Why did the language stop changing to Android? How to install Russian language on Android

Basically, modern mobile devices on the Android platform, which are sold on our market, are already equipped with Russification built into the firmware. However, it is not uncommon for the device you ordered (for example, from China) to lack Russian localization. For some, this will not be such a big problem, but most users probably wanted their beloved “Andryukha” to communicate in their native language. That’s why we’ll now tell you how to change the language on an Android tablet and phone.

Some users may be ready to accept firmware that does not have Russian localization, but the on-screen keyboard should definitely be Russified, since sending SMS messages, correspondence on social networks, etc. in Latin will be unreadable for the recipient. Therefore, first we will look at several methods that can help in this matter.

1. Using the settings on your phone. Step by step our actions should be like this.

On your device, go to the “ Settings" (or " Settings»):

Select the item “ Language & keyboard"i.e. " Language and keyboard", In chapter " Keyboard settings» « Keyboard settings") we find " language & input» - « Input language»:

Click and select the desired language:

After the manipulations have been done, the keyboard should display a key for switching the input language, or the “space” button will show the current layout, and its change will occur by sliding your finger along the spacebar in one direction or another.

Oops! It seems like everything was done correctly, but in “ language & input» Didn’t you find the Russian language? Don’t rush to tear your hair out - we still have a hundred yards untrodden on this topic, therefore, read on.

2. Using a special application.

So, if the above method turned out to be inapplicable for you, then an excellent solution is to install a keyboard that supports the Russian language. In fact, this is a simple utility, downloading and installing it on your device does not present any difficulties. We will mention only two of the fairly large assortment available, these are:

Flexy Keyboard- a wonderful free keyboard, endowed with many functions and emoticons (by the way, it will come in handy if you are an active user of the Instagram network, because this feature is not provided in the service itself).

« Ginger - Russian on Android"- an excellent tool for quickly typing text, has its own translator, checks the written text and much more.

After we install the application, we need to go to “ Settings"(settings) and in the item " Language & keyboard» Check the box next to the newly installed keyboard. If there is a need, then by clicking on the name, you can set the desired settings.

Despite the fact that, having read our article up to this section, typing in Russian will no longer be a problem, many owners of Android devices will probably want their favorite device to have a completely user-friendly interface with Russian localization. We will now figure out how this can be done.

If you have an old version of Android OS (before 4.2), then proceed as follows.

Download and install MoreLocale 2 - the most popular application that localizes Android firmware. Then, to Russify your system, perform the following steps:

Launch MoreLocale 2 and in the program window select “ Custom locale»:

In the field that appears, click the button “ ISO", which is located next to the menu item " Language" and select the language - in our case " Russian».

Then click " ISO", which is located opposite the item " Country" and from the list of countries that appears, select " Russian Federation", to confirm press the button " Set».

Now our smartphone can speak Russian. It’s really worth noting that if in applications that are installed in the operating system, Russification is not provided initially, then it’s possible that something won’t be completely Russified, but that’s the tenth thing, right?

For versions with Android OS 4.2 and higher, our actions will be completely different, we read:

Full Russification for the latest versions involves some difficulties, but not for us, because in this case we have a couple of methods in our arsenal, one of which should definitely help.

First option. Installing the program Set Locale & Language, which makes it possible to install the system language, even if it is not in the firmware.

However, some users complain that the program is not always stable, and after a reboot the localization settings may disappear. Well, what can I say, only personal testing can decide how suitable this program is for your device.

The second option is using a computer. If the method described above was useless for you, then we suggest using another option to translate the system language on your tablet or phone into Russian.

Download and install the latest version of the ADB program on your PC and drivers for your device.
You need to install it on your mobile device More Locale 2
On your Android, turn on the “” mode (“ menu", Further " Settings", then " Developer options", And " USB debugging"). If your menu does not contain the “ Developer options", found in " Settings" paragraph " About phone", then on the name of the device model or on the firmware version itself, click ten times in a row " Developer options" to display the settings menu.
Unpack it on your PC to the root of the disk " WITH» ADB program (the path to the executable file is: C:\adb\adb.exe).
Connect your smartphone to the computer.
(team cmd.exe).
In order to go to the folder C:\adb\ enter the command cd c:\adb
We are looking for our device, for which we enter the command adb devices
Below the line " List of devices attached"The identifier of our mobile device must be issued, after which we enter " adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION", waiting for a response " locale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION"(if an error was made, you will have to carefully enter the command again).
We disconnect the smartphone from the PC and launch the MoreLocale 2 application (the sequence of actions is described in the first section of this article).

If you couldn’t find the latest version of ADB (the word “offline” next to the identifier), then you can download the developer package, after installing it on your PC in the folder /platform-tools/ there will be the latest version of ADB.

It remains to draw your attention to the following detail: all the described localization methods for Adroid work at the software level, but not at the OS level, so if you decide reset your device to factory settings, i.e. execute " hard reset", then everything that you have achieved in terms of localization will go to... (in general, you know where). But you will always have the opportunity to return to this article and refresh your memory of how to install the Russian language on Android, so that your “Andryukha” can communicate in Russian again.

So, despite the statement that the finger is the best tool for the touch screen, you decided to connect an external USB keyboard for your tablet. Still, entering large amounts of text in this way is easier and faster.

I also recently had to connect a keyboard to my Huawei Mediapad to type medium and large SEO texts. For this I used a Logitech keyboard and mouse with a Unifying receiver. Naturally, a USB host OTG adapter was needed in order to connect the device to the tablet. The whole set looks something like this:

Step 1. Connect the keyboard and mouse

Instead of using a standard USB keyboard to eliminate the long cable from our build, I decided to connect the Logitech K360 keyboard and Logitech M325 mouse via the Unifying universal receiver. I paired on a desktop computer, so the connection went without problems:

Step 2. Android and keyboard layout

A USB keyboard for an Android tablet makes sense only if it has the ability to switch the language. This is where the main question lies. The Latin alphabet is entered in normal mode, but how can you switch the keyboard from English to Russian on Android?

A small (264KB) Russian Keyboard application from the developer Gamewarrior comes to the rescue. We install it through the Play Market and go to Settings / Language and input. Turn on Russian Keyboard and in the settings specify the external keyboard as External Keyboard RU. If desired, you can change the layout switching key. Available options:

ALT+SHIFT
ALT+SPACE
SHIFT+SPACE

Not the most convenient choice, but apparently for good reason.

For convenience, enable the “Show icon” option to display the current layout icon in the notification panel.

Now, when entering text, click on the keyboard icon in the notification panel and select Russian Keyboard and make sure that the hardware keyboard switch is in the ON position:

Using the settings on your phone. Step by step our actions should be like this.

On your device, go to the “Settings” (or “Settings”) section:

Select the item “Language & keyboard” i.e. “Language and keyboard”, in the “Keyboard settings” section, find “language & input” - “Input language”:

Click and select the desired language:

Oops! It seems like you did everything correctly, but you didn’t find the Russian language in “language & input”? Don’t rush to tear your hair out - we still have a hundred yards untrodden on this topic, so let’s read on.

2. Using a special application.

– a wonderful free keyboard, endowed with many functions and emoticons (by the way, it will come in handy if you are an active user of the Instagram network, because this feature is not provided in the service itself).

"" is an excellent tool for quickly typing text, has its own translator, checks the written text and much more.

After we install the application, you need to go to “Settings” and in the “Language & keyboard” item, check the box next to the newly installed keyboard. If there is a need, then by clicking on the name, you can set the desired settings.

If you have an old version of Android OS (before 4.2), then proceed as follows.

Download and install MoreLocale 2 - the most popular application that localizes Android firmware. Then, to Russify your system, perform the following steps:

Launch MoreLocale 2 and select “Custom locale” in the program window:

In the field that appears, click the “ISO” button, which is located next to the “Language” menu item and select the language – in our case, “Russian”.

Then click “ISO”, which is located opposite the “Country” item and from the list of countries that appears, select “Russian Federation”, press the “Set” button to confirm.

For versions with Android OS 4.2 and higher, our actions will be completely different, we read:

Full Russification for the latest versions involves some difficulties, but not for us, because in this case we have a couple of methods in our arsenal, one of which should definitely help.

First option. We install the Set Locale & Language program, which makes it possible to set the system language, even if it is not in the firmware.

The second option is using a computer. If the method described above was useless for you, then we suggest using another option to translate the system language on your tablet or phone into Russian.

Download and install on your PC the latest version of the ADB program and drivers for your device.
You need to install More Locale 2 on your mobile device
On your Android, enable the “USB debugging” mode (“menu”, then “Settings”, then “Developer options”, and “USB debugging”). If there is no “Developer options” item in your menu, find the “About phone” item in “Settings”, then on the name of the device model or on the firmware version itself, click “Developer options” ten times in a row so that the settings menu appears.
Unpack the ADB program on the PC to the root of the “C” drive (the path to the executable file is: C:\adb\adb.exe).
Connect your smartphone to the computer.
We launch the command line application on the computer (cmd.exe command).
To go to the C:\adb\ folder, enter the command cd c:\adb
We are looking for our device, for which we enter the command adb devices
Below the line “List of devices attached” the identifier of our mobile device should be given, after which we enter “adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION”, wait for the response “locale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION” "(if an error was made, you will have to carefully enter the command again).
We disconnect the smartphone from the PC and launch the MoreLocale 2 application (the sequence of actions is described in the first section of this article).

If you couldn’t find the latest version of ADB (the word “offline” next to the identifier), then you can download the Android SDK developer package; after installation on your PC, the latest version of ADB will be located in the /platform-tools/ folder.

It remains to draw your attention to the following detail: all the described localization methods for Adroid work at the software level, but not at the OS level, therefore, if you decide to reset your device to factory settings, i.e. perform a “hard reset”, then everything that you have achieved in terms of localization will go to... (in general, you know where). But you will always have the opportunity to return to this article and refresh your memory of how to install the Russian language on Android, so that your “Andryukha” can communicate in Russian again.

Users are often interested in how to change the language of the Android operating system from Chinese to Russian. Typically, such questions arise after purchasing a smartphone in a Chinese online store. But there are other options. For example, the language may change to Chinese as a result. If you also encounter a similar problem, then this article should help you. Here we will talk about changing the language from Chinese to Russian in Android 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0.

How to change the system language on Android 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0

If you have a smartphone with Android 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0, then in order to change the language from Chinese to Russian you must first open the settings. This can be done using the top curtain or the Settings application icon.

After this, you need to scroll through the settings and find the “Language and input” section there. But, if you have Chinese installed and you cannot read the inscriptions, then you need to navigate by the icons. This section should have an icon in the form of a globe.

Once the Languages and Input section is open, simply go to the topmost subsection.

After this, a list of languages will appear in front of you. If there is Russian in this list, then you just need to click on the button to the right of the language and drag it to the top of the list.

If the Russian language is not in this list, then you need to add it first. To do this, click on the button with the “Plus” sign and select Russian in the list that opens.

After this, Russian will appear at the end of the list of available languages and you just have to drag it to the top, after which the language in the system will change from Chinese to Russian.

How to change the system language on Android 4.0

If you have a smartphone with Android 4.0, the process of changing the language will be slightly different. First you need to open Settings.

After that, open the topmost subsection.

As a result, you should see a large list of languages. Here you just need to find the Russian language and select it.

After which the language of the Android operating system will change from Chinese to Russian.

When using an external Android keyboard, you may experience problems switching layouts. You can solve this problem and set up switching layouts in two simple ways - both using Android itself and through the small free Russian Keyboard program.

Switching external keyboard layouts using Android itself

First, with the keyboard connected, you need to go to the device settings and find the “Language and input” item there. There, find the “Physical Keyboard” section (if the keyboard is disabled, it will not appear in the settings), and in it the “Select keyboard layout” item.

Most likely, the “Default” item will be active there, which means that the keyboard will use the device language without the ability to switch layouts.

We select the item “Customize keyboard layouts” - and if a long menu of possible layouts is displayed, then we are lucky. It is necessary to mark the Russian and English (USA) layouts, after which the setup can be considered complete.

You can switch layouts on a physical keyboard by pressing Ctrl+Space.

Switching external keyboard layouts through the Russian Keyboard program

But it may turn out that the “Customize keyboard layouts” menu is empty. There's nothing to choose from. Or you are not satisfied with the option of switching layouts using the Ctrl+Space keys and want to change the combination to the usual Alt+Shift.

In this case, you will have to install the free Russian Keyboard application from Google Play, which adds a new keyboard with the same name to the system - Russian Keyboard.

The Russian Keyboard virtual keyboard looks very poor and is unlikely to attract anyone, but its trick is that it allows you to work normally with an external keyboard and switch layouts on it normally.

First, go to the “Keyboard Settings” application that appeared in the system when installing Russian Keyboard, select “Hardware Keyboard” in it, and “Select Layout” in it. By default there is “Translit”, it needs to be changed to “External Keyboard (RU)”.

In the same menu, you can configure a key combination to switch layouts. There are 3 options available: Alt+Shift, Alt+Space, Shift+Space. Personally, I choose the first option as the most familiar.

This is almost all over. All you have to do is remember to switch the keyboard used in the system to Russian Keyboard. You can do this by placing the cursor in the text input field and selecting the “Select input method” item that appears in the notification panel.