Anyone with a Motorola Xoom Keyboard:
Does the capslock key function as a typical capslock?
Was there any special software you had to install w/ it or did it just work as a bluetooth device right out of the box?
Will you please zip up and post a copy of your /system/usr/keylayout directory for me? Trying to get caps lock working on other platforms.
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Hello,
after days of searching and reading in the forum I have still following question:
when I select a file in explorer with my finger or stylus, it executes that file.
e.g. I installed youtube (the question is NOT about youtube, works fine thanks to the forum) and when I want to change the mui file with the language code, it execute the file resulting in an error. Then I close the app and so it returnes to the file and then I can rename it.
Same with picture files (opens picture and then I close it), mp3,.....all files
So my question is: can I just select a file (with my finger or the stylus) without executing it?
(I can select with the down button, but in a long list this is not the way I want it)
Thanks and greetings from Belgium
Believe it or not but shortly after my question (and days of reading ) I solved it myself.
I just have to keep my finger or stylus on the file until the menu appears where I can then choose to rename the file
So sorry for the question, but maybe it can be usefulf for some other newbees.....
Greetz
tap the file and wait a while holding down finger or stylus, then you'll see a dropdown menu for that file
heh I'm late
thanks anyway kwiateusz, appreciate the fast answer
i guess you skipped the tutorial by WM at the start !!! hahaha
could be, could be hahahahaha
use direction keys or optical joystick under the screen
see
install the attached CAB in your device main memory:
it will replace the original file explorer and give you more and more functions.
one of them in options is allowing you to change the way to execute any file by double click instead of single click, which meaning you can select private pictures in front of anybody by single click without view it.
enjoy
cheers
Thanks!
Will surely install it.
I would like to change the English physical keyboard of my Dell Streak (Froyo) into German. The reason for this is that I use the German version of the Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth) and I write texts in German. Can someone post a file or script to copy it into my system? My Dell Streak ist rootet and I use Root Explorer. Thanks.
Hi,
I've made some keylayouts and keychars files to adapt the Logitech DiNovo BT keyboard for my streak.
You'll can find it be googling "Modaco DiNovo")
The basic process was to first find the proper keylayouts and keychars file name. This can be done by monitoring the adb logcat when connecting the BT keyboard (was "Logitech_________Bluetooth_Keyboard" for mine...)
Once that, you should try to find the proper scancodes for your keyboard (search with google the "keytest.apk" application from github)
Then you must adapt the kcm.bin and kl file to the correct keys
the kcm.bin is in binary format, use a binary editor for it (I used ultraedit)
Hope this will help.
BiboTheClown said:
Hi,
I've made some keylayouts and keychars files to adapt the Logitech DiNovo BT keyboard for my streak.
You'll can find it be googling "Modaco DiNovo")
The basic process was to first find the proper keylayouts and keychars file name. This can be done by monitoring the adb logcat when connecting the BT keyboard (was "Logitech_________Bluetooth_Keyboard" for mine...)
Once that, you should try to find the proper scancodes for your keyboard (search with google the "keytest.apk" application from github)
Then you must adapt the kcm.bin and kl file to the correct keys
the kcm.bin is in binary format, use a binary editor for it (I used ultraedit)
Hope this will help.
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I have found your post at MoDaCo but your instructions are too complicated for me. Is there a spelling app to change the "ae" into "ä", "oe" into "ö" etc by means of autocorrection?
I definitely don't like the ASUS touch keyboard that we all have by default in our tablets. Uninstalling this keyboard means lose the keymapping of the physical keyboard .
You don't need to follow this guide if you have a US keyboard, because if you uninstall the ASUS keyboard the physical one will acquire automatically the US layout.
If you live in another country and you don't want to write with the american layout, then this is the guide for you .
We are going to map the physical keyboard in order to function with the Android 3.x one.
- Requirements -
Eee Pad Transformer TF101 non US model
*** ROOT access ***
Root Explorer (or an equivalent app that let you modify system files)
- Step by step guide -
Remove the tablet from its dock (necessary to avoid FCs)
Change the default input method to "Android Keyboard" (Settings -> Language and input -> Current input method)
Open root explorer and navigate to the /system/usr/keychars folder
Mount the folder in R/W mode (you have to read "Mount R/O" to do this)
Rename (longpress -> Rename) the file "asusec.kcm" to "asusec.kcm.old" (without quotations)
Go back to the /system/usr folder and open the "xt9" and then the "keychars"
Copy the file "qwerty-xx_XX.kcm" that corresponds to your keyboard language (longpress -> Copy)
Go back to the /system/usr folder and reopen the "keychars"
Paste the file in this folder
Rename the file that you pasted to "asusec.kcm" (always without quotations)
Reboot the tablet
Enjoy!!!
Now if you want you can safely remove the ASUS keyboard:
Open Root Explorer and navigate to the /system/app folder
Remember to mount the folder as R/W
Find the file "XT9IME.apk" and rename it to "XT9IME.apk.old" (w/out quotations)
Don't mind the FCs the system shows and reboot the tablet
Reopen Root Explorer
Navigate to the /system/lib folder
Check the R/W mounting
Rename the file "libjni_xt9input.so" to "libjni_xt9input.so.old"
Rename the file "libjni_xt9kcm.so" to "libjni_xt9kcm.so.old"
Reboot
Enjoy your free-from-ASUS tablet
All the credits for this last guide go to sirmx, who in his post pointed out the files to rename.
Fantastic guide, works perfectly on Prime 1.7!
this thread is for do "copy/paste" in the fisical keyboard qwerty for android?
i can tap per example ALT + C to copy and ALT + V to paste?
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imeio said:
this thread is for do "copy/paste" in the fisical keyboard qwerty for android?
i can tap per example ALT + C to copy and ALT + V to paste?
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CTRL+C and CTRL+V work in most apps but not all.
frederuco said:
CTRL+C and CTRL+V work in most apps but not all.
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like what? i want CTRL+C and CTRL+V to send SMS, to use in the browser, to edite text like "Ofice WORD" kind or "every note" and more like it.
is possible?
any key can become the "control key" ?
there is a video demostration?
imeio said:
like what? i want CTRL+C and CTRL+V to send SMS, to use in the browser, to edite text like "Ofice WORD" kind or "every note" and more like it.
is possible?
any key can become the "control key" ?
there is a video demostration?
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On the keyboard dock, there is a CTRL key on the left. Use this with the V, X and C key to paste, cut and copy.
You can use AnyCut to create custom app shortcuts using the search key.
Does anyone know if Ctrl+A will do select all? That's the fourth of the common cut, copy, paste shortcuts.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
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Does anyone know if Ctrl+A will do select all? That's the fourth of the common cut, copy, paste shortcuts.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
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It works in Tapatalk and Kingsoft Office.
Once again, it works in a lot of apps, but not all.
Hello everyone
I am trying to acheive the right method for mapping hardware keyboard. Usb host works perfectly, always does what it should on firmware 1.21 with nook manager, kernel version 176. I found some polish keychar kcm file on the net, then I renamed that file with right vendor and product id for my keyboard (terminal, keyboard connected in host mode, typed: lsusb) and placed it in system/usr/keychars... But that didn't make any effect on keyboard mapping, looks like that file is ignored. I could try to edit qwerty.kl in system/usr/keylayouts but from what I know, you cant add there symbols like "ą" or "ś". What I am going for is just these few polish letters : Ą,Ę,Ś,Ó,Ż,Ź. Normally you get them by pressing modifier (alt) and for example, " A", what gives you "Ą" etc. Usb mode ultilty, and little app avaible on net - Key Test, both will show you the same keycode when you pressing a letter or letter+modifier. That makes hard to find out how to edit keylayout file (qwerty.kl) as you cant guess that needed keycode. I was looking quite a lot for answers on xda before I decided to ask, but what I finds does'nt look like exact sollutions. Hopefully I didn't miss anything. Adb is working fine for me, any hints appreciated, Thanks
Step one, determine what .kl and kcm.bin the Nook is trying to load.
You will see this if you have ADB and logcat running when you connect.
It will try to load one based on the VID/PID.
It will tell you the exact name of the file.
Probably your naming is different.
I ran into this already.
I didn't bother, I just use qwerty.kl and qwerty.kcm.bin
These are the defaults when there is no VID/PID specific files.
If your kcm.bin is correct it should have the UTF-16 values inside.
The format is pretty simple. After the header (32 bytes) it's like:
Code:
{
uint32 keycode;
uint16 label;
uint16 keypad;
uint16 normal;
uint16 shifted;
uint16 alt;
uint16 altshifted;
}
You can just enter the little-endian UTF-16 values using a hex editor.
Ok I got it! It is easy to find some proper tutorials for hex editing qwerty.kcm. But before I did that effort and started learning about it, I searched for some very lazy sollution: qwerty.kcm.bin already prepared by someone else. I found one (obviosly with polish layout),I swapped the original file with it, set the permissions to be the same as in original file, reboot (don't know if absolutely necessary)... thats it, easy. All that thanks to some hard working man who (as he has mentioned on other forum) spent the whole night learning on how to edit qwerty.kcm in hex editor.
Anyway, thank you very much for directing me in the right way. Knowing which files should be edited helped me to resolve the problem. Also logcat is very interesting tool, as it might give some image of how the system works. Thanks
hi, I have the same problem but i can't find the qwerty.kcm.bin with polish letters. Could you provide the file ??
bartbrudz said:
hi, I have the same problem but i can't find the qwerty.kcm.bin with polish letters. Could you provide the file ??
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Hi, I'll try to copy it from my nook directory, once I have some time.
hi, here is my whole keychars folder (/system/usr/keychars). You can make a backup of your keychars forder and then overwrite it with mine. You can let me know if it works for you. Find attachment below. Powodzonka.
Awesome!!! works perfectly. :victory: Thank U !!!
bartbrudz said:
Awesome!!! works perfectly. :victory: Thank U !!!
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cool, I am glad I could help! : ) (although real credits goes to someone who created this qwerty.kcm file)
Let me introduce you with the absurd problem:
Using Yandex as browser to install EditThisCookie, I want to edit/copy a txt file, copy it onto the clipboard and return to editthiscookie on Yandex to paste it.
No way!, I can't even copy text on the clipboard, as long as I need at least to use 3 different controllers: AirMouse, no way to get the right click menu to access clipboard, Native controller (cannot use for this), Joystick, no way, even Android App...
When trying to get into SwiftKey Apk to sideload it and use clipboard capabilities cannot install replacement system keyboard.
Is there any way to make copy/paste accessible for this?
Thanks pals.