Remapping hardware keyboard on rooted u20i. Where to look? :)

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Hi all.

As subject states im looking for information about where i should look for altering the keyboard mapping on my u20i. I've tried looking in /system/usr/, but cant seem to find the right file.

Help would be appriciated.

regards, Heien.

I am also very interested in this!

My swedish X10 Mini Pro have ' as the alt symbol on the e-key. This symbol is almost never used and I would like it to be remapped to " instead...

Would it not be possible to edit and replace the qwerty.xml-files in system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts?

For example, in my swedish qwerty-se-fi.xml-file I have

<key id="18"
primaryNormal="e" primaryShifted="E"
associatedNormal="&apos;" associatedShifted="&apos;"/>

Would it work if I change it to

<key id="18"
primaryNormal="e" primaryShifted="E"
associatedNormal="&quot;" associatedShifted="&quot;"/>

and replace the original file on the phone?

However, I don´t really know how to copy and overwrite files (it didn´t work with a file explorer on the phone itself).

When I use "adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts" I get "Permission denied".

When I try "adb remount" I get "remount failed: Operation not permitted".

If I try through adb shell it still do not work:

D:\tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
adb: not found

The qwerty-se-fi.xml-file is in the tools-folder. The phone have USB debugging activated.

Try this:

D:\tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts/qwerty-se-fi.xml
adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts/qwerty-se-fi.xml

Hmm... I still get the "adb: not found" error.

Also tried "mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system" before.

Got some nice help on a swedish forum with the commands and was successful in edit and replace the qwerty-se-fi.xml-file in /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts.

This did not, however, result in a different layout on the keyboard, so I assume there is more to this then just edit the single qwerty.xml-files.

mount the system partition rw
install busybox on the phone

then use cp -f (force) to copy the files back and forth

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...4&postcount=38

D:\tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
adb: not found

adb is a windows command, not a shell command on U20i !

You just have to do that:
Connect your phone to the PC, only in charge, your
D:\tools>adb push qwerty-se-fi.xml /sdcard
D:\tools>adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
# cp -r /sdcard/ qwerty-se-fi.xml /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts
# mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
# reboot


It should work now !

Originally Posted by aron.sjoberg

Got some nice help on a swedish forum with the commands and was successful in edit and replace the qwerty-se-fi.xml-file in /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts.

This did not, however, result in a different layout on the keyboard, so I assume there is more to this then just edit the single qwerty.xml-files.

aron: I flashed my phone and didn't think about backup. Could you please post the swedish files so I can get swedish keys ÅÄÖ to function again. (im from Sweden too)

thanks

Of course! I am on the road right now but will try and post the files later this evening!

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