Please help me. My keyboard has arabic letters on it. I don't exactly which version it is. My phone is rooted. I'm confused with the process shown above. can you put screen shots or a video. it is not working for me.. HELP

Thanks DL, for some reason I missed this thread earlier on, and it took me ages to find it now. However, the fix is so easy... I'll be sure to bookmark this thread for next time I download a generic ROM instead of a localized one. Thanks again!

This method is working on Official ICS port ??

Originally Posted by snaky90

This metod working on Official ICS port ??

Yes it does, that's what I used it for.

I think there is much easier way of doing this.

Why not use Rootexplorer? just open /system/usr/keyboard-config/keyprint.xml and instead of qwerty you can write the layout file's name that suites your keyboard and save. that's it, no regex..no other stuff. just open file change text and save.

But not all ROMs have keyboard-config dir, some devs thinks that all people in the world have the same layout so they deletes that folder.
If you are one of those who got rom without it and you need to change layout - just take that folder from rom that has that folder (the one which worked for you) put it in system\usr give good permissions (folders have to have the same perm as other folders in that dir. Files have to have the same perms as other files in usr dir. and it will work after reboot.

Originally Posted by Tommixoft

I think there is much easier way of doing this.

Why not use Rootexplorer? just open /system/usr/keyboard-config/keyprint.xml and instead of qwerty you can write the layout file's name that suites your keyboard and save. that's it, no regex..no other stuff. just open file change text and save.

But not all ROMs have keyboard-config dir, some devs thinks that all people in the world have the same layout so they deletes that folder.
If you are one of those who got rom without it and you need to change layout - just take that folder from rom that has that folder (the one which worked for you) put it in system\usr give good permissions (folders have to have the same perm as other folders in that dir. Files have to have the same perms as other files in usr dir. and it will work after reboot.

Originally Posted by dryhte

Yes it does, that's what I used it for.

Im with ICS oficcial 4.1
and the keyboard work only one initial key and then stop working. Weird keyboard.

I wiped everything, reinstalled the rom with the kernel. Changed the keyboard-configs and nothing-

Had someone the same problem ???

Press one key (this one work) and the second stop working !?

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This trick still works on OFFICIAL ICS for SK17

What should be used for the Spanish keyboard (sk17i)?