Howto: Change keyboard layout

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Zormal

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Oct 10, 2008
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This is how you change your hardware keyboard layout, if for example you've flashed your X1 with another language, and your keyboard layout is messed up. I flashed my Swedish X1 with a UK rom, and I'm now using the Swedish keyboard with this registry change.

Change the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD\CurLang
to whatever you want your layout to be. The default is CurLang=409 (hex).

English - 409 (tested - works)
Finnish - 40b (tested - works)
Swedish - 41d (tested - works)
German - 407 (tested - works)
Italian - 410 (tested - works)
French - 40c (tested - works)
full list of codes

Make sure to edit the value in hex!

Program to edit the registry in Windows via ActiveSync: CeRegEditor
Program to edit the registry with the phone: Total Commander


Note: This doesn't change the on-screen keyboard

Instructions for French layout later in the thread.
 
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Nov 29, 2008
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Bucharest
This is how you change your hardware keyboard layout, if for example you've flashed your X1 with another language, and your keyboard layout is messed up. I flashed my Swedish X1 with a UK rom, and I'm now using the Swedish keyboard with this registry change.

Change the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD\CurLang
to whatever you want your layout to be. The default is CurLang=409 (hex).

English - 409 (tested - works)
Swedish - 41d (tested - works)
German - 407 (tested - works)
full list of codes

Make sure to edit the value in hex!

Program to edit the registry in Windows via ActiveSync: CeRegEditor
Program to edit the registry with the phone: Total Commander


Note: This doesn't change the on-screen keyboard

I got the same problem but any ideea why the Registry Editor says Write Error? Access is denied?
Thanks
 

BrigateGB

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May 8, 2006
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Zoldo Alto
Will it Work with the .cab of TOUCH HD keyboard?... When we install that .cab we can`t write üöä è on the fisical keyboard



NOPE is the answer...
 
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ElectricAndi

Senior Member
Dec 18, 2006
128
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Stuttgart
Is there a way to add new commands?
I'd like to have "FN+C"=copy, "FN+p"=paste, "FN+x"=cut, "FN+A"= mark all, "FN+Sym"=Bluetooth on/off, "FN+àü"=wifi on/off.

Any chance to get this?
 

Turboguard

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Oct 20, 2008
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Don't know why my computer posted my reply to another thread in this one...

Sorry guys.
 
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TasoM

Member
Oct 24, 2006
24
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Sarajevo
This is how you change your hardware keyboard layout, if for example you've flashed your X1 with another language, and your keyboard layout is messed up. I flashed my Swedish X1 with a UK rom, and I'm now using the Swedish keyboard with this registry change.

Change the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD\CurLang
to whatever you want your layout to be. The default is CurLang=409 (hex).

English - 409 (tested - works)
Swedish - 41d (tested - works)
German - 407 (tested - works)
full list of codes

Make sure to edit the value in hex!

Program to edit the registry in Windows via ActiveSync: CeRegEditor
Program to edit the registry with the phone: Total Commander


Note: This doesn't change the on-screen keyboard

No...doesnt work...still the same.
Thank you anyway
 

adubravcic

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Jun 28, 2008
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Washington, DC
unfortunately this does not solve my accent key, problem.

after i flashed my xperia with touchflo3d and installed a few apps including blackstone keyboard, my accent key stopped working so i don't know which one to blame, hence i don't know how to fix it. :(

anyone else having the same issue? any help appreciated
 

benzo

Senior Member
Oct 16, 2008
384
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Rome
unfortunately this does not solve my accent key, problem.

after i flashed my xperia with touchflo3d and installed a few apps including blackstone keyboard, my accent key stopped working so i don't know which one to blame, hence i don't know how to fix it. :(

anyone else having the same issue? any help appreciated

is there no solution?