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qwerty key not working

Hi my qwerty keys a,q and menu keys are not working.. is there any app or adb way so that i can remap my keys to unused ones.. i searched google but i could not find anything.. Please can anyone help me.. i g1 is rooted 1.6 running cyanogen 4.2.15.1..

Same here, I really don't know whats up with my phone and why it randomly changed mapping but I can't use my phone at all anymore. Anyone know anything on this problem?

my right shift key is in the same situation as you for my g1.
Sorry to say, the only way to do this is to make a custom map for the keys and rebuild the kernel. :/

How can I do that?

Hi
i just found it in some forum , sorry i could not allowed to post the link.. I have tried it its working.. below are the steps to do.. You need to backup your existing keyboard layout.. then change the layout keys then re-upload the files..
below steps are for mapping search key to call key..
1. You have to be root.
2. backup all your files from /system/usr/keylayout/ by runing the following commands in ADB:
Code:
adb shell
mkdir /sdcard/KB_BK
mkdir /sdcard/KB_MODDED
cp -f /system/usr/keylayout/* /sdcard/KB_BK
3. Mount your sdcard as Memory card and COPY the folder /sdcard/KB_BK
4. Edit with notepad++ or wordpad such the keyboard files and change the second element of the key to your likings, CHANGE
Code:
key 127 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
TO for ex.
Code:
key 127 CALL WAKE_DROPPED
key 217 CALL WAKE_DROPPED
5. save your modification.
6. upload the modified files in /sdcard/KB_MODDED
7. Replace your files from /system/usr/keylayout/ with your modified files from /sdcard/KB_MODDED
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtd/mtdblock6 /system
cp -f /sdcard/KB_BK/* /system/usr/keylayout/
chmod 644 /system/usr/keychars/*
chmod 644 /system/usr/keylayout/*
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtd/mtdblock6 /system
ATTENTION WATCH OUT FOR THE FILES PERMISSIONS AND BE SURE THEY ARE THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL
8. Reboot
9. Enjoy
Hope this will help someone..
all credits goes to Geniusdog254 and jay..

nice find
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[Guide]How to disable the home key button at screen off [Root Required]

Here is a little guide on how to disable the screen from turning on in your pocket by accidentally clicking the home key. Which can set off unwanted calls/txts/homescreen changes/etc.
Perhaps there is an easier way, but this works for me, and sharing is caring
There I obtain a copy of Root Explorer, its easy for me to do. For those of you who are too cheap, scroll a bit further down this post, both methods require, obviously, root access:
I have no idea if there are free programs with the same usabilities as root explorer
Method with Root Explorer (or similar?)
Open Root Explorer
Go to /system/usr/keylayout
Click on the button ‘Mount R/W’ (upper right)
Locate, press and hold es209ra_keypad.kl file
Select ‘open in text editor’
Find this line:
key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
Remove the WAKE_DROPPED, so that the end result is:
key 102 HOME
Save the file
Reboot
Done
Method without Root Explorer
You need a little understanding of adb.exe
Typ in cmd.exe:
adb pull C:\es209ra_keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout/
Go to C:\ and open es209ra_keypad.kl in wordpad
Change:
key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
to:
key 102 HOME
Save the file
Typ in cmd.exe:
adb shell
#su
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
(ONLY if you got an error, while trying to remount)
[*]Typ in adb shell:
[*]#cat /proc/mounts
[*]and search for 'system' in the mount list to check correct path for ‘/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system’. If it differs, alter the above line.
Typ in adb shell:
#exit
adb push C:\es209ra_keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout/
Reboot your phone
This should work... if it doesn't, just leave a comment, and I'll probably try to help you.. that is, if I'm in a good mood..
I attached my es209ra_keypad.kl, just for reference purposes I guess, or for people who are too shy to pull stuff from their phone.

thanks for this!! i have been after a few key tweaks for a while!! don't suppose you have any idea how to make the back key "kill" foreground app!!
2.1 optimised 2.1.67

good idea
thanks for sharing this

[Q] Disable wakeup using home button? [SOLVED]
Use Search next time

prewed said:
[Q] Disable wakeup using home button? [SOLVED]
Use Search next time
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Aren't you just mister friendly? Thank god we got guys like you on this forum, otherwise this place would be fun.
I did use search, so unfortunately for you. I could not find a correct guide explaining step by step how to do it WITHOUT root explorer
xx
[email protected] said:
thanks for this!! i have been after a few key tweaks for a while!! don't suppose you have any idea how to make the back key "kill" foreground app!!
2.1 optimised 2.1.67
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no problem, ill try to find out if it is possible in 2.1, i think its in the framework though. It's already embedded in 2.2 and 2.3 (long press back), so you can try a custom ROM ?

[Q] Customize camera button function

I listen to a ton of audio books and would love it if i could turn my camera button into a pay/pause toggle when my phone is locked (much like plugging and unplugging headphones does).
I have done a lot of searching but found nothing so far. I am running stock rooted atm but will flash to anything that could pull this off.
Anyone know of such a beast?

Assuming you're rooted, go to the market and download a terminal emulator and astro file manager. From there, use astro to navigate into /system/usr/keylayout
copy s3c-keypad and stick it on your sdcard. Long click on it, choose open as, then text, then file editor. Scroll down till you hit the keys in the 40's. From there you have two options: key 46, which is the camera launcher, and key 56 which is the focus button. Modify either one of those, depending on your preference to: MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE WAKE_DROPPED, then save the file. next, open up your terminal emulator, and type the following:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -f /sdcard/s3ckeypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout
Failing that, there is something called music control lite in the market, though I've never used it so I don't know the details. You may also be able to set something up through Tasker. Good luck!

You, sir, are entitled to a cold one on me if you ever come through Memphis
The only exception to your excellent instructions that I made was to make it a WAKE function rather than WAKE_DROPPED and after a quick reboot it is working exactly as I had hoped.
Many thanks!

Ubuntu 11.04 unity-2d VNC

Hi guys,
I'm really new here, I can't post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836022
I created a working ubuntu11.04 .img, with unity-2d. I don't know if anybody cares, it was funny to make.
It is just a minimal install with unity-2d and tightvncserver. Really minimal. Firefox, office applications, anything else DOES NOT installed.
However, you can install anything using apt-get install.
I installed wget and nano, because it was needed to configure the vnc. I plan to make a bigger one with all the programs and stuff installed. Maybe tomorrow. Or next week.
How to use: Unzip, rename to ubuntu.img and simply replace the original ubuntu.img with this one. Use root as user/nickname and ubuntu as password, as usual.
Download link to .img:
Download link to the other files needed:
Links tomorrow. "New" .img too.
If you are a mod and you're reading this, please move this post it the thread I linked in the beginning, or anywhere where this post is in its place.
-Sorry for my english.
Please help! Give me additional space by using my referral: http://db.tt/W0knUea
edit1: So, now I've got 10 comments, I don't have to write everything in separate comments. What I've done yet: make some simple script to automatically turn on/off the vncserver (1024x600, tab native res, I found it enough), and get tired of the resource hungriness of unity-2d. I mean it needs about the same CPU power (I guess) as the galaxy tab has, and it needs about 200MB RAM. But this is to run native. The VNC version is far from native, so it's slow as f..., I mean, very slow. Then I looked for a little less resource-hungry desktop environment, and I found lxde. I made an image with that. It's slow too, but much faster than unity-2d. I need to configure it a little more, to be more touch-friendly. And I want to do a few other thing, and write a how to make your own .img file thing. If you want to do it now, here some links, I will write about it sometimes.
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-ta...tall-ubuntu-linux-on-galaxy-tab-10-1-tabuntu/
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-build-chroot-arm-ubuntu-images-for-android/
I also suggest reading mount, umount and rootstock man pages.

This image works quite well. As with every VNC build, its a bit slow and Unity doesn't help that (even in its nice Unity-2d form), but if you want Ubuntu on your Tab this is a pretty sweet image. Ultra-lightweight, too. Nice work, OP!

Firstly, thankyou for not making 10 spam posts just to get this posted in the Development section, shouldnt take you long to get 10 posts under your belt in this thread then I'll move it into the dev section for you
Good job by the way..

how to run this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836022
It's writen down here.
The link to the files is in the first post.

Do I write 'bootubuntu' in command line instead of 'bootlinux' or do I have to change the filename of 'bootubuntu' file? I guess first of the two is correct, but it's better to ask than to brick
Oh and is the AndroidSDK really needed? I don't see anything about usage of it in instruction....

maslak666 said:
Do I write 'bootubuntu' in command line instead of 'bootlinux' or do I have to change the filename of 'bootubuntu' file? I guess first of the two is correct, but it's better to ask than to brick
Oh and is the AndroidSDK really needed? I don't see anything about usage of it in instruction....
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Hi!
The SDK is not strictly necessary since you could use a Terminal Emulator to run the necessary commands but using an ADB shell is just bit easier sometimes. That being said, you should install the SDK if you ever want to do much with an Android. It's easy to install and very powerful.
And yes, write bootubuntu instead of bootlinux when prompted. I know what you mean

Allright, I went through it and now got it installed . But I can't see firefox nor any office application... How to access them? Also can't get into terminal to write 'apt-install' there.....

maslak666 said:
But I can't see firefox nor any office application... How to access them?
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sisa7 said:
Really minimal. Firefox, office applications, anything else DOES NOT installed.
However, you can install anything using apt-get install.
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I'll write a howto tonight or next day or I don't know. I need to study to university too. You need adb or android terminal emulator (from the market) to use apt. Short version: when your prompt is "[email protected]:/#" simply do this command: "apt-get install firefox"

Just poked around a little. Now I know (or at least I think I now) what else I have to do.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41806444/bootubuntu2
Cleaned up version of bootubuntu. Copy it to /sdcard/ubuntu and simply run it. You need to use the sh command, so type "sh bootubuntu2" in android terminal emulator or adb shell in /sdcard/ubuntu foler.

Oh, sorry I forgot to mention, this script only works with overcome kernel and rom. You shold modify the
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/stl9 /system
and the
mount -o remount,ro -t ext4 /dev/block/stl9 /system
rows. Enter "mount" to android terminal to see your /system dir type and path.

Synaptic looks like to work, software-center doesn't even start.

To really enjoy full linux distros like this, one should have a swap-enabled kernel. Instead, kernel on the Tab has no swap, and if you dare open some large app, the lack of ram makes it slow and unresponsive.
This is the main problem imho.
Ernesto de Bernardis
N900 - Galaxy Tab 7"

sisa7 said:
Oh, sorry I forgot to mention, this script only works with overcome kernel and rom. You shold modify the
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/stl9 /system
and the
mount -o remount,ro -t ext4 /dev/block/stl9 /system
rows. Enter "mount" to android terminal to see your /system dir type and path.
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Or keep it simple silly
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system

cdesai said:
Or keep it simple silly
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
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The /dev/block/stl9 part is changing too.

debernardis said:
one should have a swap-enabled kernel. Instead, kernel on the Tab has no swap
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Thanks. I didn't know this is the problem. I will try out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=483110 this and see what happens.

@sisa7 do you have any update?

debernardis said:
@sisa7 do you have any update?
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Yep.
This email is an automated notification from Dropbox that your Public links have been temporarily suspended for generating excessive traffic. Your Dropbox will continue to function normally with the exception of Public links.
This suspension is temporary (3 days for the first time).
Sorry guys. Anybody know a decent upload site?
Also, I'm working on LXDE desktop. But the university makes me busy, so I haven't got too much time. Sorry.

Minus.com
Box.net
Multiupload.com

Is this still alive?
I tried installing the one in the other [MOD] Forum but when I try to install apps to Ubuntu I get a conection "404" error
Do you guys think this image will work?

CM7.1 MyTouch Slide GPS fix

I am not a developer or even smart. I poked around until I found something that worked for me. Use at your own risk.
I rooted and installed CM 7.0.2 in the past and was pretty happy. When 7.1.0 came out I took the leap. Everything was great except for GPS. GPS did not connect at all. Nothing I did could bring it back other than going back to stock rom. After much frustration and fighting I have it working.
Many people said to make changes to the /system/etc/gps.conf. The problem I had was S-ON was preventing it and nothing I could find explained a work-around. Sorry if I missed it.
I am going to explain what I did to get it going.
Phone details:
- My phone is rooted and CM7.1 installed.
- S-ON
- GPS don't work (even after 30 minutes of waiting)
- Clockwork is on sdcard as update.zip (not permanent)
- Phone is connected to the computer (with adb installed and working)
Proceedure:
1. Unzip the gps.conf.zip file (attached) to the root of your sdcard
2. Turn off the phone
3. Press and hold the volume down and then press the power button
4. Choose "recovery" from the menu and press power (phone will reboot into recovery)
5. Press and hold volume up and press the power button (this may take a few seconds)
6. Choose "Apply sdcard:update.zip" and press power button (assumes clockworkmod is on the sdcard and named update.zip)
7. Choose "mounts and storage" and click the bottom middle button (trackball)
8. While mount /system is selected press the trackball. (sinkinglow suggested that you might need to mount /sdcard as well)
9. Switch to the computer now
10. At a command prompt (DOS) in the folder where adb.exe is located type "adb shell"
11. Type "cd /system/etc" (if you cant get in then you did not mount /system properly)
12. Type "cp /sdcard/gps.conf ."
13. Switch back to the phone.
14. Click the trackball again to unmount /system.
15. Click the back arrow (bottom right)
16. Choose "reboot system now"
Once the phone is back up, you should be all good.

GPS fix htc espresso
Is there anyway that you could maybe post a youtube video on how to do this, or send me a pm.I will give you my contact info.Maybe you could walk me through it.

ok im stuck at (12. Type "cp /sdcard/gps.conf .") i get this in cmd prompt :
C:\Users\Ryan>adb shell
~ # cd /system/etc
cd /system/etc
/system/etc # cp /sdcard/gps.conf
cp /sdcard/gps.conf
BusyBox v1.16.2androidminimal (2010-03-28 22:34:51 EDT) multi-call binary.
Usage: cp [OPTIONS] SOURCE DEST
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY
Options:
-a Same as -dpR
-R,-r Recurse
-d,-P Preserve symlinks (default if -R)
-L Follow all symlinks
-H Follow symlinks on command line
-p Preserve file attributes if possible
-f Force overwrite
-i Prompt before overwrite
-l,-s Create (sym)links
/system/etc #
then step 13/14 (14. Click the trackball again to unmount /system.) says on phone Error unmounting SYSTEM:!
confused on where to go in cmd prompt i think theres a step missing

Try this
Instead of "cp /sdcard/gps.conf", use :
"cp /sdcard/gps.conf /system/etc"
Worked for me and GPS locks within 15 seconds now.
boss2688 said:
ok im stuck at (12. Type "cp /sdcard/gps.conf .") i get this in cmd prompt :
C:\Users\Ryan>adb shell
~ # cd /system/etc
cd /system/etc
/system/etc # cp /sdcard/gps.conf
cp /sdcard/gps.conf
BusyBox v1.16.2androidminimal (2010-03-28 22:34:51 EDT) multi-call binary.
Usage: cp [OPTIONS] SOURCE DEST
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY
Options:
-a Same as -dpR
-R,-r Recurse
-d,-P Preserve symlinks (default if -R)
-L Follow all symlinks
-H Follow symlinks on command line
-p Preserve file attributes if possible
-f Force overwrite
-i Prompt before overwrite
-l,-s Create (sym)links
/system/etc #
then step 13/14 (14. Click the trackball again to unmount /system.) says on phone Error unmounting SYSTEM:!
confused on where to go in cmd prompt i think theres a step missing
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Step 12 issue
I think what is being missed it the "." at the end of that comand. The "." is the second argument of the "cp" command and "." means the folder i'm currently in.
If you leave it out you are not telling the cp command where to put the file.
Sorry if I abandoned this post. It sat for weeks with no responses so I quit visiting. Hope it helped you guys out.

Is there anyway that you could post a youtube video on this process.I am missing something
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Maybe you could send me a pm.Then I could give you my contact info.we could go from there.I just really want to use cm7, but this GPS nonsense is keeping me from doing this.

Assumptions
I made a list of assumptions at the top of the post.
- My phone is rooted and CM7.1 installed.
- S-ON (not required but if you have S-OFF you don't need these instructions)
- GPS don't work (even after 30 minutes of waiting)
- Clockwork is on sdcard as update.zip (not permanent because of S-ON)
- Phone is connected to the computer (with adb installed and working)
So you must have already rooted and installed clockwork as well as CM7. You must have the clockwork (update.zip) in the root of your sdcard. you must have ADB working on your computer and working with your phone (shows in devices list). If you have those then it should be following the steps. I am not currently using my slide and do not have equipment or and account to post videos so that would be difficult. if you can tell me where you get stuck I might be able to help.
Like mentioned before I really don't know what I'm doing. I just tried TONS of stuff till I got a feel for things and found a combination that worked for me.
If you are having issues with rooting or installing CM7 or clockwork then that is beyond this tutorial and there is lots of info out there for that.

My phone is rooted and flashing CM7.1.0 (from CM 6.1.1) is simple.
1.) I can never get "adb shell" to "take to" (for lack of better words) the cmd prompt.I always an error message.Maybe I dont have adb installed and/or running right on my PC and/or phone any help would be awesome.
step # 10 is where I get stopped (in my tracks).

My phone is rooted and flashing CM7.1.0 (from CM 6.1.1) is simple.
1.) I can never get "adb shell" to "take to" (for lack of better words) the cmd prompt.I always an error message.Maybe I dont have adb installed and/or running right on my PC and/or phone any help would be awesome.
step # 10 is where I get stopped (in my tracks).

captorofxxx said:
My phone is rooted and flashing CM7.1.0 (from CM 6.1.1) is simple.
1.) I can never get "adb shell" to "take to" (for lack of better words) the cmd prompt.I always an error message.Maybe I dont have adb installed and/or running right on my PC and/or phone any help would be awesome.
step # 10 is where I get stopped (in my tracks).
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Try this out before you begin. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
Simply start from where it says Windows and you should be good to go.
Did this fix just a moment ago and it worked like a charm. Thanks reiter01

I wish someone would post a video or give (intricate-no detail left out) instructions on how to do this.I video would be the ticket.If I could follow someone or watch someone do it........

I wish someone would post a video or give (intricate-no detail left out) instructions on how to do this.I video would be the ticket.If I could follow someone or watch someone do it........

reiter01 said:
I think what is being missed it the "." at the end of that comand. The "." is the second argument of the "cp" command and "." means the folder i'm currently in.
If you leave it out you are not telling the cp command where to put the file.
Sorry if I abandoned this post. It sat for weeks with no responses so I quit visiting. Hope it helped you guys out.
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yeah i think that was the problem i didnt see the ''." there and sorry if im being noob with adb i was never any good with cmd prompt, i prefer a GUI

ADB issues
There are countless posts and article about getting adb working. I use a Mac so it's never an issue for me. If you haven't already installed the USB drivers for your specific phone the first time you hook up then you will have issues. Windows will choose a generic driver that ADB can't use. You need to find instructions on removing the generic driver and install the right one.
I'm really glad some had had success with my little tutorial. I am sure there has to be easier ways but it's the best I could come up with.

Worked great
This worked great for me, my GPS now locks on within seconds. One note to add, I had to mount /system and /sdcard. Thank you for this fix.

GUIless
@boss2688: I agree with having a GUI when available. I have no phone programming skills and so I didn't try that. I am not sure if it would work anyway because the S_ON would be in place blocking by the time the GUI shows up. On the other hand, I am sure that someone could make a zip with scripts etc to do what I am doing manually. I tried and failed to make a zip. I wanted to have it work just like you install google apps from clockwork.
@sinkinglow: Not sure why you would have to mount /sdcard. It should be mounted already at that point (I think). I no longer use my slide so I can't go back and test. Thanks for the tip. I will see if I can figure out how to edit the original post and add that as a possible step.

reiter01 said:
@boss2688: I agree with having a GUI when available. I have no phone programming skills and so I didn't try that. I am not sure if it would work anyway because the S_ON would be in place blocking by the time the GUI shows up. On the other hand, I am sure that someone could make a zip with scripts etc to do what I am doing manually. I tried and failed to make a zip. I wanted to have it work just like you install google apps from clockwork.
@sinkinglow: Not sure why you would have to mount /sdcard. It should be mounted already at that point (I think). I no longer use my slide so I can't go back and test. Thanks for the tip. I will see if I can figure out how to edit the original post and add that as a possible step.
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a much easier way if you don't have experience with ADB would be to use Android Commander. Please see http://androidcommander.com/ (of course you would still need to mount the system from clockwork if you don't have S-OFF) hopefully this helps for those still having issues.

CM7 1 MyTouch Slide GPS fix
Im going up on the 26th, and was hoping to try this slide then bop over to Gothics. Im going to get to the slide and then make the call as to how safe it seems....Backup plan is any other thing time permitting from that spot. Thats how I roll

* I have to run USBDeview.exe and delete everything sometimes. I think the devices get confused etc..
* I also have to use "Vista_x86" drivers as none of them work for me ..in XP SP3
Code:
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\androidusb.cat
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\androidusb.INF
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\androidusb.sys
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\htcrndis.cat
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\htcrndis.inf
C:\usb\ANDROID\Vista_x86\WdfCoInstaller01007.dll