[Nokia Lumia 800] HARDWARECOP:
Dear community,

there's a serious problem with my Nokia Lumia 800 which I've bought September last year in China mainland (currently I'm in Germany). The device itself is beautiful and awesome :cool:, everything works flawless, EXCEPT:

In the language settings I can only select between English, Simplified and traditional chinese. Even when I click on English, there are still controls that are completely shown in chinese. There doesn't seem to be any other language available. Even the keyboard layout is uncustomizable - and that's a problem for me because I'm used to the German keyboard layout etc.

I googled for a long time and end up with the result that it isn't possible. But a few days ago I've discovered this forum and found a thread showing how to flash the firmware with different region firmwares. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735874)

So I followed the steps. Everything goes the right way until it begins to flash. It starts to check (checking mode) and then it comes..... An error message that says that the Nokia Care could not establish a connection to my Lumia. I tried the same procedure on many other computers I have with various operating systems (Windows x64, x86 and Vista x86), always getting the same error message.

I followed these steps (of course all required drivers were installed successfully):

Disconnect the USB cable from the device (I did)

Turn off the phone (Yes, has already been turned off when I started flashing!!)

Reconnect while pressing the VOL up button (Also did)

Click Retry

Pray that it works

Hopeless... I click cancel, the program shows a Message box with an error caused by clicking cancel and when I disconnect my Lumia and press the power off/on button, it just boot normally... (dafuu??)

I've REALLY tried everything I could and I'm really close to despair. Is there an easier way to do change the language? Is there anything I did wrong?

:angel: Help is greeeeeeeeatly appreciated, pleeeeease help me with my problem, thank you sooooooo much in advance!!!! :good:

BTW: Sorry for my bad English, even if I tried to do my best I know there are some serious grammar mistakes :o

Below are my phone specs and computer specs if needed:

About my device (It is unlocked):

Nokia Lumia 800

Software: Windows Phone 7.8

OS Version: 7.10.8835.35

Firmware revision number: 1750.0805.8779.12221

Hardware revision number: 112.1402.2.4

Radio Software version: 1.7.50.08

Bootloader version: 7.35.0.0

Chip SOC version: 0.74.2.1

My Windows 7 x64 Computer (1st try), Qualcomm driver installation failed, Vista compatibility mode for all applications:

AMD Phenom II x4 920

4 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM

AsRock A780FullHD Socket AM2+

PowerColor Radeon HD 5770

USB 3 and 2

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

My Windows 7 x64 Laptop (2nd try), Qualcomm driver installation failed, Vista compatibility mode for all applications:

Intel Core i5 460M

4 GB DDR3 SDRAM

AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5470

USB 2.0

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

My Windows 7 x86 laptop (3rd try) , Qualcomm driver installation failed, Vista compatibility mode for all applications:

Intel Core 2 Duo T7100

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM

AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2400

USB 2.0

Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit

My Windows Vista x86 laptop (4th try), finally installed all required drivers and programs successfully:

Intel Celeron M 900

2 GB DDR2 SDRAM

Intel Mobile 4 Chipset Familiy (or sth like this) :D

USB 2.0

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit

Best regards,

Frank