Bug 6443 – Non-Latin alphabet used (for Location status) when device settings are English

Bug 6443 - (int-148876) Non-Latin alphabet used (for Location status) when device settings are English

(int-148876)
Summary:	Non-Latin alphabet used (for Location status) when device settings are English

Status:	NEW

Product:	Map
Component:	General
Version:	5.0/(1.2009.42-11)
Platform:	N900 All

Importance:	Low normal with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	unassigned
QA Contact:	map-bugs

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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported:	2009-11-30 11:28 UTC by Tero
Modified:	2014-03-08 10:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tero (reporter) 2009-11-30 11:28:12 UTC

SOFTWARE VERSION:
(Settings > General > About product)

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
1. Enable Network positioning 
2. Set in Language and Region both Device Language and Regional settings as
English (USA)
3. Set in Availability 'My Location' to Street Level

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
In Dubai United Arab Emirates to see street names updated to friends Skype
sessions in English language


ACTUAL OUTCOME:
Street names are updated in Arabic language only country is United Arab
Emirates in English, rest of details using Arabic alphabets not Latin alphabets
like expected 

REPRODUCIBILITY:
always

EXTRA SOFTWARE INSTALLED:
n/a

OTHER COMMENTS:

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US;
rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5

Comment 1 Andre Klapper maemo.org

2009-11-30 18:25:06 UTC

Created an attachment (id=1645) [details]
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Hi & thanks for reporting this!
Same issue in Maps for Arabic and Russian.
Now I wonder whether it is a bug or a feature. :-P