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Tablet booted with Chinese text

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  • 16-09-2014 12:42am
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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,833 ✭✭✭✭


    Guys, I bought this little fella about 18 months ago and give it to my daughter. She thinks the battery died and when she charged it and started it everything was in Chinese and a few games and apps she had installed have disappeared also.

    As the tablet is only displaying everything in Chinese she cant do anything with it so I'm wondering if there as a handy "quick fix" to get it set back to English again?

    I have emailed Focal Price a day ago but so far I haven't received a response.

    Thanks in advance :)


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,237 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    This might seem like a smart answer, but are there any of those Chinese phone shops anywhere near you? I'm tempted to add 'great bunch of lads', but I won't...

    Serious mode: they'd be well-placed to advise you.


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,833 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Its a good suggestion alright but unfortunately there are no phone shops nearby ....least not within reasonable distance. I would be tempted however to bring it to the local Chinese takeaway and ask one of them to at least translate the text that appears on the screen ;)


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    Kristopherus
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    Has it a menu, even in Chinese, that is similar to the android smartphone settings menu? If so, can you scroll down to the Language & Input menu and change the lingo there?


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    muffler
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    Kristopherus wrote: »
    Has it a menu, even in Chinese, that is similar to the android smartphone settings menu? If so, can you scroll down to the Language & Input menu and change the lingo there?
    She doesnt live at home but Ill see her in the next day or two but she tells me that everything is in chinese so even with a menu on the display its going to be difficult to find the settings.


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    yoyo
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    muffler wrote: »
    She doesnt live at home but Ill see her in the next day or two but she tells me that everything is in chinese so even with a menu on the display its going to be difficult to find the settings.

    Try taking a photograph of the tablet and uploading it here. If it boots into Android, it shouldn't be that difficult to change the language using visual icons as a guide

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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,833 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Good man. :)

    The daughter was thinking of taking it to one of the guys in the local Chinese restaurant and asking them to translate for her. Im not sure if she will or not but if she doesnt I'll gladly get a pic of it in the next couple of days and post it up here.


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