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+++ Free button mapper: AE Button Plus +++

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"AE Button Plus for HTC Himalaya/Andes/Alpine/Magician" extends functionality of hardware keys on HTC Himalaya/Andes/Magician platforms. It allows you
- remap each standard hardware button to 2 or 3 "virtual", simulated via double or triple clicks;
- use volume slider to simulate Up/Down direction keys or create additional "virtual" hardware buttons;
- remap Red and Green phone buttons to 1,2 or 3 hardware buttons each.
As a result you may define up to 15 hardware buttons (system limit)
List of Compatible devices (See HTC Platforms)
- HTC Himalaya/Andes: O2 XDA II, I-Mate PocketPC, T-Mobile MDA II, QTek 2020
- HTC Alpine: O2 XDA2 IIi, I-Mate PDA2 (Not PDA2k), QTek 2020i
- HTC Magician: O2 XDA mini, I-Mate JAM, T-Mobile MDA Compact, QTek S100
- There are reports of successful use on E-Ten M500 device
DO NOT INSTALL THIS APPLICATION ON THE INCOMPATIBLE DEVICES!!!
- This may hide or incorrectly redefine hardware buttons until hard reset!
- But you may still try to use this utiliy on any PDA with 4 buttons normaly available in Start - Settings - Buttons. Please make full device backup before experiment.
Details -> http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus_t.html

This is great, the only thing I can't work out is how to change the initial settings i.e. how many logical buttons each physical is mapped to, except at install.

Just reinstall app. I put CAB file to my SD and mark as Read-Only. And if need change initial settings, just reinstall app.

Yeah, that's what I've done too, it's more of an minor annoyance than anything. The other things I've noticed is that it puts an invisible icon in the task bar and can't handle the Pocket Plus 3 (Alt-F4) and (Alt-Tab) settings - you can assign them to the extended buttons but they aren't retained because they're not shortcuts and don't get stored in the registry.
Again, these are just minor niggles, it's still damned useful, I'm up to 12 button assignments already, going to be running out soon!

Hmmm, for me all PP3 functions work fine IMHO bug is if U set on CAMERA button Enter and APPLICATION action For me after this setting CAMERA button not work as enter and not run anby assigned application But this is really minor bug for me Bigger bug is AEButtons not work with HOLD hardware buttons Coz 3x clicking not so easy must have expiriens for using 3x clicking

I am using this program for a while. So far I found a problem if I using it w/ PocketBreeze. If I enable "scroll w/ D-pad" on PB, AE Button+ never response to the first button press. I already email the developer but no response so far.

Operators in Lebanon
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ooops, sorry, posted here by mistake!!!

One question. I don't seem to get an icon on the task bar, just a functional (the menu works) empty space. At first I thought this was intentional but I've seen the icon visible in screen shots - any ideas?
O2 Xda II
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Virtual Button
Hi,
It is one of the best free button mapper!!!
I was wondering, what are these "Virtual Buttons" which is available in action drop down. And how can we assign or use these virtual buttons.
Thanks!!

meet_bijoy said:
Hi,
It is one of the best free button mapper!!!
I was wondering, what are these "Virtual Buttons" which is available in action drop down. And how can we assign or use these virtual buttons.
Thanks!!
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Any thoughts/help on this? Anyone?
Please advice.

I just purchased this app with the sole intent to remap my volume keys to the very needed scroll up and down that's missing on the Touch Pro2. I remapped volume up to: Single Click=Press Up arrow Key, and volume down to: Single Click=Press down arrow Key.
It isn't working. Can someone provide step by step instructions how to change volumes to scroll? Have emailed the developer, and he has not responded.
Thank you!

vinovixen said:
I just purchased this app with the sole intent to remap my volume keys to the very needed scroll up and down that's missing on the Touch Pro2. I remapped volume up to: Single Click=Press Up arrow Key, and volume down to: Single Click=Press down arrow Key.
It isn't working.
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Does it do something if you really single click? Holding the button is another thing...

Hi All,
Can someone confirm if this app works on HTC Salsa, running gingerbread 2.3. i want to map my power button to the facebook button so that facebook button also works as power button. Please Help ...

sandeepnarayan said:
Hi All,
Can someone confirm if this app works on HTC Salsa, running gingerbread 2.3. i want to map my power button to the facebook button so that facebook button also works as power button. Please Help ...
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I know, AE Button Plus works on HTC devices based on Windows Mobile !!
if for Android-based device you can try using ButtonRemapper.apk ......
please refer to this thread ~ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1

Make a call from a text message?

Hey guys, so I receive an SMS and it gets shown in Pocket Outlook. Now on any normal phone I simply press a button and I'm given the option to reply by text or simply call the number that the text was sent from.
Where is the option on the Hermes? I'm running Windows Mobile 6. Please don't tell me it simply isn't there?! Even a cheap £10 phone from a supermarket has this available.
I'm starting to regret getting this phone. It seems like if you actually want to do anything practical with it you have to pay for additional software, like spb GPRS monitor to make sure you don't spend too much on data traffic, or spb Mobile Shell to actually give it a usable thumb interface. I think it is nothing short of scandalous that all these things are included as standard on a basic Sony Ericsson phone. Such is life; pay loads of money, you get ripped off. Free, you get it all. I am slowly resigning myself to the fact that as a phone the Hermes / o2 XDA Trion just plain f***ing sucks. Back to my K800i I go. At least that actually functions as a proper phone without all this nonsense.
All I ever wanted to do was have a phone with wifi built in and the ability to play old dos games. Never in a million years did I think that there would be so many hoops to jump through.
And no one here ever did answer my question about running dos or giving me a list of what number all the keys were (e.g. "Button 0" = OK, "Button 1" = Start, etc.).
I really wish I'd got a Nokia N95 when I renewed my contract. I wouldn't then be stuck with this piece of [email protected]

well to solve ur problem..while in the text..u hit the talk button

Hey guys, so I receive an SMS and it gets shown in Pocket Outlook. Now on any normal phone I simply press a button and I'm given the option to reply by text or simply call the number that the text was sent from.
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In pocket outlook (text messages), pressing the green key while highlighting a text message will ask if you want to call the sender.
Pressing the right soft key will allow you to reply.
Regarding dos, did you check out PocketDos
http://www.pocketdos.com/requirements.htm
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or Bochs?
And no one here ever did answer my question about running dos or giving me a list of what number all the keys were (e.g. "Button 0" = OK, "Button 1" = Start, etc.).
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What do you mean, what number the keys are? In relation to what? Settings > Personal > Buttons, or something else?
V

y2whisper said:
well to solve ur problem..while in the text..u hit the talk button
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Doh!! Well that could be a bit better documented. I was looking for a context or menu option, along the lines of "call this number / contact".

vijay555 said:
What do you mean, what number the keys are? In relation to what? Settings > Personal > Buttons, or something else?
V
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I mean, every key has a corresponding map number doesn't it? For example, if you go to Start > Settings > Buttons, Button 1 is the message button on the top of the Hermes, Button 4 is the Camera button, etc. If this is the case, what button numbers are, for example, the keyboard cursor keys? Or the cap / shift key?
Also, the problem with PocketDos is, as far as I'm aware, it doesn't play any audio apart from emulating the PC Speaker. And you hhave to use plug in which take up loads of memory, leaving you nothing to actually run the games.

Yeah, I can't say I've ever used pocketdos, Dos disappeared quite some time back for me. I think it's the best we've got, but check out some of the emulation sites for specifics.
The keyboard map does have specific key codes, but they are not compatible with the Settings > Personal > Buttons buttons. I think we're stuck with the 5 or so default buttons, and additionally emulated hardware buttons using apps like AE Button Plus.
However, try an app like PQz which will allow you to use many of the keys on the keyboard.
V

Hi, just out of interest do you know what the specific key codes are? It is this list which I am after and which it may be possible to create a mapping for with DOS.

[NEW] K's Touch PCM Keyboard Skin & Layout

Here's my PCM Touch Keyboard. The keyboard has HTC Symbol pad's symbols fully integrated into it. By holding down certain keys for 250ms, you'd be able to toggle certain symbols. For example, holding down "a" will show all the "a" accents. Holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts, and etc etc.
*I don't know why the first picture looks brighter than the others...*
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Holding down the numbers will also toggle some symbols. These are usually symbols that are listed on your ordinary full size keyboard. For example,
1=~, !
[email protected]
3=$ (and various $ signs)
5=%
As you can see, I have also included some ghetto smileys into the mode button tapping the mode button doesn't change anything as there's only 2 modes in this keyboard (caps lock and lower case - double tap shift to toggle between them). However, holding down the mode button will show some commonly used symbols found at the lower portion of a keyboard.
The keyboard is based on the English layout. If you native language is not English, simply change the first two lines of the layout to the layout you commonly use. Everything else should work regardless of the base layout.
Installation is simple, just toss both files into Program Files\PCM Keyboard, select the layout and skin from pcm keyboard option and you are done.
BEFORE INSTALLATION
-open up the layout file with notepad, and replace this line:
symbol_pad=0,)-_+±
There's an extra "-" in the original layout file as seen in picture.
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sir.... looks good but couldnt try coz the file is corrupt....

Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.

I'm not sure if 0.12 still expires....I'm actually rather new to PCM Keyboard...I skinned it because I wanted a better keyboard to be used with my touch style rom...and the touch xt9 keyboard/keypad is a pita.....
Well, I hope you guys like it, you can easily customize the keyboard layout file to show whatever symbols you want when you hold down a key

Wow! wonder ful. I like it...

I like the look. Its my new skin.
Shouldn't it be "http://" instead of "http:\\"?
Also i could never figure out why on the skins they always have the "'" key above the backspace instead of something like the ".". I don't use hte "'" key as much as I do ".". I usually just change it in the layout file myself.

Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777

Really nice, i usually use the PhonePad, but with these nice tweaks u've done 2 it i'll 4sure give it a try...
Thanx for a great work

As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.

The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.

jomo25 said:
The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.
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Here is a link to the "refined" thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349647
I was curious how this layout would look with my black iphone skin... So if you like BIG keys and this layout, you can select K's layout and one of the iphone skins from my thread above. The screen shot is of this configuration.
Good work K! I like some of your shortcuts.

Here is my skin and layout...

the bigger keyboard is nice. I'd skin it with the touch look later

Just wanted to see a side by side comparison.

is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??

gfreek said:
is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??
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@ gfreek,
Does this work?
klmsu19 said:
-If you press the internet explorer key you will get "http://www."
-If you press and hold the internet explorer key you can choose: https://, .net, .org, .com or www."
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CORRUPT ?????????
bassett said:
As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.
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I opened the corrupt file in notepad and saw that is in fact a ".RAR" that was renamed to ".ZIP", why?, I don't know...
Just rename the file ext. from ".zip" back to ".rar" and it should work 100 %
Great skin dude...

You don't have to Unistall, reinstall thingy, just change the date to whatever before 15/Jan-08 and it will work..
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Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.
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jem777 said:
Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777
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no biggie.
you can assign camera button to rotate the screen.
setting - button - <rotate screen>
works like a charm for me.

do you have keyboard skin whick looks like an ordinary phone keypad?. i just got used to it already when messaging.
please help kin0kin.

[Request] HD Mini like ROM

Hi Opal Cooks,
Is it possible to cook a ROM like the HTC HD Mini? The HTC HD Mini ROM is looking like completely customized ROM from HTC. I never felt like it is a Windows Mobile. Everything looks very cool.
I want to have a ROM like this for my Opal, If not is it possible to have individual apps like Contacts, Messages, etc., as in HD mini?

Its possible but the problem is opal doesn't have start button. There is no start button in HTC HD Mini because it has a hardware button.

jagan2 said:
Its possible but the problem is opal doesn't have start button. There is no start button in HTC HD Mini because it has a hardware button.
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isnt re-mapping keys possible?

karthiksk said:
isnt re-mapping keys possible?
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Yeah possible but which key u would remap ?? there is no key in opal which we can use as start button. If there was buttons like camera button etc we could have done.
So if we remap any current key it will give some kind of bug in a particular app which required the key we remapped. Hope i wasn't confusing

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Yeah possible but which key u would remap ?? there is no key in opal which we can use as start button. If there was buttons like camera button etc we could have done.
So if we remap any current key it will give some kind of bug in a particular app which required the key we remapped. Hope i wasn't confusing
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Actually, i had changed my Opal into HD mini like.
I open the start menu by holding the call button for a while

lkachun9129 said:
Actually, i had changed my Opal into HD mini like.
I open the start menu by holding the call button for a while
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That's what i said we can remap any key but prob is when a app requires that key we may run into prob like there is some screenshot taking app which uses the button call > when u press call button continuously OR anytime u may need that button in that time u will remap the button again? that would create mess...

lkachun9129 said:
Actually, i had changed my Opal into HD mini like.
I open the start menu by holding the call button for a while
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Which thing made your opal look like HD mini?????

Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5889459
In my configurations, i have in the start menu in settings / personal / buttons i have choosed "Ok / close" and in the registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\(Default) = Start(Inicio)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\Open = \Windows\skey.exe
Look this
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Is so amazing ...
When to press the Start (Inicio) open the start menu
You make download the "SKEY.exe" here
Sorry for my bad english i speak spanish

Maybe this is a good time to ask my question.
Is it possible to get rid of the pause while scrolling down in the start menu. i want it to smooth scroll down all the way to the bottom.

When I asked for HD mini like ROM for Opal, I was not just looking for the Home Screen. In HD mini the whole windows interface was replaced (or may be Covered) by Sense. If you Open Cotacts, the interface looks much like a Sense on any of HTC android phones. Even the Inbox was replaced by HTC messages which looks very nice.
Even if we cannot get the Homescreen with out Start Button (May be it is possible as JoxeeM has shown but Opal has some limitation as Jagan2 said), Is it possible to get that kind of sense interface for the rest of the OS?

I think that we can never come to that: Because
First: Contains 3D drivers but our device also
Second: Because the "HTC messages" only create for device WVGA and other resolutions never QVGA
Third: No one wants change the resolution ...

karthiksk said:
Maybe this is a good time to ask my question.
Is it possible to get rid of the pause while scrolling down in the start menu. i want it to smooth scroll down all the way to the bottom.
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In StartMenuCust_240x320.cpr (In Windows folders)
you need to change PaginatedScrolling="TRUE" to PaginatedScrolling="FALSE" or PaginatedScrolling="WRONG"

this file does not exist in my rom....

Changing the symbols in the Symbols menu?

To be more specific, since I have no idea what it is called, I'm talking about this menu:
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I remember the menu on my Motorola CLIQ was much more extensive. Overall, I'd just like to be able to enter some specific symbols that this menu does not give me the option of, namely, tilde (~), Euro (£), and I could think of many other symbols that are much more important than the ones given to me in this dialouge, such as degree, cent sign, (Though, I don't use on a regular basis.) Frankly, I'll nearly never use any of the top row, nor the first two of the second row.
I saw this thread, but it wasn't very helpful.
Any help, or light in the right direction would be appreciated. thanks.

toastyc12 said:
To be more specific, since I have no idea what it is called, I'm talking about this menu:
I remember the menu on my Motorola CLIQ was much more extensive. Overall, I'd just like to be able to enter some specific symbols that this menu does not give me the option of, namely, tilde (~), Euro (£), and I could think of many other symbols that are much more important than the ones given to me in this dialouge, such as degree, cent sign, (Though, I don't use on a regular basis.) Frankly, I'll nearly never use any of the top row, nor the first two of the second row.
I saw this thread, but it wasn't very helpful.
Any help, or light in the right direction would be appreciated. thanks.
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Maybe try a different kb?
Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk

I don't...quite understand your post, as I'm using the built-in keyboard. It's not really possible to switch the keyboard out of the phone, is it?
If you mean touch/software keyboards, those don't seem to change this menu at all.

Here's a link to a bunch of different Onscreen Keyboards on the Android Market. I believe a few them are customizable.

prboy1969 said:
Here's a link to a bunch of different Onscreen Keyboards on the Android Market. I believe a few them are customizable.
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That's totally unhelpful since pressing the symbols button opens a totally different app, hence the terribly poor symbols menu. I'm using MIUI and I'm missing even more symbols than in the OP's picture. Even if I have the on-screen kb open in landscape mode and then press the symbol button with HW keyboard it just closes the on-screen kb and open the stupid symbol menu.
So we need a way to either make the HW keyboard symbol button use the same app you've selected for on-screen keyboard or edit the HW keyboard app's symbols menu, wherever that's located.

So I found out that the KCM (key character map) is located in
/system/usr/keychars/qwerty.kcm.bin
It holds the keymap for all the HW keys so you can change some that you don't use to the ones you need. It's a difficult job though since you need to use a python script called unkcm to decompile the file, edit it and then use kcm script to compile it again and push it back to your device.
There's a thread here with a working KCM compiler windows executable but I'm still unable to find a way to get the UNKCM script to work with any python decompiler...

prboy1969 said:
Here's a link to a bunch of different Onscreen Keyboards on the Android Market. I believe a few them are customizable.
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Please see my last post.
Jiia said:
So I found out that the KCM (key character map) is located in
/system/usr/keychars/qwerty.kcm.bin
It holds the keymap for all the HW keys so you can change some that you don't use to the ones you need. It's a difficult job though since you need to use a python script called unkcm to decompile the file, edit it and then use kcm script to compile it again and push it back to your device.
There's a thread here with a working KCM compiler windows executable but I'm still unable to find a way to get the UNKCM script to work with any python decompiler...
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now we seem to be getting somewhere! I've tried to compile the python script myself, but when I execute it, all I get is:
Code:
"""
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I'll keep playing around with it.