Program for Russification of Android. How to Russify Android without Root using ADB

Android is a popular system; it is used not only on smartphones, but also on tablets, netbooks, and e-readers; it is used in digital players and game consoles, there are even wristwatches and glasses on this system. In the near future, it will power TVs and cars.

Of course, all these gadgets are much more convenient to use if the interface is Russified.

Changing the language on Android is easy, you just need to select “Languages ​​and keyboards” in the settings and click on the top “Languages” item. In the list that appears, select “Russian (Russia)”.

In the case when Russian is not in the list of available languages, Russification of the Android system is needed. This way you can get both a Russian keyboard layout and an operating system interface in Russian.

The procedure will depend on what version of Android is installed on your smartphone or tablet. The video at the end of the article shows how easy this can be done. Let's take a closer look, if 4.1.x (or lower), then Russification of Android proceeds as follows:

1. Download the crack “MoreLocale 2” from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale.
2. A window will appear, click on “Custom Locale”.
3. In the next window, select “ISO”.
4. Select “Russian” from the list that opens.
5. In the field opposite “Country” select “Russian Federation”
6. Press “Set” to confirm.

This is enough for the system to be completely Russified.

For new versions (4.2 and higher) this is not enough; a ban on editing the configuration has been added. Just installing a special cracker will not be enough; you need to work with the console.

How to install Russian language on Android using the ADB application? It can be downloaded from the Internet and installed on your computer. Then you can connect a smartphone or tablet to it and get them working.

To Russify Android versions 4.2 and higher, you need:

• Install the same crack “MoreLocale 2” on your Android device.
• Download the “ADB” program, install it on your home PC as follows: you need to connect your phone as an SD card, copy the ADB.rar archive to your computer, unpack and run adb_install.bat or exe application that will install ADB on your computer (for Windows) . Then in ADB Master select the ADB Location path, for example, C:\adb\adb_win_v1.0.26
• There should be . If they are not there, you need to download and install them.
• On your Android device, go to “Settings”, “For Developers”, “USB Debugging”. Check the box.
• Connect the device to the computer. Turn on the command line and write:
  • cd c:\adb – this command will open the folder with the “ADB” program
  • adb devices – command to search for connected devices. When the gadget is found, one line should appear below the inscription “List of devices attached”. This is the Android device string.
  • adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION – the command gives the MoreLocale2 cracker the rights to edit the configuration of the Android device.
• Disconnect the device from the computer.
• Launch “MoreLocale 2” and do the same as you would do for an earlier version of Android.

To use the Russian keyboard, you can download any Russian-language keyboard from Google Play and install it.

If you have a Samsung smartphone and the steps above did not help, then try the Locale application https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whenair.language

Most mobile phones and tablets with the Android operating system sold on our market already have Russification built into the firmware. Even in Chinese smartphones from second-tier companies, their manufacturers are trying to localize the interface of the system and installed programs, including into Russian. Unfortunately, in practice there are still cases when a phone or tablet from a little-known company ordered from China comes with firmware in which the Chinese language is installed, and in the best case it can be changed to English or one of the most common Western European languages. For some users who are fluent in foreign languages, this may not seem like a problem. But we think that most buyers would like to install their native language on their device and enjoy all its advantages.

Today we will tell you, dear readers, how to translate your Android into Russian. If you are one of the owners of the above-mentioned mobile or tablet with an unfriendly interface, this article is written for you.

How to check the presence of Russian language in the operating system

We assume, dear user, that since you are reading this article, you have already checked the settings of your Android device and made sure that the Russian language is not in the selection list. But if you still forgot to do this, check the availability of the Russian-language OS interface right now. Go to the "Settings" menu item on your phone or tablet and then select "Language & keyboard". In the menu that opens, select the first item “Select language” and check the list of available languages ​​to see if Russian is there. If it is missing from the system, it’s time to install it, correcting this annoying flaw.

Russification of Android keyboards only

Some users are ready to come to terms with the fact that the firmware of their device or the interface of some programs does not have Russian localization, but they need Russification of at least the on-screen keyboard. After all, typing texts, communicating on social networks, sending messages, etc. Latin letters are at least unreadable for those who will receive these messages. For such users, the solution may be to simply install a keyboard with Russian language support on the system. There are a huge variety of similar keyboards for Android, because, in fact, a keyboard is a regular program that you can download and install on your phone or tablet.

On Google Play Market, you can always find something suitable for the search query “keyboard”. One of the popular ones is SwiftKey Keyboard, which has support for Russian and Ukrainian languages. But you can choose any other keyboard to your liking, experiment. Installing applications from the Google Play market is described in detail on our portal in.

After installing the new keyboard, all you have to do is follow the path “Settings” ->

"Language & keyboard" and check the box next to the keyboard that we just installed. If necessary, you can click on the name of this keyboard and make the desired program settings in the list of parameters that appears. Now you can type texts in any applications in Russian.

How to Russify Android (for Android up to version 4.2)

Many users are unlikely to be fully satisfied with the conditional Russification given in the sections above, and they will want their Android phone or tablet to communicate with them entirely in Russian. This can be done, and now we will tell you how to completely translate Android into Russian if your phone or tablet has an old version of the operating system.

The most popular application for localizing Android firmware is MoreLocale 2, available for download on Google Play.

Download the program from there or install it on your mobile device in any way. Next, in order to install the Russian language in your system, you need to perform the following sequence of actions:

Launch MoreLocale 2 and select the green "Custom locale" item in the program window;

In the window that appears after this, you need to click the “ISO” button located next to the “Language” menu item and select the “Russian” language there;

After this, click the “ISO” button located opposite the next menu item “Country”, and select “Russian Federation” from the list of countries;

Press the "Set" button to confirm your choice;

You can enjoy full localization, your phone or tablet has learned to speak Russian.

Please note: if the applications installed on the operating system do not initially have Russian language, MoreLocale 2 will not be able to Russify them. Perhaps in this case your operating system will not be completely Russified. But it's better than nothing, isn't it?

In addition, when using the method given above, it is necessary to take into account the following: due to the changed rules for making changes to the OS configuration, This method will not work on firmwareAndroid version 4.2.x and older. How to transfer devices with new versions of Android, read on.

How to Russify Android 4.2 and higher

Complete Russification of the entire Android operating system version 4.2.x and higher is associated with some difficulties, but there are no difficulties that a true Android system enthusiast cannot overcome, right?

To begin with, let's say that on Google Play there is a program Set Locale & Language, which allows you to set the system language, even if it is not in the firmware. The developers claim that it can localize even Android versions 4.2.x and older.

True, many users complain that the Set Locale & Language program does not always work stably, and localization settings may disappear after restarting the application. Only one recommendation can help here: try, try, and hope that you are lucky and your device is localized reliably.

But if the previous method turned out to be useless for you, now we will teach you another method on how to translate the system language of your phone or tablet into Russian. This method was originally invented for HTC smartphones, but for other phones or tablets it also works great in many cases.

To Russify new versions of the Android OS, we will need to download the adb program and install it on our computer. In addition, in this case it is also necessary to install the More Locale 2 application, which was already discussed above. Also install drivers for your smartphone or tablet on your PC. To Russify your Android device, follow the instructions below:

1. Enable the "USB debugging" mode on your device (Program menu -> "Settings" -> "Developer options" -> "USB debugging"). If the "Developer options" item is not available in the menu on your device, you need to find the "About phone" item in the "Settings" menu and click on the name of the device model or firmware version ten times in a row. "Developer options" will appear in the settings menu;

2. The ADB program must be unpacked on the computer to the root of the C: drive (the path to the executable file should be: C:\adb\adb.exe);

3. Connect your Android device to your computer;

4. Launch the command line application on your PC by running cmd.exe;

5. Enter the command cd c:\adb to go to the folder C:\adb\;

6. To search for your smartphone, enter the commandadb devices;

7. The program should display your device ID below under the line " List of devices attached ";

8. Enter team

adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION

9. Make sure, What V window appeared answer programs

lo cale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION;

10. If we made an error in the command syntax, the system will display a message with help from the pm command. In this case, you need to carefully repeat the command again.

11. Disconnect your Android device from your computer and launch MoreLocale 2.

12. Repeat the sequence of actions for Russifying the firmware using MoreLocale 2, indicated in the previous section.

If your phone or tablet is not found by the ADB program, and next to its identifier you see the word “offline”, this means that your version of ADB is outdated for this model. Download the Android SDK and install it on your computer. In the /platform-tools/ folder you will find the latest version of ADB.

Please note that this localization method (like the method for Adroid before 4.2.x) works at the software level, and not at the operating system level. That's why if you do, your localization will fly off, and to get the Russian language after resetting the settings, you will have to do everything all over again.

As you can see, it is not always easy to localize new mobile devices with the latest Android firmware. The only good news is that even little-known Chinese mobile phone developers are already paying attention to the market of Russian-speaking users, and phone or tablet models that do not have Russian localization are becoming less and less common. For most modern devices, it is usually possible to find, if not official, then at least custom (custom) firmware, in which the Russian language will be built-in. We hope your new mobile phone on Android OS will be exactly like this!

How to translate Android into Russian using ADB. For Russification, you will need a computer with the ADB program installed, the Android program Morelocale2 (everything will be described in the article) and the commands: adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION

If your Android phone does not have Russian language. This happens if the firmware is not international and when the phone is sold only in a certain country. It occurs quite often, especially in Meizu phones (for some models there is no international firmware). Because of this, applications are installed in English and this causes inconvenience for some.

Downloading the necessary files for Russification of android

To get started, you need to download all the necessary files to work.
Download the ADB program and drivers for the phone from w3bsit3-dns.com
Download Morelocale2 from GooglePlay

Enable USB debugging mode in Android phone

A very important step is to enable USB debugging, since without it Russification will not work.
We take our phone, which we will Russify, go to Settings - Accessibility - Developer options - USB debugging (set it to active)

Installing ADB and MTK drivers on PC

Before you start Russifying Android, you need to install the ADB program and install the necessary drivers for your phone.
Connect the phone to the PC so that the PC detects it in USB DEBUGGING mode. Unzip the usb_driver_r11-windows.zip archive downloaded from the 4pda website onto your DESCHOPT. Next, install the drivers as written here: installing ADB drivers on MTK processors

Install ADB program on PC

Download adb.zip and unzip it into the adb folder in C:\Program Files (x86)

Download adb.zip and unzip it into the adb folder in C:\Program Files (x86)

Russification of Android using ADB and Morelocale2

Connect your phone to your PC. If everything is correct, a window should appear to allow USB debugging on the phone (if this does not appear, it means ADB drivers are NOT installed). Click OK or YES.

If everything is correct, a window should appear - Allow USB debugging on the phone

Conclusions

It is possible to Russify a phone without ROOT using ADB, but such Russification is not complete. By replacing standard applications with analogs that have not been translated into Russian, we get a 99% Russified Android system.

Now we will figure out how to Russify Android, since using a device that for some reason does not have a Russian version of the operating system is not always convenient.

Let's check if Russian is present by default

Go to the Menu section, select Settings, then Language&Keyboard. Click the top item called Language, after which you must select “Russian (Russia)” from the list of languages ​​that appears.

If the Russian language is not in this list, it is necessary to carry out a complete Russification of your Android tablet or phone. We'll talk more about how to Russify Android later.

Russification process

By complete Russification we mean the presence of a Russian keyboard and a Russian interface of the Android system. Changing only the keyboard is somewhat easier, and this will also be discussed.

Let's start with the question of how to Russify Android 4.1.X and earlier versions. For this purpose, you can use the MoreLocale 2 cracker. You can easily find this application in the Play Market. Download and run the specified program. A special dialog box will appear in front of you, in which you need to click on the green Custom Lacale inscription.

After this, another window will appear. In it, first click on the ISO button, which is located opposite the Language section, and then select Russian. Next, opposite the Country section, you need to perform a similar action and select Russian Federation from the list. Confirm your choice by clicking on the Set button. Ready. Before us is a Russian “Android” (tablet or smartphone).

Russification of Android 4.2 and newer versions

Since the Jelly Bean operating system (Android 4.2) and later versions of this OS implement configuration change protection, simply installing programs is not enough. You will have to work a little with a special console application called ADB, which is installed on a personal computer and helps debug tablets and communicators.

Among other things, this method is suitable for Russifying Android 4 3. First, install a program called MoreLocale 2 on your device. It has already been said how to find it.

After this, install the ADB program on your computer, which can be downloaded from the Internet. In addition, you need to install the drivers for your own mobile device. They are best found on the developer's official website. After downloading, ADB must be unpacked onto the main drive, for example C. When installing drivers, everything is simpler: all parameters there, as a rule, can be left “by default”.

After this, on your phone you need to go to the “Menu” item, then to the “Settings” section, “For Developers”, and finally, “USB Debugging”. Since we are talking about a device that can display an English interface at this stage, we note that you need to find the USB debugging item. Check the box next to it.

If there is no “For Developers” section (this happens with “Android 4.2.2”, as well as newer versions), go to “Menu”, “Settings”, then go to the “About device” item (or “About phone” "), click on "Build number" about 10 times. As a result, a message about opening the “For Developers” section should appear. Next you need to enable USB debugging. After that, connect your phone to your personal computer.

Russification of the keyboard of a mobile device

In order for the device’s keyboard to be Russian-language, it is enough to install any Russian version from the Play Market store. After that, go to the “Menu”, go to the “Settings” item and, finally, to the section dedicated to language and keyboard. There we need to find the function and input methods. This is where you need to select the option installed from the Play Store.

So we figured out how to Russify Android.

The main convenience of controlling any smartphone lies in the clear and concise arrangement of all elements and menu items. But what if the language settings of the gadget are different from the “great and mighty”, and to navigate through the menu sub-items, complete Russification of the device is required? Are all the inscriptions displayed in English, or, even worse, in Chinese? No problem! In this instruction, we will talk about how to add the Russian language to an Android smartphone from the system menu and third-party localizers, as well as how to add a Russian keyboard layout.

Installing Russian language from the Android menu

In order to set Russian as the system language, on most smartphones you just need to follow a few simple steps. We have attached several screenshots of the same menu items in English and Chinese. They are the ones who will help you get to the right place in the settings.

1. Open Settings and find Language & Input.

2. Select Language from the menu that opens.

3. In the proposed list, find “Russian” and, tapping on it once, install it as the system one.

If the Russian language is not in the list, you will need to download the localization language from the Google Play app store.

Installing a cracker

1. To install the Russian language on a smartphone whose list of language settings does not include it, download the MoreLocale 2 utility from the Google Play application store.

2. After installing the MoreLocate 2 application, obtain developer access rights. To do this, open the menu Settings - About.

3. In the menu that opens, find the Build Number item, which indicates the firmware version installed on your device.

4. Continue tapping until “You are now a developer” appears. Press the Back key. An additional menu item will appear in the list of settings - Developer options (“For Developers”).

5. Open this item and in the list, find USB (Android) Debugging and set the corresponding slider to the On position.

6. Download the archive with the ADB executive file (download) and unzip the ADB folder to the root of drive C.

You can get the latest version of ADB. Download the Android SDK Tools Only archive, unpack it, launch SDK Manager; when the list of distributions loads, click “Deselect All”, put a single checkmark in front of Android SDK Platform Tools (almost at the very top of the list), click “Install 1 Package”, read the license agreement, agree, wait for the download to finish (a message may appear that it was not possible to stop ADB; you need to forcefully terminate adb.exe through the task manager). We see in the folder where SDK Manager was unpacked, a new folder “platform-tools”, and there is ADB.

7. Connect your smartphone to a computer running the Windows operating system. Launch the command line and to go to the directory with the application you just downloaded, enter the command: cd c:\adb.

To make sure that the smartphone is detected by the system, enter the following command at the command line: adb devices and press Enter.

If the device is recognized, its code name will be displayed on the command line.

8. Enter the following command: pm list packages morelocale, and then another one: pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION. The final command line screen should look like this: