Guide to getting Cortana outside US.

[Kit Fai Ho]

Sorry guys, I just posted what I did to get Cortana, might not have enough technical knowledge to help you all.

 

[Ken Heslip]

Had everything else set to US but didn't get her till I changed to US language in the Language setting.

 

[kingenu]

when you've done all of the above, check your app list for cortona

 

[Olof7]

I guess I need to change the system language to English (US), but I can't. No option to change system language.

 

[Richard Toft]

Thanks worked a treat for me note I'm in the UK.

 

[SharkLaserz]

I guess I need to change the system language to English (US), but I can't. No option to change system language.

Same problem here. :/

 

[Victoroos]

Same problem here. :/

Same, which is very odd.i even did a hard reset
. No option the either...

 

[Radecho007]

Same "phone language" stuck at English Canada and no way to remove

 

[gerzhwin]

I can't uninstall the phone's language (German), so maybe later I'll do a hard reset and start chatting with Cortana ...

 

[Simon van der Pol]

Same problem here. :/

I also have this problem, weird...

 

[Wajdos]

When I resetted my phone, the welcome screen let's me choose language however there is no English (United States)? Any ideas why?

 

[gerzhwin]

Now, I can't et any access to the store, even after switching the settings back to 'normal'. Might have to hard reset the phone earlier than expected

 

[SharkLaserz]

When I resetted my phone, the welcome screen let's me choose language however there is no English (United States)? Any ideas why?

I also have this problem, weird...

Same "phone language" stuck at English Canada and no way to remove

Same, which is very odd.i even did a hard reset
. No option the either...

I guess I need to change the system language to English (US), but I can't. No option to change system language.

What phones do you have? HTC 8X owner here

 

[Wajdos]

HTC 8X as well...

 

[Vietnamese10]

Now, I can't et any access to the store, even after switching the settings back to 'normal'. Might have to hard reset the phone earlier than expected

Let us know after hard reset. My phone HTC 8x is the same problem. I try more and more way. But it is nothing.

 

[Sunderwoods]

Having the same problem on my HTC 8X as well. As far as I can tell, there is a distinction between the language used, the keyboard, the region and a separate "Phone language"....

 

[BeatSync]

HTC 8S, cannot get cortana..

 

[Victoroos]

It seems to be indeed HTC related
.. I have the same..

 

[Chris Yarrow]

Same HTC 8X issue - can set keyboard, region and speech to English (US) but "Phone Language" stays as "English (UK) - no way to change it.

 

[Sunderwoods]

So, this reminds me of installing Windows 8.1 Dev Preview over the summer. My copy of Windows 8 was initially set in the UK, and Windows 8.1 DP was only available for US copies (I was actually in the US at the time, which just served to frustrate me more). After changing every system setting, refreshing and reinstalling Windows 8, I still could not get it to work. It turned out that there is a registry value in Windows that specifies a region that can't be accessed except inside the registry. So my thought is that HTC has stopped whatever setting normally switches some registry value. Thus, we are stuck with a particular "Phone Language" even if that language isn't used anywhere else in the OS.

So, registry time: go here [XAP][SOURCE] WP8 Registry Tools - xda-developers If you side load that, you should be able to find the registry value for this annoying "Phone Language" thing. Anyone want to try it before me so I don't brick me phone by mistake/by being an *****?