Change the language on Samsung i897 Captivate
Change language to Samsung i897 Captivate
If your Samsung i897 Captivate is set to a language other than the one you typically use, whether it be due to purchasing it imported, second-hand, or accidentally changing the language settings, you can easily change it back by following these steps.
Changing the language of your i897 Captivate back to English from any other language is very simple, if you do not understand the text that appears on the screen you can follow these instructions through the images since the menus are in the same position regardless of the language installed on the Samsung i897 Captivate.
Please note that changing the language on your Samsung may also change the language of certain apps and system features. Additionally, changing the language may also change the keyboard layout and formatting of dates and numbers.
Table of Contents:
- First method
- Video instructions
- I cannot find the language I need on my Samsung i897 Captivate
- User questions and problems
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step:
First, go to the settings of the Samsung i897 Captivate, it is the icon of the cogwheel, it must be on the home screen or in the menu of the phone, you can access the main menu usually by dragging your finger from the bottom to the top of the screen.
2- Second step:
Go down through the screen and look for the “General management”, section, it is the option with the icon of three horizontal lines, similar to a sound equalizer.
3- Third step:
The first section that will appear is “Language and input”, click to access. From this section you can change the language of the texts displayed on the Samsung i897 Captivate and also the language of the keyboard.
4- Fourth step:
The first section that will appear is “Language”, click to access. The language (s) installed on the Samsung i897 Captivate will appear below.
5- Fifth step:
Press the + “Add language” button to add a new language to the i897 Captivate, a list of suggested languages will appear and below the other languages.
6- Sixth step:
Look for the language in the list that appears, first of all suggested languages will appear depending on the country you are in or the language already defined. If you cannot find the language you want to add to the Samsung i897 Captivate click on the three dots at the top right of the screen and click on “All” to show the total number of languages available.
7- Seventh step:
Once you have selected the language you want to install on your Samsung i897 Captivate a list of options will appear to choose the region for that language, select the appropriate region. You must select the appropriate region to install the dictionary that corresponds to your country or geographical area.
8- Eighth step:
A pop-up message will appear asking if you want to keep the current language as the default or if you want the new language to be the default to display the menus and dictionary of the Samsung i897 Captivate.
9- Ninth step:
The list of languages installed in the Samsung i897 Captivate will reappear, in this list the new language that you have added should appear and if you have marked it as default it will appear with an activated sign on the right. If you want to change to another language already installed, click on the name of the language to define it as the default.
Video instructions
Once the new language has been added to your Samsung i897 Captivate you can delete the previous language that you will not use by following instructions in the link below: Delete language Samsung i897 Captivate
