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Very good news, guys!
I found how we can use our own country built-in keyboard using a ROM in a different language.
I have made the test with German, Greek, Spanish, French and Italian... and it works great! It's extremely simple to do it. You just need to change a value in the registry :lol:
You must edit the registry with any registry editor, i.e. PHM Registry editor and you must change change this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\QWERTY
Layout=123105 is the default value when you use a WWE ROM. 123105 is the value in decimal for 00020409... and 00000409 is the keyboard layout for the US keyboard in Windows
so if you change the value of "Layout" to...
Layout=132103 (which corresponds to 00020407 in HEX... 00000407 is the German keyboard)
Layout=132104 (which corresponds to 00020408 in HEX... 00000408 is the Greek keyboard)
Layout=132106 (which corresponds to 0002040a in HEX... 0000040a is the Spanish keyboard)
Layout=132108 (which corresponds to 0002040c in HEX... 0000040c is the French keyboard)
Layout=132112 (which corresponds to 00020410 in HEX... 00000410 is the Italian keyboard)
and so on...
In other words, as Layout is a dword key, you have to calculate the value in Decimal of "0002" followed of the last four digits for your Country, for instance "040c" for France. 0002040c in HEX is 132108 in decimal
I think many people will be intererested in this feature
Cab file for the Extended ROM
And for the froggies, I have created a cab file FRE_keyb_layout.cab available at ftp://xda:[email protected]/BlueAngel
you can put in your Extended ROMs (as I have already done), so your SPV M2000 will have a French keyboard after a reinstall
I could have also made the on-screen keyboard layout in French, but I prefer personally a qwerty keyboard (sorry)
PS: And don't forget to add the line:
CAB: \Extended_ROM\FRE_keyb_layout.cab
to your config.txt!
Re: Cab file for the Extended ROM
ArtZ said:
And for the froggies, ...
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Means, "and for the French .... ".
Artz, actually most of French do not know about this nick-name. May be we (French) should travel more often to the UK. It's been quite some time since we last visited Hasting city in 1066 :roll: :lol: :lol:
in XDA2 Rom 2.20 there is no entry QWERTY.
What am I doing wrong?
same here... no qwerty entry in 2.20
German Keyboard Cab?
Can you make a GermanKeyboard.cab for the 2.20 WWE please?
Greetings from Southern Germany
Phil
New keyboards cabs
I have made a few new cabs for French, Spanish, Italian, German, Norwegian and Russian. You will find them at ftp://xda:[email protected]/BlueAngel/Keyboards/
I only have tested the French, Spanish and German. In fact, I don't know how many types of different keyboards are available for the XDA IIs and in which Countries the XDA IIs is sold.
In reply to markimark and melino, if you have a "Blue Angel" device (XDA IIs, MDA III, PDA2K Evo, etc.) you should find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\Qwerty key on the registry espacially if you're using a WWE ROM!!!
I'm using BA_WWE_BelDT_12200_557_10602_SHIP.exe from Dangaard (Belgium) with a SVP M2000 from Orange (France) which has an built-in AZERTY keyboard.
Pour Tanguy, oui, je sais bien... mais beaucoup d'anglais ne savent pas non plus qu'on les appelle "roast beefs"... mais, bon, je ne suis pas ni Francais ni Anglais, Monsieur! Je suis Basque (espagnol), meme si j'ai vecu en Angleterre, Russie, Suisse Allemande, Australie, Espagne... et j'habite Paris maintenant. Toutes mes amities, Tanguy
Thx, man!
But it is not working here in the end.
I now have this string in the registry with the right entry, but the layout hasn´t chanced.
It´s still qwerty, even after softreset.
Any ideas?
melino,
it's really strange. Just to be sure we're talking about the same thing: The on-screen keyboard will be in qwerty but the built-in keyboard should be in German.
Which ROM are you using exactly? Have you deleted any cabs from the extended ROM? Have you tried to use this patch ftp://xda:[email protected]/BlueAngel/Qwerty_change_end_bluetooth_patch.cab ?
I'm using BA_WWE_BelDT_12200_557_10602_SHIP.exe ROM version (I have removed only the belgium operators configuration cab) and it really works fine.
Let me know if you succed.
Regards
I didn´t know the Qwerty_change_end_bluetooth_patch.cab and so I just tried it out.
What ever the sense of this the only change is to me was that grey bar on the bottom on the today screen.
But qwerty was the same... :-(
The search funktion gave no info to me where this patch was released, could you plz tell me to topic, maybe it helps...
merino,
please read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14827
forgot to tell you my rom: 2.20
This is the SOFTWARE KEYB or the HARDWARE KEYB? COz for the software keyb this is not new, On brighT there was long ago a topic on it, I am looking a solution for the Hardware one, I cannot stand this French ROM, must turn my 9090 back to english even if the hardware Key is still in ZAERTY
By the way resco keyb do it as well turn a QWERTY to AZERTY
Daimaou,
This is the hardware solution. The software keyboard (on screen keyboard) will remain in English but your retractable keyboard will be in French!
melino,
you cannot have a MDA III (SPV M2000, XDA IIs, etc) call Blue Angel but a XDA II (Himalaya or Andes) because there isn't any ROM 2.20 but 1.2200
kind regards
NO KIDDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait wait wwait where is cuteftp.... :lol:
the Folder is no longer on the FTP
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Sorry but YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I found this BA_AZERTY_Hardware_Keyboard_Patch_for_WWE_ROM.cab, installed and it works ! GOOD LORDS IT IS AMAZING THANK YO GUYS !
This topic has moved. You can find the newest information and updated cabs at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=80355#80355
ArtZ
ArtZ said:
Very good news, guys!
I found how we can use our own country built-in keyboard using a ROM in a different language.
I have made the test with German, Greek, Spanish, French and Italian... and it works great! It's extremely simple to do it. You just need to change a value in the registry :lol:
You must edit the registry with any registry editor, i.e. PHM Registry editor and you must change change this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\QWERTY
Layout=123105 is the default value when you use a WWE ROM. 123105 is the value in decimal for 00020409... and 00000409 is the keyboard layout for the US keyboard in Windows
so if you change the value of "Layout" to...
Layout=132103 (which corresponds to 00020407 in HEX... 00000407 is the German keyboard)
Layout=132104 (which corresponds to 00020408 in HEX... 00000408 is the Greek keyboard)
Layout=132106 (which corresponds to 0002040a in HEX... 0000040a is the Spanish keyboard)
Layout=132108 (which corresponds to 0002040c in HEX... 0000040c is the French keyboard)
Layout=132112 (which corresponds to 00020410 in HEX... 00000410 is the Italian keyboard)
and so on...
In other words, as Layout is a dword key, you have to calculate the value in Decimal of "0002" followed of the last four digits for your Country, for instance "040c" for France. 0002040c in HEX is 132108 in decimal
I think many people will be intererested in this feature
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Just use this codes with attacher editor.. works directly from the PC, change the last digits, reset and done,, it works.
Portuguese Brazil Code
How can I know thats code is for Portuguese Brazilian?
Tks,
i have a MDA PRO T-Mobile bought from germany in german language and keyboard.
i just installed english rom. everything in english now but the keyboard of MDA PRO is in german design. when i press FN + a key it is writing another word.
is there a way to assign the keyborad to german style and use the rom in english ?
You could buy my MDA Pro casing with UK keyboard pattern:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140010946515
Or I could supply an XDA Exec UK keyboard pattern seperatley buy it may look out of place :-(
Richard
Beloved sig. Perhaps Richard,
you forgets that I have not received nothing, perhaps she forgets that only it can ask the reimbursement from the mail, perhaps she believes that people are stupid not to understand when a person brails up, paypal ask only a copy for the receipt, she originates them to it ALWAYS remain and HOWEVER to the person whom she sends like valid test. It sure will be called to show the test of happened shipment, in court and I will demonstrate that it is denying my right to me to having a reimbursement for the goods never received.
It is calm, I am already obtaining the better thing, to make to see that dishonest and strafottente person is she. In court I will have other satisfactions.
I add:
it must have shame with this behavior with the customers.
I honestly did not understand the ansers I saw until now.
I use a German origin with an english rom, change
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\Querty to Value 66567 and You are back to Gerrman KB.
Ruud Westerhout said:
I honestly did not understand the ansers I saw until now.
I use a German origin with an english rom, change
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\Querty to Value 66567 and You are back to Gerrman KB.
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thanks for the helpful info. could you please inform in MDA PRO wm5 where can i find that registry file ? with which software can i find that file ?
Hi fuhayer,
this is not a file, but a registry entry. You will need a registry-editor.
I use Resco Explorer for this purpose, but it is not free-ware. Search around here or google a little to find a registry-editor for your pda if You do not have one.
Good luck
Ruud
Ruud Westerhout wrote:
I honestly did not understand the ansers I saw until now.
I use a German origin with an english rom, change
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\Querty to Value 66567 and You are back to Gerrman KB.
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By any chance, is it somebody who can help me with the value for the Italian Keyboard?
Tank you anyway!
re-locate buttons to itself
install this file and SR then
Hi everyone!
Many people out there from all over the world have upgraded their Artemis to Windows Mobile 6, thanks to people who are working hard on cooking nice ROMs for us. These people are used to a specific keyboard layout, many languages are using special characters too.
It would be nice to have a way to change the keyboard layout : something like easy installing CABs or a how to on what to change in the registry, what to remove on the storage, or whatever way to have our own keyboard on theses WWE ROMs.
Is it possible?
vive le france
Hi Romano2k,
The only thing that i have found was this regkey:
http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/Windows_Mobile_5_Registry_Tweaks
But afaik does this regkey only work for the 'hard-keyboard' and not for the software-keyboard, so this answer won't help you a lot...
On my P3300 nothing changed with these keys and nothing happend when i changed the keys in 'HKCU\Keyboard Layout' In another forum i found a thread and they are saying you need a third-party software to change the software-keyboard...but for me it's no problem to use the english keyboard...but french keyboards are much stranger (i think french keyboard are the strangest keyboards that exists) and so i can understand your problem
Cheers
Peter
Love your reply's title
I agree with you, the french keyboard is strange, I wish they were only DVORAK keyboards all over the world! But I need my "é" "à" and so on... I'm sure there's a way to change the software keyboard!
Vive LA France
As far as I know it's a dll file that you would have to change. Never tried in WM6 to replace it, in WM 2003 it wasn't possible. Resco Keyboard would be an alternative if you don't want to try to change the layout yourself.
ups...
My french isn't that well....long time ago since school
I found a cab for the german keyboard, maybe you will find out more when you take a look inside this cab ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321236
Found French Keyboard ?
Heya,
maybe this could help you ? No idea if it works because i'm from Liechtenstein and i don't need a french keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1145926&postcount=29
Cheers
Peter
And for us in Greece?
Hi all,
Is there any way to change the keybord to contain Greek characters???
Thanks to HKBoySiR for this fix:
This .cab fixes the keyboard problems for the english language version of WM 6.1
HKBoySiR said:
I've just put together a cab file that replicates the original T-Mobile Dash's keyboard. No oddities so far. Hope this fixes some of the stranger keyboard issues.
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Would be nice having such a Fix for the German keyboard layout as well...it recognizes all the symbols, except of CAP and 0...hope somebody can help
Send me the german keyboard map, text file and I'll fix it for you.
Are you supposed to install it like a cab file because it's not working for me
slobalt said:
Are you supposed to install it like a cab file because it's not working for me
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Yes, you install it like a .cab, then you reboot.
i dont know if it worked yet but after i installed it on my tmobile dash with windows 6.1 it informed me that the program might not work because it was designed for a previous version of software.................... YESS THANKS SOOO MUCH IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM I APPRECIATE THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ABOVE
OrganicM said:
Send me the german keyboard map, text file and I'll fix it for you.
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May I also have the german key map file fixed, please?
Thanks
Chris
Which S620 Version?
I'm not sure which S620 version I have -- it is European and has the QWERTY layout, with the symbols for the British Pound, US Dollar, and Euro on the J, K, and L keys respectively.
I have the latest KAVANA WM6.1 ROM installed (GREAT!). However, I believe I mistakenly installed the US English Dash key map, which works great for the letters a-z, but some of the symbols do not match the keys (FN-Q is % instead of !, FN-N is & instead of @, etc.). I'm guessing this is a UK English keyboard, since I bought this S620 from eBay and it has a 220V charger. Anyway, any ideas how I get the map to match all the symbols on my keyboard?
I've done quite a bit of searching different threads on this forum but have not so far been able to find the answer.
genglish said:
I'm not sure which S620 version I have -- it is European and has the QWERTY layout, with the symbols for the British Pound, US Dollar, and Euro on the J, K, and L keys respectively.
I have the latest KAVANA WM6.1 ROM installed (GREAT!). However, I believe I mistakenly installed the US English Dash key map, which works great for the letters a-z, but some of the symbols do not match the keys (FN-Q is % instead of !, FN-N is & instead of @, etc.). I'm guessing this is a UK English keyboard, since I bought this S620 from eBay and it has a 220V charger. Anyway, any ideas how I get the map to match all the symbols on my keyboard?
I've done quite a bit of searching different threads on this forum but have not so far been able to find the answer.
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me too
i have same device with same keyboard.
please help
Hi,
I think my phone is french. Check this pic below:
http://ouziel.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/route_66.jpg
My keyboard layout is like this...
Can a .cab file be done to fix the wm6.1 kavana update ???
Thanks
hello.
here is attached picture of my keyboard. please help us creating keymap file for this device.
can someone tell me the origin of my keyboard? is it Europe or US?
kurilo said:
hello.
here is attached picture of my keyboard. please help us creating keymap file for this device.
can someone tell me the origin of my keyboard? is it Europe or US?
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It looks to be a UK or British keyboard. The British pounds symbol is on one of the keys. That's a sure sign that it's not a US keyboard.
Any uk keyboard mapping support
hey all, is there a uk keyboard mapping cab file yet?
Check in your \Start Menu\My Tools\Extras
do you have a file called "Excalibur eT9 Changer" if you do....click on it and choose the respective layout you need.
You can pick from:
UK Excalibur KeyMap
USA Excalibur KeyMap
Spanish Excalibur KeyMap
Portuguese Excalibur KeyMap
German Excalibur KeyMap
Italian Excalibur KeyMap
If not i can upload the the files needed.
Mikey1022 said:
Check in your \Start Menu\My Tools\Extras
do you have a file called "Excalibur eT9 Changer" if you do....click on it and choose the respective layout you need.
You can pick from:
UK Excalibur KeyMap
USA Excalibur KeyMap
Spanish Excalibur KeyMap
Portuguese Excalibur KeyMap
German Excalibur KeyMap
Italian Excalibur KeyMap
If not i can upload the the files needed.
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Maybe I am missing something...?? When I go to my Start Menu...I don't see a MY Tools?
Pummel454 said:
Maybe I am missing something...?? When I go to my Start Menu...I don't see a MY Tools?
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Which Rom are you using??
Key mapp works
i installed the full mapping cab and all is good now. Also, i have no 'my tools' in the start menu. i installed the kavana 6.1 rom.
When I do a long press-and-hold on the period and comma keys, I don't get a semi-colon or colon... just a period or comma. But when I do alt-period or alt-comma, then I do get the semi-colon and colon. I think these are the only keys this happens on, at least that I've seen so far. Anyone else?
Yes, it's a fairly common thing with the new ROMs. Neither of the t9 fixes will help you with it.
thanks guys worked like a charm
HI,
I just got my Touch Pro2 today, and noticed it has UK keyboard. Question is, does someone know how to change that layout eg. norwegian (I have cab for TyTN2, but I think it's not working because Tytn2 has only 4 row keyboard).
Is there some registry keys to change, or something else?
hifi said:
HI,
I just got my Touch Pro2 today, and noticed it has UK keyboard. Question is, does someone know how to change that layout eg. norwegian (I have cab for TyTN2, but I think it's not working because Tytn2 has only 4 row keyboard).
Is there some registry keys to change, or something else?
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Sometimes just changing your region (settings ==> system ==> regional)
changes the layout.
quarintus said:
Sometimes just changing your region (settings ==> system ==> regional)
changes the layout.
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Not wnough, tried already. In Registry lang code was 1033, I tried 1044 but still same.
Hi,
You can add a new keyboard layout file to your device windows folder, and change a specific "KeyboardlayoutFiles" registry value to point to that new file.
I made a small cab file which adds Ä and Ö characters behind A and O buttons. Simply use FN+A and FN+O after this cab installed and soft reset done.
Note, I tested this installation file with my own TP2 and worked fine, but I'm not "Pro" with WinMo cab development so please test the package at your own risk
link to the instructions and cab file
/Tuomo
tkukkola said:
Hi,
You can add a new keyboard layout file to your device windows folder, and change a specific "KeyboardlayoutFiles" registry value to point to that new file.
I made a small cab file which adds Ä and Ö characters behind A and O buttons. Simply use FN+A and FN+O after this cab installed and soft reset done.
Note, I tested this installation file with my own TP2 and worked fine, but I'm not "Pro" with WinMo cab development so please test the package at your own risk
link to the instructions and cab file
/Tuomo
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I actually already got those characters by editing WWE file. I discovered from other forum, that keyboard setting works little different way than in TyTNII.
HiFi - Hi - I have the same problem as you, I too live in Norway, and have been looking for Norwegian.
So far, I've found a way to get norwegian spellcheck/XT9 wordlist, from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3304868&postcount=5
Installing it adds Norwegian to the list, it is not lister properly in the list, so after7if you choose another language, you leed to reinstall the cab to get Norwegian back.
Still - I am looking for a solution for the soft, and hard keyboard - how far are you from achieving your goal ?
For me it was enought to get ä,ö (and å) to hardware keyboard. I don't use software keyboard so much, that I need those in that. And T9 seemed to learn words quite quicly, so I can use that to get right words if for some reason I'm not using hardware keyboard.
Ok.
Anyone here knows that the HTC soft-keybaord uses for sumbol-list ?
they do not use the commonly used file sym.0409.txt , at least the HTC spacial characters appears in different order than the sym.0409.txt file.
I'd like to rearrange some of the special characters.