Root Remap keyboard

[rice]

Now when its rooted, is there an app to remap the physical buttons?

EDIT: Found the answer, which involves hex editor and root explorer

 

[bishop0114]

It would be great if we could change the long press behavior to automatically enter the alternate key.

 

[IzelTokatl]

Now when its rooted, is there an app to remap the physical buttons?

EDIT: Found the answer, which involves hex editor and root explorer

Would you mind posting for others to mess with. I personally dont use the keyboard, im a swyper addict, but im sure other will want to poke around.

 

[rice]

Yea of course, here it is...an updated version, orginally from swedroid forum for the milestone 2.

1. Root phone

2. Download a hex editor, for example: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delph...vi32/xvi32.htm

3. Download root explorer app for android

4. Open root explorer and go to the following path: system/usr/keychars
In one of these .bin files there is a description with "->" sign, copy the file that is written after the "->" (in my case cdma_solana-keypad.kcm.bin) and paste it into the sd-card.

5. Connect to PC, make a copy of the .bin file copied to sd card. And open it with the hex editor.

6. On the right side you'll se a lot of characters, often grouped together 6 chars. For example 0 0 0 0 0 0 for the 0-button.
To change the single button click, change the character on the third position.
For the shift + button click, change the fourth position
For the alt + button click, change the fifth position.

As for the other positions, I've no idea what they are for.
For example if I want to change 0 ( 0 0 0 0 0 0 ) to write 'a' for singel, 'b' for shift and 'c' for alt then i would change it as follows: (0 0 a b c 0)

7. Save the file to sd card and open root explorer, go to sd card directory and copy the bin, go back to system/usr/keychars and press the grey box in top to r/w mode. Paste in file, change back to read only r/o mode and reboot phone.

8. Tada, now it should work

 

[redsox985]

Yea of course, here it is...an updated version, orginally from swedroid forum for the milestone 2.

1. Root phone

2. Download a hex editor, for example: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delph...vi32/xvi32.htm

3. Download root explorer app for android

4. Open root explorer and go to the following path: system/usr/keychars
In one of these .bin files there is a description with "->" sign, copy the file that is written after the "->" (in my case cdma_solana-keypad.kcm.bin) and paste it into the sd-card.

5. Connect to PC, make a copy of the .bin file copied to sd card. And open it with the hex editor.

6. On the right side you'll se a lot of characters, often grouped together 6 chars. For example 0 0 0 0 0 0 for the 0-button.
To change the single button click, change the character on the third position.
For the shift + button click, change the fourth position
For the alt + button click, change the fifth position.

As for the other positions, I've no idea what they are for.
For example if I want to change 0 ( 0 0 0 0 0 0 ) to write 'a' for singel, 'b' for shift and 'c' for alt then i would change it as follows: (0 0 a b c 0)

7. Save the file to sd card and open root explorer, go to sd card directory and copy the bin, go back to system/usr/keychars and press the grey box in top to r/w mode. Paste in file, change back to read only r/o mode and reboot phone.

8. Tada, now it should work

Is there any way to hex edit in a long press action? This is pretty easy to do once you get the window set to the right width so each character is on it's own line.

EDIT: Also, could I change the ALT + backspace so it doesn't erase the whole message? I've done this enough to make it annoying.

2nd EDIT: Well, the hex code for delete is 7F...but it's no where to be found in the keyboard hex. Backspace is 08, but only found in a single location. Does this mean there is no option for a SHIFT or ALT function? It's also highly possible I have no idea what I'm doing.

 

[rice]

Is there any way to hex edit in a long press action? This is pretty easy to do once you get the window set to the right width so each character is on it's own line.

EDIT: Also, could I change the ALT + backspace so it doesn't erase the whole message? I've done this enough to make it annoying.

2nd EDIT: Well, the hex code for delete is 7F...but it's no where to be found in the keyboard hex. Backspace is 08, but only found in a single location. Does this mean there is no option for a SHIFT or ALT function? It's also highly possible I have no idea what I'm doing.

I think that long press action is mapped to the character itself, so its probably stored under keylayout. But im not sure...

Alt + backspace that would be wonderful, but I dont know how to do that...

Another thing i noticed, the soft keyboard changes aswell :/