**** KEYBOARD DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY ****

[audia4dude]

If anyone can help me. I would thank you 1million times. Ive searched and searched and searched and couldnt find the answer. Heres the problem:

When i hit buttons on the slideout keyboard, the letters come out wrong.
For example

When I press "i" it shows ".i"
When I press "q" it shows "zq"
When I press "e" it shows "ce"
When I press "g" it shows "lg"
When I press "l" it shows "lg"
When I press "z" it shows "zq"
When I press "c" it shows "ce"

Pleaseee help me!. Ive tried everything. Im using ROM 2.17, it had the same problem even with the original ROM.

[freezor]

did you check your registry yet? Go to
\HKCU(HK Current User)\ControlPanel\Keybd
And see if you have a key named "Locale". If you do what number does is have. For english keyboard it should be 0809. if you don´t see anything in that folder calles locale create a new String named "Locale" and set the value to 0809. then power your device down with the off button and switch it back on again. If that didn´t help.i have no idea.

[audia4dude]

i have the key "locale" already set with hex 0809. I guess thats not it. Im still trying to fix this thing. i really wished i knew what caused this to happen. it sucks not being able to use the slide out keyboard.

[freezor]

has it been like this from the beginning or when did it start?

try changing it to let´s say german settings and see if it still happens. change the value to 0407. you can always chang it back.

[audia4dude]

that didnt work either. I cant remember exactly when it happened. Im pretty sure I didnt buy it like this. Even after the ROM upgrade they keyboard problem still exists..

Would you or anyone else give me the settings from their HTC Wizard phone at HKCU/Control panel/Keybd ?

Mine look like this:
DefaultKeyLock 1 (0X000001)
EnableIndicator 1 (0x000001)
InitialDelay 375 (0x000177)
Locale 0407 (was just changed, but i will change it back)
MuteSwitch 1 (0x000001)
repeatrate 8 (0x000008)
ShowWangingMsg 1 (0x000001)

[freezor]

the settings are the same as in my registry. did you do a hard reset bevore you flashed the new rom on your device. that should have reset your regestry also. and if that was the case then i don´t believe that it´s a registry problem. Do you have any thirdparty software on that might conflict with the keyboard? maybe some SIP program or something?

just to make suer. check under

HKLM\Hardware\Devicemap\Keybd

CalVKey 0
ContLessVKey 0
ContMoreVKey 0
DriverName keybddr.dll
TaskmanVKey 35

just wondering what you have there.

[audia4dude]

hmm... If i do a hard reset now, would could go wrong? Do i lose any settings? does it revert back to factory defaults?

How do you do a hard reset anyway?
Do you think I should try that ?

This is whats listed in "Remove Programs" under system settings:

PC Counselor Tweaks2k2.NET
XDA Developers Registry Wizard
PHM Registry Editor
Zoki A2DP
Cingular Get Xpress Mail
FdcSoft PPCContactsMgr
ammar Wireless Today Plugin

[freezor]

yes a hard reset delets everything of your phone and then reinstalls the rom. so you loose any data that you have on your phone and it puts all settings back to factory default. and you have to install everything from scratch.

for a hard reset you need to hold the comm and voic dial button on the sides of the phone pressed and push the reset button with your stylus.
But that should only be the last option.

[audia4dude]

I dont have anything stored on memory anyway. I keep everything on my storage card. So losing everything is not a problem. I even have the pim file stored on my memory card that holds all my contacts info.

So by doing this, it will revert back to original ROM?
Wheres the reset button on the phone? How can u press it with the stylus?

[freezor]

yes it will clear your storage on the phone and then install the rom you have on there from scratch.
the reset button is the small hole under the IR on the left side of your device. be sure to sync before you do a hard reset to have your contact/calender/mails all backed up. If you have any reg tweaks made you will have to change those again after the hard reset because they will also be back to default.

[audia4dude]

Hey, sorry to bug you still but when i press the 2 buttons on the side (comm and voice), a recoding window pops up then when i press the reset button, it does reset, but it comes back up, nothing got erased.....

[freezor]

yeah it´s a bit tricky. try turning the phone off first. then when it´s off press and hold the two buttons and press reset. make sure you hold the comm and voic dial button until you get a grey screen which askes you to press send to format. Send is the green phone button.

[audia4dude]

OK, its formatting right now. I will let you know how it goes.

I had to turn it off, turn it back on. As soon as i turned it on, before it even loads up, I had to press both buttons and hold down the reset button. You're right, was a bit tricky.

Well, I hope this works! =)
I will let you know how it goes in about 5min.

[audia4dude]

That didnt help any. It formatted and reloaded everything but not to factory defaults. It still shows as ROM 2.17 etc.

[freezor]

that´s the last rom you have on there. it only resets to the factory setttings of the rom which is currently on your phone.

[audia4dude]

yeah. I need to find the factory ROM somewhere.
Unfortunately I cant access ftp servers from my pc here @ work.

[freezor]

which version do you want? you can try a new one if your phone is unlocked. i just recently put on the new Mr.Clean 2.3 rom and like it pretty much actually. I can access the ftp here from work. if you want i can email you the file you want.

[audia4dude]

You wouldnt believe it, but i downgraded back to 1.xx and still had the problem, im currently upgrading back to 2.17.

I opene dup the port to allow me ftp access from here.

Whats the link to get to the rom you use?

[freezor]

then i really don´t think that it´s a software problem. maybe you should contact your customer support. the rom i have you can get here
ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/MrClean_RUU_WIZARD_224a_AKU23_WWE.zip

sorry i couldn´t help. hope you find a way to fix it. i couldn´t live to have a keyboard i can´t use.

[audia4dude]

How can i get it?

Just upgraded to 2.3, having the same problem

how do i change the pad?

[fluffcat1]

i think its hardware fault...bec i have solve this prob in many handsets..

its ur touchpad fault...change it....it will b ok 10000000000% :evil:

If you mean 'touchpad' as in screen digitiser it won't help - I think he means it's the buttons on the slideout keyboard that don't function correctly - do you have keyboards in stock?...

Richard