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indian languages in android

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mahendran Original post #1
Nov 2, 2014 at 1:18 PM
I am not able to open any indian language messages of whatspp in my samsung S2 SGH-1727bought from USA.

I had downloaded the fonts from playstore and installed.

installed opera mini.however could not open "config" option,so as to change necessary setting(this was a suggestion on googling)

downloaded peacock browser.

all these things not helped.

can anybody suggest some work around or apps to enable usage of indian langauages like "malayalam"
Vyom
Vyom #2
Nov 2, 2014 at 2:55 PM
Have you tried adding languages from:
Android Settings -> Language and Input -> Language -> Google Keyboard -> Input Language -> Use System Language. Then select your language?
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mahendran #3
Nov 2, 2014 at 3:27 PM
no indian languages available in that option.as such is there any way to install the required language?
TechnoBOY
TechnoBOY #4
Nov 3, 2014 at 2:43 PM
SwiftKey on Thursday has announced the release of an updated (version 5.1) beta keyboard app for Android with support for 11 new Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, as well as Nepali and Sinhala, along with a Diwali-themed keyboard.
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the keyboard is here SwiftKey Announces Support for 11 New Indian Languages; Releases Diwali Theme | NDTV Gadgets
$hadow
$hadow #5
Nov 3, 2014 at 2:57 PM
Go with swiftkey
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mahendran #6
Nov 4, 2014 at 7:14 AM
$hadow said:
Go with swiftkey
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downloaded and installed both version including beta.

however unable to read indian language messages in whatsapp.

using the beta version I have installed the language too.

anything else to be done?
ithehappy
ithehappy #7
Nov 4, 2014 at 7:26 AM
You see all ? mark in place of Indian letters (whatever language)?
$hadow
$hadow #8
Nov 5, 2014 at 1:32 PM
mahendran said:
downloaded and installed both version including beta.

however unable to read indian language messages in whatsapp.

using the beta version I have installed the language too.

anything else to be done?
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Is the device rooted?
lywyre
lywyre #9
Nov 5, 2014 at 2:19 PM
What version of Android are you running? I guess you need atleast JellyBean for Indian characters (not sure of ICS)
TechnoBOY
TechnoBOY #10
Nov 5, 2014 at 8:23 PM
[MENTION=1658]mahendran[/MENTION] which version
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BhargavJ #12
Nov 6, 2014 at 7:05 AM
I have a Xolo Q800, Android version 4.1.2, not rooted; it doesn't show Indian languages, Gujarati in my case, it shows a lot of blank space with a few punctuations marks here and there.

A few days ago, I got this app from Play Store called "View in Gujarati." It doesn't directly show the Whatsapp messages in Gujarati; you have to copy the message and open it in this app, and then it'll show it correctly. I haven't checked, but there might be similar apps for other languages.

I checked on Play Store; the Swiftkey version they have is 5.0 something; not the 5.1 beta that supports Indian languages. So still searching for something that'll show the text directly in Whatsapp.
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mahendran #13
Nov 6, 2014 at 11:59 AM
BhargavJ said:
I have a Xolo Q800, Android version 4.1.2, not rooted; it doesn't show Indian languages, Gujarati in my case, it shows a lot of blank space with a few punctuations marks here and there.

A few days ago, I got this app from Play Store called "View in Gujarati." It doesn't directly show the Whatsapp messages in Gujarati; you have to copy the message and open it in this app, and then it'll show it correctly. I haven't checked, but there might be similar apps for other languages.

I checked on Play Store; the Swiftkey version they have is 5.0 something; not the 5.1 beta that supports Indian languages. So still searching for something that'll show the text directly in Whatsapp.
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I could not trace any apps similar to view in gujarati,for viewing malayalam text.

swiftkey 5.1 beta cannot be downloaded direct.first we have to download swiftkey and then after that by volunteering to be tester,we can download the beta version which have support for 11 indian language..however even installing the ssame i could not open the whatsapp message sent in malayalam. may apart from downloading and installing the beta version,something else may need to be done.
Allu Azad
Allu Azad #14
Dec 4, 2014 at 8:10 PM
mahendran said:
I could not trace any apps similar to view in gujarati,for viewing malayalam text.

swiftkey 5.1 beta cannot be downloaded direct.first we have to download swiftkey and then after that by volunteering to be tester,we can download the beta version which have support for 11 indian language..however even installing the ssame i could not open the whatsapp message sent in malayalam. may apart from downloading and installing the beta version,something else may need to be done.
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??????????? ?????? ????????? | Read Malayalam in Android | ??????
ankush28
ankush28 #15
Dec 4, 2014 at 10:17 PM
I am not able to open any indian language messages of whatspp in my samsung S2 SGH-1727bought from USA.
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Won't work... ROOT is must to some assemblies ;)

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@others how keyboards are gonna help :crazy:

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The reason why it won't work.
>Its US version
>S2 is old! Even Indian version won't support. Most 4.2+ devices can display Indian languages.
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amit.tiger12 #17
Dec 11, 2014 at 9:53 AM
mahendran said:
phone not rooted. android 4.0.4
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there will be nothing in your device if not rooted.
Rooting is simple. search xda. And samsung galaxy s2, has good dev support.