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AleXY85

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Q: How to change language list order in iOS?

I using on my iPhone ukrainian language as primary language. In language list second language is english, third language is russian. So if app haven't ukrainian lang, it using english. I want change second lang to russian. How I can do it?

iPhone 4, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Dec 31, 2012 11:37 PM

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Tom Gewecke Jan 1, 2013 4:54 AM in response to AleXY85
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Jan 1, 2013 4:54 AM in response to AleXY85

Normally you can move a language up the list by changing your device to that language and then back to your preferred language. But I think there is a bug/feature in iOS that prevents English from going any lower than second place. You can tell Apple you want that changed at

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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AleXY85 Jan 1, 2013 5:33 AM in response to Tom Gewecke
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Jan 1, 2013 5:33 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks for help...
Strange situation. In desktop OS I can do it, but in iOS I can't
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Tom Gewecke Jan 1, 2013 6:25 AM in response to AleXY85
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Jan 1, 2013 6:25 AM in response to AleXY85

AleXY85 wrote:

In desktop OS I can do it, but in iOS I can't

iOS lacks a rather large number of options that OS X has -- one hopes this will change, but I am not that optimistic.
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