Change Device language via ADB

by

Your errors have nothing to do with adb. You must first understand how your local shell processes your command: What you are doing is running these commands locally (on your PC):

adb shell setprop persist.sys.language fr
setprop persist.sys.country CA
stop
sleep 5
start

and the error messages you see are from local shell (i.e. there is no setprop executable on your system and start and stop commands have non-optional parameters.

the correct command would be

adb shell "setprop persist.sys.language fr; setprop persist.sys.country CA; setprop ctl.restart zygote"

The argument between the quotes will be passed to adb instead of being interpreted by your local shell.

In more recent Android versions, you can also do:

adb shell "setprop persist.sys.locale fr-CA; setprop ctl.restart zygote"

More Related Contents:

  1. calabash-android: click on image by name
  2. Debug android through adb without allow it
  3. Change app language programmatically in Android
  4. Run/install/debug Android applications over Wi-Fi?
  5. Android Studio doesn’t see device [closed]
  6. Error “The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred.”
  7. Huawei, logcat not showing the log for my app?
  8. Is there a way to get current activity’s layout and views via adb?
  9. Google Android USB Driver and ADB
  10. How to use ADB Shell when Multiple Devices are connected? Fails with “error: more than one device and emulator”
  11. How to use ADB in Android Studio to view an SQLite DB
  12. Android ADB devices unauthorized
  13. android studio adb Syntax error: “)” unexpected
  14. How to turn off Wifi via ADB?
  15. send touch events to a device via adb [duplicate]
  16. Find out the running process ID by package name
  17. Android Device Chooser — device not showing up
  18. Android Studio doesn’t recognize my device
  19. Sending intent with bundle using console
  20. Not Able To Debug App In Android Studio
  21. How to get Android AVD name from adb device name
  22. Not able to access adb in OS X through Terminal, “command not found”
  23. ADB doesn’t recognize my Galaxy Nexus – Win7
  24. Same serial number on several android devices. Adb is useless. How can I change the serial number?
  25. Adb install failure: INSTALL_CANCELED_BY_USER
  26. Android: Get missing translations for strings-resources
  27. sqlite3: not found
  28. adb shell dumpsys iphonesubinfo not working since Android 5.0 Lollipop
  29. shell/ batch scripting to direct commands to adb shell
  30. Android Studio error: cannot connect to daemon

Leave a Comment