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Choose Opera language in Windows Mobile?
. . This will look like a silly thing to ask, but in fact it is currently very dificult to choose Opera's language (both for Mini and Mobile) in Windows Mobile.. . The "m.opera.com" correctly identify my device as a WinMo (I'm currently using a HTC Tilt2--which is a version of Touch Pro 2, HTC Rhodium platform) and give me the download options. The problem is that, unlike in dumbphones or Symbian phones, you can't choose the language. It seems like the .cab (the Windows Mobile installer) is multilingual (is that true?), or the website simply can't display the language options.
. . I live in Brazil and my WinMo locale settings (such as currency and number formats) are set to Brazil, but the whole mobile interface is in English, so I would like to keep the browsers in English. Altough the translators do a great job--I always married one, btw--, the translations are not quite as good as they should and you end up loosing part of the experience.
. . Is there any way to get an English-only cab for Windows Mobile (both for Opera Mini 5 and Mobile 10 versions)? Or is it possible to choose the language in the Opera itself, if the cabs are multi-language?
. . Thanks.
Originally posted by dnunes:
. . Is there any way to get an English-only cab for Windows Mobile (both for Opera Mini 5 and Mobile 10 versions)? Or is it possible to choose the language in the Opera itself, if the cabs are multi-language?
There is a workaround http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=4658191 (:
Originally posted by lwiczek:
There is a workaround http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=4658191 (:
. . Nice tip. Worked cool (I just renamed the original portuguese file so that I can revert the change, if needed).
. . I'll take a look at the folder structure for the Opera Mini to see if the same works for it.
Originally posted by lwiczek:
Originally posted by dnunes:
. . I'll take a look at the folder structure for the Opera Mini to see if the same works for it.
No, it doesn't. I've been already down that road (;
. . So... no luck for Opera Mini 5 on WinMo without changing the whole locale preferences?
. . Com'on, Opera people!
. . I think I'll write an init script to add to windows, so that it will rewrite the .ini file with my language preferences.
. . I've found that the binary file "locale-ri.rsc" holds all the languages and translations for Opera Mini 5 (/Program Files/Opera Mini 5/locale-ri.rsc). Sadly, I couldn't find what is the .ini (or other config file) that holds the current language for Opera Mini. Mine is in "pt" (from Portugal), even though there is a "pt-br" (from Brazil) in the "locale-ri.rsc". Not sure why.
. . I tried to change the translation IDs (swap the "en-us" and "pt" ones) on the file using vi, on Linux, to preserve the unprintable chars and other weird bytes, but Opera Mini wouldn't start with my updated version of the file.
. . I end up giving up, for now. If someone manage to change the language, don't forget to post in this thread so we can find its reference in the future.
. . I tried to change the translation IDs (swap the "en-us" and "pt" ones) on the file using vi, on Linux, to preserve the unprintable chars and other weird bytes, but Opera Mini wouldn't start with my updated version of the file.
. . I end up giving up, for now. If someone manage to change the language, don't forget to post in this thread so we can find its reference in the future.
