{PRO} Keymap for HW keyboard / Keylayout / Keyboard layout - for Xperia Pro (MK16i/a)

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If you among those having an Xperia Pro with a slide-out hardware keyboard, and you have recently flashed a new ROM on your phone which messed-up the keyboard layout, then you have come to the right place.

Xperia Pro (and other Pro devices of Xperia range) has 14 different key layouts as mentioned on this page. I am releasing a specific update.zip file for each of the 14 different key layouts. Flash the relevant zip for your phone and your hardware keyboard should start working as it should.

To find out which layout is your phone keyboard, go to this page.

If you are unsure about the relevant key layout for your phone, then there is always the tedious option of flashing each update.zip and seeing if it works. :eek:

Note 1: I am only releasing 10 keyboard layouts now. I shall release the rest when I get some time to figure it out.

Note 2: This is for Xperia Pro, but might work in other Pro devices of Xperia range. Please confirm if anyone gets it to work on any other Pro devices.

Note 3: If any of the below does not work in your phone or you phone has a different layout than the below, please help me to get it fixed by sending me a PM.

Requirements
1. CWM recovery installed (or root if you are copying files manually).

Installation
1. Download and copy zip file to SD card
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Choose install zip from SD card, select zip and flash .
4. Reboot!
 

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Technical Details about Key Mapping and Key Layouts

I shall be updating this post with some technical details, when I get time. For the time being, below are some useful resources.

Resources and technical details:

In addition to the above keyboard mappings from Android, Sony (Ericsson) uses a different method for key mapping which is clearly described here:
 
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ameer1234567890 said:
If you among those having an Xperia Pro with a slide-out hardware keyboard, and you have recently flashed a new ROM on your phone which messed-up the keyboard layout, then you have come to the right place.

Xperia Pro (and other Pro devices of Xperia range) has 14 different key layouts as mentioned on this page. I am releasing a specific update.zip file for each of the 14 different key layouts. Flash the relevant zip for your phone and your hardware keyboard should start working as it should.

To find out which layout is your phone keyboard, go to this page.

If you are unsure about the relevant key layout for your phone, then there is always the tedious option of flashing each update.zip and seeing if it works. :eek:

Note: I am only releasing 9 keyboard layouts now. I shall release the rest when I get some time to figure it out.

Note 2: This is for Xperia Pro, but might work in other Pro devices of Xperia range. Please confirm if anyone gets it to work on any other Pro devices.
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can i put them into phone without root access ????

or please tell me step by step procedure how to move these files and where ... thanks
 
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NaughtyDescent said:
can i put them into phone without root access ????

or please tell me step by step procedure how to move these files and where ... thanks
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Not only root access, but a way to boot CWM.
While on recovery, select "Install zip from SD Card", then "Choose zip from sdcard" then you select the file of the keyboard layout you downloaded.

Reboot your device and it should be running correctly.
 
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Someone said the difference between African and European releases is that in the African firmware @ goes to the right side of space, in European it goes to the left. I have annoying problem that 3rd party keyboards do not work properly with the hw keyboard. Ill give a try to the African fw, perhaps it'll indeed make the hw keyboard behave outside xperia kb.. Swedish/Finnish firmware would be perfect for experiment.
 
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anamul.quader said:
yes...
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Wait a second.. These are the same .kcm and .kl files I was discussing over here .. These files do not change the keyprint.xml? Then it won't work.

I'm not sure if you're supposed to change
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
to
<Script name="latin" keylayout="arabic"/>
but it probably would work with the xperia keyboard.

And with regards to those .kcm/.kl files, at least the finnish/swedish variant messes up the HW keyboard. Specifically wrong special keys, no öäå. At least this happens if you have set the keyprint.xml to use qwerty-se-fi
 
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Barleyman said:
Wait a second.. These are the same .kcm and .kl files I was discussing over here .. These files do not change the keyprint.xml? Then it won't work.

I'm not sure if you're supposed to change
<Script name="latin" keylayout="qwerty"/>
to
<Script name="latin" keylayout="arabic"/>
but it probably would work with the xperia keyboard.

And with regards to those .kcm/.kl files, at least the finnish/swedish variant messes up the HW keyboard. Specifically wrong special keys, no öäå. At least this happens if you have set the keyprint.xml to use qwerty-se-fi
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ok.i edited keyprint.xml...edited qwerty to arabic....and when i save it..i get two files..1. keyprint.xml
2.keyprint.xml.bak
and again..nothing changed :(
 
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    ameer1234567890
    ameer1234567890
    If you among those having an Xperia Pro with a slide-out hardware keyboard, and you have recently flashed a new ROM on your phone which messed-up the keyboard layout, then you have come to the right place.

    Xperia Pro (and other Pro devices of Xperia range) has 14 different key layouts as mentioned on this page. I am releasing a specific update.zip file for each of the 14 different key layouts. Flash the relevant zip for your phone and your hardware keyboard should start working as it should.

    To find out which layout is your phone keyboard, go to this page.

    If you are unsure about the relevant key layout for your phone, then there is always the tedious option of flashing each update.zip and seeing if it works. :eek:

    Note 1: I am only releasing 10 keyboard layouts now. I shall release the rest when I get some time to figure it out.

    Note 2: This is for Xperia Pro, but might work in other Pro devices of Xperia range. Please confirm if anyone gets it to work on any other Pro devices.

    Note 3: If any of the below does not work in your phone or you phone has a different layout than the below, please help me to get it fixed by sending me a PM.

    Requirements
    1. CWM recovery installed (or root if you are copying files manually).

    Installation
    1. Download and copy zip file to SD card
    2. Reboot into recovery
    3. Choose install zip from SD card, select zip and flash .
    4. Reboot!
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    Technical Details about Key Mapping and Key Layouts

    I shall be updating this post with some technical details, when I get time. For the time being, below are some useful resources.

    Resources and technical details:

    In addition to the above keyboard mappings from Android, Sony (Ericsson) uses a different method for key mapping which is clearly described here:
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