;cs_EE;cs_HR;cs_HU;cs_LT;cs_LV;cs_PL;cs_RO;cs_SI;cs_SK;cs_UA;da_DK;da_FI;da_NO;da_SE;de_AO;de_AT;de_CH;de_DE;de_ES;de_FR;de_GB;de_IE;de_IT;de_KE;de_LU;de_MZ;de_NA;de_NG;de_NL;de_PT;de_ZA;el_GR;en_AE;en_AM;en_AO;en_AT;en_AU;en_AZ;en_BG;en_BH;en_BY;en_CH;en_CS;en_CZ;en_DE;en_DK;en_DZ;en_EE;en_EG;en_ES;en_FI;en_FR;en_GB;en_GE;en_GR;en_HR;en_HU;en_ID;en_IE;en_IQ;en_IT;en_JO;en_KE;en_KW;en_KZ;en_LB;en_LT;en_LU;en_LV;en_LY;en_MA;en_MZ;en_NA;en_NG;en_NL;en_NO;en_OM;en_PL;en_PT;en_QA;en_RO;en_RU;en_SA;en_SE;en_SG;en_SI;en_SK;en_TN;en_UA;en_US;en_ZA;es_ES;es_FR;es_GB;es_IE;es_IT;es_PT;es_US;fi_DK;fi_FI;fi_NO;fi_SE;fr_AE;fr_AO;fr_AT;fr_BH;fr_CH;fr_DE;fr_DZ;fr_EG;fr_ES;fr_FR;fr_GB;fr_IE;fr_IQ;fr_IT;fr_JO;fr_KE;fr_KW;fr_LB;fr_LU;fr_LY;fr_MA;fr_MZ;fr_NA;fr_NG;fr_NL;fr_OM;fr_PT;fr_QA;fr_SA;fr_TN;fr_US;fr_ZA;hi_HI;hr_BG;hr_BY;hr_CS;hr_CZ;hr_EE;hr_HR;hr_HU;hr_LT;hr_LV;hr_PL;hr_RO;hr_SI;hr_SK;hr_UA;hu_BG;hu_BY;hu_CS;hu_CZ;hu_EE;hu_HR;hu_HU;hu_LT;hu_LV;hu_PL;hu_RO;hu_SI;hu_SK;hu_UA;it_AT;it_CH;it_DE;it_FR;it_GB;it_IE;it_IT;iw_IW;ja_JP;ko_KR;nb_DK;nb_FI;nb_NO;nb_SE;nl_FR;nl_LU;nl_NL;nl_BE;pl_BG;pl_BY;pl_CS;pl_CZ;pl_EE;pl_GB;pl_HR;pl_HU;pl_IE;pl_LT;pl_LV;pl_PL;pl_RO;pl_SI;pl_SK;pl_UA;pt_AO;pt_ES;pt_FR;pt_KE;pt_MZ;pt_NA;pt_NG;pt_PT;pt_ZA;ro_BG;ro_BY;ro_CS;ro_CZ;ro_EE;ro_HR;ro_HU;ro_LT;ro_LV;ro_PL;ro_RO;ro_SI;ro_SK;ro_UA;ru_AM;ru_AZ;ru_BG;ru_BY;ru_CS;ru_CZ;ru_EE;ru_GE;ru_HR;ru_HU;ru_KZ;ru_LT;ru_LV;ru_PL;ru_RO;ru_RU;ru_SI;ru_SK;ru_UA;sk_BG;sk_BY;sk_CS;sk_CZ;sk_EE;sk_HR;sk_HU;sk_LT;sk_LV;sk_PL;sk_RO;sk_SI;sk_SK;sk_UA;sl_BG;sl_BY;sl_CS;sl_CZ;sl_EE;sl_HR;sl_HU;sl_LT;sl_LV;sl_PL;sl_RO;sl_SI;sl_SK;sl_UA;sr_BG;sr_BY;sr_CS;sr_CZ;sr_EE;sr_HR;sr_HU;sr_LT;sr_LV;sr_PL;sr_RO;sr_SI;sr_SK;sr_UA;sv_DK;sv_FI;sv_NO;sv_SE;th_TH;tr_AT;tr_CH;tr_DE;tr_TR;vi_VN;zh_CN;zh_HK;zh_TW;</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_AR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_BH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_DZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_JO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_KW">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_LB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_LY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_MA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_OM">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_QA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ar_TN">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="bg_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="cs_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="da_DK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="da_FI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="da_NO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="da_SE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_AO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_AT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_CH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_DE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_ES">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_IT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_KE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_LU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_MZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_NA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_NG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_NL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_PT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="de_ZA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="el_GR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AM">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_AZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_BH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_CH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_DE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_DK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_DZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_EG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_ES">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_FI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_GE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_GR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_ID">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_IQ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_IT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_JO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_KE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_KW">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_KZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_LB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_LU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_LY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_MA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_MZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_NA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_NG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_NL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_NO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_OM">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_PT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_QA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_RU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_SA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_SE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_SG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_TN">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_US">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="en_ZA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_ES">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_IT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_PT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="es_US">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fi_DK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fi_FI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fi_NO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fi_SE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_AE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_AO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_AT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_BH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_CH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_DE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_DZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_EG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_ES">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_IQ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_IT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_JO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_KE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_KW">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_LB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_LU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_LY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_MA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_MZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_NA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_NG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_NL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_OM">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_PT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_QA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_SA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_TN">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_US">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="fr_ZA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hi_HI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hr_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="hu_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_AT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_CH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_DE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="it_IT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="iw_IW">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ja_JP">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ko_KR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nb_DK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nb_FI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nb_NO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nb_SE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nl_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nl_LU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nl_NL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="nl_BE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_GB">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_IE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pl_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_AO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_ES">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_FR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_KE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_MZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_NA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_NG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_PT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="pt_ZA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ro_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_AM">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_AZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_GE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_KZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_RU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="ru_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sk_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sl_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_BG">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_BY">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_CS">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_CZ">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_EE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_HR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_HU">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_LT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_LV">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_PL">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_RO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_SI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_SK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sr_UA">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sv_DK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sv_FI">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sv_NO">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="sv_SE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="th_TH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="tr_AT">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="tr_CH">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="tr_DE">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="tr_TR">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="vi_VN">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="zh_CN">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="zh_HK">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="zh_TW">yes</item>
<item type="boolean" name="defeault">en_US</item>
</set>
THEN YOU MUST WIPE DATA TO SEE YOU LANGUAGE IN YOUR DEVICE SETTINGS