HTC Legend: Android 2.2 (Android UI language)

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I have an HTC Legend, and I can't update the Android version from 2.1-update1 to 2.2 (OTA update is unavailable), and HTC were no help with this one... I found this site: http://www.maxters.net/2011/01/htc-leend-to-android-froyo/ (sorry, can't us links), but it only offers the Asia-India version, which I doubt has Hebrew support.

Will changing to stock android (from HTC Sense) solve that issue? Should I root before I do that?

Thanks!