[REQ] About Framework-res modding - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My phone is Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro MK16i. You know this phone have a physical keyboard. I have a problem with keyboard and custom rom's framework-res.pak file.
The problem is this: When I writing some words with hardware keyboard, normally the suggestions of words and the case view are visible. But in custom rom's these are not visible.
What I'm meaning, see these screenshots (gif animation):
Visible: http://oi44.tinypic.com/2urnh2g.jpg
Not visible: http://oi43.tinypic.com/2vjxw7c.jpg
Now, I want this: How to make these things visible, in any custom framework.res file?
Sorry for my English, if I made an error.

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[Q] SemcPhone.apk mod file

Hi all,
I'm French, so apologize for my bad english, anyway, i try my best to post an understable question.
Sine i got my Arc S i play with rom, kernel and theme without no problem.
Actually, i set dpi to 180, and everything is allright wi GO launcher.
Now, i moded SemcPhone.apk so that it fill the screnn resolutution, and here is my question.
What i do :
- decompile semcphone
- modify the dimens.xml found in the /res/value/ decompiled file, and set all the dip values to fil the screen,(using factor of 1,33)
- recompiled file and push it on the phone.
At this step all is ok, only the panel where are the 4 button (mute, keypad, contact and speaker) not fit the screen.
Then, i tried to modify the androidmanifest.xml in the support-screen section, recompiled and pushed, no work, got error.
Tried the seme thing with the other xml in the layout folder of the decompiled file and the same error.
So my question is, how can i do.
If i want to modify the layout xml file, is there another way to do.
Actually i use DoomKernel V18 and Acronium 7b2.
Oh a last thing, thanks all for you job.
Thank you for the help.

{PRO} [Q&A] How to change physical keyboard layout on xperia mk16i

As I'm a newbie here, I'm not aloud to post this in the dev section.
So I'll explain how you can simply change you're physical keyboard layout on Gingerbread and ICS easily without flashing an appropriate kernel for the Xperia Pro mk16i iyokan.
-So first you need root access.
-second, you need to install a root explorer like ES file explorer.
activate the root access to /system in the option of ES file explorer.
-ones you're here, you need to identify all the layout you're rom got. they are listed as xml files in the directory:
/system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
my rom contains almost all keyset imaginable.
-Now you've find the name of your keyset find the file :
/system/usr/keyboard-config/keyprint.xml
-edit it with the file explorer integrated file editor.
-you'll find a file formatted with a fanzy SE header and that:
HTML:
<Keyprint>
<Script name="arabic" keylayout="arabic"/>
<Script name="cyrillic" keylayout="cyrillic"/>
<Script name="greek" keylayout="greek"/>
<Script name="hebrew" keylayout="hebrew"/>
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
<Script name="thai" keylayout="thai"/>
</Keyprint>
-Choose the alphabet you use and put the name of your layout without the xml file extension.
if you're europeen or american, I guest latin will be you're choice.
For arabic, greek, croatian russian... and every other languages using an another alphabet I let you choose
So for example if I want to change my latin layout from Qwerty to Qwertz
I replace the line
HTML:
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
by
HTML:
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwertz"/>
-so save the file and reboot you're phone, you should now get the right keyboard set for you're phone.
Or you can edit it with adb by pulling the file and pushing it after (but it's a bit more tricky
Have a good night and if anybody can move my thread in the good section I'll be very pleased
ps:
All credits and inspiration came from the original post of ameer1234567890 which provide a lot of flashable layout.
I think this works only on stock and stock based ROMs. Can someone please confirm if this works on a ROM like CM7 or CM9.
I'd like to know too, because i used to use cm7 on htc dz but as cm7 or 9 are still in dev for mk16i I never tried them on mine for now
Hey.can u be more specific? How to do this?
I got the file..and now what should i do?
Thnx
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anamul.quader said:
Hey.can u be more specific? How to do this?
I got the file..and now what should i do?
Thnx
Sent from my MK16i using xda premium
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I had an example in the tuto, if you still don't understand, I'll try to explain it again ;-)
Good luck
This does not work in 3rd party apps (smart keyboard pro and swiftkey), also on some cases chrome will misbehave as well. I think chrome is bypassing the xperia keyboard when it's trying to be super-secure such as entering passwords.
Chrome won't show you virtual keyboard at all in such cases so I think it can be safely filed under BUG but that won't help if you can't sign in. Using opera mobile as a workaround works..
I'm pretty sure the stock gingerbread finnish firmware played nice with smart keyboard pro. There's a link in the "root" Xperia pro thread where you can download "hotfix" for Xperia pro. These claim to be keyboard layouts for various languages. These are NOT the text files you describe here but the actual android keymap files.
They did not work for me, though, boo. I'll have to try again. The files in keychars-folder (MAKE BACKUPS!!) are .kcm.bin while the originals are called .kcm. I would assume both are not used at the same time. In keylayouts (backup bro) the replacement files are .kl, same as original but smaller.
3rd party keyboard has never been my point.
Stock android is handling physical keyboard a certain way, and virtual keyboard such as slide it or swiftkey do as they want with that kind of thing.
Switft never works correctly for me with stock rom or with custom rom.
Sorry if it doesn't work.
but if every software interprete keyboard there own way, we're damn lost. I never use Chrome but I guest it can also interprets keyboard layout its own way.
the flash fix you talk about is interesting, I'll try it asap. thks
Those keyboard layout/keychars files just make the HW keyboard stop working properly. I think they come from mini pro. Or at the very least they'd need some configury thingy somethere.
As a positive note, they DO make HW keyboard behave differently but swedish/finnish one definitely does not produce local chars.
Meh, I guess I need to fork up 2€ for wotanserver to get authentic finnish firmware.
FWIW I'm pretty sure stock finnish gingerbread firmware didn't have a problem with smart keyboard pro. And android + keyboard is a bit of a odd-man-out, we don't even get a forum..
Ed: Chrome works ok 95% of the time, I should file bug about text boxes where it goes crazy.
That's too bad, that it doesn't work for you.
Fact is we are at the border of android with physical keyboard.
And ow with nexus 3 without physical button except for sound and power...
I think (not hope) that physical keyboard for phones is almost arrived at its end.
Regarding stock firmwares, my update to ICS made by official sony companion just put me a Qwerty layout :-D so don't be so sure about stock firmwares ;-)
Umlauts in quertz
anybody know how to fix the orders of the umlauts for qwertz layout in the pop-up and make the SYM-Button working?
flashing of files newer worked for me, or a could'nt more use the shortcuts like copy-paste...
see also this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658959&page=20
Search trough the web for solution. nothing.
Physical keyboard has a driver, or own FW or sumthing?
And can i have the stock xperia physical keyboard app?
My sym button doesn't work, my direction arrows are weird, qwerty-stroke keyboard layout. But i accept the latin one too
Or where is this "driver"-stuff in the ROM? Can i copy from old ROM (which one is working), to ICS .587 (which don't)?
Thanks in advance
I installed the arabic script from ameers collection and the language changed to arabic.. thing is my keyboard has the same layout as arabic version but I wanted the english characters.. I tried your method but whatevr script I keep for my keyboard layout, it still follows the same script even after rebooting.. pls help..
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ilfunx said:
I installed the arabic script from ameers collection and the language changed to arabic.. thing is my keyboard has the same layout as arabic version but I wanted the english characters.. I tried your method but whatevr script I keep for my keyboard layout, it still follows the same script even after rebooting.. pls help..
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I'm having the same problem, so if you found a solution over the last few months, could you share it with me, please?
Method not working
Kiwyxda said:
As I'm a newbie here, I'm not aloud to post this in the dev section.
So I'll explain how you can simply change you're physical keyboard layout on Gingerbread and ICS easily without flashing an appropriate kernel for the Xperia Pro mk16i iyokan.
-So first you need root access.
-second, you need to install a root explorer like ES file explorer.
activate the root access to /system in the option of ES file explorer.
-ones you're here, you need to identify all the layout you're rom got. they are listed as xml files in the directory:
/system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
my rom contains almost all keyset imaginable.
-Now you've find the name of your keyset find the file :
/system/usr/keyboard-config/keyprint.xml
-edit it with the file explorer integrated file editor.
-you'll find a file formatted with a fanzy SE header and that:
HTML:
<Keyprint>
<Script name="arabic" keylayout="arabic"/>
<Script name="cyrillic" keylayout="cyrillic"/>
<Script name="greek" keylayout="greek"/>
<Script name="hebrew" keylayout="hebrew"/>
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
<Script name="thai" keylayout="thai"/>
</Keyprint>
-Choose the alphabet you use and put the name of your layout without the xml file extension.
if you're europeen or american, I guest latin will be you're choice.
For arabic, greek, croatian russian... and every other languages using an another alphabet I let you choose
So for example if I want to change my latin layout from Qwerty to Qwertz
I replace the line
HTML:
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
by
HTML:
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwertz"/>
-so save the file and reboot you're phone, you should now get the right keyboard set for you're phone.
Or you can edit it with adb by pulling the file and pushing it after (but it's a bit more tricky
Have a good night and if anybody can move my thread in the good section I'll be very pleased
ps:
All credits and inspiration came from the original post of ameer1234567890 which provide a lot of flashable layout.
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Good Post, i tried it but it does not work after i reboot.
So my keyboard is still the QWERTY layout instead of QWERTZ
Also, some detailed instructions on ES Explorer.
Once you open ES Explorer, Left Drawer --> Go to Tools --> Root Explorer --> Mount RW --> Set / to RW
Now you can follow the steps to edit the keyprint.xml
Again let me remind you, i tried this and it does not work. So if i have done it the wrong way, please let me know.

[Q] Enable Android Emoji font from Jellybean

Hi, is there a way to make the phone recognize new fonts? Maybe a config to edit or a way to enable new custom typos in our phone?
Now I have a modded DroidSans-Fallback fonts to see emoji and an emoji keyboard to type them, but it has some issues and doesn't display some icons correctly.
I want to port/enable the font that I attached here to share you , but how?
I'm on GB now, ICS is too "Alpha" for me.
Can you help me?
--- 188 views and no answer? so bad
Bumping this, because I just figured out how.

Custom Layout for Virtual and Dock Keyboards

Hello,
I have a TF300 (no 3G), updated to 4.2.1 stock, will root it today. I want to create a custom keyboard layout - Armenian (my native language), by editing one of the standard layouts that I don't need. If I get right the solutions described here and here, it is possible to add a completely new keyboard layout by modifying one of the stock layouts, key by key.
The question is: which files are for the Asus virtual keyboard layout, and which ones are for the dock layout? I want to modify both. I know that I should look in "/system/usr/xt9/keychars" and "/system/usr/xt9/keylayout", am I right? Is there anything else that I am missing?
Any help will be greatly apperciated, please share your experience of modifying the stock layouts.
Thanks!
Still no reply?
Anyway, yesterday I rooted my TF300, installed Root Explorer, navigated to /system/usr/xt9/keychars/, and there were no keyboard layout files (*.kcm). The folder "keychars" itself was missing. Has something changed from 4.1? Where are the files with the keyboard layouts now?
I am in the same boat as you are! My native language is Macedonian, and cant figure it out. I wanted to do it with cyrilic, but I am not able to do it.
I have been trying to do this for quite a while. If you find a solution, please PM me.

ussd notification window

Dear All, i need help, i am using lg optimus g, but when i use , ussd code, size of notification window is too small to fit all options. can you please help me how i can fix it.
This is a known issue on even GB devices.
Are you running stock or custom?
i am running a custom firmware.from vietnamese site. i think, there will be some option in systemui.apk. because as far i know(little knowledge) all information like color size etc is adjusted through systemui.apk
do you know anything about it? what is your opinion, or view?
i tried to decompile the systemui.apk through apk tool. but could not fully understand or you can say in other words could not find it.
Hi,
Do u have a solution for this fix? My G pro is having the problem as well

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