diff --git a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase.java b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase.java
index 8625feba..5412af26 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testTransliterationSupportCyrillic() {
+    public void testTransliterationSupport() {
         SharedPreferences settings = GBApplication.getPrefs().getPreferences();
         SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
         editor.putBoolean("transliteration", true);
@@ -112,20 +112,6 @@ public class DeviceCommunicationServiceTestCase extends TestBase {
         mDeviceService.invokeService(intent);
         String result = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_BODY);
 
-        assertTrue("Transliteration support fail!", result.equals("Prosto tekct"));
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testTransliterationSupportHebrew() {
-        SharedPreferences settings = GBApplication.getPrefs().getPreferences();
-        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
-        editor.putBoolean("transliteration", true);
-        editor.commit();
-
-        Intent intent = mDeviceService.createIntent().putExtra(EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_BODY, "בדיקה עברית");
-        mDeviceService.invokeService(intent);
-        String result = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_BODY);
-
-        assertTrue("Transliteration support fail!", result.equals("bdykh 'vrith"));
+        assertEquals("Transliteration support fail!", "Prosto tekct", result);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/LanguageUtilsTest.java b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/LanguageUtilsTest.java
index c2260451..ad5b8bb1 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/LanguageUtilsTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/LanguageUtilsTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.GBApplication;
 import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.util.LanguageUtils;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public class LanguageUtilsTest extends TestBase {
         String output = LanguageUtils.transliterate(input);
         String result = "Prosto tekct";
 
-        assertTrue(String.format("Transliteration fail! Expected '%s', but found '%s'}", result, output), output.equals(result));
+        assertEquals("Transliteration failed", result, output);
     }
     
     @Test
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ public class LanguageUtilsTest extends TestBase {
         //input with cyrillic and diacritic letters
         String input = "בדיקה עברית";
         String output = LanguageUtils.transliterate(input);
-        String result = "bdykh 'brith";
+        String result = "bdykh 'bryth";
 
-        assertTrue(String.format("Transliteration fail! Expected '%s', but found '%s'}", result, output), output.equals(result));
+        assertEquals("Transliteration failed", result, output);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
index 91f25328..298c1c38 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/test/TestBase.java
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ import nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge.util.FileUtils;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
+/**
+ * Base class for all testcases in Gadgetbridge that are supposed to run locally
+ * with robolectric.
+ *
+ * Important: To run them, create a run configuration and execute them in the Gadgetbridge/app/
+ * directory.
+ */
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 @Config(constants = BuildConfig.class, sdk = 19)
 // need sdk 19 because "WITHOUT ROWID" is not supported in robolectric/sqlite4java