Manual Input ADB Command to make Locale & Language Work on Android 4.2+ No ROOTed Devices

First: Install our app Locale & Language first

 

What you need

  • Computer
  • Usb cable
  • Connect your device to the computer

Step 1. Enabling ADB Debugging (Must do)

Tutorial – http://blog.whenair.com/?p=115 (Open Developer Options and open USB debugging on Android 4.2+)

Step 2. Dwonload ADB Tools:

Download the ADB Tools and Extract it.(After extracted you will find folder adb-tools)
(Video Tutorial for step 2 & 3 available Now:

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Open a command line(Linux or Mac called Terminals, Windows called “cmd.exe”
Use command cd into “adb-tools” folder downloaded above.(command like below, replace YouPath to your file path)

cd /YouPath/adb-tools

Step 3. Grant Permission

Grant Permission
  • Input the Command Below and press “Enter” key:
adb shell pm grant com.whenair.language android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION

 


If you get “error: no devices found“, that is mean you phone has not open the ADB debugging, Please Read Step 1 or Read Tutorial – Open Developer Options and open USB debugging on Android 4.2+

 At last

You can click list item of Language app to change language .



9 responses on “Manual Input ADB Command to make Locale & Language Work on Android 4.2+ No ROOTed Devices

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  2. JB

    can’t change

  3. Matteo

    I can’t change it, i m connected, my phone says i’m in a debugging connection but still i got the command not found error, what can i do?

  4. aladfai

    Try Revoke USB DEBUGGING Authorization.
    Enable USB debugging again.

  5. Sina

    My mobail can`t languege chenge the farsi¡¡¡¡

  6. Shooxy

    Using that command adb shell pm……
    see an error Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: grantRuntimePermission: Neither user 2000 nor current process has android.permission.GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS.

    1. Tugrul Ejder

      same error as shooxy : see an error Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: grantRuntimePermission: Neither user 2000 nor current process has android.permission.GRANT_RUNTIME_PERMISSIONS.

  7. alina

    command not found – what should I do?

  8. please help me after push the command to get permission i need to select any language not with my finger i need a command adb for that

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