Mapping ESC on Asus Dock. Any thoughts? - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Hi!
I've recently unlocked/rooted/flashed my tf201 to KatKiss with grimlock. Loving it so far! I can finally use my Prime again. Cudos to the developers!
But I really would like to have an ESC button somehow mapped to the dock (e.g. VOL_UP + BACK, or something...). Missing it in some web-apps and Vim. I'm using Termux.
I've read about system/usr/keylayout -and some klc files, but I have like 10+ vendor files inside there, a generic and two qwerty files... So I'm a little confused WHAT/HOW to edit.
Btw, id like to map F1-10 keys aswell, but I couldnt find any good source of info about this.
The Terminal Emulator, installed from the beginnning with KatKiss, seemed to have some nice mapping exactly for this purpose, not sure if one could adapt that somehow to other apps aswell. Because: I'd like to use Termux instead the emulator.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!

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Best ssh/telnet app for docked Prime?

Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
V3ng said:
Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
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I'm using a custom apk for connectbot that can be found here : http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/wiki/KeyboardShortcuts
Look at the comments, there's two links from two different guys and it works perfectly with the dock!
V3ng said:
Anyone know of a good ssh/telnet app that works properly with the keyboard dock on the Prime?
I have tried ConnectBot but the shift-number keys don't work, as well as other keys on the keyboard.
Telnet isn't as important as ssh, so an ssh only app would be good.
Willing to pay a few quid/dollars/euros/camels too.
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Better Terminal Emulator Pro is worth a look, although I am also going to check out the connectbot mentioned above.
BTEP does not support encrypted keys which is a big problem for me
-Barry
That custom apk is great thanks Anthony.
Do you know if you can disable the function key thing so I can enter a "!" ?
Indeed, thank you for the keyboard-capable APK.
My only gripe is that connectbot won't SSH1, which is necessary for my situation.
I agree, btep is the next best solution after connectbot.
anthonyalberto said:
I'm using a custom apk for connectbot that can be found here : http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/wiki/KeyboardShortcuts
Look at the comments, there's two links from two different guys and it works perfectly with the dock!
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Thanks for this, even better than the BTEP I have been using, and free to boot!
I still can't get the "!" key working, which I need for vi!
Any ideas?
That's weird, I have no issue using the ! symbol
Maybe try to go to settings, Directory shortcutcs => Use right side keys, that's the only thing I can think of
I use BTEP for the dock support, although I guess Terminal Emulator can do that well enough now. BTEP like many apps, uses Dropbear for SSH: which is good but kinda limited.
I generally use OpenSSH in a Debian chroot, running in BTEP+tmux; tmux is a program like gnu screen.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk
Resurrecting a dead thread....
Sorry for ressurecting, but after going through the ringer on exactly this, had to comment.
Home/end keys don't work in nano/vi for BTEP. Commented this in the existing BTEP bug for TPrime keyboards: http://littlegreenbugs.com/bugs/view/165/
BTEP also doesn't properly do screen wipes in curses applications. Again, see here: http://littlegreenbugs.com/bugs/view/191/
Connectbot standard has effectively no support for the hardware keyboard.
vxconnectbot works awesome, as long as all your modifier keys (shift, ctrl, etc.) aren't pressed at the same time as the keys. Press, release, then press+release the key to modify. Not at all like a real keyboard.
irssi connectbot actually supports the keyboard, which is incredible. There's some other (rendering) issues with irssi connectbot, but compared to the others it's even better support than BTEP. Note, this doesn't actually run irssi, it adds support for actually using things like your modifier keys from a hardware keyboard, so that you could use irssi if you want to. Thus the name.
ConnectBot
I am still a fan of using the modified ConnectBot, it is just sadly really quite ridiculous to find... Best working version I have found is from http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=459#c72. In comment #72 4WayneD links to a ConnectBot-debug.apk on his website. I have been using this modified version on the Prime for a couple months now. Things I have checked myself:
* Number keys work correctly
* Ctrl keys work (this was key for me as I use screen a *LOT*)
* Search key functions as Alt
* Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys work
Another thing to note, this is a modified older version as I do not like the new "tablet" version of ConnectBot as it sacrifices way too much screen real estate.
I like Terminal IDE, works fine with the dock.
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Trying to remap hardware USB keyboard, having some problems.

Recently I have gotten a USB keyboard for my tablet, but I'm having some problems trying to remap some of the "useless" keys (F1, F2,...) to something usefull like home and multitasking.
I have read on this a bit, but haven't managed to find anything.
I have done the terminal command to get my keyboard's vendor and product IDs, but in the /system/usr/keylayout there is no such file, but the keyboard (acording to an app called "Key test") uses different keycodes in comparison to the ones found in generic.kl and qwerty.kl.
I even tried editing both of those, but still nothing.
Any help?
Bump!
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[Q] Getting the Red Samurai v2 to work

Hello all, first post here. I have attempted to research all avenues to figure this out. I have come across a few threads but either no one replies or they dont apply to this specific problem. I have just purchased the Red Samurai v2 from gamestop and can only get one game to work. Is there no way to map the controller?, to get games with native support to see the controller?, I am at a loss here. My Asus Transformer TF300, tablet is not rooted and would prefer to keep it that way. I do understand that you can use the PS3 controller and Xbox controller with a rooted device, just really trying to keep the native system on here.
Love reading the posts on here and would really appreciated some/any help on this. Thank you.
Also I hoped that I posted this in the proper place.
ukantcme87 said:
Hello all, first post here. I have attempted to research all avenues to figure this out. I have come across a few threads but either no one replies or they dont apply to this specific problem. I have just purchased the Red Samurai v2 from gamestop and can only get one game to work. Is there no way to map the controller?, to get games with native support to see the controller?, I am at a loss here. My Asus Transformer TF300, tablet is not rooted and would prefer to keep it that way. I do understand that you can use the PS3 controller and Xbox controller with a rooted device, just really trying to keep the native system on here.
Love reading the posts on here and would really appreciated some/any help on this. Thank you.
Also I hoped that I posted this in the proper place.
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You can try this to remap them.
BluezIME!
https://code.google.com/p/android-bluez-ime/
If any of the built in drivers (mappings) don't work for you, fully activate Bluez IME (select GS Gamepad in select device, then activate and select the Bluez IME input method) and set it to Data Dump Reader then turn on debug mode and bring up adb shell from a connected computers cmd prompt.
Enter the following:
Code:
logcat DataDumpReader:V *:S -v long > /sdcard/bluetoothdatadump.txt
Press every button on the Red Samurai and roll the analogs then hit control-C. Grab the text file from your sdcard and create an issue on the bluez IME with the dump and which keys are which (if you want) and support will probably be added the next dev build.
https://code.google.com/p/android-bluez-ime/issues/list
This way, everybody who uses BluezIME will have support with this controller within a matter of time. I already did a dump for this controller on an SGS2, but it looks like I got a bad controller.
Edit: GameKeyboard apparently works with the Red Samurai v2, but it isn't ideal... allows you to map buttons to screen press/touches. I haven't personally tried it as it costs money.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.locnet.gamekeyboard

[Q] Mapping Dexim Click Stik's Input via Bluetooth to Perform an Action

Hello. Today I a friend of mine gave me his Dexim Click Stik since he didn't need it anymore. It's a simple bluetooth clicker for taking pictures with iOS or Android phones.
I don't take many pictures with my phone, much less ones that need me in them. I was hoping I could use the clicker as a remote activator for some shortcut or app.
I've been googling and searching around for hours without much luck. The only thing I've been able to do so far is find an app that lets me open an app upon the Click Stik connecting to my phone, but not when I specifically press the button on the device itself. Not very practical, in my opinion.
I found a tutorial I thought was helpful in somewhat understanding what I might need to do in order to get the functionality I'm looking for here: http://chris.boyle.name/2010/08/android-keymaps. However, the KeyTest.apk he links to in order to obtain the KeyEvent from the bluetooth device does not display any input events when I hit the button on the clicker.
I also haven't been able to find any similar apps to what KeyTest seems to say it does.
Any help or insight is greatly appreciated!
Edit #1: I was able to install the KeyTest.apk via ADB by "adb install KeyTest.apk". Not sure why it worked this way when it wouldn't install normally. That said, now that I have the program open, pressing the button on the bluetooth clicker doesn't result in the KeyTest program telling me anything. Kind of disappointed. Not sure where to go from here.

New RCA Viking Pro running Android 6 ROOT and keyboard fix

Android Keyboard Issues
Hello. I am a new Android user who has purchased an RCA Viking Pro 10 2-in-1 Android Laptop running Android 6.0 with kernel version 3.18.22(not rooted). I use it to work on various projects on the go, offline about 95% of the time. I'm having some problems regarding the keyboard and cannot seem to root it. I would appreciate any help someone could offer.
My device is labeled as RCT6K03W13-Android6.0-v1.15.0-M00 and runs Android 6.0 kernel version 3.18.22. KingRoot fails to discover a rooting strategy, then tries anyway but fails. Please note that I have no other computer and only limited computer access.
The biggest issue involves to two cmd buttons that flank the spacebar. Pressing them opens Google App for a voice search, which I never use. This minimizes the app that I was using, starts google app, then minimizes that to show the search bar on the desktop (which I would also like to go away). Then a popup tells me that I'm not connected to the internet. Since I rarely am, this is extremely annoying. If I wanted to run a web search I would open Chrome myself. I certainly wouldn't want the results to appear in Google App, which doesn't work nearly as well. I blame RCA for poor design, placing hotkeys at the bottom of the keyboard where they're likely to be pressed accidentally (it is a small keyboard, after all).
I would like to remap the left and right Cmd buttons to the left and right mouse buttons. I tried External Keyboard Helper, but it can't remap the command buttons and won't remap anything to the mouse buttons anyway. The Viking Pro includes a touchpad mouse without buttons, which is fine for most Android users, but I intend to work extensively with Linux ports such as AndrOpen Office and GIMP Inkscape, and they require precision when dragging and dropping small objects.
Also, the two finger touchpad touch that's meant to simulate a right mouse button click works as a back button instead. I already have one of those on my screen and one on my keyboard, I certainly don't need a third. What I do need is a right mouse button. It should simulate a long press and/or the right button.
Unfortunately GIMP Inkscape and Pelya's linux translation layer don't run on Android 6, so I need to either run Linux Deploy, which requires ROOT, or go all out and just install Linux(perhaps Ubuntu Phone), which requires unlocking my boot manager. Perhaps I should have just bought a Linux Netbook instead, but the tablet was cheap and something about Android attracted me to it. I thought I would be able to find more g featured Linux ports, but Google did to good of a job when they monetized the package manager and locked out root access. I would think running x-11 over the framebuffer would be easy, and that people would port current versions of LibreOffice, Scribus, Inkscape, Blender, ext. I guess linux users are sore about google stealing Linux's thunder when they released Android just as Linux on phones, tablets, and netbooks was gaining traction.
As an old DOS gamer and amateur Linux programmer, I'm not averse to manually editing cfg files (or to setting jumpers to configure my hardware). Unfortunately, I'm new to Android and have limited internet access. Any help someone could offer to a 90s geek with out-of-date computer skills due to some legal problems would be greatly appreciated (the empty wallet hardly helps things).
Sincerely
Michael Palmer
[email protected]
MichaelCPalmer said:
Android Keyboard Issues
Hello. I am a new Android user who has purchased an RCA Viking Pro 10 2-in-1 Android Laptop running Android 6.0 with kernel version 3.18.22(not rooted). I use it to work on various projects on the go, offline about 95% of the time. I'm having some problems regarding the keyboard and cannot seem to root it. I would appreciate any help someone could offer.
My device is labeled as RCT6K03W13-Android6.0-v1.15.0-M00 and runs Android 6.0 kernel version 3.18.22. KingRoot fails to discover a rooting strategy, then tries anyway but fails. Please note that I have no other computer and only limited computer access.
The biggest issue involves to two cmd buttons that flank the spacebar. Pressing them opens Google App for a voice search, which I never use. This minimizes the app that I was using, starts google app, then minimizes that to show the search bar on the desktop (which I would also like to go away). Then a popup tells me that I'm not connected to the internet. Since I rarely am, this is extremely annoying. If I wanted to run a web search I would open Chrome myself. I certainly wouldn't want the results to appear in Google App, which doesn't work nearly as well. I blame RCA for poor design, placing hotkeys at the bottom of the keyboard where they're likely to be pressed accidentally (it is a small keyboard, after all).
I would like to remap the left and right Cmd buttons to the left and right mouse buttons. I tried External Keyboard Helper, but it can't remap the command buttons and won't remap anything to the mouse buttons anyway. The Viking Pro includes a touchpad mouse without buttons, which is fine for most Android users, but I intend to work extensively with Linux ports such as AndrOpen Office and GIMP Inkscape, and they require precision when dragging and dropping small objects.
Also, the two finger touchpad touch that's meant to simulate a right mouse button click works as a back button instead. I already have one of those on my screen and one on my keyboard, I certainly don't need a third. What I do need is a right mouse button. It should simulate a long press and/or the right button.
Unfortunately GIMP Inkscape and Pelya's linux translation layer don't run on Android 6, so I need to either run Linux Deploy, which requires ROOT, or go all out and just install Linux(perhaps Ubuntu Phone), which requires unlocking my boot manager. Perhaps I should have just bought a Linux Netbook instead, but the tablet was cheap and something about Android attracted me to it. I thought I would be able to find more g featured Linux ports, but Google did to good of a job when they monetized the package manager and locked out root access. I would think running x-11 over the framebuffer would be easy, and that people would port current versions of LibreOffice, Scribus, Inkscape, Blender, ext. I guess linux users are sore about google stealing Linux's thunder when they released Android just as Linux on phones, tablets, and netbooks was gaining traction.
As an old DOS gamer and amateur Linux programmer, I'm not averse to manually editing cfg files (or to setting jumpers to configure my hardware). Unfortunately, I'm new to Android and have limited internet access. Any help someone could offer to a 90s geek with out-of-date computer skills due to some legal problems would be greatly appreciated (the empty wallet hardly helps things).
Sincerely
Michael Palmer
[email protected]
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have youhad any luck rooting your device? i have the same one and tried ALL of the one click root apps with no luck
Hello everyone I am trying to route a tablet root model number is RCT6K03W13 I can’t seem to find any won that routes the device And it’s running android version 6.0
And kernel Version 3.18.22 can someone please help me I would greatly appreciate it

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