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Hardware Keyboard mapping problem

I'm trying to type the italian vocabulary letters à è ì ò ù with the US Sprint TP2 hardware keyboard as an alternate typing of keys A E I O U.
This can be easily accomplished using the keys in connection with FN key by editing CH1 and CH2 value in the eT9.Rhodium.0409.kmap.txt file this way:
(before mod: )
// Row 3
{A A A A A 0x0a}
(after mod: )
// Row 3
{A A A À À 0x0a}
Unfortunately in US Sprint hardware keyboard only the A key is free to have an FN alternate meaning, while the keys E I O U have already a printed alternate value with € + = - charachters, so i wanted to use the "press and hold" function provided by VK2 value, editing .kmap file this way:
(before mod: )
{U U U + + 0x06}
(after mod: )
{U U Ù + + 0x06}
This way i expected that:
- pressing the U key to get u charachter
- pressing and holding the U key to get ù charachter
- pressing the U key along with FN to get + charachter
Instead the press and hold function don't work, i get only a repeating u charachter.
Anyone knows how to take advantage of the press and hold function in .kmap file (perhaps need enabling?)?
Thanx all.

try installing Rhodium Keyboard Controller, as it allows you to remap any key to do whatever you want (single press, long press, double-click, etc)
Joe

Joe Pinball said:
try installing Rhodium Keyboard Controller, as it allows you to remap any key to do whatever you want (single press, long press, double-click, etc)
Joe
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Does that work on the stock roms too?

Joe Pinball said:
try installing Rhodium Keyboard Controller, as it allows you to remap any key to do whatever you want (single press, long press, double-click, etc)
Joe
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Thank you Joe for the hint, though i'm still looking for a way to have it to work in the simplest way.

[Q] remapping arrow keys

Hi. I'm trying to fit all russian letters to Rhodium's hardware keyboard. Want to remap arrow keys, but it looks like there is a problem: when I add something like "{0x26 . . , , 0xff}" (just example, to get "." instead of Up and "," for Fn+Up) to my *kmap.txt file - nothing happens, key still works as Up. For example, such remapping of Sym key works fine ({0xBC . . , , 0xff})
However, {0x26 0x92 0x92 0x00 0x00 0xff} works fine too - with it, I have 'Internet' button, which launches Opera, instead of Up button. How come?! Tried different combinations, but still can't map any symbols/letters to arrow keys. Is this impossible? Thanks.

djh said:
Hi. I'm trying to fit all russian letters to Rhodium's hardware keyboard. Want to remap arrow keys, but it looks like there is a problem: when I add something like "{0x26 . . , , 0xff}" (just example, to get "." instead of Up and "," for Fn+Up) to my *kmap.txt file - nothing happens, key still works as Up. For example, such remapping of Sym key works fine ({0xBC . . , , 0xff})
However, {0x26 0x92 0x92 0x00 0x00 0xff} works fine too - with it, I have 'Internet' button, which launches Opera, instead of Up button. How come?! Tried different combinations, but still can't map any symbols/letters to arrow keys. Is this impossible? Thanks.
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Try tarkim's key remapper.

cajunflavoredbob said:
Try tarkim's key remapper.
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I need to remap those keys only for russian mode, and keep original actions in english. As I know, this remmaper can'to do this.

djh said:
I need to remap those keys only for russian mode, and keep original actions in english. As I know, this remmaper can'to do this.
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Yea, that's correct. In that case, you would need to modify the keyboard text file. I'm not 100% certain how to do that properly, however.

cajunflavoredbob said:
Yea, that's correct. In that case, you would need to modify the keyboard text file. I'm not 100% certain how to do that properly, however.
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Yes, and I've already remapped all keys by modifying txt files. But it looks like arrow keys couldn't be remapped that way... Although there are lines about them in txt files. That's strange. No one has ever tried to remap them?

djh said:
Yes, and I've already remapped all keys by modifying txt files. But it looks like arrow keys couldn't be remapped that way... Although there are lines about them in txt files. That's strange. No one has ever tried to remap them?
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The best advice I can give would be to try asking in the Chef Central forum. There are many experienced users there who might be able to assist you further.

Thanks, I'll try that.

[OFFER][MOD]Customizing Physical Keyboard Layout[G2/Desire Z/Vision]

Do you think your physical keyboard could be more efficient if its layout was slightly different?
Do you want special characters to appear just by hoding down FN and hitting a key of your choice??
Are you too lazy or not badass enough to mess around with your physical keyboard layout yourself???
Well, here is the solution:​
I will customize your keyboard layout at your wish!
The only things you need are:
A rooted HTC G2/Desire Z/Vision
A root file explorer OR
ADB
The only things I need are:
Your /system/usr/keychars folder
Your /system/usr/keylayouts folder
A list of characters that appear when you hold down FN and hit all the 2nd row's character keys one after another from left to right
Of course your change request
So here is an example of how it might go:
You think: "Damn, I'm a German and bought a G2 from America but I totally hate holding down the 'A' button to write 'Ä' and the 'Z' button should rather write 'Y' because I'm used to it!!!" (can be applied to any other language)
You check if you have the things that you need
You copy the folders that I need to your computer (with the help of root browser or ADB), put them into one keyfiles.zip file and attach it to your post
You write the characters that appear when holding down FN and hitting the 2nd row's keys into your post e.g. !#$%&*()/​
You write your change request(s) into your post e.g. When hitting FN+A I want 'ä' to appear and when hitting SHIFT+FN+A I want 'Ä' to appear
'!' can be moved to SHIFT+.
Furthermore I wish that Z could write 'Y' and vice versa​
You let me do some magic (hex-editing)
I attach the file(s) that has(have) to be replaced
You (make a NANDROID backup and) put the files into their respective place
You tell me if it works
P.S.:
As I wasn't able to test this on many devices it might happen that I am not able to fulfill all of your wishes. If that happens, please don't get angry. I'm sure that we can find another solution for you. If questions come up along the way don't hesitate asking.
DISCLAIMER:
Though it is quite unlikely that anything goes wrong I am not responsible for any kind of damage that could happen to you, your phone, your family, your nation and anything else that you think is this modification's fault. You decide to ask me for a favor and you take the risk of it. I am completely willing to help you if there are any problems but don't blame me for them.​

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Will your tweak works also in sense 3.0/5?
Well what I want is an Italian dictionary for the hardware keyboard that allows me to put the stress on the letters symply pushing fm+space that's all
inviato dal mio desire z. by zofox/zabak

zofox said:
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Well what I want is an Italian dictionary for the hardware keyboard that allows me to put the stress on the letters symply pushing fm+space that's all
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I see what you want but I fear that this does not have much to do with the keyboard's mapping but more with the dictionary's configuration. You should tell me if I'm wrong.
I could just make your keyboard write characters with key combinations like making FN+SHIFT+E write é.
I'm sorry that I can't give you exactly what you need

Are you willing to do this for me on my Motorola Droid Pro+?
At the moment, when you hold down a key rather than showing the character/number assigned to that letter it shows foreign accented characters... I don't type in any language other than english so I don't really need this. The alt key is in a really awkward place, it really slows me down!
Thanks

You can make the number or so appear when holding fn and not only pressing it before?
Sent from the last decent QWERTY phone using its keyboard!

Kieters said:
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At the moment, when you hold down a key rather than showing the character/number assigned to that letter it shows foreign accented characters... I don't type in any language other than english so I don't really need this. The alt key is in a really awkward place, it really slows me down!
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So you want me to
alter the caracters/numbers that appear when holding a key? I don't think that I'm the right person to do this as I assume it to be something very software related.
virtualflyer said:
You can make the number or so appear when holding fn and not only pressing it before?
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I don't get what you want me to do, could you explain it a little more?
Sent from my Desire Z using a carrier owl

TpmKranz said:
So you want me to
alter the caracters/numbers that appear when holding a key? I don't think that I'm the right person to do this as I assume it to be something very software related.
I don't get what you want me to do, could you explain it a little more?
Sent from my Desire Z using a carrier owl
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I've probably misread... Now I have to press fn release it and press key. Are you able to mod it so that fn effect is active only when it's still pressed
example:
nowress fn release fn press a get the special character
wantress fn release fn press a get a, press fn press a get the special character release fn

Is possible to personalise keyboard even with miui? Because I can't use fn+ z = £ and fn+ x = € so if u can make them works
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk 2

virtualflyer said:
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example:
nowress fn release fn press a get the special character
wantress fn release fn press a get a, press fn press a get the special character release fn
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When I started this thread I was unable to imagine what kinds of modification people want to apply to their keyboards.
In Ice Cream Sandwich the keychar files allow you to vary the key's behaviour depending on whether the shift key is pressed or a capslock is active. But I didn't see anything like fn-lock there. So I think it's not possible to let the keyboard ignore fn-lock. (Excuse me if there is an expression for that - I don't know it if there is any so I just call it "fn-lock".)
zofox said:
Is possible to personalise keyboard even with miui? Because I can't use fn+ z = £ and fn+ x = € so if u can make them works
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I've never had a look at MIUI's keychars/-layout files but it's worth a try.

Hi,
Previous year I bought a Desire Z in Belgium (so with a Belgian AZERTY keyboard).
Previous month I replaced the motherboard.
Now the whole phone is in QWERTY. SO I remapped the keychars and keylayout files to make it AZERTY again.
It is well done, but some things I'm missing:
- Some characters who aren't in the right way.
- All the rest is allright (qwerty is now azerty again).
I have this keyboard (it is exactly the same):
http://www.android-pour-les-nuls.fr.../HTC_Desire_Z/HTC-Desire-Z-dessus-clavier.jpg
In attachement you find the 2 keyboard files.
For example:
The key in the left corner of the keyboard doesn't function pretty good (@ and ! as you see on the picture).
The key with the € symbol, doens't work.
What I am doing wrong?
For the rest, it's pretty good modified I think
Do you have any solution?
Thx very much!

cyberbozzo said:
Hi,
Previous year I bought a Desire Z in Belgium (so with a Belgian AZERTY keyboard).
Previous month I replaced the motherboard.
Now the whole phone is in QWERTY. SO I remapped the keychars and keylayout files to make it AZERTY again.
It is well done, but some things I'm missing:
- Some characters who aren't in the right way.
- All the rest is allright (qwerty is now azerty again).
I have this keyboard (it is exactly the same):
http://www.android-pour-les-nuls.fr.../HTC_Desire_Z/HTC-Desire-Z-dessus-clavier.jpg
In attachement you find the 2 keyboard files.
For example:
The key in the left corner of the keyboard doesn't function pretty good (@ and ! as you see on the picture).
The key with the € symbol, doens't work.
What I am doing wrong?
For the rest, it's pretty good modified I think
Do you have any solution?
Thx very much!
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Okay, I'll have a look at it and do my best to find a solution.

cyberbozzo said:
Hi,
I have this keyboard (it is exactly the same):
http://www.android-pour-les-nuls.fr.../HTC_Desire_Z/HTC-Desire-Z-dessus-clavier.jpg
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Could you repost the jpg ? I cannot look at it

bombadier said:
Could you repost the jpg ? I cannot look at it
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Link to image in my dropbox:
http://db.tt/q9T0mWbG
Thx very very much!

adding another language
hope this still a working thread
i am running 4.2 aosp by andromadus and i want to add a hebrew layout to my physical keyboard
i attached the two folders and an image describing the way i want the layout to be but when pressing fn i want the same symbols you have when you press fn in english layout
thanks for your work will gladly reward you

[Q] Keymap editing?

Helllo!
I've bought a Captivate Glide, and I'm very happy with the phone!
The only issue I have with the phone is the nordic letters (Æ, Ø, Å). I have to long press A or O, then navigate to the letter I want. Is there any way to hack the keypad to have the norwegian letters first in the selection? My phone is rooted.

Good question. I have too to edit the physical keymap because I can't use ~, < or > keys.

EMegamanu said:
Good question. I have too to edit the physical keymap because I can't use ~, < or > keys.
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Hit the symbol button and you should find those keys. Also if you mess around with the keyboard, hitting alt + shift + n gives you the ~ symbol. I dont know any shortcuts for < or >
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I927R using xda premium

If I ask too, it is because I don't have these keys with the Sym button.
Thanks for the ~, alt + shift + k seems working too.

[MOD] i927 Hacker's keyboard layout... [DE/EN]

Hi all,
have been using this custom keypad layout for a while and now finally get around to post it...
Keyboard Allocation Modifications (touch keys unchanged):
MENU key mapped to TAB
HOME key mapped to CTRL_LEFT
SEARCH key mapped to CTRL_RIGHT
OK key (DPAD_CENTER) mapped to FORWARD_DEL (normal delete - instead of delicate (touch-)cursor-positioning, then backspace)
shift+alt+E: Euro sign (€)
shift+alt+K: < instead of (
shift+alt+L: > instead of )
shift+alt+,: ~ instead of =
shift+alt+.: ^ instead of \
shift+alt+?: | instead of / (pipe linux commands without switching to soft keyboard for that one stupid symbol!)
MIC key (+ shift/alt): mapped to [ {
www./.com key (+ shift/alt): mapped to ] }
DE layout: Z <=> Y
DE layout: [äöüß] mapped on shift+alt+[aous]
This allows proper usage of terminal, debian, tmux..
Little known fact: some useful common keyboard combinations become available when your device provides TAB & CTRL keys:
- ALT+TAB: application switcher
- CTRL + A [in text fields]: select all
- CTRL + C/X/V [in text fields]: copy/cut/paste
- CTRL + Z: unfortunately, no undo (what the fail?)
- TAB [in terminal]: shell tab completion!
- CTRL + C [in terminal]: interrupt running process
- CTRL + D [in terminal, empty command line]: exit shell
Improvement suggestions or questions, bring 'em on.
The files have to replace /system/usr/keychars/STMPE_keypad.kcm and /system/usr/keylayout/STMPE_keypad.kl respectively to be active.. Installable ZIP files in third post. :good:

nice, but you should make installable zip, like this , just change zip file.

recovery installable ZIP
ok here it comes

very great job! many thanks will test that soon

Hey Admin!!! ^^ Sorry My English Not Good
Can you Mod Volume Up = Wake Phone, Or Search = On/Off Phone?

I wana turn off Search key on the phone, too

ahem this is a great feature but I may have made an error in flashing because it'd be nice to compare the original setup! I was sold with ~ and <> etc but I kinda miss the search key believe it or not (for SMS etc it had become a habit)..
my suggestions after 20 mins.. if "Menu" key was L-Ctrl instead of tab, (flip them), you could slide your thumb from menu to A to "select all" in one motion (I even found it possible with home as L-Ctrl but not easy). Also, you could hit Alt-Tab w the same one thumbstroke!! Then, you really don't need R-Ctrl because XCV have enough space to hit with your right thumb while left thumb on Menu (now L-Ctrl). Then I can have my search key back and not lose any function
If you can share the original I can set it up this way! Oh, and also "OK" for delete is OK.. but could it be L-Ctrl + Bksp, or Shift+Bksp? OH WAIT that IS the default!! Shift+BKSP = delete!! Lucky guess
Thanks tho this is awesome!!

zWiLLX said:
I kinda miss the search key believe it or not (for SMS etc it had become a habit)..
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You are aware that there is one beneath the display on the right? & these capacitive buttons continue to work with expanded keyboard.
zWiLLX said:
my suggestions after 20 mins.. if "Menu" key was L-Ctrl instead of tab, (flip them), you could slide your thumb from menu to A to "select all" in one motion (I even found it possible with home as L-Ctrl but not easy). Also, you could hit Alt-Tab w the same one thumbstroke!!
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I might actually try swapping these.. although I already used this layout for months. But good point about CTRL+A (my tmux key) and ALT+TAB :good:
So just swap the numbers of both keys in the STMPE_keypad.kl:
Code:
key 102 CTRL_LEFT WAKE
key 139 TAB WAKE
zWiLLX said:
If you can share the original I can set it up this way! Oh, and also "OK" for delete is OK.. but could it be L-Ctrl + Bksp, or Shift+Bksp? OH WAIT that IS the default!! Shift+BKSP = delete!! Lucky guess
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well the Shift+BKSP trick doesn't work everywhere and definitely not within the terminal.
You can find the default files here:
https://github.com/buborh/android_device_samsung_i927/raw/cm-11.0/usr/keylayout/STMPE_keypad.kl
https://github.com/buborh/android_device_samsung_i927/raw/cm-11.0/usr/keychars/STMPE_keypad.kcm

did the swaps and modded the KB a bit and it's friggin fantastic!! Great tips Used the one-thumb ctrl+a today as well as the one-thumb alt-tab just by coincidence and they work great!! w 4.4.4 the phone is crazy fast(er) as well as less battery and with this mod it's friggin fantastic!! Glad I didn't commit to longer contract and went w ole cheapo glide again!! Thanks EMP!!